Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-10

The Jonesboro mail carrier travels ],
miles daily.
a snow shoe club has been organized
IN Parknurst.
An Ellsworth pastor has started an agi-
city. "
several Machias ladies are interested in
rne formation there of a chapter of the
daughters OF the Revolution.
Several Old Town merchants have an
bounced ,h. that hereafter they will conduct
,heir business on strictly cash basis
Mrs. margaret Paris of Dresden. is the
, owiivl OF, ol a canary bird that is almost
,Se si 49,, .ears oid. Whenever taken out of
! the cage 1t faints away.
! Kerosene lamp cut nm a necu,iar ga
! per IN Bath the other night One side az
| the lamp exploded and yet the lamn con
unue1 turning as II nothing had occurred
! out OF the usual course
| In the Camden and Rockport limo k,lns
| sort coal Will be burned altogether i'm the
| future. and there is a good deal ~ ax :
| clteInent among the citizens for fear the
| smoke will be nuisance the kilns bein,.
| so near the village
| A Brunswick pastor. one SUNDAY 20
Gently, enJoined his congregation To take
all precautions necessary In regard 10
scarlet fever of which there are several
cases IN tnat town, and also gave street
rules for treatment of the disease should
| 1t make its appearance.
At Eagle lake in Hancock county the
ice taken from the lake has been stacked
I Is square. twenty-five cakes each wav.
and each succeeding layer is just one
cnke- less. The apex will be single
cake. the twenty-fifth in height from the
ground The ice is clear and crystal like
and the pyramid is an odd and beautiful
sight.
a Belfast newspaper man tells "a good
one ON himself. He had not. shaved for
growth of beard. His little son was play
ing in his lap and began asking questions
about the beard. When the process of
SHAVING was explained to him and he was
could be cut OFF, he exclaimed, "No. no.
papa, take hammer and urive in
Mr.. NJ. Chamberlain, the Harvard man
who has Interested himself in the affairs
Gently nine cups for prizes in snow
shoe race, the date of which is not vet
determined. Six Of the cups are solid
other three are fine college cups. The
committee for the race are joseph She's
and Osceola Newall.
1t is not fully realized by many. how
large an amount of freight is shipped
from Lubec each season. One of the fac
tory owners of the town recently esti-
mated that there We're not less than $780,
600 eases sardines, 100000 boxes smoked
herring, 10000 boxes bloaters 1000 barrels;
potatoes and 1900 barrels nickled fish sent
from this port by steamers and sailing
vessels each season.
1t is doubtful if there is city in that
part of the State that is more overrun
with "hobocs' than the little city of Deer
ing. They come in over the Portland Il
Rochester and Maine Central tracks, and
people residing in the vicinity of the rail-
roads have frequent calls for back door
lunches. One family that has lived in
Deering since September has received
calls from no less than twenty-five
11..l
days this week.
There is Waldo county woman who is
a helpmate to her husband in more ways
than one. One day recently VIM.
Knowles Know IS; Of TT. Troy Was going to the barn,
backward, cutting a severe gasA-iH-the
back of his head. He was taken to Dr.
Dodge's office. and in the absence of the
doctor, Mrs. Dodge dressed the wound
Mrs Dodge in an emergency can pull Il
tooth and do many other things that re-
quire nerve, so correspondent reports.
Some interesting points We're brought
den to Belfast last week. The schooner
is owned by the Borden family of Fall
River. Mass. a name which has twice
been before the public on account of
shocking tragedies-the mutiny on board
the schooner. jefferson Borden, and the
murder of Mr.. and Mrs. Borden. for
which their daughter Lizzie was tried.
Capt. Darby speaks in the highest terms
of the family shipowners they keep
ing their vessels in iirst-class repair. and
dealing justly and literally with all i'll
their employ.
The people Of Strong are talking of a
system of water works, the water TO be
taken from Day pond. distance of about
two miles from Strong over towards Day
mountain. The Phillips monograph says
the elevation from this pond is high
enough to throw the water over the high
est house in Strong. The digging from
that pond to Strong would be short
when compared to that of Phillips and
J<ingfed. The town has applied for
charter and if they get it. which they
probably will. they probably will have
as good a system of waterworks by next
winter as there is anywhere.
Talking of church organs, Mrs. Carrie
Cannon of Roxbury, made unique dis
covery the other day. in regard to the in
Strument over which she presides. just in
time for the morning service on Sunday
last. 1t seems that a certain line of pipes
wouldn't work and so Mrs. Cannon had
an investigation made. 1t was found
that a congregation of mice had taken
rooms in the pipes and were summering
there and bathing in the balm of Gilead
of sacred breezes against the cold, hard
winter. More than this, they had set UP
housekeeping with cotton nests and
wheat enough for three meals a day all
around, until the minister should take his
next vacation.
young lady claiming to belong in Thorn
aston, made a canvass of Rockland Tor
the purpose of getting subscribers to a
magazine. She stated that she wished to
obtain 1000 subscribers which would ell
title her to a course in a conservatory or
music, and that she already had about
eight hundred names. ROckland people
subscribed cheerfully thinking to assist
the young lady in her worthy ambition:
but although four months have passed
the magazine has not put in an appear
ance. so far as can be learned One OF
the Rockland subscribers wrote to the
address given by the young lady asking
ter came back with the explanation that
no such person resided in Thomaston
The oxford County Advertiser doesn't
propose 70 let a good story spoil for lack
Of a little efficient backing. After read
ing in the Colebrook, N. H., News and
Sentinel that seven years ago, a farmer
Irving few miles west of this town hung
HIS vest on the fence in the barnyard; IL
ca1f chewed up a pocket in the garment
in which was contained gold watch.
and last week, the animal, n staid old
milcf1 COW, was butchered for beef, and
the timepiece was found i'm such posi-
lion between the lungs of the cow that
the process of respiration, the closing in
and filling the lungs. kept the stemwinder
wound up, and the watch had gained put
four minutes in the seven years-after
reading this the Advertiser adds that IN
Justice to fact, it should be stated that
This watch was bought of a Norway jew
eIer and had been set by the town clerk
f,lst previous to being swallowed by the