Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-01

to the city library. as the beginning OF
a collection of relics: In all probapli-
ity the gift will be accepted as TWO OF
the trustees have expressed themselves
in favor of it, If this is done Mr. Jei-
lison will have ii put in good CONDITION
when it will be presented with writ
ten history.
Henry A. Harlow of Brewer, noted
as being one of the best burners OF
brick in the State of Maine, has just
returned from Columbia rails. where
he burned two kilns of brick. The
work Of burning these kilns mas az
rracted the attention of all the brick
makers in Maine. for both hao stoou
unburned through two winters. ana 1t
was thought that when burned put lie"
Of the bricks would be good. Mr.. Har-
low and his assistant James carr
however. had the good fortune to Sc
cure good burns and there was no more
loss than would be expected in a Kiln
| just made.
| A cherrvfield correspondent makes
| The following suggestion Whlch couid
he followed with profit by many other
Maine towns: LAS spring is near at
| hand there is one important duty the
| local government should not omit IL
| sbould see that the shade trees along
| IN. streets are pruned and relieved OF
| ~ decaying branches that are allowed
ro remain, despite the fact that the
town in recent years voted an appro-
nriation for their care The old elms
are the proud heritage of the founders
Of the town and in respect 70 their
memory should be fostered and pre-
served"
An aged contributor to the Bruins
wick Telegraph recalls that one morn
! ing. - years ago. he was hunting for
pigeons. which were then very plenu-
| ful on the Brunswick plains. Hearing
a distan: voice as Of a man preaching,
| he was moving in that direction when
he came upon four students concealed
| behind some bushes. while fifth NJ
some distance was practicing his odH
ror 4 coming exhibition. The "ratr"
WAS calvin T.. stowe afterwards the
wcl-known professor and husband ct
| the author of Uncle Toms cabin.
! Was il the cat or the beans lha'
| saved Mrs. McEachern'S house ana
| life Mrs McEachern lives IN MachlaS
| and the other evening, after she had
! retired to her room she was aroused bS
| the peculiar behavior and hoWlinS oil
| the family eat. She arose ana went 70
/ the dining room where she found that
| 4 hanging lamp had exploded ana Set
| = lively blaze. TO cXtinguish the
| flames Mrs M"EacherH put two mats
over the carpet and table cloth WhICh
were burning. This not being sum
riont she .let GO the dish Of Satur-
DAVIS beans then in soak. that being
| the nearest water at hand. an me
blaze was soon under control.
Here is curious incident in con-
| nection with the annexation Of Deering
To Portland. About year or 50 ago
the city Of Portland had on hand lot
Of old-style school desks for which they
had no further use. having replaced
them with more modern furniture.
These desks We're sold by the city to
well-known furniture concern. Later
the city Of Deerng purchased the en-
tire lot at figure which gave the
furniture dealers substantial rate of
profit Now that Deerng has become
Il part of Portland. the same old desks
are once more the property Of the city
and as Deering never paid for them
| portland must Lppl tilt Jim any -
the profit 10 the middleman.
There is a trust of coon cat owners
in Lewiston projected by farmer near
that city. His scheme is TO engage 20
take al the coon kittens born in that
part Of Maine at a regular price, and
to run cat farm near the city. Big
prices are paid by the people in the
cities for fine specimens of lOng-haired
cats and the farmer intends to make
corner in the market so far as the
local end of it is concerned. He has
been raising coon cats for some years
and has made it pay. All the trouble
| is that the farm cannot supply cats
fast enough and he has conceived the
plan Of buying the kittens from ali
the houses in Lewiston where they are
kept. He recently bought one for 81
in Lewiston and got $50 for ii is Bos-
ton.
A musical celebration is planned to
take place in Portland some time III
June TO be known'as the kotzschmar
Jubilee. On July 4th of this year NJ
Kotzschmar, who has done so much
for music in western Maine. will cele-
brate his 10Th anniversary. Just 50
years ago Mr.. kOtZSchmar came TO
Portland, and just 100 years ago
Haydn's Creation" was given to the
world. 1t is proposed to celebrate
these events by a musical jubilee on
large scale. 1t is proposed to organize
chorus Of 100 voices from Portland
Lewiston and Brunswick. engage sing
crs of Worldwide reputation, together
| with the Boston Festival orchestra.
and ittingly observe these three must
cal anniversaries. 1t is said that the
scheme will cost about $1,000 and that
SO much encouragement has been given
| the promoters of the affair that it is
almost an assured fact that such an
event will occur.
One Of the happiest Of men is Monroe
Colson of Winterport. Mr.. Colson has
just had his eye sight restored, after a
period of total blindness. Mr.. Colson
is only % years of age. but he has for
some time past been afflicted with
cataractS on both eyes. which COM
petely destroyed the sight. BY hold
ing the hand before his face he could
distinguish the faint shadows of the
| fingers, but no more. Last week a re-
| markably successful operation was