Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-09-30

One Presque Isle woman is the
mother of 10 children.
Westbrook clerks and young business
men are talking of organizing foot
ball team.
The Salvation Army intends to es-
tablish a shelter house for wayfarers
in Portland, this fall.
Business in Rockland in all lines Is
better than for long time past. EN-
erybody feels hopeful
One Bath man recently wrote
check for S1100 to pay his annual pr
MUM on a life insurance polcv'
A camera club is to be formed in East
Brownfieid for the exchange OF lueas
and the mutual benefit of its members.
Twenty-three children, seven OF
them bows. have signed to attend the
Social Settlement cooking classes AT
Lewiston.
An Ashland small boy recently
bought and ate yeast cake paper
wrapper and all. under the impression
| that it was candy.
4 Lewiston lady who obliSingly
changed SO bill recently found on
irving TO pass it that she had received
a counterfeit bill.
| An apple tree at North Haven, which
stiII bears excellent fruit, was brought
| 70 that town from Massachusetts i'll
tub, over 125 years ago.
A bath tub is being placed in the
Bath police station and hereafter
tramps will have a chance to take
bath when they visit Baths city hotel.
one warm day the past summer
blacksmith near Bath closed his shop
at noon and left this notice on the
door: TOO hot to work. Too hot for 4
horse to work. Gone home"
Mrs Rachel Clarke of Richmond is
the posesssor of cactus that recently
bore SO blossoms and buds. She also
possesses rose bush that has grown
13 feet during the present summer.
Two brothers living in tenements ad-
joining in a double tenement house in
Bath recently became dissatisfied with
their rents and made everything salts
| factory by exchanging tenements.
Anderson Camp. S. of Y. of Rock
land can boast Of having q past cap
tans and five past department COM
manders. 1t is very doubtful if there is
another camp in the state which can
parallel this record.
Pittsfield contractors have no reason
to find fault with the amount of build
ing the past summer. More houses
have been erected than for several
years. and there are plans for more
| new residences next year. About %
dwellings have been built thus far.
| Ralph Stanley Of Milbridge. aged s
years, has been the victim recently of
two severe accidents. Two months ago
he fell on the sidewalk. which resulted
in breaking his arm. and the other day
while playing with children he was
| thrown down, causing a second break
to the same limb.
For ten years Old Town has not seen
50 little activity in the building line as
is shown during the present season.
| The rise in lumber and other material
| is held accountable for this condition.
as many had planned for the erection
Of homes this year, but have postponed
the work in anticipation of a drop in
prices.
n tpcIN DON WHO WAS going away 10
| school was presented with a handsome
silk umbrella by his father. He was
much pleased with the gift and taking
it to a jeweler had it marked. When
he got ready to leave home. his mind
was so absorbed with other things that
he left the new silk umbrella behind
and started off with an old cotton one
much the worse for wear.
\ Swans Island man thinks it pity
that such large quantities Of berries on
that island are allowed to fall on the
ground and decay when there are two
idle canning factories where these ber-
ries might be canned. thus giving en-
ployment to a large number of the boys
and girls that cannot earn much any
other way. And there are a lot Of such
neglected opportunities in Maine.
The fine bird dog owned by Dr. ]. NJ.
Deacon of MilltoWn, was the victim of
some evil-disposed person who sue
ceeded in inducing the poor animal to
swallow a piece Of meat with a fish
hook and line attached The doctor
had a chance to try his successful hand
at surgery and saved the animals life.
He Will make an effort to apprehend
and prosecute the guilty party.
j. +. Gott. of Surry has an orange
tree which at present has 1g punches of
| buds and blossoms and over 400 green
oranges of different sizes upon it. This
little tree. which stands in common
water pail is only three years old and
30 inches high but it has been almost
constantly in bloom since last May, be
sides yielding seven ripe oranges. the
largest weighing four and one half
ounces.
\ most remarkable spring is located
on the farm of Mr.. Davis in Ellsworth
| The spring is located upon hill and
the water is conveyed by pipe to 4
wateringtub by the roadside. There
is an abundant flow of water till about
10 in the morning when it ceases to flow
until about 4.30 in the afternoon when
1t again resumes operations, filling the
tub to overfiOwing with an abundant
stream
A rock maple tree in front of the res
| idence Of Henry Bonney on Summer
street. was blown down Wednesday af-
ternoon. 1t was about eight inches
through and entirely riddled by borers
This is the case with all the maple trees
in this village. and it is only a ques