Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-27

| ICY lbs 10 otIil QeldyCd III SOihiN
in the State owing to the inability OF
the farmers tosecure help. Labor was
never in more active demand in Maine
| than it is at the present time.
An Auburn church recently had 9
mid-week prayer meeting on stormy
| night which was attended by ten men
and four women. This is certainly a
| record to be proud Of In many
| churches it would have been thirteen
women, and one man-the minister.
A new form of sickness has recently
appeared among horses in South Port
land and is occasioning considerable
uneasiness. The trouble seems to be
| the same IN every case. The animal
suddenly gives out, drops and seldom
| makes a permanent rally. 1t can and
| does have full use of the forward legs
but is otherwise most completely GRIP
pied.
| Bath Times: A striking temperance
lecture WAS noticed by the Times editor
at Ferry dock Saturday afternoon when
an intoxicated man staggered down
over the steps and vigorously got into
| his boat the while the kids OF the
neighborhood were pelting his with
green apples. 1t was suggestive OF MT
| Pickwicks famous experience in the
pound where he had been wheeled in
| barrow in which he had fallen asleep
after having imbibed too much cold
punch.
The new electric road from Brulis-
wick to Yarmouth is the swiftest thing
in Maine. says the Bath Times. 1t is
safe to assume, however, that Editor
Owen has not enjoyed ride on the
new electric road from Augusta to
Winthrop. or he would qualify that
statement.
It would seem to be the part of Wis
dom for all red-faced men to keep
away from Cornish for the present.
| Blaine proudly inquiries if any other
Maine town of equal size is doing bet
ter in the matter of sending its young
! people away to different institutions
| of learning. Ten will enter the Kicker
Classical Institute at Houlton, this
| fall. three will go to Bucksport SEMI
nary, and there are others still to be
| heard from. .as-f
AS there will be no county fair in
| Ellsworth. this fall, the enterprisiny
business men of that town are talking
up the subject of a merchants carni-
val.
BE brief is the suggestive and i'm
pressive legend printed on a Bath
firms office door.
| Many residents of Washington
county have been and are still making
good money by supplying the markets
of Boston with pickerel and yellow
perch. which bring a good price there.
| Large quantities of each have been
! shipped thus far, and the demand is
still brisk. White perch are eagerly
sought after by the Boston dealers but
the State law prohibits the shipment OF
these fish. prescribing a severe penal
ty for the violation thereof. Some
parties who were not satisfied with
their profits on the yellow perch and
pickerel have attempted to get ship
1 ments of white perch through, but
they were speedily detected by Game
Wardens Ross and Miller who seized
the fish and disposed of them, and when
the day of reckoning comes for the
shippers the attempt to evade the law
Bangor will. it is Said, have visit
from Carrie Nation, next week. 1t is
bring her Ratchet along. Having ac-
quired a considerable amount of free
advertising, the blithsome Carrie il
now engaged in turning it into cash
on the lecture platform.
| A conductor on street railway car
in Bath got off the other day to open
up a Switch and then signalled his
motorman to start. This he did, but
so rapidly that the conductor was un-
| able to regain his car, and found him.
self left in the middle of the street. He
| waved his hand to the passengers on
the rear of the car to stop it for him.
but they installing the gesture as a
parting salute, merely waved back
again and the car went on it's course
| out of sight.
| Two Portland boys have secured
positions as mess boys on an ocean
liner. and will start for Europe next
Saturday. They expect in this way to
see a considerable of the world at small
expense.
The famous Putnam Phalanx OF
| Hartford, Conn.,, are planning to visit
Portland on September ID This is q
well-known organization made up OF
Connecticut professional and business
men. Their uniforms are OF the CONT
mental style, with yellow knee breeches
blue coats with yellow facing and cocI
hats. They will be accompanied by 9
fife and drum corps. and may be ex-
pected to bring an atmosphere of the
Revolution to the Forest City, which
with its usual hospitality is planning
to entertain them royalty.