Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-03
A bicycle club is being organized in

| bVNtti - pldHnlnS 10 celebrate the
Glorious Fourth in the most approved
fashion.
G. a. Dustin of Dexter has a curl
osity in the form Of a four-legged
chicken.
\ Winterport correspondent reports
that the bicycle fever has struck that
| town at last
The recent forest fires on the prop
erty of John f. White, Waldoboro,
burned over 80 acres of young growth
Miss Maud Marston of West Kenne-
! bee. fired a gun for the first time the
other day and brought down a hem
hawk whose wings, from tip to tip.
measured four feet.
AIrs. $. L. White of Caribou, has a
! gcranium which attracts a great deal
| of attention and admiration. 1t stands
nearly seven feet high and is. without
! doubt,the most beautiful plant in town.
Between 10000 and 10000 young trout
| arrived Monday from the United States
hatchery and will be distributed in
| Passamaquoddy stream. The expenses
| are paid by the Washington County
! Railway Company.
i iHSOuolt MCl-eIldU OF BRUNSWICK,
has a collection of about co Indian i'm
plements which he has gathered in this
section and in the South. A number
Of arrow heads We're found on the site
Of Merrymeeting park which was an
old camping ground for the Indians.
A Rockland firm which formerly did
considerable shipbuilding continues to
receive occasional communications on
the subject of building. but no con-
tracts have yet been made. L is to be
| hoped that something material will de-
Velop ere long.
A contemplate act was committed
Monday night at the grounds Of Dr. f.
| n. Mayo, OrOno. The doctor had over
100 tulips which he intended to use for
decorations Tuesday but when ne arose
| Tuesday morning he found just one
lone flower remaining. the lot having
been stolen during the night.
West Gouldsboro can boast of a
smart young lady who beside doing her
housework has prepared the ground
and set out 20 raspberry canes, made
fine strawberry bed. planted potatoes
ana other garden seeds, and also has
turkeys and hens to care for, with
! time to play on the piano, too.
Considering the fact that She is only
two months old there is a pretty smart
kitten down in Ellsworth. The other
day her owner caught five mice and
after putting the kit in an empty bar
rel dropped the mice all in at once. In
| side Of one minute the mice We're lying
| cold and stark, having met an untime-
ly death.
a siX-years-o daughter Of a promi-
| nent Caribou man expected to leave
| town with her mother and was asked
| by a friend of the family, when she
! expected to go. The little one looked
ut the calendar and said: I'm going
on the top of May and coming back on
! the bottom of June"
Residents of Biddeford Pool are COM
planning again on account of the visits
made to the clam flats at the Pool by
| Scarboro and Saco clam digEers, who.
it is claimed. dig and carry off clans
| by the cart-load and ship them away.
| In an effort to stop the wholesale dig
ging Of clans at this place petition is
| being circulated to be presented to the
Biddeford city council at the next
meeting.
If one has to do an unpleasant task
| it were well to do it in haste but a
! Cambridge man who lately swallowed
| two teaspoonfus Of powdered alum
| dissolved in water. under the impress
| sion that he was taking salts, was in
| rather too much of a hurry and had
the dose down almost before he got a
taste Of it. Luckily a physician with
4 stomach pump was handy and the
man lives.
The old office chair used by James G.
Blaine, during his editorial duties on
the Portland Advertiser, has recently
come into the possession Of John Dun
ming Of the Bath Independent, through
the hands of friends in Portland. 1t is
Mr. Dunning's intention to renOvate
the ancient piece Of furniture some
what. and use il in his Brunswick
office This is but one valuable bit of
furniture in the large collection OF
Iantiuuities and heirloOms in the posses
sion of Mr.. Dunning.
James Parker of Pond island may
enjoy a life on the rolling deep, but ne
had A little experience the other day
that must have made him appreciate
| the shore. About 11.3O o'clock. reports
the Rooth5ay Register Mr.. Parker was
six miles to the eastward Of the island
IN q dory when a huge shark popped
ouf of the sea within four feet ot ms
boat and fell back into the water on
his belly. with a resounding smack.
nearly capsizing Mr.. Parker's dory and
1 half filling it with water. Mr.. Parker
ar once commenced bailing ana sue
coded in reaching shore in safety.
The fishing craze respects no age:
J na,ieI Lara Of Auburn, aged 4, and
o1i,-ar Newman of Lewiston, aged 80.
bava been renewing their youth with
esbinc trip to Weld pond ana Cafth-
~ %either of them had caught
Geh for 40 years. one day was De
9tad ,l,', to brook trout fishing IN brook
.hat Mr.. Newman used to fsh When
Nov ,,lr They made rather snort Gay y
- - and when night came they hau ~
t,,oolz trout to their credit men 'nU
: 2lo hafore they started for home theE
gay fsbinc in Weld pond, returning IN
saw hours with spienalu stiInS VA
a ,.e Jew tront M and salmon, Is all told
,.,zt,ipc Of EaStOn. was Serl-