Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-13

ItaiiS Ill bToWiiIlelu.
One of Southwest Harbors most sue
eessful summer hotel managers is, a wom-
an. And it is temperance hotel.
This year Lewiston can boast of more
miles of new streets. private and pub
lie, than almost any other city in
Maine.
j.. Waldo Nash. who is an authority on
birds, says that there are over l65 yarie-
ties in the county and most of these can
be found in Norway during a part of the
year at least
lewiston sidewalks are in,provng.
From twelve to fourteen hundred feet
more curbing than usual will be put in
this year, and the expense for the city
will be no larger than usual
The members of the Signal Corps. Port
land, are receiving instruction in wall
scaling from Lieut.. Butler. 1t is the in
tention of Lieut.. Butler to have the
members practice at forming pyramids
and other methods of wall scaling until
they are proficient in the art
Mr.. Wentworth of Greene, who had the
Alaskan exhibit at the fair this wear
saved several daring local klondikers
who were preparing to close out their af-
fairs so that they could go there in the
spring. To one man who weighed 165
pounds he said. when you can march
two miles with 2G0 pounds weight
strapped on your shoulders. and not feel
tired. you can begin to think about going
to Alaska
Washington papers report "A pure white
reed bird on marsh near there and all
the hunters of the vicinity are out gun
ming for him. And worse than all, other
reed birds are pecking at the poor bird
who Is 50 unfortunate as to be unlike the
rest of his kin. so that between his popu-
larity with the gunners and his unpopu-
larity at home the chances of this bobo-
link for Il long and happy winter and a
return North next spring are exceedingly
slim.
One young man in Dover certainly
should receive a medal for his ingenu-
ity in securing a bicycle ride without
any output of labor on his part He
was at East Dover Friday evening In
company with three other young men
when his wheel broke confronting him
with the probability OF walk home.
He however, thought better of it and
procuring a rope tied his wheel to the
others and thus rode home in state.
Mr. L. b. Winslow, of the Portland
Stoneware Company. says that the re-
turn of good times has been visible for
the last two or three weeks His COM
pany has done great deal of business
in places to the westward of Portland,
and from those regions come the signs
of business activity. Mr.. Winslow has
been preparing for the increased de
mand. and during the summer has
built two new and very large kilns g,
the factory.
AS Mr.. Milton Clark of Gorham was
driving in Portland with market wagon
loaded with country produce the transom
bolt broke and let the wagon drop on to
the ground. The wagon made a complete
somersaults and a man who was on the
wagon with Mir. Clark was under the
wagon with the vegetables and boxes on
top of him. The bystanders were obliged
TO remove the wagon before the man
could get out Luckily he was not much
hurt Mr.. Clark also escaped injury, but
country produce was distributed over Il
large portion of the street
A kindly correspondent of the Lewis
ton Journal in Brunswick writes reia-
tive to the Anneke JAMS estate which is
exciting the Webbers of this country so
thoroughly, and which the newspapers
promise is near settlement. with mil
lions on millions to be distributed. Our
Brunswick friend asks if it is worth
the while of papers OF the standing of
the Journal to help such things and H.
adds that the Anneke Jams estate is
fully described in the Half Moon series.
published by G. P. Putnams Sons, New
York, 10 cents), and the Dutch gov
eminent has long since passed a law,
making imperative all claims on such
an estate, if it ever existed. Would il
not be well to mention this" asks our
correspondent, and thus save few of
your readers a S. bill or so?''
While on visit in Kenduskeag. the
correspondent of an exchange called on Il
hermit. who lives in So. Hudson. about a
mile from the village. His name is
Llewellyn r. Farrar and he said that he
was born in Harmony. Somerset county.
fifty years ago. 1t is said that when Mr..
Farrar was a young man he was engaged
to marry young lady but his brother
got her away from him and shortly after
he went to hudson, bought the place
where he now lives and built a hut on it.
He owns 275 acres of land but has only
five acres cleared on which he raises po-
tatoes. beans and corn Mr.. Farrar is
rather odd looking, having curly hair that
reaches to his shoulders. and going bare
! foot and dressing rather scantily. AT this
time he was breaking up piece of land
which he did by means of windlass.
| wheel about ten feet in diameter and a
chain which was attached to the plow
about two rods distant. In time he can
get quite lot of blowing done. Mr.. Far
rar has lived there about twenty-one
| years and very seldom goes to the village.
/ is a good vioinist and favored his visitors
/ with several tunes. When asked If he en-
| joyed life he said he did not and thought
| there was no enjoyment for him.
| ''The epidemic of head-colds which Is
| sweeping over this vicinity" said my
| friend. the doctor. last night, as he
hung up the transmitter after answer
| ing call at the telephone, sis due 70
several causes, but most to one that is
not commonly regarded by the public
Sitting in draughts is dangerous at any
season, and overheating combined with
low nervous and muscular energy
will, in hot weather or cold be likely TO
produce infiammations in people who
are as susceptible as most of us in this
climate have to be. But the cause of a
| great portion of the colds OF this week
| is not to be found there. You remem-
Der that, within five days, four out OF
every five inhabitants of Bangor have
been at Maplewood park, mixing in
with a great crowd, breathing in dust
and impurities and facing strong
breezes. which always blow over the
park. Add to this experience, with it's
consequent muscular debility. the troll
ley car or blackboard rides in the midst