Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-25

The banner for cXpprincss in knitting
ought to be awarded to Miss Ethel
Tabor cf Scbcc, who recently knit a fire
rair of double mittcns III two hours.
Speaking Of mittcns. the most dnra-
bic PAR yet heard of. Is owned by
/ Stephen Berry OF Machias. The" mi:-
tens We're knit bv Mr.. Bcrry's mother
, Al years ago, and Notwithstanding that
they have been in constant wear whcn
needed for that purpose have but re-
&C ntly come to Il condition TO require
mcrding.
Necessity as the mother of invention
has special cxemplfcution in the de-
vices brought forth by tn" Portland
men who seek to cvadc the liquor law.
ll'cir latest reported dodge Is the
ORGANIZATION Of an express company
for the purpose Of bringing liquors in
I" this state. its appearance in the
hcld being the result Of a ruling to the
effect that liquor IN transit cannot b"
seized. The proposed express" com
pany Is to run between Portsmouth.
y. H.. ana Portland. and the liquor
VIII come as express packages. al
though in freight ears. which. 1t is
planned. are Ia arrive at their dc9-
tinat.on at night. The friends ~ III"
law hope that some way may be found
to meet ;his new feature Of evasion.
Thcr" was a baptism one Sunday Att
long ago at one ol the churches IN II
.-ortain town in Hancock county 4
few CayG later two children were dis
c::shihg the matter. The little ,:irl
s"il: My papa don't have 10 be- bap-
tree: Ia is a Christian" To Nni,h
the boy ncighbor instantly responded
Nc. Lc amt, Hes a Democrat
y curious instance ~ the com
mun'cahili,y OF consumption vas
bIough, 10 the attention of Z Portland
ph! Tirian lately. \ man IN that ylty
had we'll marked ,u%c 0f Consu.np-
ticn. and his death from the alsrls
So med not distant. But after sufIr.ir-
10. some time from Il. he now seems
I" y" recovering. ana presents ~
syriptOm oG the disease. on tn" oth"r
haI.G his wife. who. during the !ros
r'si ~ her husbands sickness hal
been well. is hers. nc the suhjc.t II =
ronuInc.d case ~ til, dread iiscuS.
' r.ch has 50 far advanced that Hrr
voice is reduced to ncrc hisprr 1t
looks JS though she had taken tho
disease from her husband hat thr
query is. What has become IF tn. /
t,it t,.h n, t..
afflicted"
The following good story is told con .
t"rl.inS tn" rroprivtors of 4 Hath drug /
store. both Of whom are bald headed. (
IN fact there is scarcely ha1 To ~. I
seen on either Uranium. one day d |
woman entered The store and caii,d f"r |
q bottle IF hair I-Stnrc:. can You I
recommend it:" She ASKED, %. yes I,
indeed. madam. said the proprietor !
my partner and both us. IT,
East 'orinth IS wondering whether /
!, has a mystery on it's hands or not
Il is all about a young woman who
Visited the village last week she ar
tved on the o'clock Pcnohscnt cen
-lal car and Immediately entered
'-rber shop aud requested the pro
'rietor 10 cut her hair The barber
houEht II rather strange request. but
irally consented to do as requested
inu soon the floor around his chair
ras covered with chestnut colored
ocks from the head Of the strangcst
'ustomcr the shop has ever had. As
. 10. -
aid the barber ana quickly departed
N the car for Bangor. not even stop
''ng TO gather up the hairpins or comb
he had worh. The East Corinth
sherlock Holmes have taken the mat
cr in hand. but the mystery Still re-
Mains as big II mystery as ever.
Portland Transcript: Complaints
rom portions Of the state show that
ramps are asin nu smerous Our sister
tate of Massachusetts has successfully
nplied what. to a tramp must seem a
rastic remedy by having a law making
a crime to beg. and when the va
rant comes in contact with them he is
invariably set 10 work 10 earn his
eep. Work is held ny the hoboss in
4ual abhorrcnce with cleanliness, and |
he result of the Wise law is tha,
massachusetts, is Virtually trampless. |
he Wayfarers' lodge On Hawkins |
Ueet. Boston. furnishes considerable
nmherS now of unfortunate men with J
n opportunity to efrn in the city !
'oodyard a bath. nteal and q clean |
Td. but these applicants are not Of !
he class of professional wanderers.
hey are simply workers down on
heir luck" MIR. Ed*ard Riley. the !
OF the Hawkins street il
odgc. declares that {they haven't had :,
tramp call there for five years. There
$ model for MaiNe Set them to {!
'ork. on the roads. .ifiwc cannot find
'oodyards enough ~ employ H., a
rmy. Who knows, butt what ". may !,
entertain an angel unawares.'' i y
'andercr who may bd able 10 -iy, Z
oints on the method,' of road con- IL
that will start Alright SOM. /,
/ our road commissR Roners Ii
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