Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-19


line road, between Feb. Is and March
80. without the aid of horses. giving
him the privilege of all the hand sled
he desired and three square meals
State-of-Maine and woman cooked
every day. The young man looked II
the blocks, then to the east, shook MS
head and decided To go to school. An
other illustration of the value of object
lessons.
| This Gardiner urchin understood tho
domestic affairs of his home too well %
he blinded by any theoretical mathe-
NAUTICAL computations. The teache:
asked him the following question: IF
you father gave your mother $50. and
soon after gave her $40 more, VIVA;
would she have" Quick as a fash
came the answer. "A fit" TO say that
the sedate teacher didn't smile, would
| he a Whopper.
The present winter has been an off
| one for the fishermen in Frenchmen' :
! bay The men who usually make from
| so to $40 per week by fishing for the
/ local markets have been obliged to la '
/ aside their travis and seek the frost
| fish and Smelt, or abandon their Voca-
| tons altogether since the month Of De-
! cember HOLSTERS have been an IN
known quantity since late last fall. and
these fish are a rarity in the neighbor-
ing markets. Even the smallest sized
lobster viii be sold readily at - cents
each, and they are very scare even al
that price. Every kind Of ruse is .o-
sorted to by some fishermen to dispu-.
of their snort Holsters in order to main
tain their families in winter. With thu
! coming of spring, Holsters viii be pier.
tiful in the markets. and may be- Oh.
tanned without any violation Of the
laws.
y Lewiston man has recently been
presented with his nineteenth son. He
has also let his life insurance drop bo-
hind. He says that If 10 boys cant
look out for their mother he doesn't
care to pcTpetuate the stock.
Between the Grand Army boys ana
the Shriners who will throng to kora
Temple, Lewiston expects to be given
over to the hands Of strangers. next
week But hospitabIe Lewiston vii;
thoroughly enjoy il.
York county insurance men are much
worked up because some Of their craft
are cutting rates. The general public
viii not mind the cut
Bar Harb0r is having dog show this
winter and a question Of great import
70 citizens just now is that relating 70
the disposition to he made OF the army
of dogs now running loose on the island
TIL" subject will not be discussed in the
approaching town meeting. but is
agitated in every quarter Of the town
and something rash is liable to he in
stituted in the future against the safety
Of the canine on Mt. Desert island. 1t /
has been proposed that every dog nv
sentenced to the death penalty Ivy be
ing hurled from Schooner Head into tn
sea with a huge rock hung Ia his neck. |
While others have suggested the raising
Of a fund for the building of a kennel !
on the sides of Green Mountain. into !
which every dog in Bar Harhor shall |
he put for the benefit of society /
Whether these suggestions will he car
ri"d int" effect cannot be said now
but on" thing is certain. there are loo
many dogs in Bar Harhor and some /
thing ought to he done at once to re |
lieVe the people. Many of these dogs /
are claimed by no man and roam thv |
forests, chasing the deer and other wild /
game.
Aliens Mills on the other hand. is go |
free from dogs that people yearn for |
the sound of a canine yelp. There is
only one dog in the place. There were |
tWo last week. but one was removed hs /
means of an anaesthetic and 3
calibre revolver
Bangor Commercial: Good neWspa-
per men are the safest confidants in /
the world. | don't know of another
profession in which men hold 50 many ,
important secrets without a whisper /
The doctors hold many secrets but
they, while their exposure would he |
embarrassing. are not of the quality /
which would upset the legal and /
political system OF states and cities |
No newspaper man who mingles with /
the public men of his city and state. is |
long without the possession of conf |
denCeS which not only lie close to the
foundations of the government but |
have a certain and high pecuniary
value to the man who will sell them
Yet. betrayal even in the face of these
temptations, is 50 rare as to be almost |
unheard-of
Watervile Mail: \ young Waterville |
lawyer who is physically modelled |
after the Grover Cleveland type. was in |
Augusta the first of the week and pat
ronized the hootblack at the hotel |
where he stayed. The lad had but be-
gun his work when he made the inter
esting discovery that the boots were
not mates. one being an ordinary win
ter black leather shoe. and the other A
summer russell. The lawyer had been
wearing the shoes for nearly two
weeks, but had not caught sight of his