Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-12-01


out. The Grand Lodge of Maine has
complete set and it came into the
possession of it through the death of j.
Henry Crockett for the small sum of
$50 1t is doubtful if any of the other
owners would now part with u set for
five times that amount. Mr.. Russell
G. Dyer has set, having come into
possession of it through the death of
N. G. Cummings. Others who own sets
are Messrs. Albro E. Chase of Port
land, B. F. Day of Biddeford. and Hon.
E. p. Burnham of Saco, also the heirs
of E. p. Banks of Somerville, formerly
of Portland. although the books have
never been found since his death. Mr..
George w. Goss of Lewiston, has a full
set except that the journal of 1853 is in
manuscript. Just try to buy these
| books and see how hard they come.
1t is characteristic of Rev. c. S.
| Cummings, that he keeps a lighted
lantern every night in front of his
house on High street, Auburn. The
city electric lights are too few and far
| apart in that section, and 1T is no new
| business for Mr.. Cummings to guide
passers-by along the safe path.
| They have to hustle to beat Hildreth.
| the famous Old Orchard restaurant
man. Just now he is busy moving his
| big hotel. the Velvet, down nearer to
| the beach. A neisfbbor objected to the
| heavy building being moved across his
lot. and. last Wednesday, threatened
| to get out an injunction to stop Mr..
| Hildreth. But the next day was a
holiday and Mr.. Hildreth knew no in
| junction was to be had, SO he had a big
crew at work by daylight and before
! night the lot had been crossed.
One of the largest Holsters ever
caught in the vicinity of Calais or in
any other place. as far as known, was
recently captured of Grand Manan.
| The monster weighed rs pounds, meas
| uring AZ inches from tip to tip, having
| claws 20 inches long by seven wide.
| The only other one of about the same
| size which is known TO have been
| caught is It present in the museum at
| PHILADELPHIA. The age of this giant
monster u.s. of course, only conjecture5.
| Up to two or three years of age, it is
| easy enough to determine, but after
| that it becomes more difficult. 1t is
| believed the aga of the one above
mentioned must have been at least 80
| years. This one was sold to a fish
dealer in Montreal.
| .lN tA1
a neighboring town to spend Thanks
| giving day, reports good one on
| camera fiend While awaiting the ar
rival of the train to take him back to
Lewiston, the man with the camera
entered the station. Placing his IN
| strument on a seat, he rubbed his
| hands before the fire, and gazed about
| the room to note its occupant and con-
tents. The former consisted of the
Lewiston man and the latter an UNI
brella quietly standing in a corner
| Approaching the Lewiston man he IN
quired if the umbrella belonged to him.
The latter replied in the negative.
''Then 1 guess I'll take it," was the
cool response. AT that moment the
| train whistled, and the two men hus-
lieu W get OIl LII Ills hurry, anu
ing his hands occupied by the UNI
brella the camera man quite forgot
his instrument and he sped away with
the train, with the possibility that
when the owner of the umbrella re-
turns he will find first class camera
in it's place. But then, as Shakespeare
says, "A fair exchange is no robbery"
The joke is on one of Bangors we'll
known tailors. This tailor has consid-
cradle out-of-town trade and one day
recently he went to a town not many
miles away to fit some garments.
Having completed his work and with
several hours to wait before he could
get train to take him back to Bangor,
he decided to make a call on a lady of |
his acquaintance. He left the bundle |
of coats at the hotel, intending to re-
turn for it before the train left at a |
little after midnight. Somehow or !
other the time passed so very quickly |
that the young tailor not only didn't |
have time to return to the hotel but |
was made to do the liveliest kind of |
sprinting to catch the train. Early |
next morning he made quick trip TO
this town after his bundle of coats and
Iondly hoped no one would be the wis /
er. His friends, however, soon heard |
of it and smoked at his expense.
In one Biddeford household the |
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