Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-16

menSely and all the while. a deep laid
| plan WAS being formed Tor revenge.
| One day while he was away the lady
| jokcd. took the fellows best over coat and
| proceeded to sew up every pocket in the
strongest manner possible: to sew ZIP all
| the button holes. and finally The sleeves
| No one but a heartless wretch would think
| of such Il thing, for how was the fellow
| ever again t. wear the coat in that CON
! dition. and he had no mamma near t"
| assist him in getting ii freed from the
| threads.
The fellow entered the house in hurry
| to get the coat and found what had been
| done. The only thing he did was 10 say
| something that sounded exactly like an
obstruo ton for water. and then over his
| face passed u deathly grin as he muttered
| vengeance is mine saith |. There'H come
d time some day He hasn't worn the
overeoat yet. as the tailor hasn't got
| through with it,
| Another thing that makes the crime all
| the worse is the fact. that the overcoat
was in several places in need of repairs,
and the energy laid out in sewing the
| whole places was wasted.
A Scotch professor who is very much
interested in the subject of humane work.
| says that in a certain Scotch school.
where the subject of kindness to animals
is impressed upon the minds of the pu-
pills. until they all become as interested
as their teachers. about 1000 pupils were
| taught. and so far as known not one of
| them was ever arrested. He uses this as
an argument that if children are taught
to be kind to dumb animals, it will make
| their whole life better
The boys of the National Guard are
made of stern material as is shown by
| the action of some of them. There is one
| member of the local company. that won't
! do a thing to the Spaniards when he
meets them. if it is his good fortune to
| do SO. He hasn't much faith in his
| ability to use Il gun when it comes to
| close quarters. and in order to feel per-
| feet confidence in himself he has hit upon
| another scheme. He took his trousers to
| the tailor one day recently. and told that
| gentleman to put a large pocket into the
! hip of them, large enough to hold Il -
calibre revolver He explained that if it
| throw away his gun and be able to ably
protect himself The Spaniarls will do
| we'll to keep away from Company +. LIST
| Regiment.
| There is Il new game that is being in
dulged in. in various states near Maine.
| that is sure to be popular. 1t is called
putting the lady on the tandem, and is
new version of the old game of putting
| the tail on the donkey. In this case the
| figure on the sheet is II tandem. with "A
man on the back seat waiting for his lady
| to be placed on the other. This the com
pany blndfold. endeavors to do. pinning
small paper ladies on the sheet. At the.
| place where they think the empty seat
on the tandem is. AS each person pins
on a lady. the bandage is taken from his
| or her eyes. and they then have an OPP
portunty to watch the funny attempts
of the others This game was tried the
other evening at a house in Augusta, and
| it created no end of amusement The
| first lady attempting to fill the seat on
the tandem. pinned the figure ON the
man s ear. a very appropriate place. The
next stuck a pin through the mans nose
and none put the figure in the right place
| Forfeits for not filling the seat had to
be paid. so all paid "a forfeit.
| An extremely well dressed young wom-
an stood before il counter in one of the
| dry goods stores. yesterday. She was
tailor made. Enthusiastically So and her
fscolding locks were pinned back with
d fancy article of turquoise. Several
! times she tried to engage the attention
OF the saleSwoman. who was rushed in
| trying to do the work of five ordinary
SaleSWomen.
Every time Miss Tailormade spoke. the
clerk would say II will wait on YOU in a
| minute. and would placidly go on at
tending to the wants of somebody else.
| Miss Tailormade got impatient
| These Augusta clerks don't understand
| their business like Boston clerks she
said to her companion. "A Boston clerk
can wait on eight people at once"
ITS outrageous having to wait this
| way. said her companion.
ITS shameful said the first.
| 1t $ perfectly horrid said the second
| The people who keep this store ought
to be taught ii lesson" said the first
young woman. I've a great mind. to go
somewhere else, have.
The terrible threat seemed to move the
clerk. She rolled her eyes languidly to-
ward the young, woman.
II want one skein of silver gray flo"
said the well dressed woman, and ev-
erybody heaved a sigh of relief. The
store had been saved the loss of a
customer. The flo was four cents.
Some of the news items from the county
correspondence of The country newsna-
pers- certain matters of great interest In
a recent newspaper among the Bragg Hol-
low items. is to be found the fact that
the two pickets in the fence at the foot
of the hin. that were broken our by fall
| ing limbs. have been replaced