Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-23

of the whole thing But of late the
breeding of fancy or gilt-edged stock
by kid-gloved farmers has not been so
remunerative as formerly and many
of them have gone out of business The
improved blood has been scattered
among the common farmers, and today
the man Of small means has as well
bred stock as his rich neighbors, and
ne can go to the fairs and stand a good
show of winning some of the prizes
Bowdoinham dept Richmond Bee.
The property owners of Machias have
recently been made happy by a reduc-
ton in the insurance rates given them
by the insurance companies now doing
business in New England. The cause
of the reduced rates is the excellent
water system put into the town, las:
year. few weeks ago the New Eng
land Insurance Exchange sent agents
here to test the efficiency of the new
water works and their report was very
favorable to the system. The agents
reported that the works were among
the best in the State and the supply
unlimited. In case of fire. water can
be played over the highest building in
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result of the test made by the afore-
said agents was a slight reduction in
the insurance rates which will prove
of financial advantage to the town.
Aaron Babb of Norway, was the I'M
fortunate man and it occurred sOme-
thing after this manner. The money
was given to his wife for safe keeping
and she unbeknown to Mr.. Babb hid
it in a straw bed. 1t happened that
this bed needed to be moved while the
pocket-book was in it, and in carrying
it across the yard into the barn the
money is supposed to have dropped out.
Mr.. Babb was not aware that the
money was in the straw tick and some
hours elapsed before a search was
made. This occurred, Wednesday
morning. A careful search revealed
nothing Of the Whereabouts Of the
| money and it is presumed it was picked
up by some one who proposes to keep
it as papers inrthe book would show to
| whom it belonged. There were four
| twenty-dollar bills in the book.
| A terrible accident took place or
Monday on the Dover South Mills road
| near the residence of D. f. Larrabee
J. J. Carr was driving along in a road
cart and had an apopletic fit. to which
| he had been subject. He fell to tha
side of the cart and his head struck
against the spokes of the wheel, bump
| ing continuously as the horse ran. The
| top of his skull was fractured and his
| brains were exposed when he was
| found, about mile from the place
where his hat was picked up. This
spokes of the wheel were nearly hall
worn through by contact with ths
mans head. Mr.. Carr leaves a widow
| and one step -son. At one time he was
road commissioner of Dover and has
held several other Offices. He was IS
years old. He was a member of the
grange and held the Office of gate
keeper in the State Grange. He lived
near the Bear Hill church in Dover.
| In one of the Portland schoolrooms
| may be seen four very interesting chill
dren who have, taken together. some
| rather unusual characteristics. In the
| front seats are two little boys, five years
old, who are twins and who are exactly
alike in form. feature and dress. Stand
| them side by side and you cannot find a
single point in which they differ from
each other. The teacher. who is with
! them all day. cannot tell them apart, ex.
cept as she knows the seat that each oc-
| cupies. II they were to change, without
her knowledge. she would be none tho
wiser. This is curious enough in itself
but two seats behind the boys is a pair OF
twin girls, also five years old. These lit
| tie girls SO closely resemble each other
that it is hard to find any difference be.
tween them. They have slightly differ.