Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-05
ssnto the footsteps Of summer here

Unto the footsteps OF SUMMER ueTe,
without even a warning frost. Already
the NAPLES have donned their autumn
coat Of crimson and orange, and many
of the other trees are putting on their
more sombre dress of brown. This Is
noticed especially in the alders Of the
low lands, while the cherry and apple
trees, which usually retain their verdi
ure until late in October. are showing
brown and withered leaves. Although
farmers declare there has been no
frost. nature shows every evidence that
there has been. The theory prevalent
among the farmers here is that this Is
due to the continued drought, but it may
be, caused by the fog, of which we have
had so much this season"
Piscataquis Observer: It Is not safe
to condemn Governor Powers for in
action until you know certainly that
he is doing nothing. Last week pa
per contained an editorial denOuncing
him for not taking measures to get the
Maine troops moved North and little
later it appeared that he had been la
| boring with the secretary OF war TO
that end for nearly two weeks. 1t was
the same paper, by the way, that de-
nounced the Governor because he did
not call the Legislature together soon
after war was declared.
A Chicago syndicate talks of pur-
chasing the Petit Manan property and
converting it into a summer resort.
| The scheme contemplates hotel and
| cottages and an electric railroad con-
structed to connect with the Washing
tom County Railroad. 1t will be made
one of the finest spots on the Maine
coast. The purchasers will have to do
but little in the way of improvements
to the point. as good roads already
exist, and the whole place is laid out
into streets and building lots.
Down in South Brewer there is 4
middle aged man who is great
"masher"-at least he thinks he is.
In the same section of the city there
is also very pretty young woman
whose charms the said man greatly
| admires. A few days ago he wrote Il
very loving note. requesting a meeting
| OI d ceTldlu tllSul anu StHl IL IL UtT.
The note never reached the young lady,
but fell into the hands of some very
| practical jokers. They wrote a very
sweet answer, promising to be at the
| meeting place. The night came and
| with it went the masher to the trysting
place. He waited about for nearly two
hours and had about given up all hopes
| of the coming of the fair one when
down the street came a dream of love-
liness in a very becoming white duck
| suit and the daintiest OF sailor hats
He rushed up to embrace her and then
he nearly tainted, for as he was going
| to kiss her very coarse mans voice
| came out from beneath the sailor har,
| saying: 'Manhattans and Il. C. Ms
will do for me-" The masher was mad
and wanted to fight, but the other
| jokers were close at hand and he didn't
feel capable of whipping the whole of
Brewer.
i U
f. What interesting facts we do some.
times learn about our own homes when
we go away from town. The following
valuable bit of information appears in
the New York Tribune. 'There is a
town in Maine of 700 inhabitants called
fWeston, in which only two foreigners
are living, both of them Irish naturals
I lied citizens. AS might be expected
both are office holders. One is the
mayor and the other is constable of the
town." Weston with a mayor! with
| 200 inhabitants! How these Aroost ook
towns do hustle
|
| Did he get hugging or spanking?
the little Bangor three-years-o old ,
who being found with his kitten in an
| unfinished upper chamber after a long
search and many calls, sweetly an
swered, when asked why he did not re-
| spond to the shouts: Il did answer a
little bit, but I couldn't call out cause
l would wake up kitty"