Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-20

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; Mrs. L. Lind of Stockholm, aged "a
years, recently cut two teeth.
Bowling has a large number OF en-
thusiasts among Bar Harbor young
men.
Pressure Isle will have same concrete
walks built, this year, the first in that
town.
Lewiston's vacant stores are fact
Milling again with tenants, a substantial
indication of business prosperity.
Lewiston's city marshal has nut a
stop to the merchants encroaching on
the sidewalks with their wares.
The Portland Board of Trade is con-
| sidering the advisability of appointing
grain inspector at that port.
A Bath baker sold, one week recent
| ~, 2O45 loaves of bread besides so
dozen rolls, and yet the Bath Enter
prise says that breadmaking is not
lost art by any means among the
housewives of the shipping city.
| Westbrook is the latest place to re-
port dog poisoner. Among the dogs
poisoned was valuable one owned by
Hon. L. S. Burns. A reward has been
offered by Mr.. Burns for the detection
| of the poisoner,
A Lewiston citizen claims that an IN
spector OF water is needed there as
much as an inspector of milk Some
Oh the spring water, he says, never saw
spring, and the jugs are not ALWAYS
properly cleaned out
Bath physician states that civ
was never freer from sickness than Il
Is at the present time which fact he
ATTRIBUTES to the increased sanitary
precautions that the city fathers have
lately taken
A Lewiston little boy was put into
citizens clothes for the first time in
ms history recently. He was so de-
llghted to get rid of the cumbersome
skirts and to get into pants that he re-
fused to have them taken off Al night
ana packing into a corner of the room
wnere his enemies could not approach
penind, fought off father, mother and
the rest of them. He declared he
would go to sleep with the new clothes
on, and he did.
South Paris dentist was called ont
recently at the witching hour of mid
night by man who was suffering
from a raging toothache. 1t was \
front tooth that was making the
trouble, but the sufferer was sxdfi1g to
have 1t out tThe-denttst fnally per-
suaded him to save it, and after work.
ing on 1t about half an hour, succeeded
In stopping the ache. Thereupon the
patient walked out, remarking, well.
m much obliged to you; I'll try to do
as much for you sometime"
The impression has been pretty gen.
eral in the past few years that the
forthcoming census would show a con-
siderable decrease in Rockland's popu-
lation, and Mayor Mortland, in his in
augural openly stated that the num-
Der OF school children was falling off at
the rate of 200 year. This was at
lacked by ex-Alderman Porter through
the local press, and is shown to be I'M
founded so far as the present year is
concerned by the report of john Col
son, who has just concluded the school
census. This report shows that there
are 2142 pupils this year as against 2172
IN 1898, falling off of only 30.
The Portland Advertiser protests
against the nonsensical reform of
dropping the letter IS" from the end of
OLD and established names of places.
especially in the case of Peaks Island.
winch some Portland papers call Peak
island. On all of the government
charts, 1t is put down as Peaks Island.
several years ago the postoffice de-
partment at Washington had a fit and
dropped the letter 50 from all offices
when the name ended with that letter.
This was done under Democratic adj
ministration, and there seems to be no
good reason for continuing it under
Republican rule. Mr.. Nathan Gould,
who wrote the history of this island,
and no one will doubt his authority.
says that the island was named for
Samuel Peaks, who married George
Munjoys daughter. He has seen the
original deed conveying the land to
Samuel Peaks. who probably would
have had fit himself if somebody had
tried to change his name to Peak.
Rev. Matt s. Hughes formerly of
Maine, now preaching at the Indepen-
dence Avenue Methodist church in
Kansas City, hasrecently caused some-
thing of a sensation, by inducing all
the ladies of his congregation to re-
move their hats during the services.
He said he had never been able to see
all the faces of his people while he
was preaching, because of the big hats
of the ladies. For several Sundays he
limited that it would please him il lad
les would not wear their hats in
church. Still the hats did not come off.
Finally one Sunday morning Mr.
Hughes said, "Of course you have fixed
your hair so it would look well with
your hat. If you took it off your curls
would be awry and you wouldn't APP
pear as pretty as you do now. Some
women who appear good looking are
really homely when their hats are re-
moved. Others fear to remove their
hats because their hair might come off
too" While Mr.. Hughes was speaking
hats were coming off by the score and
when he finished not a lady in the con-
gregation wore any covering on her
head. Now Mr.. Hughes proposes to
have two dressing rooms in the church
suitably furnished, where ladies may
leave their hats during the services. 1t
is novel idea but the people are Civ
ing 1t their approval and other church.
es in the West may adopt the same