Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-23

time in p years.
The combined weight Of a Phipps-
burg family, consisting of father,
mother. and son, is 6lS pounds
\ Rockland woman refuses to cook
any more spanish cream" She will
continue to make the same toothsome
dessert, however. but renamed it
Dewey cream"
Master Maurice Hit Of Union. is
we'll favored youngster having four
great grandmothers. one great grand
father. one great great grandfather.
one grandfather and two grand
mothers living.
A young miss of six or seven years
who resides in Bangor had heard her
father and mother discuss the Cuban
question from time to time and a few
days ago she surprised her mother by
running into the house and eXClaim-
ing. Mamma. mamma, Cuba is block
headed,'
Mrs. John Beverly of Machias, eX-
amined a pincushion, recently which
she had used for 81 years, and found
therein 10 needles as bright as new.
The cushion was made of sleeps wool
and probably the oil in the wool acted
as a non-corrosiVe. Her find made AZ
papers of needles as papers are now
sold.
F. 5. Philbrick of West Rockport,
has a glass decanter that has been in
the family more than 100 years. Its
exact age is not known but it is prob
al 4 OH old II holds u hniit
one pint. has stopple whose top is a
perfect globe,is hollow, can be and was
probably used as drinking glass. 1t
is thin and transparent and in perfect
order.
Police Matron Mitchell of Lewis
ton, has received many packages Of
secondhand clothing from house
wives who are cleaning house
and don't know what to do with
half worn garments. Tuesday morn
ing she made a whole family down on
Lincoln street. happy with clothes
Four members of the family were pre-
viously so destitute of clothes that
they could not so out doors.
| After a couple of freshmen of the
| University of Maine. had attended TO
the duty of escorting two OronO girls
to their rooms Wednesday evering,
| they found in waiting for them mum
| Der of students, who redressed them
| and With their coats and vests on
| wrong side out the boys were given a
| ride on the electric cars, one being put
| aboard the car going towards Bangor
| and the other aboard an Old Town
| car.
1t is evident that Camden will he
| well protected in case of invasion by
the enemy for even the children under
stand what is means and are ready to
fight. The other day when the steam
er, now taking the place of the NJ &
NJ. came in for the first time. the
| strange whistle caused some little
connection. one lady remarked that
it must surely be the Spanish. when
her five year old son exclaimed: You
just wait till l get my pea shooter I'll
fix en-
Rather q smooth looking stranger
paid Dexter a visit Wednesday and his
business SO far as known, was simply
to work that very old but rather sue
| cessful game of making change. He
entered the store of Mrs T, r. Wheel
CT and purchased a little ribbon, pass
ing out a SO bll to pay for the same;
then as Mrs. Wheeler was counting out
the money suddenly remembered that
| he had other change, and later devel-
upments showed that Mrs. Wheeler
VAS out - as result of the game
played. The same $40 bill was again
offered in payment of other ribbon at
the store of Mrs. Ellen Derry. but the
clerk regarded the fellow With some
suspicion and told him she could not
make change readily The fellow then
found a quarter in his pocket and paid
for his purchase.
Deputy Sheriff Charles B. Haskell
arrested Seth McKenney in Pittsfeld
about 10 days ago oman execution which
ran against the body. The prisoner
who is an old man. wanted to go home
to supper before starting for Skowhe-
gan Jail, says the Bangor Wing. and
Deputy Haskell allowed him to go on
the promise that he would be ready t.
start in half an hour. Mckinney
ran away. Since then Mr. Haskell has
been on the hunt for him and has fol-
lowed him around through Canaan and
| Clnton, where he has been stopping
with relatives. Monday night Nc
Kinney came to his home in Pittsfield
and soon as the deputy sheriff came
down town Tuesday morning he at once
went to the Mckinney house. where he
was refused admission. AS the pro.
cess was civil one he could not u.s.
any force to get the man so he at once
proceeded to establish a blockade al
the house. In this he called to his ai6
capt. n. c. Corey of the night forct