Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-08

the same. Some persons upon WnOH
they called bought OF them. but one
suspecting that all was not right
served and enforced an injunction or
the business by escorting the young
misses home.
!. N. Taylor OF the Boston Globe
makes a pleasant reference to the re-
marks of Commissioner Carleton OF the
State at the big dinner Of the Megantic
Fish and Game Club at the Hotel
Brunswick. last Saturday evening. At
this dinner Mr.. Carleton made speech
on game in Maine, what the commits
sion were trying to do. and what must
be done in order to preserve the game
for future generations Of sportsmen.
His remarks were much to the point
and were listened to with close atten-
ton and deep interest
Word comes from Aroostook that the
smugglers along the border are giving
the revenue officers lot Of trouble.
The United States officials have been
obliged to make frequent trips to the
county of late, and some arrests have
been made. The smuggling has been
mostly confined to potatoe-. or which
there is a duty of about SO cents bar
rel, and it is said that smuggling in
this line Of produce is very profitable
when successful More or less live
stock has also been smugglcd across
the line during the past few weeks, so
II is reported.
Camden Herald: In recent CONVEX
sation Superintendent Stetson referred
to Camden as the town that leads the
world in School Improvement
Leagues" We might mention other
things for which our town is famous
hut it certainly is pleasing to know
that Camden is taking the lead In this
phase of educational work.
Rumford Falls is Also becoming in
terested in the matter of public
library The only library in town. out
collection of three or four hundred
popular novels and few historical
works, whose center is down town
grocery store. 1t is quite probable that
should plans for public library build
ing really mature. writes a correspond
ent. lot would be given the town by
the Rumford Falls Water Power. which
has generously given hand to the vari-
Gus church societies and for similar
causes. 1t is estimated that $1,000
would erect a neat, convenient library
building and public spirited citizens
would. no doubt. contribute freeheark
eddy to fund for books. '
Over in Androscoggin county there Is
an anatomical wonder In a certain
farmers barn. The wonder was
brought into the world early in the
present week and is nothing more or
| less than calf with five legs. The
extra limb grows from the animals
breast directly between his legitimate
legs. If the tenn may be used. The
animal will enter the show business at
an early date.
An interesting, not to say exciting
incident occurred at a recent meeting
Of the Machias Relief Corps which was
not down on the regular programme.
The members had carried out the reg
| ular programme for the evening and
We're about to retire from the room
| when for some reason unknown the
door-knob, instead of turning as usual,
| was completely removed, leaving the
| inmates pOwerless to make an exit
| Just what measures 10 take at that
time Of night to be liberated was hard
to decide. Ordinary or even eXtraor-
binary shouting would be entirely I'M
| noticed as such was not uncommon
from these merry ladies at any time
To alarm the people by shouting muir
der seemed rather harsh, and finally it
was decided to shout fire" This they
did in chorus of voices which brought
to their assistance the barber who &C.
cupied part of the same building
whereupon the matter was explained
and the victims liberated. There We're
80 in number and some of them had be-
come very much alarmed and excited.
Without doubt the door-knob will be
securely fastened in place after this.
| A Waldo county woman is the owner
very fond of canned salmon and when
she has any of that fish in the house
the cats run about the house as if wild
at the smell of the salmon. She has
lately hit upon plan to disconcert the
cats when she is preparing the canned
salmon. She drives all the cats but
two or three into the shed. Then after
leaving little of the salmon in the can
she shOves the heads of the remaining
cats into it until more or less Of that
fish covers their heads and ears. The
| cats are then thrown out among the
many. Then begins one of the most
frantic tapping parties imaginable. All
the others are trying to lap the fish
covered cats, while the latter try vain
ly to lap their own heads.
A Bangor statistics fiend has been
studying the local directory and. as a
result, has unearthed many interesting
facts. There are in Bangor IS churches
and chapels, % fraterral organizations,
30 societies of. all kinds. mostly his
torical and charitable. six temperance
organizations. ~ corporations, 109 JUS
tees of the peace. 70 blocks and public
buildings, II wharves. two depots. five
cemeteries. 235 lanes and streets. and
there are SIS different trades and pro-
LESSONS represented. In the directory