Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-01

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The life of a certain luSty young man
in a Bath neighborhood has been Il
miserable one since this experience. III
was hired by a farmer, who was drawn
on the jury. to do the chores and stay
with the women folks and he was wont
to sit by the fire and brag o evenings.
one evening, while indulging in this
sort of enjoyment, there come Il terri
BILE crash in an adjoining room They
f. all rushed out of the house and ran
toward a neighboring farmhouse. head
ed by the big hired man. who cried to
the ladies, Run, Mrs. Hiekcns. run.
surely the devil has come" on arriv-
ing at their neighbOrs, in excited tones
they related their story of their fright
in the haunted house. The neighbor
went back and found that a piece Of
plastering had fallen-that was all.
Four of Milbridges young men have
gone to work og-driving on the Con
necticut river. That's going a long
ways from home for work that used Ia
bc right at hand.
Bystanders on a certain Bath street
the past week or two have had to pry
four or five horses out of one mud hole
in that thoroughfare.
| one employee Of firm in Union has
held his present job for half a century.
The fact is an eloquent one.
Portland authorities think of taking
measures to prevent bicyclists racing
with the fire engine to fires. These
wheel people can he intolerable nui-
! sances when they try.
Three Bath girls. who arrived home
on the night Pullman, woke UP young
doctor and asked him to accompany
| them home. as they were afraid to go
alone. Possibly the young NJ. d. felt
| out of sorts with his good looks and
| popularity.
| Among the gratifying features of the
! last annual reports of the Good TEN
plary work in Maine is what has been
| accomplished among the children. OF
|
| lshed during the year and the present
membership in this State is 1868. 1t is
also pleasing to all friends of the order
and its efforts. that George T. Braok-
EFT. Esq. who for % consecutive years.
| has performed the duties of grand
secretary, is willing to continue in the
work.
Some Milbridgite has been having
spell of Imagination. we suspect it is
The last sensation is the air ship. 1t
| has been working east. One day this
week it came as far as Cherryfield. and
| they say, as it turned to go back il
dropped some kind of explosive. The
| bomb fell on the road bed OF the Shore
| Line
| AT the close of the foreign steamship
! the shipments had been greater than
ever before while the importatons had
| remained about the same. The ship
ments of cattle We're unusually large
while those of apples surpassed all re-
cords. American products have figured
very largely in these exports.
The Bangor assessors received Il
, shock the other day when a man
walked into their office and deliberate
/ ly requested that Is per cent. be added
to othe valuation of his property There was
some talk of sending for the police and
ordering an examination Of the man as
to his sanity but. concluding that the
first installment of the millennium had
arrived, the assessors meellly chalkel
up the extra % per cent. and allowed the
rash man to make his escape.-Bangor
! News.-Oughtn't they to look about a
little sharper? Perhaps that valuation
should be raised so per cent
/ Bangor women are taking their hats