Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-07

| Four or five cats and one dog have been
poisoned in Winthrop lately.
One of Waldoboro's smart young ladies
drives every morning 3H miles to school
where she is teaching her second term.
Mrs. Geo. II. Packard of West Sumner
has lleliotrope which is over seven feet
tall and three feet wide. 1t runs up on
a trelEs and looks a mass of flowers and
foliage.
certain firm in Thoma4ton who were
interested In the failure of a New York
house has received a dividend from the
assignee of sixty-six cents ON a bill Of one
hundred and twenty-six dollars.
A Parki1urst correspondent writes
Aroostook Is the garden OF Maine all
right. but If some way is not soon iii scov-
cred TO destroy the witch grass 1t will
soon be a mighty weedy garden.
The amount Of building and repair work
that has been done in Dexter this year i
very satisfactory indeed when it is
viewed in its entirety. 1t includes four
new houses and large WOODEN mil,
while a large number of dwellings haze
been considerably improved.
The Lubec Herald is trying to prod its
fellow citizens up 10 adopting the regu-
lar standard time. by reminding them
that Machias has fallen into line and that
local time will soon be relic of a pre-
historic age and ii is certain that Llibec
does not want to be in THAI class
There are many beautiful old elms in
that they are Of unusual dimensions.
One of the oldest and most imposing is
on the lawn of the date Edward Cushing
homestead. The tree is over 100 years
old and was SET out 10y the late BENJAMIN
Gushing 1t measures nearly 10 feet in
circumference at the base and has
spread Of 40 or 50 feet.
Henry Munson of Machiasport, has
most wonderful cat, which according to
all accounts beats the fishermen. About.
two weeks ago kittie, thinking il time
she was looking after her winters sup
plies, went to ithe shore and caught =
fish and laid them up on the bank for flu
ture Use. When she had caught thar
number the tide was so high she was
obliged TO leave.
A chapel in memory Of the soldiers who
nave given their lives for the cause of
freedom. in the Spanish war, is proposed
by a Lewiston man, and ne suggests that
IL be located on the land owned by the
used to hold services over the dead. by
all denominations. and by persons of no
denomination at all. He says: Il don't
want a church built. / want little stone
memorial building. filled with the relies
of the last two wars. and SO situated thar
It can be used for funerals, for Memorial
Gay services, and for any other purposes
that are needed
Sometimes the authorities having to do
with the care of the poor are called upon
to decide some delicate points. A man
who Is a city ward the other day called
for pair of shoes. He was bought a
very nice pair, little gone by in style
but of the best quality and workmanship.
The style of the shoes being repugnant 10
the man he threw them Indignantly to
the floor and refused to wear them This
is OF piece with the able-bodied but I'M
fortunate man TO whom the city poor de-
partment sent foot of wood and who
complained bitterly that the wood was !
unsawed.-Rockland Courier-Gazette.
A we'll known Westbrook gentleman
possesses a speckled hen which is Il little
out of the ordinary in regard to her hao-
its. She never is seen with the other
hens, but on the contrary, has for her
sole companion, the old farm horse, |
Prince. She follows him everywhere
about the farm. and rarely leaves him
unless he is in the harness. When Prince |
him by getting into his crib and eating |
until it is gone. At night instead of GO
ing to rooSt with the other hens in the |
hen-house she takes her nights sleep in |
the barn, perched upon the horses back |