Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-10

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pay for mechanical and art purposes.
Misses Mary Hackett, Mary r. Hack
EFT, and Mary V. Hackett of this city
are visiting friends at Lisbon Falls. =
| Lewiston Journal.
No doubt her friends were very glad
| to see Mary.
Orr's Island fishermen made the best
catch of years few days ago, and the
cause of their good luck was something
very unusual. A huge school of herring
was noticed off OrrS Island one dar.
That was soon followed by still larger
school of cod. The fish were greatly
excited and headed straight ashore.
The cause of the excitement was soon
evident, when three fin back whales,
the largest seen off this coast for years,
appeared The whales We're after a big
dinner. The whales followed the fish
in and actually devoured the herring
within a few rods OF the wharNes
Meantime the news of the strange visit
spread over the island. Men, women
and children rushed to the shore. All
the fishermen had to do was to stand
on the rocks and pull in the largest cod
taken off this coast this year. They
worked until they We're tired out ami
every one secured a large catch. The
whales remained off the wharveS until
they were satisfied with their catch Of
herring. and then. keeping together,
moved off to sea.
There's many slip before anncx1-
ton is accomplished down in Portland
and Dccring. Just now the error of
ward clerk in making the returns gives
the courts a matter To settle.
That the Portland young man whp
asked a Deering high school gradual
if she was in favor of annexation.
came near having fit when she re-
piled. oh. this is 50 sudden"
Bddcford Journal: With "A tire
mendous feeling If relief, Biddefol / |
sees again tire smoke pouring from thu
tail chimncys and hears the duh hum
of the wheels Of production. The strike !
which had lasted far beyond the ex-
pectations If every one. is over. Ana
it ends under circumstances which give |
cause not only for good feeling but for /
encouragement. Everybody under !
stands everybody else far better !
then they did before For in I |
stance. the operatives see that what /
was against them was not the general !
public nor yet the mana cement of the !
mills, but the condition of the market /
For the general public has been thor /
ou@hly in sympathy with them.-mo'c !
so than in any strike New England has /
ever known. Those wao thought the !
strike unWiso none the less believed il |
just. and lent their sympathy ana all /
even where they doubted the wisdom
of the strike The good viii Of the
public has been with them from the
first. and this good will has shown itself
in substantial aid. As the Journal has |
said before. it has made more plain to
all the solidarity of the community
each FOR all and all for each.-the
brotherhood Of man And Well ami
thoroughly. through all this trying
time. have those who went out hel
themselves as true men. The self
restraint and quiet that has been uni
versal from week TO week. has won the
good words, the praise, the commenda
ton, Of everybody. From the first ddy'
To the last. there has been nothing in
their conduct that cannot be pointed to
with pride by the whole city What
ever criticism may be passed upon any
one else for conduct during the strike
the workers themselves have the high
est of praise from the whole public
Another feature that is one for CON
is the pleasant mutual rela
tons of the operatives and the agent.
Those mill workers who visited him to
discuss the situation appreciate thor
oughly his courtesy and squareness al
ways towards them, and his regret that
he could not do more than he could
along the line of their requests And
work is taken up again with the feeling
that both parties entertain a higher
respect for each other than before, and
with confidence that Agent Macarthur
as a man of his word will do his utmost
for restoration of wages at the
earliest moment the market conditions
will allow.