Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-25


| that there is no money in a fiye-cent
boat. Capt. Temple has sold his Island
Eelle to Bath parties who viii put her
on the Bath and Fort Popham route
This leaves the Casco Bay Steamboat
Co. without a competitor, and the story
is that prices will go back to the old
schedule-twentytiv cents for the
round trip. including a ten-cent seat in
the theatre.
At the music house of NJ. II. An
drews. Bangor. is a real curiosity in
the shape of an ancient piano. the
property of Eben C. Webster of Orono,
purchased by him short time ago as
a curiosity. 1t is small and the tone is
sweet and not obtrusive. The wires
are over-strung in harp shape, the
pegs being put into the wooden frame.
The case is handsomely inlaid and
trimmed with brass. 1t has six legs.
carved, and was evidently preten-
tious musical instrument century ago
or so. may be less. 1t has to be tuned
about a fifth below concert pitch.
A Portland street railroad man whose
reputation is not that of practical
joker. did q neat trick on prominent
citizen the other day. He had Just pur-
chased 2 new pocketbook and not hay
irg any special use for the old one.
filed it with snow and dropped 1t in
Monument square. Shortly after Il
& rntIeman. whose name is not divulged.
came along, and seeing the well filled
purse. quickly stopped and picked it
up. The purse was soon hidden IN u
coat pocket and the man of polished
appearance and tall ha- walked on as
if he had done nothing more than
picked up I; stray pin. Really he had
not for the contents of the wallet were
worth no more than that
Two young men were working Il new
sWindle in South Paris. to get money
80 get through college on. They sold
from house to house small bottle of
perfumery for % cents, and threw in a
pint bottle of bay rum. The perfumery
| in the small bottle didn't extend below
the cork. and the alleged bay rum was
" orthless stuff about the color of cider.
with the cork driven in so hard 1t could
only be drawn with eorkscrew.' They
did thriving business until one WON
an discovered the fraud and demanded
| her money back. Then they jumped
| II to their sleigh and whipped up the
horse, and as one spectator says. When
| they went around the corner you
| couldn't see them for dust" Sheriff
Tucker and Deputy Cross of Norway
| were notified, but failed TO find them
| The fellows had got out of town very
promptly.
| The Bangor Fuel Society, which is
I one of the city's most helpful and
| " orthy organizations for charitable
work, is to be. Incorporated. This So
ciety was organized on December L.
! 1885. byAa few citizens whose ob1ec:
! was to supply the poor Of the city with
| fuel, the subscribers giving from % &c
$40 a year for this purpose. There
were committees for collection ana dls-
| tribution In later years number OF
4 citizens bequeathed money to the So
ciety and this now amounts to abou'
10000 The yearly distributions OF I'M
| 3ciety. have been generous and very
elpful to the poor of the city. The
frs. distribution amounted to SoS6l
and from that time it has gone on
considerable amounts, the largest De
ing $780,. 80 in 1870. That of the pas
year was $665.66. The invested endow
ment fund amounts to s4soe and an IN
come of 5000 is received from II, i.
4 Of,course the Narraguagus Times re
porter was on hand when a prominen
/ Milbridgc man met with TINS mishal