Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-09

N w VI ->oTlnpOrt, who i
"a years old, has cut and marketed this
fall 5000 hoop poles.
Mrs. Fernald ID. Croker of R.tb ba.
recently given birth TO twin girls who ar,
doing nicely. Mr.. and Mrs rrookar q q i
ready have twin boys between Two ~
three years of age.
The problem of providing accommo.
dations for Portland's school cbiIdra,
seems to have been solved. There are
now about 1900 registered and all nro.
vided for
DR.. A. II. Chamberlain has nresontad
the Thompson library. Foxcroft with the
numbers of the Harvard Crad,eta ~ Hta ,nt
azines since its first pubI,cation in Gn3
1892. The magazine is published o,,ar,er
~ and is valuable addition To The il
brary. ~ 'iie II
1t is said that there is moro than "a
mote possibility that Easfnnr, ~" r,,, q t. i,
made shipping point for lumber from
those towns in Washington cnrntx ~.
are inacGesslpie t1r vessels during the
up.
The revenue cutter Levi Woodbury..
has received her winter cruising orders
and Will begin on December to fol-
low them. She will cover the coast be-
tween PASSPORT and Cape Ann.
Anew OF the leading professional and
business men of Houlton. are endeav-
orlng 10 organize social club and
reading room where they can pass a
lew OF their spare moments.
An Auburn man has two cots u,bo
seem to have some idea of time as tba,
invariably go to the place where they
are led just before the noon whistle.
blows or the half past five whistle M
night.
\ little Mechanic Falls girl Of three
No. 80 ~ lewiston q Few days ago ana
i III Colored girl on the street Staring
al ter Tor "A moment in Arrangement she
ruShed up to her and tried To wine rho
color from her face and to tell which
hard task.
Several Bath young ladies have
scheme which proves more profirahIe ~
them even than the womans exchange
lhey purchase supplies Of their favorIt..
grocer ana manufacture caramels, candy
ana other dainties. placing them on sal.
az the grocers and paying no commission
the Srocer's profits being out of the sup
pies sold. Some Of the girls sell s. to SO
worth Of their CONNECTIONS each week.
Great alarm is felt in Portland for the
lie OF the beautiful trees for which THAI
city Is noted. DR.. Smith. the park COM
missioner, has discovered that the cleo
trio current is killing many of them.
Mayor Robinson and the committee on
public lights will make a close investiga-
ton. Another great cause of distigure-
ment and permanent injury to the trees
is the fastening Of horses to them. They
always gnaw the trunks, as the appear
ance of some Of the largest trees amply
testites.
A Searsport woman who keeps house
alone this winter enjoyed Thanksgiving
twice. She was 50 certain that Thanks
giving day was Thursday, Nov. I'D that
she made no inquiries but went ahead
and secured fine fowl and prepared her
dinner as of yore on that day. enjoying
it immensely. y neishbor coming in
shortly after mentioned the fact that a
friend was coming to spend ThanksSiN-
ing with her. The lady very much as
tonshed, asked: What time is she
coming This led To mutual explana-
tons and when informed tnat Thanks
giving would not come for A week. she
remarked: We'll | shall be prepared by
that time to celebrate again and She
did.
Byron Daggett, the 13-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John q. Daggett of
Medford, in the absence of his father
in the woods. is taking the entire care
of 10 head of cattle, several of which
are mich COWS, two horses and a flock
of sheep. besides doing the many chores
that usually fall to the lot of boys on
a big farm. He also took advantage of
the little SnoW-storm to go into the
wood lot and cut and haul up a cord of
wood which he sawed and split ana
put into the shed within three days.
A document of much interest to the old
er citizens of Bucksport, is in existence
and good condition Notwithstanding the
fact that it was written nearly 50 years
ago. 1t is the school report of Miss Car
oline +. Hervey, subsequently Mrs. James
Emery, a teacher in the first school dis
trict in 1915. The report gives the names
which number S5 with ages from to 10,
the summer term beginning May IL. and
continuing until Sept. l. 1t will also be
interesting to the young women teachers
of today to learn that with the very
large number of attendants through the
heat of summer Miss Hervey received
81 81 week for her services. More than
a half century has passed since then.
teacher and a greater part of the pupils
have finished life's school, as of the 10
in 1915, only 10 are known to be living at
this time.
The young man at Kingfield who
gave his small brother his gun to carry
up stairs, telling him it was not load
ed, perhaps wished a little later, that
he had carried it up himself. AS to
the remark that it was not loaded, the
Pennington Chronicle correspondent
says: This was true-and it wasn't.
There was no charge in the barrel, but
there was in the magazine. The lad
took the gun up stairs and then, with
the supreme self-confidence and inordi-
nate Inconsistencies of 8. years. he COM
menced investigating the mechanism.
Soon he succeeded in pumping the car
fridge into the barrel and the next
item on the program was loud report
and smoke, feathers and splintered
wood flying about the room. The ball
passed through the entire bed, through
the foot board. across the dresser.
piercing on the way the picture of the
big brothers best girl, and ended its
career in the wall. No great damage
was done save to the aforesaid picture
though some of the bedding was set on
fire"
On the wall of the public library is
now hung valuable. and to the small
er libraries, a rare acquisition. in the
shape of portraits and autographs of
all the Presidents from Washington to
Mckinley. The portraits are neatly en-
closed in two frames of the same size;
the first a gift from the late VIM.
Henry kilby. and includes all from
Washington to Pierce inclusive; the
second. from Buchanan to Mckinley