Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-07

RanSeley o-yearS-old accompanied
his grandma NINA to church recently and
after. getting home was asked If he en-
lot to the show.
The canoe club recently formed at Ban
gor is already an assured success. The
boat house is well built and conveniently
situated and many of the members are
on the river every evening in their ca
noes.
l.. w. Smith of Canton. has presented
the Masonic lodge of that town with 60
fine lamb skins, which have been made
into aprons making handsome and appro
pirate gifts that are highly priced by the
order.
Two young men came to Bangor be-
fore o'clock Sunday morning, the first
open day on perch, bringing about $50 big
fat white perch. The question that oc-
ours to most fishermen is: Did they get
the fish legally?'
The town clerk of Blaine has forwarded
to the register of vital statistics at Au-
gusta the births. deaths and marriages
that took place in the town during the
year 1899. The number of each is re
markably small compared with other
years Births Is, marriages 10. deaths IL.
The big mast on the monitor Connecti-
cut at the Bath Iron Works Is in posi-
ton. The military top was put on re-
Gently and il is IL feet in diameter. The
mast is AZ feet long and 30 inches in 3i
ameter. The launching of the big craft
will be one of the grandest events in the
celebration of Home week.
But few men could have done better
than Mrs. Geo. Hubbard OF Canaan, did
recently. a swarm of bees came out and
alighted in d neighboring tree. Her hus-
band being away Mrs. Hubbard set to
work to save them. Procuring ladder
and saw she climbed into the tree,
sawed the limb off, brought it carefully
down and successfully hived the bees.
Mrs. William Lermond of Waldoboro,
fived three swarms of bees and picked
Is quarts of Strawberries, besides doing
her Homework and looking after the
creamery and hens, last. week. while
her husband was at work in the ship
yard.
genuine surprise came to one of
Bridgton's residents, last week, in the
shape of a check for $19.52. her dis
tribution share in the French Spoil
alton money. 1t was the first intima
ton she had ever had of possessing in
terest in that money.
A Lewiston enumerator, who has
been taking census this summer. said
he came across one man, who gave his
age A. his wife thought he was 80, and
his son declared he was 63. The
enumerator came to the rescue and
after a little arbitration. a compromise
was formed which suited all hands.
The dressmakers are complaining
that Portland women do not dress as
deliberately in dainty silks and muslins
as they used to. In these days of
amusements they buy a few shirt
waists and two or three skirts and
spend all their spare money in having
a good time.
In about 1850 there was total eclipse
of the sun visible in IslcsbOro and il was
at that time that a party of students
from Harvard College assembled with the
professors at a point on the iSlaGa near
Bounty cove then Williams cove. ana
there set up their quadrant and with oth-
er Instruments took observation of the
sun in the eclipse. The land where the
party took the observation was on tnc
east side on a section which has recently
been purchased by summer residents. and
il is proposed to erect a monument upon
the site to commemorate the event.
The other evening Charles Brown
who is employed by Alex. Willett. went
into Mr. Willett's barn in Pressure Isle.
to take care of the horses; he found
one of them loose on the floor and
choking Opening the animals mouth
he saw what seemed to be bag IL
seems that a meal bag with some salt
in it had been left on the iloor and the
horse. not being able to get at the con
tents Of the bag directly, concluded to
swallow it whole.
Rather an amusing thing happened in
Dexter one day recently. Two citizens OF
this village were engaged i'll cXtoIlinS IH'
merits of their respective rooStrrS. pH'
claimed that his was bY far the heaviest
bird and a bet resulted. That the man
was right in his deduction the other
knew to be true. hut that did not lrcNtHt
him from. making plans to- WIN "ut. liG
oil II.
some sheet lead. fastened some reason
ably large sections under each OF ms
ROSTERS wings ana in TINS way li,t '.Sn ~,
the weight of the bird by about TWO
hounds II was a good joke. but TOO E""d
TO keep and the boys are having some
fun in consequence.
one OF I.ubrc's citizens while 1T work
on his wharf dropped his hammer over
hoard and it being but a short distance
under water thought he could recover Al
by descending ladder which ne proceed.
ed to do but to his dismay ne found y
like the cabbage before the pig shout
"a few inches beyond his reach lie
passed his body between the rounds OF
tn. ladder. and being quite portiy. iouiid
not cxtricatc himself and the tide rising
After the tide had risen some three feet
his son happened TO pass down the wharf
and found him in durance vic. ana aitor
nrocurinr A saw he removed the rounds
of the ladder and secured ms lather
from his perilous position.
Tho demand for summer cottages IN
Portland this year has been fully up 70
and in advance of other seasons, hut al
present 1t does not look as If the rush OF
outside visitors would be as great as last
wear The boarding houses along thy
shore are to be comfortably well filled
hut there does not seem To be any pros
meet that they Will be oNcrCrpwded. Per
hans this is due to the fact that the
large traffic Of other years has induced
other people to 90 into the business ana
there are now more accommodations than
there ever have been before. Several new
boarding houses and summer hotels have
been put INTO operation this year. This
is all to the advantage of the summer
visitor. who will now be able to get bet
ter quarters than at any time before.
Judging from the care with which the
farmers have prepared their boxes, the
rural mail delivery in NaSSalboru is meet
ing with much favor. The boxes have
all been fitted up according tn the de-
sires of the owners and hardly two of
them are alike but they all serve the
purpose admirably. The most popular
form seems to be the Shcd-roof variety
that is a good sized box with a SlopinS
cover The boxes must be placed near
enough to the road for the collector TO
drive up to them and deliver or take mail
without diSmounting from the wagon.
Most of the boxes are placed on posts and
some are fastened TO the fences and 9TH
er convenient places. The majority are
neatly PAINTED with the owners name on
the front and II. s. Mall on the side
A few are simply painted salt boxes on
posts Nearly all are of wood. They are
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