Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-08

gust 81 INV bit4 hiitF til' III -
honors were carried OF by a l2-year Old
boy.
Either Bingham is remarkahl-
place or one u is merchants doesn't
adv crtisr. The Somerset Reportet
mentions the fact that lady from
Moscow was much pleased IN findins
a TIN dollar bin upon the floor of 81
~ tn, stores In bingham, where sh
had dropped it tn" day previous
An oxford county sportsman who "
much interested D. tn habits % will
! game reports seeing three deer chase
b. dogs ii the deep snow. 1t was im-
possible, for them to run fast and they
adopted tactics that were at once nov \
ana practical They We're runnin@
single fi4 The first thing that Al
tractcd attention a. unusual was TIN
action Of the leader which stoppe /
suddenly, JUMPED out e one side ami
let the other two deer run ~ in tn
path that III had made. Very
soon the new leader jumped out and
let his followers run ahead a. long az
the leader could stand it 10 make the
path in the deep snow. This was kept
up until they went out Of sight, and
the sportsman had learned something
new.
1t Wil take a great many of the...
surshiny days to eat up the great
drifts.
The small boy viii soon exchange
snow balls for marbles. and then the bas.'
hall vii! have its innings.
on. day last week the custom house
inspector in Saco found securely locked
up in Il loaded freight car that arrived
over the Grand Trunk from Chicago !
poor. halt furnished cat that in som
| manner haH been shut in the car At
Chicago ana had in all probability been
two Weeks without morsel Of food
The car was stocked with such dajntlrS
IL lard IN pals dressed hams securely
| seWcd III in hurlap bags. etc, ana
While they might fill the air with odprS
dear u the feline nature, they did not
offer pussy much If a foundation !"
work out a square meal on When dis
covered the eats eyes protruded from
her head about an inch and she Wa
weakly chewing at the bottom Of a pail
nf lard. The inspector took her to tn
customs office and set out a nice meal
Of meat before her 1t scared the cat :"
that in her deblitated condition, the
shock threw her into q fit and it was
found necessary to start her on con
densed milk diluted with warm water
She has become quite clipper however.
and has been duly installed as the sue
cessor of the old office cat Tom who
embarked for England on ono of thu
steamers some three months ago.
The most absentminded man in
Phillips took a letter to the office the
other day which he was very anxious
to get off by the first mail and instead
of putting it into the slide where letters
for the mail should so. he went TO mis-
own private box. slipped in his letter
and went home. He went to the Office
a day later thinking that it was almost
time 10 get a letter. Sure enough. h
found one in his box but it had a very
familiar look.
The joke is told on a couple of Wen
known young people in Waterville. Thu
young man called on the young lady
one evening and they had the parlor to
themselves as is the good, old fash
toned New England custom. She
showed him the album Git was the
third time they had gone through it 70
gether) and then they talked on various
Interesting subjects. They had both
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