Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-26

other duties to perform. He is treas
eurer of Oxford county. president OF
fthe Paris Hill Water Co.. treasurer of
tthe South Paris Savings Bank. treas
turer of the Pythian Building AssOcta-
ton besides holding other Important
offices. Nj. Atwood writes his fun
name without Hitting his pen from the
pa per. It is unique, when once seen
lit will always be remembered. Be-
trimming with a large C. he writes the
next letter a little smaller and each
letter that follows a trifle smaller than
the one before it,, AT first sight the
name is hard to make out but after one
is told what it is it stands out as
plain as print. The signature Is one
that would be next to impossible to
Icounterfeit.
Friday a. Portland, man had occa-
sion to, go to his shed. and rather to
his surprise. found some very small
boys calmly taking away some barrels
I..Stop that" he said. and the boys
lscOoted, with the excep. ion of one very
small chap. He stood his ground and
tugged away at his barrel. Drop
that barrel and DUST" said the man
half laughing. Mister" said the small
boy. stopping and looking up in the
face of the owner of the barrels. Mis-
ter. we've got to have. these barrels.
Gen. George Washington sent for
them" The Portland man laughed.
He is a patriotic, citizen and hardly felt
like refusing to let Gen. George Wash
ington have a few old barrels and hav-
ing been once a boy himself he felt a
strong personal sympathy with the
efforts the little fellows were making
to have a fine fire the evening of the
great day and so he said: 'All right.
AS long as Gen. Washington sent you
for them, you can take them The
small chap went outside, whistled back
his friends, and they carried off their,
plynder in peace.
AS all his friends well know the late
Justice Fogler was famous story tell
err and his wit has caused many a
hearty laugh to resound through Maine
court rooms. 1t was not long ago that
the judge heard a case in Which the
|evidence on one side was very evident
ly put up. although in such a skillful
fashion that, although the whole
story seemed utterly improbable, it
was difficult to place ones finger on
the weak point in the case. In speak
ing of the matter afterwards Judge
Fogler said that the case reminded
him of an old attorney that he used to
know over in the central portion of the
state. He was an adept at putting up
evidence and the opposing attorneys
always tried to catch him. One day
there was a case on trial. which in
volved the ownership of a cow, the de-
PENDANT being a widow whose princi-
pal witness was her young son. The
lad gave. his testimony in a hating
manner continually looking towards
the old squire as if for inspiration. The
plaintiffs attorney noticed this of
course and finally. after a particularly
strong statement on the part of the
witness, the former sad: Did Squire
Blank tell you to make that state
ment?'
mo-" responded the witness stani-
meringly, at least I don't think he
told me just that !;
"Oh, he did tell you something did
he?" !
YES" suffered the lad
d, well, tell the court just what he
told you to say. State it exactly now,
Numbered the lawyer, who thought
that for once he had got the better of
the willy squire although some of the
spectators noticed that the latter did
not seem to be showing any signs of
unusual perturbation. There was a
slight period of quiet and then in
tones that rang through the court
room the witness said: HE told me
to tell the truth If we lost our cow"
The widow retained her cow.
Some time ago ]. Otis Swift advo-
Gated foreign emigration to Maine
as means of rehabilitating and up
building the old State. This was in
one of his weekly letters in the Com
mercial. Nm his last letter he says:
1.-THE next week I received a dozen let
ters from people in all ports Of the
State, and they have been coming with
considerable regularity since. all con-
demning me roundly for my attitude,
and only a few admitting that Maine
would be better off with twice it's pres
ent population. Since my recent trip
through the southern states. l have
been more firmly convinced than ever,
that we ought W iOOk " EuIopc IOT
the materials to make our State bios
som like the rose. Names sons and
daughters are constantly going west
and to the big cities. There are not
enough born to take their places: There
never have been people enough in
Maine. We ought to welcome, all who
come. Are they peculiar. Have they
other customs than we? That is but
a matter Of generation Or two. The
|intermingling and amalga1nation of
these foreign people may even improve
and widen our own narrow and pc
culiar customs. We should not forget
that God loves these people as much as
he does. us, and that they, too, de-
scended from that common stock we
have been pleased to call Adam. Long
after you and are dust the children
Of the other nations will live happy
and useful lives Why .hot1 let them
i've here and be- Americans. since our
,Mn children will be happier for the
A BREATHING SPELL.