Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-10


or the young men in the party amused
the young ladies by throwing pennies
for the street urchins to fight over
Finally one begrimed urchin cried out
! When Lewiston folks go to Bath they
| VIII throw five cent pieces in the dust
| FOR you uns to scrap for
Nothing would so delight the Lewis
ton and Auburn people who have sum
| mer cottages at Harpswell as to have
| the Lewiston, Brunswick and Bath
! Street Railroad extended to Harpswell
| The way to get to this popular resort
is Il und-abOut-way at best now
Another way is to so to Brunswick by
steam or clectrics and then ride by
stage to the Neck. Many Lewiston peo-
pie have expressed the intention Of
building summer cottages at HarpsWell
II the road is built to the resort
Several fine. violins are owned in
Gardiner. T. f. Monaghan. the we'll
known musician, has u violin that he
purchased more than 20 years ago, and
he would not part with it for many
times its market value. 1t was i'm
ported from Germany and is fine in
strument. Hon. A. NJ. Spear is a de-
voice of the violin. He has Il beautiful
instrument for which he paid $1,000 1t
was also imported from Germany
Philip II. Holmes, the artist inventor
has an original Stradivarius violin, for
which he paid $500
The Memorial day address of Rev.
George w. Bicknell at New Gloucester
was punctuated by frequent eXclama-
tons by a baby in the rear Of the hall
1t disturbed the audience far more
than it disturbed the speaker Finally,
the child fired volley that completely
drowned Mr.. BicknelIs eloquence He
waited patiently until the noise sub
sided and then said: There appears
70 be a remarkable sharp infantry fire
in the rear Of the hall" During the
applause which followed this remark
the fond mother hurried out Of the hall
with the troublesome child
One of the leading features of
amusement in Brewer these days in
the pellmell races Of the men who drive
delivery teams for Bangor fruit and
produce merchants. in their anxiety to
supply customers with berries Scarce
~ day passes but one or two of these |
teams are in Brewer with a load OF |
Strawberries, and they have some ex-
citing brushes as they try to beat each |
other out in the race for patronage. \
few days ago Policeman Brown Of |
South Brewer was obliged to order one |
to stop driving 50 fast, as the man was |
over-eXerting his horse
The Cape Elizabeth Sentinel does not |
approve of the plan of attempting to |
~ wit l,a rrift
a mansion, and gives its reasons as fol- |
lows: If the house We're portable |
could fly like an air castle, or be moved |
readily on runners or wheels, SO that it |
could be located in Florida in winter |
ana at Bar Harbor or South Portland |
in summer. the present would not be
objectionable. But as properly built |
house is supposed to always stand |
where the builders first erect it, such a |
gift is debating to the presentee where |
he shall reside \ more appropriate |
gift would be a yacht or palace car. |
Then the gallant admiral could cast |
anchor or switch his habitation off at |
any port or place he saw fit
Mrs. George II. Woodruff Of Machias, |
has a very interesting souvenir that her
husband brought home from sea voy
age nearly four years ago. 1t consists |
Of a two quart bottle filled with water
and sea weed that was taken from the
Gulf Stream. When she first received |
ii the water was clear and the sea weed |
rcsembled small roots of a greensh |
shade, but during the past year the
color of the water has turned to dark
brown and the once fine roots have been
covered with leaves and berries re
scmbling those of the BURBERRY bush. |
Mrs. Woodruff stated that the contents
had not frozen even during the coolest
nf weather. and that the bottle had not
been uncorked for the entire four years,
as her husband had told her that the
weed would decay should she allow the
air to get to it.
A pig in a bag is always an uncertain |
quantity but a Brewer man after his |
experience Of Thursday will forever
more believe that a pig in bag is more !
than uncertain value. said Brewer |
man went to Orrington the other day
ana bought small pig which he put In
j bag ana threw the bag and pig into |
the back Of his wagon and started Tor
home. When about half way to Brewer |
he looked in the back Of the wagon to
see how the pig was getting along ana
to his astonishment found that the pig
had worked 4 hole through the bag ana
fallen out He turned his horse about
and started back over the road in
search of the lost pig. \ short DIS
lance covered and he saw man IN the
act Of picking up the pig and putting
him in his wagon. The Brewer man
called to him but it only made him
work the faster and while the Brewer
man gave chase the finder Of he pig
had a faster horse and disappeared
from view and the Brewer man went
home lamenting his loss.
4 summer gymnasium or athleuo
school viii in all probability be in full
operation another summer at some
convenient place along the coast III the
vicinity of Portland under the auspices
Of Secretary Garland and Physical Dl-
rector Ross Of the Y. NJ. q. A. Inc
matter has been under consideration
for. some time and the officials are now
lacking for Il suitable site. The ldea
i 10 secure a suitable location on the
coast with sufficient land for an athletlc
field. etc. On this. boat and bathlnS
houses will be erected and a headquar-
ters for the members of the ASSOCIATION
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