Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-29


Town are talking of organizing hi
cycle club.
AT recent whist party in Franklin,
the first prize was a bit of iron rod
from the battleship Maine. tied With
ribbon of the national colors.
Little Arthur Kingman of Water
ford. seems to he taking a thorough
breaking in" having broken one If
his arms, last fan. and, last week,
broke the same one again.
Miss Lettie Simmons Of Friendship.
raised, last season. a turnip which she
coaXed up To the enormous weight OF
l21a pounds.
A Portland merchant. while away on
a business trip recently, stopped at one
hotel where a suicide occurred. and at
another hotel that got on fire He
thought his short trip seemed fun Of
startling incidents.
a case Of corporal punishment in one
of the Auburn public schools is at
tracing considerable attention. Thu
parents Of the child who received the
punishment threaten to take the mat
ter into the courts.
Pittsfield has been struck by build
ing boom that viii make matters lively
For time ut least unless something
ul VT 'Se'h dH' "i'eN't't'" "'cu'S,
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houses
David f. Clouch Of Kenncbunkport.
has wooden clock made by Henry c.
smith of Plymouth. Conn. 1t stands
iii a ease two feet high and 16 inches
Wide. Hc bought it in 1874 ana it has
stood Since Eli the same room ii is now
in. keeps h. best Of time ana is wound
every morning.
In the employ of Chase. Knight x
80. "f Portland. are four men Wh"
haN" been with that trim over -- years
TN" veteran ol them AT. p. II. VIM
Slow, has worked with the company Tor
&3 years. Geo. d. Clark - years. l.. r.
smith - years. and f. f.. Cracker -
wears This is a record. which Mil he
hard tn beat.
| lewiston naor,ye want the ncv tramp
law enforced The suburbs are b.rom-
| inc o,arrlIn with tramDs and the houses
! of the people who live there are be
| coming the scenes of persecution
nothing more or less. according to Il
! c:tiyan fran, III. MINER. mart IL tba city
He SAYS that ten nnopla have called at
his house for food within q few weeks.
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!, l,,.i.,i+,. III I'LL sha,a III j ,.bicyar
v.itb f,,,r ,arf..r,1v formed LOO The
bird had ceased to scratch for a living
although it had existed for several
lays with its double walking gear.
The chicken was Of the Plymouth
Rock breed ana one If a Very lively
family Of =.
The senior, classes of the University
Of MICHIGAN are proiacting 4 memorial
IA rba undararaduates who lost their
lives i'll the Spanish war. ana it IL
likely that the memorial will consist Of
! granite foundation for a cannon,
which influential alumni have prom
I'D ~ .e,,ra from the government
,rbo names nj tho dead heroes viii be
aro.ra,.ad aitbar IN tha granite bas,. ~
an 7, h,ass nIat mounted ~ rba barred
If HE Gun.
r. p. buchanan of Bath. set a hen
upon a nest of eggs in the cellar re-
Gently The strange story is told that
4 rat made its bed under the hen. with
the eggs. enjoying the pleasant heat
from her body without giving her any
ANNOYANCE or doing harm to the eggs.
When the hen was fed the rat would
come off the nest and eat with her. to
the wonder ana entertainment Of thu
family ana it seemed quite tame 1t
was deemed prudent. however. to Kill
the rat.
D,,4.l co,,d. e 1oy.is,op i the
,.I.i,i., ,,''ti,.,, ,.,i.ar In bis Garden
ll-+ f,II ,iaro !, rav Him. NJ potatoes
which he failed to DIG. and which re-
NAMED in the ground all winter. IL Is
generally the case that potatoes ihat
remain in the ground all winter are
frozen and spoiled IN the spring put ~
this case the potatoes were MT TIL
jured n the least ana he II haN IT.
them iof "lhher every uaS NV
from the ground. lie ast"t'lSIitu M
neighborS the DINER day 10y ueil'Ti
~ walking out 70 the garden ana ~
ginG basket n early potatoes HIT III
days meal
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