Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-29

IL close and it seems to be agreed that
II has been the best for years Ger
tainly this is true of Augusta, thanks
to the new Opera hOuse.
Some of the Portland National
guardsmen are hoping for a trip to
Montreal to help in the celebration OF
Dominion day. July 1. The Royal
Scots who were in Portland. July 4.
1898. are anxious for n return visit.
The Commercial corrccts us and says
that only part of that famous Ban
gor piazza has been removed. The re-
naming part will probably furnish a
subject for discussion and litigation
until into the 2lst century.
Everybody has lost track of the
number of Maine towns and cities
visited by the gang of burglars. 1t Is
somewhere in the ncighborhood of 20.
however. and they are adding several
tn the total, each week. They are
hardly securing enough booty Ia pay
expenses but they are having no end Of
fun.
The case is looking little dark for
Guide Lambert, the ncighbor OF the
murdered Allen family in Shirley.
The Pearson enforcement regime Is
not wholly a success when Mondays
police court record in Portland showed
Is offenders. mostly DRINKS, the larg-
est number of any day for years.
The vigorous circular letter of Rev.
Frank w. Padclford. a young Colby
alumnus. shows that not all the male
graduates are arraycd agains, cocdu-
cation.
Speaking of sturdy old age. Chas.
Davenport, Esq. Of Bath. the ship
owner, real estate owner and
bank director. at % attends To
his daily routine of business
as If but % and has his office In the
building in which he WAS born.
The Biddeford Record has un-
carthcd what 1t terms matchlcss
fraud. After careful examination ii
finds that every card of common kit
chen matches. tipped with yellow brim-
stone, and that is the usual color of
the terrestrial brand Of sulphur, has
Is matches at present; formerly there
We're - on a card. This means SO
less scratches to gross than for
merly. Is this another case of the
octopus?
y curious case of loss of voice through
sudden fright occurred in Bangor
recently, and is OF considerable inter
est to the medical profession as such
cases are rare. Mrs. II. II. Webster. a
well known young Bucksrort lady
while there shopping one day last
week saw child run in front OF an
electric car and for an instant il
seemed as if the little one must be
crushed beneath the wheels. The
child escaped and it was all over in
an instant. but the sight gave Mrs.
Webster q severe shock from which
she soon recovered. but found she was
unabl to articulate a word. even a
whisper. her voice being completely
gone. Mrs. Webster is very slowly re-
gaining her voice. being able to talk in
whisper and improving daily.
What carpenters used 100 years ago
In place Of sheathins paper while
erecting the better class of buildings,
was recently shown in Saco while the
carpenters were ovcrhauling the Cults
house on the high bluff overlooking
Factory island wharves At the south
west side it was found best to pull off
some of the clapboards. What ap-
peared to be loose pieces of birch bark
was found underneath 1t was at first
thought one or. two pieces had teen
put in by chance. But on investigation
the carpenters saw that the carpenters
who built the house in 1852. had laid
sheets of birch bark on the sheathing
to close over the cracks. These sheets
were held by small hand made nails or
wrought iron. over this were laid
ha nd made clapboards of pumpkin
pine. These clapboards were not
butted together at the end but were
bevclcd together SO as to give less
chance for the house to be affected by
five years of time were required to
build the house. and any one VINO has
examined the building would not doubt
it for an instant.
Rockland Courier Gazette: The AS
ISOLATED Press representative who
sent forth the report that RockIand
had 1000 visitors on Board of Trade
day may at least have the credit of
trying to make us d pretty big city.
Ills conscience and Judgment are less
deserving of commcndation. a
Bath Times: The Long Island man
who shot one of the village buggy
bodies for spreading scandal about
him will not be without sympathizcrs.
The pest prevails in every village and
small town and there are few dwcllers
in such places who would not have
liked at one time or another to have