Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-29


| through it's top. His screams brought
an Older boy who CHANGED to be near to
his assistance, who states that he could
feel the current in the limb. Part OF
the flesh Of the hand was left on the
wire, the palm Of which was blackened
as though a charge of gunpowder had
exploded in it.
\ curious little incident in Monumen.
square, Portland, recently; attracted the
attention Of many bystanders and Great
ed not little good natured laughter A
lady came ont of a drug store and walked
placidly along the sidewalk for fifty fees
or so, until young mans attention was
fixed upon the very pretty hat she wore
lie rubbed his eyes for an instant to see.
If he was dreaming and then he shouted
TO the lazy, why your hat Is All on
fire" 1t was true and the movements OF
the lady and her companion We're rather
vigorous during the next few moments.
The blaze was extinguished with very
little damage TO the hat and none to the
wearer. In the drug store she mad cob
ably got too near the little swinging
gas jet used for cigar lighter.
a great deal has been written and
spoken about the destructfulness and vic
ious habits Of the English sparrow but
as FAR as our observations go they do
more good than harm, writes a Blaine
correspondent. We have often noted
their usefulness, but have never vet seen
an act on their part that would condemn
them. Tney nest ana rear their young
WITH other birds in our garden and min
Ble together in peace ana harmony. We
nave seen the sparrow ana robin botn
have hold of the same worm trying to
pun II up out Of the ground; we have no
ticed robins. sparruWE gOldfiuches and
small chickens all taking their breakfast
together Of corn meal furnished by one
OF our chickens \ willow tree in A. A.
Stuhaln grounds was discovered to b.
infested with caterpillars ana while prep
arations were being made for their de-
struction flock Of sparrOws discovered
them and in short time had cleaned the
tree Of the worms
]. H. O'Donnen of Pressure Isle, is the
owner Of a horse which possesses a
decided passion for band music. If
hitched in the stable, and the band be-
gins to play, the equine will dance
around his stall, exhibiting as best it
can its great admiration for the music.
If on the street and the band is dis
cOursing music, the horse will prance
around, prick up its ears and urge it's
way through the crowd as near as
possible to the band boys, where it will
stand still with an expression and at
titude which, We're they put into words.
would indicate the extreme fondness Of
the animal for music.
Bangor has close to 5000 people; this
is established by the new directory jus
issued. The total names in the residence
directory is IN, j93, Of which 1l31 are males
22I2 are females, 10 are names of firms
doing business under tx partnership, 13S
are names of corporations, 236 are names
anu addresses q people who have moved
from the city, 300 names that APP
peared in the last directory and have
died, and 300 are names of people in bust
ness or employed in Bangor who live in
surrounding cities and towns. Brewers
total in resident directory is 22l4, Of
which 1880 are males. 334 are females, 10
are partnerships. 6 are corporations.
1n are names of people who have moved
away. Il are deaths, and date of death
and u are names of those who work in
Brewer and live outside the city. There
are 26S streets, avenues, etc. in the city
il parks ard squares, 40 business blocks
and buildings ana cemeteries. Essex
street has the largest number Of dwelling
houses Of any street in the city. there be-
ing l05, 70 where the numbers stop at 5l9.
Beyond that to the Orono line are 81
farm houses.
1t is doubtful if there is such a valu-
able collection of rare Old furniture and
crockery 70 be found in any other house
in this State. as is owned by Mrs. Loren
20 ID. Reynolds, mother Of South Port
lands respected mayor Hon. L. G. Rey-
nOlds. at her pleasant home on Summer
street, in South Portland. Mrs. Reynolds
takes much pride in these beautiful re-
membranes OF generations past, ana mas
had one large room fitted up expressly
for them Among the very rare and an
tique articles to be found there are the
y rocking chair that is more
than TWO hundred years old; n chair.
light-stand and teapot made in 1I16; mir
ror 20 years old: a large secretary and a
round table that are more than Il hun
dred wears old; 4 number Of brass candle
sticks and three lanterns that belonged
to her three generations Of grandfathers;
and quilt that was made for her great
grandmother before she was married, the
lining Of which is Of wool being woven
b. that ancient lady herself. This quilt
is about 1870 years old and is in an excel
lent state Of preservation as in fact are
all the articles mentioned Mayor Rey-
nolds has lately had a workman from
Portland polishing up the furniture. Mrs.
Reynolds has also ttted up an old fash
toned bedroom with cord bed and all the
fittings and fixtures used in the days ~
her great-grandmother when bare floors
were in order and when comfort and
health We're considerations in the matter
Of household furnishings There are doz-
ems Of other beautiful things not men
toned here and the mayor mas also quite
a large collection, among which is about
a dozen pocketbookS belonging to his an
cestors hundreds OF years ago
Every day or two large package of
beef hearts and livers comes through
from Chicago from Swift Bros. house
Of Chicago. for the Lake Auburn
where they are chopped up by
machinery and fed to the fish. Two
nunureu ana HItI lllouSdllu Sdllioh anu
trout all the way from two feet long
down to two inches, make way with 60
pounds of meat a day. In n few weeks
they will have grown 50 that they will
eat from 60 to 100 pounds. A peculiar
thing about the fish is noticed in hui
man creatures as we'll The growing
fish, those under a foot and a half long,
will eat at any time and will continue
to eat till they cannot eat any more,
but when the big fellows in the upper
reservoir. those weighing from five
pounds to eight and a half, have been
fed once in day they will not touch
any more food with the same savage
leaps that they did the first meal, and
indeed will hardly eat at all. one old
fellow weighing nearly nine pounds
cannot be tempted out from the cool
shade of the raft that is placed there 10
keep the sun out of the pond
A certain dog in town not many
miles from Dexter has endured an eX-
perience which will teach the canine.
if not his master. good lesson III
Said canine is close
follower of his master and one week
ago accompanied him to his store
house situated some distance from