Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-24

For some time past the customs Of1ic-
nch parties s who were Yh e be
smuggling in whiskey and kerosene from
the Calais side, and Tuesday they raided
store-house on King street and seized lie
penalty for smuggling liquor is very
heavy and 1t will probably go hard with
the guilty parties.
A peculiar accident happened at Lubec
few days ago, which goes to show that
danger. and personal injury inflicted from
sources least guarded against. While
James j. McCurdy was examining some
herring. that were hanging up in his
smoke house. a herring fell from one OF
the sticks and struck him in the left eye.
cutting the ball entirely in two.
AS the journal tells it the Bddeford
high school seniors held a meeting. the
other day. and all but one voted against
having any class parts on the evening of
graduation. One young lady. however.
said she wanted to speak and wanted to
voted unanimously that Miss Bessie San
born should have poem. essay and ora
ton on the evening in question and that
no other member of the class should take
part.
The mere mention of diseased meat
this week was enough to spoil the sale
Of beef in all the city markets. People
ordered mutton or fowl instead of a
pointed eloquently at the government
stamp and declared that the beef in his
market came from Chicago. 1t is al
most certain that beef from cattle
afflicted with tuberculosis would not
hurt anybody if it was properly cooked,
yet no one would eat it knowingly.
The Sebec Station correspondent of an
exchange saw the first log sawed in the
mill there the other 61V and
marks that ii seems quite remarkable that
in town that has been Incorporated
eighty-five years and three-fourths of its
surface covered by Wilderness no board
was ever sawed outside of Sebec village.
with the exception of small mill run
by Joshua Livermore short time on the
brook near the residence of John MOrri-
son. The firm will soon put in their ma
chimes to saw birch and will run day
and night. employing about twenty-five
men. They are soon to erect boarding
house to accommodate the large number
of men they must employ in their differ
ent branches of business.
large amount of the pulp wood which
is being hauled to the Madison mill by
rail this winter is fir. "A wood which has
never before been considered of any great
value either for fuel or lumber. 1t is very
soft with an open grain which is filed
with pitch and for that reason cannot be
used for pulp making in mills where the
grinder process is used. 1t is. however.
white wood and 1t has been proved thai
IL can De pFOHtdDly worked III mills Wnefe
the chemical process is used to separate
the wood fiber. If the use of fir wood is
found to be profitable in the Madison
mill. as it probably will be. many swamps
which have been considered of little value
for their forest growth will eventually
net good returns to their owners.
Friends Of Sheriff Usher B. Thompson
of York county. says. the Washington
would have laughed Monday to see him
toiling up the long winding steps that
lead to the dome OF the capitol. The
Maine Senate is doing the town partly
under Hon. Amos Aliens tutelage. He
was at the capitol and Mr.. Allen, an old
friend. advised him to take the walk up
the long spiral steps as the prospect was
most inviting. There is no elevator to the
dome: as Mr.. Allen knows. and the portly
sheriff grew very wheezy before he mas
tered the great elevation. Mr.. Allen stood
far below and watched his friend toll up
the ascent. 1t was fun for Mr.. Allen and
the sheriff had to take it kindly.
Alonzo Libby, ESQ.,, of Westbrook,
who was in Auburn on Friday attend
ing a meeting Of the Maine State fair
trustees. said that he thought alto
gether too much noise had been made
relative to the finding of tuberculosis
in Maine cattle. Il think" said Mr..
Libby, the desired result might have
been obtained just as well without so
much ado in the newspapers. 1t has
hurt the cattle raising business in this
state and the dairy and milk interests
as well. In my opinion there is no call
for all this buster. / am in for get
ting rid of all diseased cattle, but there
is way to do and a way not to do
] believe that the Maine cattle COM
mSSionerS should have some money
and look after the thing. / believe that
every creature should be tested at least
once a year. Every milk consumer
should insist that the men who furnish
them milk have their cows tested once a
year. l believe if some such plan is
followed that we shall be able to drive
this tuberculosis out and when we
once get rid of it. it will be compare
lively easy keeping clear of it. But it
is matter that must be looked after
A Pine Point man who is poor but
honest, as the sequel will show, went to
Portland early one morning after there
had been snow fall and as he walked
along Commercial street he noticed
that there were only foot tracks to
show that one man had been along
ahead of him. AS he followed these
tracks he saw something lying in the
snow and picked up roll of bills con-
tanning $940. He FASTENED to follow
the tracks and as he reached the cor
ner of Exchange street saw a man dis
appear into saloon. He went in and
asked the man if he had lost anything.
lie eXcitedly felt in his overcoat pocket
and said that he had lost $94O that he
had drawn from the bank the day be-
fore. The Pine Point man gave him
the money and the gratitude of the
other. who turned out to be the proprie-
tor of the saloon, was so deep that he
asked him to have a drink. The Pine
Point man did not drink He was
asked TO have a cigar. He did not
smoke. Then the saloon keeper pulled
out half dollar and gave it to the
Pine Point man and. not to be outdone
in generosity, the latter tossed it back
upon the bar and said: Go ahead and
drink 1t up, you look as if you wanted
s. drink