Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-01

man who neglects this important duty.
The most tractable animals will be-
come unmanageable at times by rea-
son of sudden fright, and in conse-
uuence of the neglect TO tie the horse
| it risks life and property in mad
dash along the street. Some cities i'm
pose a heavy fine upon the owner OF a
horse that runs away. because OF
neglect to take precaution against such
an accident by hitching it. and that
sort Of law might be good thing here
Portland Sunday Telegram.
We question if Rockland business
men take recreation enough, especially
in summer All along the neighborlnG
shores are slightly cottage spots which
can be cheaply built upon, and cot
| tage affords unmeasured opportunities
| for pleasure and rest. Owning such 4
piece of property, at a comparatively
| trifiinS expenditure of money, the busi-
ness man has a place of refuge Tor
himself and family easily accessible
| and maintained at a modest expense.
| 1t is question if we do not, as a rule,
| too much neglect such opportunities.
| allowing our business lives to grow
contracted and settle into unprofitable
ruts.-Rockland Courier-Gazette.
| Until within few years on Memo
rial day Sedgwick Post. G.. A. r.. al
| ways made it practice to hold It's
Memorial day exercises over the grave
of the last comrade to die previously
to May 80. At last, however, the post
secured a lot in Oak Grove cemetery
and erected thereon a handsome monu-
| ment The Bath Knights of Pythias
| who hold memorial services one Sun
day in June have been in the custom Of
| holding their exercises over the grave
| Of the last brother deceased. but they
| too are to give up this practice and
have a monument. A committee has
| been chosen and has the matter in
charge, so that probab bly, before an
other June the X. P.'s will have a
monument on their lot.
The person who leaves scaldinG hot
| water in pail or tub on the floor
| where children can by any possibility
| fall into it, should he classed with peo-
pie who allow their friends to die with
| out proper medical treatment. But a
| few days ago in Rockland little boy
| five years old was left alone in a room
with a tub of hot water and in some
| way fell into it and was so badly
scalded that he died the next day after
! frightful suffering. The recollection of
| he poor little fellow struggling in tn"
water will prevent that family from
| committing the unpardonable folly
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Observer.
| An Andover ornitholoGist sends t.
| the New York sun this list of birds
] fpr N.
| tween May IS and May 81: Rose
breasted Grosbeak. downy woodperker.
| kingbird. chickadec, Maryland yellow
| throat, crow. chestnut-sded warbler.
redstart, marsh hawk, yellow palm
| warbler, white bcllied swallow, war
bling virco. song sparrow. robin.
| myrtle warbler, vcSpcr sparrow. barn
swallow. Peabody bird. chimney swift
! hobolink. yellow -throatcd virco. white
eyed vireo. chipping sparrow. cave
| swallow. pcctoral sandpipcr. black-pul
warbler. phoebe. black throatcd greer
warbler Baltimore oriolc. winged
blackhird, purple finch. junco. black
and white Crceper, Cape May warbler
Eoldcn-croWned thrush (ovenbrd>
bluebird. chebcc. flicker, fox sparrow
white crowned sparrow, Nashville war
| fit'I, tdlp4i q, rusty DIdChplIu, crane
| goldfinch, summer warbler. ruby
throated hummingbird. kingfsher
eagle. black-throated blue warbler
Backburnian warbler, Parula warbler,
ay-brcasted warbler. bittcrn, (marsh
hen). field sparrow, cedar. wax-wing
! huejay, Canadian warbler. hermit
| thrush. hawk tbutco). yellow billed
cuckoo. crested fly-catchor. indigo bird.
My place is full of birds. which nest
in all parts Of it, and are nearly as
tame as chickens" he concludes.
Small birds seek the neighborhood Of
houses and the society Of man. All
they ask is protection, which they re-
! pay thousandfold. Landholders
should combine to put down the OBJ
! noxious pot hunter For fear Of at
tracing him, though, | live i miles
| from Il railway"
| Colonel G. p. Allen Of Presque Isle.
had a most wonderful and novel cx-
| perience on Saturday night last, says
! the Star-Herald. The colonel has a
| habit of indulging in reading for an
| hour or two every night before retiring
| Saturday night he had become deeply
| interested in reading one Of Rudyard
! kipling'S stories with weird trend Of
| thought. The time slipped rapidly by
| and the hour of midnight was near at
| hand: the house was wrapped in
silence: the colonel had ceased reading
and sat meditating on the subject
| about which he had been reading
| when all of a sudden, without warning
| down the chimney into the open fire
| place came a flock of swallows: out OF
| the fireplace into the room came the
| feathered visitors in perfect sWarmS;
| they We're flying in all directions. beat
| ing their bills against the wall and
| mural decorations, against the piano
| and furniture; the air was full of them
and still they came in una bated num-
berS. For a moment the colonel sat
unmoved-he was astonished. bewilder-
ed. Then collecting his scattered
senses he proceeded to dispurse the
nocturnal serenaders. Calmly remov-
ing his coat. he rolled up his sleeves
and opened the window and begun the
work. He gathered the midnight pic
nicers up in handfuls and tossed them
out of the window into the darkness Of
night. AS the number began to lessen
and he warmed up to the work he took