Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-13

iiouItoh announces celebration for
July 18th.
Baths biggest clothing bill is $500
for new hose.
Portland announces a roof garden as
one of its summer attractions
Thomaston is one Of the many Maine
towns that report an increased demand
for rents.
There are eight prisoners in the Knox
county Jail and there is not tramp in
the number.
daughter born recently to Mr. and
Mrs. John Cunningham of Milford. was
the possessor of "A tooth at her birth.
One of the principal contractors for
Brewer SAID he did not see much new
building ahead for Brewer this sum
mer.
A. T. Webb Of Swanville has a hen
which lays only small eggs. He has on
hand p eggs laid by her, none of which
are as large as a robins egg.
The newly organized military com
pany at South Portland has been
named. The Reynolds Guards" in
honor of Hon. f. 4. Reynolds the first
mayor of South Portland.
There is said to be some demand for
saddle horses in Lewiston. Riding
gains little in popularity each year in
that vicinity as. in fact. about all out
of-dOor sports do.
For the first time the ladies in a
| Waldoboro audience removed their hats
! recently. The request was made from
/ the stage and nearly all complied. 70
! the great JOY Of those behind them.
During the past winter Archie Nc
! Pherson of Lewiston, has made six
violins Of good tone. His achieve
ment is all the more remarkable in
view of the fact that he had no tools
| specially adapted to the work and did
most Of it With a iackknife.
An Auburn business man makes a
| complaint about the number of pack
| peddlars. He says five came to his
house one afternoon recently. His
wife had lain down to take an after
noon nap, but finally gave it up in de
spair.
An Old Town merchant who recently
| adopted the cash system at his dry
| goods store says that his business has
| considerably increased Us compared
| with corresponding weeks last year.
| and that he is more than satisfied with
results.
| Mrs. John Buffum Of Great Works
| has a great curiosity in the shape of
an orange tree which she grew in the
| house The tree is about two and one
| half feet high and two feed broad at
the top and there are 60 oranges on the
| tree making very pretty sight.
A hen owned by Charles H. Gould Of
| Bridgton, laid a queer egg the other
| day 1t was of large size. and of usual
contents, except that at one end there
was perfect shell, about the size Of
a partridge's egg. This freak has
| found place in the Bridgton Academy
| museum
A number of musk-rats have lived
in ana about the cellar of Mrs. n. &.
Beal of Phillips during the winter and
| have become very tame. Since the
snow has left the ground the animals
come out by the door of the. house ana
play about and seemingly have no fear
Of the people, approaching almost to
| their feet.
The Dexter board of health have re
| Gently had built a large round. tank,
| which will be placed at the foot of the
pond in rear of Mercantile block. in
| which will be placed all the refuse
floating down the streamr Others. will
! be placed at different points in the viii
| Iage and the people will pc asked to
| dump their refuse into them, after
which. at stated times, they will be
hauled off at the expense of the town
! There is said to be a gang of bicycle
| thieves abroad in the land with one end
in Boston and the other end at Port
| land. AS soon as they steal a wheel
! they crate it and send it away to Bos-.
ton so that the police, who have
learned all of the local fences and
! steer straight for them all when Il, com
plant Of lost wheel is. made. will not
| be able to get after them quite 50
swiftly.
The sudden death Of "a former Lew
| iston man at Pejepscot Mills one day
recently from typhoid fever. caused the
! examination to be instituted to learn
where he had been getting his drinking
water. 1t was found that he had been
drinking water from a spring that had
| been foul for a long time People US
| inc water from springs said a Lewis
| ton physician recently, should clear the
| spring carefully out at least once
| month.
Lewiston audiences are famous for
| leaving halls and churches before the
| entertainments are over one Tune
when Edward Eggleston was concIud-
| inc lecture in Lewiston, number OF
people got up and went out before the
| close of the entertainment. Mr.. Eggles-
| ton noticed it and he remarked.
WHY. this is Lewiston, ism 1t!
! Iectured here II years ago ana the
| people got up and went out the same
III they are doing now. Yes thls Is
Lewiston