Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-11

selves about finding their way by nOtini
the depth Of the water and the charac-
ter of the bottom-the lead having Il de
wee for bringing up small specimens o
the SOIL. This silver piece came UP ~
that way. Each one Is mt liberty to ust
his own imagination about the other
things lying near. and how they came
there.
of Portland. received II letter stating. thai
a relative was lying at the point OF death
at New Bedford. and asked Mrs. Fletcher
to come at once. Mrs. Fletcher took her
boat for Boston. On the trip the boy was
taken sick and when Boston was reached
he was so i'll his mother had to take him
to hospital. There Il was discovered
fever. Everything WAS done that was
possible but the boy died and the mother
returned with the remains After reach
ing home news came announcing the
death of the relative at New Bedford.
A movement is on foot in Damaris-
Gotta Mills, to induce the towns Of
NobIeboro and Newcastle to buy the
water power now owned by the Dam
ariscotta Mills Water Power Com
pany, mostly Rockland men. 1t is
said that the water power can now he
bought for 10000. The plan Is to have
the two towns buy the privilege and
offer the use of II at a free rental to
any reliable manufacturing concern
that will agree to employ a certain
number Of hands.
NJ. S. Russell. cotton inspector at the
Androscoggin mill at Lewiston, found
the following communication in bale
of cotton Wednesday:
November the second 1886.
Gp1 TO
return with name and address also
what was the profet and expencis on
this bale of cotton it was sold here at
rs cence pound please give me your
name and address.
address II. w. Barron
Mill Town Chambers Co
The publication of the story OF the Ellis
worth woman who wanted n dentist to lit
to her jaws set OF false teeth. wiiled her
by dean friend, brought TO light another
tale equally characteristic and also true.
The heroine is the same In both stories.
She is II widow now. having survived four
to his grave. she kept the procession
waiting at the house until she had pro-
cured rosehush and a paper bag full OF
dressing for il. Then AT the grave there
was another wait until the bush was
properly imbedded in the earth. She said
she did II to save time and the expense
OF hiring another team to carry her 10
the cemetery. The fifth engagement l.
reported and as she Is no coquette an
other marriage may come soon.
Nearly the whole of Bar Harbor has
been a iishin' during the past week
and some wonderful catches have been
reported. The best string OF trout and
salmon brought 20 town were those
caught az Branch pond by w. ri. Davis.
Z. 3. Mears. Geo; Stafford. =; c. Rey-
nold; and Fred e. Lyman. They came
home with 81 rsh. weighing "a pounds.
one salmon. caught by Mr.. Stafford
weighed 81. pounds. At Echo lake. on the
island. handsome string of q speekled
trout, averaging about one and one-half
pounds each was caught In one day by
NJ. c. Morrison, =. ID. Foster, Lou Rich
ardson and "; H. shuman In Jer.lan.s
caught the king Of trout. He landed
speckled beauty that tipped the scales at
~ pounds. No trout was ever taken
in this pond before weighing much over
three pounds.
A few days ago a well known Bangor
business man had two hogs butchered.
and after they had been killed it was
noticed that they appeared to be dis
eased. A veterinary surgeon was sum-
moned and an examination made.
which showed that the animals were in
the last stages OF trichina. The car
casses were destroyed, as soon as the
truth was learned. The butcher that
killed the hogs told the owner that he
had found many hogs that were
suffering from this disease, that in all
cases he notified the owners of the fact
and that it was dangerous to use the
meat. He did not know, however.
whether they needed his warning or
not
A bin has been presented to the
Legislature providing for the State to
pay for damage done to crops by deer.
We know of one farmer here who
would hold up both hands for it. Last
summer he pastured two fine deer in his
oat field. The impulse at times to
take down his rifle was almost ire
sistible but he waited patiently until
open time when he could stock up his
larder with those deer, that had de-
stroyed a good part of his oats. But
two hunters came along one morning
and bagged his deer, and all he got out
of it was the privilege of looking at
their dead forms. and he sighed as he
noted how fat they had grown at his
Corr. Aroostook Pion-
eer.
While the Theosophists and the other
lists are talking about the brother
example of this blessed belief right here
in Precious Portland. And it is a shin
ing example. too. and the news of it'll
should be spread broadcast. A certain
good old lady is running boarding house
on the brotherhood or socialist plan.
She has five. men boarders and just now
three are out of work and cannot ante
up saturday nights their usual STIPEND
for 'all the comforts of home Are
they bounced out into a cold world forth
with? Not any. The good woman has
Just cut down the daily rations Only one
egg to a man for breakfast. when for
merly he had Two or three. Beef stew at
noon. when formerly beefsteak was on
all, along the line, and If there are aching
voids to be filled oatmeal or indian meal
mus. is the ammunition employed. You
should think that the two paying board |
up to the situation and the