Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-04

Maine people do not always have in
mind what an important part the Pine
Tree State plays in the Union. Even
the mighty Empire state is Obliged to
put much dependence in Maine for the
necessities of life a fact that is well
brought out in letter from the New
York correspondent of the Rockland
Courier-Gazette, in which the writer
says: Maine granite, Maine lime.
Maine ice, Maine spring water. Maine
Christmas trees. Maine canned goods
Maine vessels, Maine money (some).
and perhaps not last. certainly not
least. Maine men--all these have been
much in evidence in Greater New York,
some of them the year 'round-all, in
fact. save Christmas trees There are
also few other things that could we'll
be added to the list, as Maine lumber.
,, Maine slate, Maine paper Maine wool
ers and cottons and shoes and certain
~ not to be omitted, Maine Holsters,
Maine cider and Maine spruce gum.
Verify, Maine is a great State and its
people are the salt Of the earth.
Speaking of curious mistakes In
spelling. correspondent tells a story
of Hallowell, so years ago. The pro-
prietor of a small grocery, wishing to
increase the profits of Goldfish and
cheese, proposed to add beer to his
| other stock in trade. Parenthetically
| the correspondent adds that In those
times only two kinds Of beer were
known in Hallowell. strong beer and
small beer" The old man intended to
| sell the last named article. Early one
morning he put out a sign painted by
himself. the letters nicely made and
| reading thus: Small Bear For Sail"
No beer was sold that forenoon: but
after dinner the jokers began to call
in and ask to see that cub" In the
words of modern slang the old man
had now got on to the racket" and
| took in his sign" The next day, how
| ever. he replaced 1t by another which
| read this way: Small Bier For Sale"
Then there was a racket! Neither the
| jokers nor the old man knew Of the
German photography and the talk
| made Is better in Imagination than de-
scription. but the jokers drank all the
bier on hand that day. The CORE
spondent tells another story. this time
OF Franklin county. There was an
! Did blacksmith who worked at his forge
through the week and preached on
Sunday. Both callings seemed to -four
ish and the old fellow painted and put
| out a large sign with this inscription:
',Hoss Shueing.'' After the old man
had endured the remarks of stage
passengers and other passers-by
whole week, he got tired and remarkedA
'.I'il test let them fellers know that /
can spell when I've gut to- So he
turned to the only book he ever tried
t., read-his Bible-and 50 had out-a
new sign which, bore mis- device:
Horse Showing
The outside editors know where to
come for their brides. Last week, Ro-
ri Lynde Hart. the literary editor of
the Boston Transcript, married a
Rockhnd girl. and, this week. Geo. W.
Mason of the editorial staff of the
Philadelphia Ledger, was welded to
Miss Evelyn Herrick of Portland.
Nestled out among the Hermon hills,
about six miles from Bangor, there
stands little old tory-and-a half
house wherein Isaac Cummings has
passed every spare moment that he
has had for the past two years in
working upon an invention thAt he be-
lie.-as will solve the DroblemAA IF aerial