Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-20

the farm, SIX miles, and Dach' e".i
day for eight days He climbed the
trees and picked his best apples o.
hand. the rest he shook off ana picke
from the ground, and brought nome
load every night. After picking seven
days hc sold what remained on N
trees. and the buyer got ABOUT ~
bushels. cider apples included. N"t
many men OF 80, even here IN Maih =
like TO spend week climbing app
trees.
AS story of runaway this from
the Bangor News deserves a place II
current literature: very unusuai run
away occurred near the orono hign
school budding. Tuesday morning.
woman was quietly riding down the
street. with Il COW fastened TO the rear
of the wagon. The procession was
moving ON finely until near the schooi
building. Principal Rowe at the same
time gave his pupils the morning re-
cess. AS they came out the COW did
not like their appearance ana gen
eral miN-up took place. The COW cam"
into collision with the wagon and
wheels was thrown on The ground. Al
ter this the horse decided to back and
the COW was under the wagon. The
woman at this time vacated the We
hicle The COW not having an alto
gethrr restful position decided to rise
10 her feet. but not having sufllcient
standing room under it she elevated II
several feet. This broke the connec-
ton with the forward wheels and the
horse moved on. leaving the COW with
the body Of the wagon on her PACK
The horse after going "A short dis;anc-
stopped, and the COW being freed q.
her burden ran in the other direction
No damage was done and after willing
workers had again arranged the pro
cession it moved on.
1t seems tina; thus far Mr.. Sanford
has paid his Shiloh taxes TO the Dur
ham treasurer promptly and without
complaint At present the valuation
is 500. coo, making tax OF 800, when
has been paid without a murmur.
Still, Durham people are wondering
nat will become Of his followers
when the inevitable crash comes.
The suspension Of three young la
dies from tho Newport schools for
devoting too much time to outside
concerts ana entertainments has made
4 big stir in that town, this week. !,
is hard for some school boards ta
realize that school is only a side issue
in the lives Of many young people.
The social event of this evening in
HnuIton Will be pie-eating contest IN
the window of local clothing store.
The pies will be made from the prize
pumpkins which have been on exhibit
ton in the window of the store for
number Of days. Prizes will be offered
TO the boys showing the largest
capacity for pie Houlton il not to be
outdone by Hartford.
Nothing makes a mushroom crank SO
angry as the question-"How can you
tell the difference between 4 mushroom
and a toadstooI?" Some ignorant and
unfortunate person who didn't know
that the Gardiner Reporter Journal
was a mushroom crank has done IT,
and The Journal has entirely lost its
temper over it. 1t says editorially and
severely: We are sorry 10 observe that
some of our contemporaries still seem
To think that 1900 is the first year Of
the 10th century We would suggest
that they go to womans school and
learn to count hundred. Another
thing that We are sorry to see is, that
some of them seem to think that a
mushroom and a toadstool are sepa-
rate and quite different things. The
Reporter Journal has always tried 10
educate its brother editors UP TO the
fact that all mushrooms are toadstools
and all toaGstools are mushrooms. As
Capn Cutie would say: Please take
due note Of it. and govern yourselves
aCcordin' The Deadly Alninita is the
most common and beautiful and
poisonous mushroom that grows; and
one of the most disgTaceful and dirty
toadstools we have is considered one
Of the most delicious of the edible
mushrooms by the cranks who feed on.
fungi"
Horses are cheap these days. but
some are not so cheap as they seem TO
be. For instance. an PASSPORT young
gentleman recently had the good luck