Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-23

kumOr mas IL tnat many new rest
dences are to be erected in Passport,
as soon as the spring opens.
New Harbor is sure that at least four
new cottages will be built there this
season, and there are more in prospect.
The new catalogue of the Portland
public library. now in the printers
hands. will contain the titles of nearly
$4,000 books.
a gun club is once more being talked
of by Brunswick sportsmen. Sometime
in March a meeting will be held for the
purpose of organization.
Two trees cut down recently in
WoodfordS We're 20 and 30 years old
respectively The older elm would
have interfered with the erection of
house.
For muffling the school bell, one OF
the students of the kinsfield Inter
mediate department is to remain IN the
schoolroom thirty-one hours out OF
school time as a punishment.
Two Bath men g few years ago went
into n speculation in Florida real es
tate. Between them they purchased
two cottage lots and afterwards
estate was visible was 1T low tide.
At a recent meeting of the Biddeford
and Saco Medical Club ii was decided
| that the members Of the club We're get
| ting altogether too small fee for
| office practice AMI that in the future
they should charge IS cents instead of
80 for all calls made at the office.
| Good news from Kennebunkport!
After ten years silence the hammers
will again be heard in her ship yards
| for David Clark will commence work
| right away on a 500-ton schooner for
| John w. Deering of Portland. which
viii he commanded by capt. William
! Gould Of Kennebunkport and which
4 will he used in the numbering trade
!, along the coast.
i 4 Bath man recently purchased %
tvo-cent postage stamps at the post
Office. ana on his way back 20 his
7 office he stepped into his bank ana
II got 20 check stamps. Entering his
Office he absentmndiy set TO work on
hi, check book and when he finished
His job Of ltiXing 4 stamp On each
check discovered that he had put M
: postage instead Of documentary
> stamps ami the check stamps We're still
untouched.
Al friend uap was in our office re-
c.1tIy tn.f cs Of having successfully
tu2 -uotato sUtats" and said MI
! aepu ! confer Il favor On our readers
d by telling ;hem about this method Of
taking sweat. The process as hc cx-
pla n.1 il w4s to bake lot OF
uot ltpce. small ones are as good as
ans. nut them in bags and after The
patient IL i'll bed place the bags under
his arms and at his sides and feet
I;y this means y gentle perSpiratiou
starts which leaves II" patient il
much le-S danger If taking cold than
10y the ordinary method Of taking 4
sweat, while the result is just as bene-
hcial.-Pisc-taquis Observer.
III New England Field ana Woods "
hy Rowland f. Robinson. We read:
The wise farmer cuts. for fuel. only
tne dead and decayinG trees in his
wood lot, leaving saplngs ana thrifty
Old trees to stand up and grow better
us The Yankee saying is." How many
Of our farmers are wise farmers?
The woodlot is today the most valu-
able PORTION of many farms, and is
| growing more ana more valuable
| stripping II pare, wien inc SIoullu l.
NOT needed for cultivation or for pas
ture, is certainly unwise. Much valu-
bic timber goes into the wood pile
that would bring handsome prices il
marketed as the farmer markets other
products Of his farm. Do not sacrifice
tyour woodlots.-Belfast Republican
Journal.
Prof. A. T. Crockett is not only q
lover Of the game of chess, but is the
owner Of a set of chess men which is
probably one of the finest in the State
Thereby is suspended a caudal APP
lpendage. Thirty odd years ago Wher
q Capt. Geo. Brown was sailing the deeI
he came out of a Chinese port in the
ship J. Wakefield, bound for New
York. The ship ran upon a treacher-
Gus sand bar and while it was in this
predicament 10 junks laden with
Chinese pirates came aboard and pro-
: ceeded to loot and destroy the vessels
cargo. Among the articles destroyed
was q chess board, which with the set
of men. had been presented Capt
Brown by friend in China. The cap
| tain Sroaned when he saw the CeleS-
tials destroy this board. but felt partly
recompenSed when the junketers failed
| to discern the box containing the
men" He afterward presented the
set to Prof Crockett. who would al
most as soon think of parting with his
; piano as to part with that. The
!. | men have been greatly admired by
J all who have seen them.-Rockland
: Courier Gazette.