Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-27

Norridgewock corn factory one day las
week broke the record.
A stray bean that fell in corne
of Skowhegan garden produced !.
pods containing 400 beans.
Sub-Master M. T. O'Brien of tn,
Lewiston high school has received tn.
appointment Of the principalship Of thu
Lawrence grammar school.
The Biddeford Record is informed
that there is deal on foot for the new
Saco Valley Electric Railway Com
pany to purchase the Biddeford ant
Saco road.
| At Kingfield there is a pumpkin vine
which has grown in coil eight inche,
in diameter and within the coil are fif
teen small pumpkins. and upon thu
whole vine there are forty pumpkins
In the case Of John A.. Gillin vs.. thu
Patten and Sherman r. r. Co. on tria
at Houlton. the jury returned verdic
for the plaintiff in the sum of $3.50 fol
tive road bed.
The Biddeford Journal says: TIL,
Journal is informed that charges are (
be preferred against ]. f. Barrett. the
well known horse breeder of Deering
| for buying pools on a race in which HI
was one of the judges. during the York
county fair.
Oliver NJ. Reynolds, the old village
| blacksmith of Lubec, shod horses fol
James Gregg of Campobello "a years
also horses for Owen Parker of the
same place % years. During those
| years no other farrier drove a nail III
| the shoes of horses owned by those
men.
Ex-Governor DR.. Alonzo Garcelor
was down town one day this week with
| a pair of frisky colts htched into q
| buggy. and his little grandchildren or
| the seat with him. The feats of horse
| manship OF Lewiston's grand old man
beat anything on record.-Lewiston
Journal.
A Bath grocer found a tramp in his
stable the other morning. The fellow
had covered himself with clothes he
found In the clothes basket which had
| been taken off the line the night before
He did not take any pains to keep out
of sight for his feet were right across
the entrance.
A singular freak of nature was found
in garden in Portland lately. A 10.
of beans were planted this season, some
white. and also small black bean.
The two kinds grew close together.
and most OF the pods contained either
enc variety or the other. but quite a
number had both white and black beans
in the same pod. which is said to be
quite rare occurrence.
Years ago all the flour on Commercial
street. Portland. was hoisted by hand
and by horse power. instead Of eleva-
tors. A citizen was lately speaking of
little calico" horse owned by Blake.
Jones & Co.. at Gait Block-a horse
that is still remembered. He would
start off and hoist up a barrel Of flour
to any loft, but just as sure as he found
barrel of BEANS. he would start it and
after that no power on earth could
make him pull longer and there the
barrel must stay.
Mrs. Lydia NJ Larrabee of Monroe,
recently sued the city of Belfast to re-
cover SO for carriage alleged to have
been destroyed in bonfire during the
election celebration last November
She claims that young man came to
Belfast with the carriage and broke
down. and that before she could get it
home it was used as fuel for a political
bonfire. The case was heard in the po-
lice court, Monday. with judgment for
the city. Knowlton for the plaintiff.
City Solicitor johnson for the defen-
dant.
The Woodstock Press has this to
say of John Harris, or Harrison. as he
gave his name to the police at Bangor.
who jumped from a street car there on
Monday and was quite badly injured: "A
small boy named Harris, who has been
in the employ of the Carlisle hotel for q
few months, made his escape on We'd
nesday morning last. Before taking
his departure he emptied the pockets of
one. of the clerks. 1t is supposed that
he went to Pressure Isle" The Star
Herald of Presque Isle says that before
leaving that town he appropriated be-
tween 50 and SO of young man with
whom he roomed.
Jesse Crabtree of Franklin, is consid-
CiCu d yOuHS ANliiAOu Vic AAhS
recently, while on his way to the barn
he spied fox sitting on a rock near
the hen pen, apparently conjuring up
some method by which he could gain
possession of plump biddy for his
breakfast. The boy stepped back into
the house. and securing a rifle, re-
turned. Mr.. Reynard still sat there
watching the hens. 1t was fully one
hundred yards to where the fox was
sitting from the boys position but he
took careful aim and fired. The bullet
passed through the fox's body but did
not kill him and he started to run for
the woods but two we'll aimed shots
brought him down.
Here's the Narragansett Suns report
of how two visitors to West Casco
spent recent week: Monday they
went to the mouth of Songo river fish
ing, caught pickerel that weighed
eleven pounds and three ounces. three
black bass, the largest one weighed
nine pounds. and killed water snake
nine and three-quarters feet long.
Tuesday, went trout fishing, caught
two hundred and six brook trout. |
Wednesday,. went to Raymond Cape, |
caught two hundred and fifty white