Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-31


great men.
The Dexter garden thief who stole
two cabbages now realizes that hon.
esty is the best policy, and wishes he
had bought them in the open market.
They cost him 5000 each in the police
court the next day, and the owner of
the garden would like to sell more at
the same figure.
One of the returning soldiers es.i-
mates that the LIST Maine lost between
10 and II tons in flesh, while at Chicka-
manga. This places the average for
each man at Is or 20 pounds, which Is
fairly low. Many lost 40 or so pounds
and one Co. c sergeant, now very sick,
lost 70 pounds. A few gained IN weight
while there, but they are in the great
majority.
The members of Battery A call them
selves veterans in comparison with the
three other batteries, but they are not
jealous of the 1st Maine boys who have
seen longer and harder service al
CEickamauga than they have at Pop
ham. After roll call, Sunday Elol lining,
the battery gave three ringing cheers
and a tiger for the LIST Maine, in honor
Of its return home.
tree of historic interest was cut
down in Augusta last week. 1t was a
maple decaying and dropping. which
stood on the grounds of the Blaine
mansion on State street. In its shad
Ow, Mr.. Blaine stood on that fair
summer day when the committee of
notification formally notified him Of his
nomination as the Republican cam
didate for President. Gathered on the
lawn that day the distinguished party
formed picture which will ever re-
main In the memory of those who saw
it,
Talk about methodical families. Can
anybody find one arranged in a more
orderly manner than that of Mr.. John
Weston of Skowhegan, who, according
to the Madison Bulletin has six chill
dren.. three girls and three boys, and
II grandchildren, six girls and six boys.
One of the daughters and one son have
a girl and a boy apiece, one daughter
and one son have two girls apiece, and
one daughter and one son have two
boys each.
Portland ADVERTISER: 'Td like to go
to Cuba or Porto Rico" wrote a Port
land boys at Chickamauga to his friends
here a few days before the regiment
came home. Il don't want to come
back and be called tin soldier
Bless your heart. young man, nobody
would think of saying such a thing. A
man who should speak tauntingly of a
Maine soldier would be mobbed in our
streets. You were ready to fight and
would have fought with the best Of
them if they had given you a chance.
You already have buried more men
than some of the regiments who have
seen actual service. Wait until your
company marches down Congress
street from the Union Station to the
armory. You will then see whether
your fellow citizens honor you or not.
Hats off to the brave boys in blue, who
have stood ready all summer to fight.
and who have seen their comrades car
ried to the miserable hospitals by the
hundred. knowing that they may be
the next to be stricken down. Honor
to the living and tears for those who
have gone to their long reward.
Bath is as handsome a city as any
in all New England" said visitor one
day last week according to a local
paper. Not being satisfied with the
many natural beauties in and about
your city you have by artificial means
produced in your immediate vicinity
the most beautiful electric railway
park in New England. the handsomest
cemetery in Maine. and one of the fin
est city parks of any place of it's size
in the country"
Speaker Reed is enjoying life at his
Grand Beach cottage near Old Orch
ard. He is found in hammock most
of the time and has discarded his
wheel. Grand Beach has very vivid
recollections of the speaker when he
learned to ride the bike. He used to
wear d SHOW WUlte sweater, anu With
mounted on his wheel he could be seen
for long distance. He had blocks of
wood and old boxes scattered all up
and down the beach to aid him in
mounting. He never was great
scorcher, despite all stories to the con-
trary, and the fastest clip he ever
struck was one day when he lost con-
troll of the wheel, and down the incline
towards the ocean he went at 2.10
clip. Had he not fallen from the bike
at the waters edge, the probabilities
are that he would have gone out to
sea. Mr.. Reed was always a little
afraid to ride on the beach after that,
and the most Of his riding was done in
the road just back of the house. There
were stories to the effect aflOat that
Mr.. Reed could ride through a thick
forest on his wheel and never dismount
and that he could ride up a towering
pine to the height of 40 feet, but the
big congressman declares that there
was no truth in these stories.
Reflections Of Married Man.
Every woman has her ideal, and the
most miserable ones have married them.
A woman will still believe in a man