Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-23

tdon. All honor, ali glory to these men
for what they have done and for what
they are willing TO do.
The matter Of cells eggs has been
troubling come of our contemporaries.
The Lewiston Journal says that no one
ever saw cells eggs and that cells spawn
in the ocean as they will never increase
IN a landlocked pond. The Winthrop
| Budget says this Is all CANNON, and
goes on to tell come eel stories Of Its
own as follows: THE mill pond here.com-
monty called the Engine stream, is full
of eels We saw In the summer Of 1870.
one lard tierce full and another over
two-third full of cells, that were
caught in the washer in the basement
of the woollen mill. and several times
within our remembrance the water
wheel of this same mill has been COM
pletely clogged with cells that Went
over the dam. so that all operations
were suspended until the wheel was
cleared. II cells do not breed in the
upper lake, as well as in the mill pond,
how do they happen to be there in such
numbers? 1t Is an impossibility for
them to ascend from the lower lake
over the mill dam. to say nothing Of
the dams on the Cobbosseecontee
stream at Gardiner. The water Of the
upper lake Is 40 feet higher than tina.
of the lower lake, and there are three
dams, besides a penstock for the cells
to climb over. One fact like this is
worth all the conjecture since Adam.
/, The announcement comes to his rela-
tives that Hiram Maxim. the world
famous Yankee fellar from Maine"
who invented that gosh trapping big
gun that startled all creation" Is COM
ing to see US this way sometime durine
the year. All of his native State. and
especially Penobscot county. where
Maxim's boyhood was spent, will be
glad to again grasp his hand.
Old Orchard want: uniform for its
police force, one man strong. 1t has
an idea that his efficiency among the
many thousand visitors would be
tons and big badge.
waterville Mail: The civil person
has never had any occasion to say that
the corps of conductors on the Water
vile and Fairfield electric road are dis
courteous in any way. yet one of the
corps at present writing is seriously |
contemplating whether or no he has
violated cherished precedent. Twas
aboard closed car the other day. An
altogether orderly passenger pulled 4
bottle of goodly proportions from his
pocket and began to partake of a
liberal quantity of the contents. The
car door opened and in stepped the
conductor who firmly informed the still
passenger that I'VE don't al
low that on board this car" The pas
senger ceased his drinking. put the bot
tie in an inside pocket and the con-
ductor went out. The passenger evil
IDENTIFY was of weak memory, however,
for he took out the bottle again soon
and freely imbibed as before. This
time the conductor came in and with 1
out any sort of ceremony whatever
snatched the bottle from the hands Of
the. up to this time. silent, though
thirsty, passenger. Strange, said
the passenger, that Teller can't take
a drink of tea when he wants to with
out submitting to all this bother
The conductor looked askance mo-
ment. then pulled the stopper from the
bottle and smelt of the contents. Sure
enough. twas tea-and you mustn't
say anything more about 1t.
Bangor News: The summer schools
have been working a revolution in the
minds of the Maine teachers. Let it be
hoped that they will now revolutionize
the routine methods of the schools. IL
they do this Mr.. Stetson will have ac-
complished the greatest reform of the
century