Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-29

for rambles and analysis every Friday
afternoon.
A Portland man claims that there
are 1900 vacant tenements in Greater
Portland.
One Brunswick citizen reports such ex.
| cellent health that he has not missed a
hearty meal for the past 30 years.
The Hyde Light Guards. Bath. are q
| be rcorganiZed and the city authorities
are commencing to look about for sui
able armory for them.
| The striped squash bug. a pest that
| Aroostook county has hitherto been tree
from. has made his appearance at Blaine
| though the plants are too far advanced
| to receive much injury this season.
The hotel al Maranacook is filled wIth
guests, and applications from more
| than 100 have been refused, because they
cannot be accommodated. A new hOtf
will be built before the opening Of anoth-
| er season.
c; w. Croker Of Damariscotta. has 4
mulberry tree that-is quite curiosity.
| II Is loaded with juicy berries and the
| ground under 1t is covered with the
fruit. Il is a bonanza for the robins.
Mrs. Rodney Dreamer Of Waldoboro,
| mas chest Of drawers that is over l9l
years Old. i is made Of beech wood, and
| the front legs ana front are carved 10
| represent fan. The handles and locks
| on the drawers are of brass. Mrs Maria
| Light has hardwood bureau that is l2a
|
| Mrs. Adam Light.
The largest shoe carried in Bowdoin-
| ham Is a No. T. and the customer tina .
| this shoe Is kept for Is big-framed.
| splendidly built young farmer, who -
| said to be six feet ten inches tall, and
| who moved last spring from South Port
| land 10 Bowdoinham. He is not BIT
| sensitive regarding the size Of his shoe,
| ana indeed il is not out Of proportion
with his athletic, well developed figure.
A young child of Herbert Stinson Of
| Stonington, strayed recently into
pasture where We're several cows. One
Of them rushed at the child, took her
on her horns and tossed her over her
head To the surprise of all the child
was uninjured.
Several susceptible young Bangor
men passed the most of a recent Sun
| day haunting the streets of Bar Har-
Dor TO watch Mrs. Leslie Carter the
| recent heroine Of Zaza. drive by. They
were literally rewarded, one Of them
| boldly tipping his straw and getting a
brilliant smile in return.
A Westbrook lady'was picking blue
| berries at Rocky Hill recently and had
her pail nearly filled when man
| stepped out from the bushes and de-
manded the berries The lady was
| obliged tn give them up and fill her
| pail again. The fellow had the ap-
pcarance Of being a tramp.
There is now living in the plantation of
| Crystal near the sherman line. one Of
| tho Smartest Ola men in the country in
the person of Francis Spearin, now in his
>hth year. He il now at work pecfng his
cord NJ hemlock bark day. after hav-
| ing put in eight acres of crops. three
acres Mi which il on new land. which ne
has piled and cleared himself this spring
Ills eve Is as clear his mind as active
ana his step as alert a. most men Of 80.
Paris green is in big demand in
Aroostook county Merchants who
purchase from 800 pounds to ton or
So have sold out and only a limited
supply is on the market. The showers
have washed it from the vines before
it has had time to do its work. and in
many instances large fields have been
sprayed over and over again.
4 representative from the Slater cot
ton mills of Statewide. r. l.. is in
Westbrook for the purpose of securing
about 40 families to enter the employ
of the mill These are to take the
place Of former operatives. there hav-
ing been trouble al the mill and about
that number Of families having shaken
the dust Of Statewide from their feet.
1t is interesting to note that all the
sheets. pillow slips. blankets and quilts
for the new steamship Governor
Dingley' are being made in Lewiston.
The beachery is making the sheets
and pilloW-slpS: the Columbia is max
ing the blankets and one of the other
Lewiston mills is making the quilts.
About 1000 blankets will be needed for
the ship each one with the name woven
into it.
one Of New Gloucester's bright
young girls is Miss Edith Pendexter Of
the Bald Hill region. who is going to
the high school next fall. she has
raked. with horse rake this year. 80
tons Of hay. She has helped with the
house work. well. Miss I'endexter
Il the daughter of Mr.. John G. Pendex-
ter Of that town. Not only is she an
artist with the horse rake but she plays
the piano Well. and has a sweet
soprano voice.
The Portland Courier hears Of farm
er who raises fine strawberries. who re-
Gently went to Wells village and com
menced peddling the berries at 10 cents
per box. He sold quite a portion of his
load at that price. when he found that
he must sell at two boxes for a quarter.
Then he returned his route and efunded
the difference to all those who ad paid
the u cents per box. That farme prob
ably will find that honesty is The best
policy, for every one of those women
who We're surprised by the return Of TWO
or three cents Will want to ira le with
him when ne comes round again.
During the recent Peaks Island
forest fire. lady who owns p roperty
at Rockhound park took fro m her
house articles of value. and loo ked the
doors. Returning in the direc aion of
the house some time later she W as sur
prised to meet a number of people
carrying off some pictures fir ON her
house. Upon demonstrating, she was
coolly told by these persons, who had
broken into the house, that they only
wanted the pictures as souvenirs of the
fire. They should have been kept as
souvenirs of phenomenal nerve.
Evidently a number of Macl has young
men object to certain of the ladies fol-
lowing the bate-headed fad as, one Of the
towns popular young ladies received n
hat through the mail donated by paroles
who We're watching to see how ii was re-
ceived. When she called for her mail = nd
received that hat she deliberately, wit n
out the aid of glass. place d it IN j -r
head and goes hatless no more. in c
young men are little doubtful about u
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