Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-09
zen investigating finds many especial

been Investigating finds many especial
~ hard cases among families who have
lost fathers. husbands or children in
the Portland. One Of the colored
stewards. hard working. God-fearing
man, was the only support of a mother
over 80 years old and a wife with a
child cniy five years old. He had been
.rying to pay for his home, but had
paid only $500 Of the $500 required.
Another woman. whose husband was
watchman on the boat, is an Invalid,
having been confined to her bed most
Of the time for.-years. has three chill
dren under nine years old and not
cent in the world, her husband having
had a hard struggle to keep out OF
debt on his salary of $22 month. An
old lady so years old. the aged mother
of the stewardess OF the Portland, has
lost her only support in her daughters
death. A watchman on the Portland
had wife who is an invalid, and who IS
now in a hospital in Washington. D. c.,
where she was being supported by her
husband while she passed through a
dangerous surgical operation, and she
also is left dependent on charity. And
Perhaps the most remarkable story
| in connection with the late terrible
storm is one told of schooner which
was carrying cargo of lumber from
| Bangor to the owner of a lumberyard
on Cape Cod. The schooner was caught
| in the same storm that engulfed the
| Portland and was cast high and dry
| on the shore. total wreck. But-and
| here Is the remarkable part of the
| story-she was carried away up over
| the beach and deposited in the very
| lumberyard tn which her cargo was
consigned. Though her frame was a
| complete wreck. her cargo was in good
| condition. It's owner had simply to
| step out of his office to his yard to
| inspect his purchase. and without pay
| ing any bin for unloading it.
| New York Times: Bangor is a city
| in the State of Maine. If rumor be
true, she has lately entered the lists in
the speedy divorce contest with the
Dakotas. Case called, notice proved,
default entered testimony heard,
divorce decreed, and certificate issued.
| in just eight and a quarter minutes
| is the report of her most expeditions
performance to date. We tremble lest
the example of Bangor should be fol-
| lowed by other New England towns.
Time would indeed be out of joint, and
| the flow of divorce emigrees would
| turn eastward. There is a good deal
of latent energy in all New England
cities, and we do not doubt that close,
eager competition would cause Bangor
| to reduce her time TO seven, possibly
to six minutes. In the meantime, she
should not be praised over much. She
has not yet showed that she is superior
to the Dakotas by the number of cases
| handled simultaneously. Should Bos-
ton not enter theafield. the opportunity
may arrive before long.
The number of boarders at Alfred s
winter resort. the county jail. in
creases rapidly. There are now con-
fined 120 prisoners. of whom 80 per
cent are hoboes. One hundred MEN are
employed in the work JAIL cutting up
seven tons of stock weekly. The sec
| ond story of the work Jail is being
prepared for the female prisoners who
will be required to paste heels.
Biddeford has a couple who are hot
after the championship as kissers, and
the young man in the case is not back
| ward in coming out and saying so.
| The young woman resides on Hill
street, and Saturday night the young
man called as usual. The rest is best
told in the young mans own words 20
local reporter: .'We had read in pa
pers about a couple kissing hundreds
of times and out of curiosity my sweet
heart and l tried our luck. My future
mother-inlaw was out in town shop
ping SO we started a-kissing at ten
minutes past eight. As the 9 O'Clock
bells We're ringing we stopped. In the
so minutes we had kissed over 800
times. That was only starter though.
OF course we had to rest, and then her
mother came home about that time.
too. The next time we will do better
and keep it up until we hold the
record" The young man was asked If
he liked the task and he replied that 1t
was nice at first, but he added with a
blase air. You get sick of it after Il
while, but you needn't put that part in
the paper, for my girl might get mad. y
DIR. Bulfs Cough Syrup is n very
efficient remedy. For coughs and colds it
has no equal. 1t is good for adults and
children. For Group and whooping cough
it is invaluable.
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