Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-14

'eeth recently and while the thief was
secured quickly, she. at last accounts,
Aau peen unable to find her missing
fioperty. though a thorough search
was made at once. While cleaning
tne teeth, her pet dog saw the pretty
SCI ana thinking it was dainty NOR
SCI or toothsome bone, soon had
them IN MS mouth and before the
o"hel could get nearer, disappeared
"hto the back yard. The lady followed
quickly found her dog but the new
teeth mad vanished from view. No
amount or coaXing would make the
aog thlef disclose the hiding place of
ms expensive bone" and a new set
was ordered from the dentist later.
Inc people who own old stone walls
near Rosedale, Lewiston, are having
no trouble in getting them removed,
Ihey have only to give some of the
numerous people who are building
houses permission, and they are gladly
accepted for building foundations.
crew of men, headed by a well-known
Ffench-American merchant, was busy
the other day tearing away a wall
mat FOR an hundred and twenty years
mas guarded field of the old Ham
farm. 1t is generally a fight between
the men who want to move the stone,
and the blackberry bushes who do
not want them moved. But the men.
with bleeding hands, succeed.
| A Dexter man tells of two aged men
brothers, living on adjoining farms in
| his part of the State, who have each
| acquired handsome property, under
| conditions of the strictest economy
ana have been noted for their amiabe
| intercourse with each other. During
their long lives they owned many of
the more expensive farming tools and
| machines m common, under an agree
ment that each should have the use
OF them IN their season a given number
of hours alternately. SO exact were
| they in keeping this agreement that
the moment the time was up, no ma
| ter what the condition of the work
was. the tool or machine was started
on It's journey to the other brothers
farm. Many time the neighbors
nave seen the moving machine stop
suddenly, when five or ten minutes
more would finish the piece, and turn
out Of the swath because time was up.
An eXasperatng state of things
exists at the city fields on the banks
OF the river just below the city limits
Of Lewiston. 1t has been customary
for the owners of horses to have them
| buried there when they die. and half
dozen of the carcasses have lately
been hauled there and left with q little
dirt thrown over them. Recently a |
body was lying there under the trees
just as it was left. The man who Left |
it seems to have been scared for he
went down and either buried it, or |
rolled it into the river But there are
bodies partly covered over, with legs, |
heads and tails sticking out of the |
graves. The rain has uncovered more |
of them and a condition exists which
is menace to Lewiston and to |
Auburn. There are houses not three |
hundred yards away on the Auburn |
side of the river. Near by is the spot !
where the board of health dumps its
collected refuse into the river.
Il. L. Jordan of Webster has in his |
possession the commanders pennant
Of the old L. S. S. Kearsage, wrecked |
on ROmpador Reef, Feb. ., 1894. Mr.. |
Jordan was on the Kearsage when she |
struck on Rompador. With the pcnnant
may be seen Mr.. Jordan's continuous |
service certificate a book of parch- |
mcnt bound in leather with the dates |
of his enlistment and honorable dis |
charge and his transfer from ship to
ship. His last cruising was on the Wa
bash and the Montgomery. The pen
nant was on the boat when the old |
Kearsage sank, going down with the |
ensign and the admirals pennant fly !
ing. the admiral being on board the |
Kearsage when she struck. Mr.. Jor-
dan took charge of the commanders |
pennant and has since kept it, 1t ap-
pears to be some twenty or thirty feet
long. The old Kearsage it is needless |
to say, settled affairs with the Ala |
bama once upon time and the story |
Of her wreck and loss made a stir in
naval circles four years ago.
Our East Sumner correspondent re-
calls this incident which occurred
about a half century ago. A big tenn
perance rally was held in the old Con
Gregational Church on the Hill in
Sumner. Neal Dow, Walton and Shr-
Icy came up from Portland to attend
the meeting. Each alternately oc-
cupied the high pulpit while speaking.
Dow was to speak last. While the
speaker who preceded Dow was speak
ing at considerable length. Dow and
the other man sat al a table beneath
the pulpit. Dow finally grew nervous
at the long continued address and
catching up bit of paper wrote upon
il hastily these words, You have
spoken long enough. Come down.
our correspondent, a little urchn,
happened to be standing near and Gen.
Dow quickly showed the message into
his hands whispering. Garry this up
to the man overhead" Il was a bit
| frightened, says the correspondent.
and halted. when he hastily pushed
my arm saying, Go ahead The mes
| sage was delivered and the speaker soon
| came down and Dow took his place.
| | mentioned the incident to him only
two or three years ago at temperance
| rally at AnasagunticoOk grove, and he
distinctly remembered it."-Lewiston
| Journal.
| 1t is 81 years ago this summer when
! six boys came through Augusta where
| the Maine boys are now in camp They
| had been camping out at Belgrade
| pond, and each wore a red shirt. War