Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-22

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4 $50 pound woman in one town there
1 and near by are mother and twin
daughters with a combined weight of
500 pounds.
| Race tracks are being scraped on
the ice and the fast ones are getting a
chance to compare speed in exciting
brushes.
On a recent day bevy of pretty
Phillips girls were seen with their lit
tie hatchets putting the boys and the
janitor to shame by chopping the ice
from the platform steps at the High
school building.
| Following the boys, as is not uncom-
mon and not unnatural. the Portland
High school girls have gone into the
secret society business, and the people
III the best residential section Of the
city have recently been called upon by
hlindfolded maidens offering to sell
things or to sing or making absurd
requests.
! Well. well. here is Editor Wood Of
| the Lewiston Sun, a Benedict of only a
few months standing, publishing a
long article upon THE Unhappy Bride
groom" upon his editorial page. Satur-
day.-Kennebec Journal.
| We, Well We We; Well
anyhow. if you want to talk tariff. or
| currency, or Philippines. or Cuba
any O them things. We amt afraid.
Lewiston Sun.
Says the York Courant: I'm looking
over an old file the other day an edi-
;orial on the proba bility of the New
England coast towns being attacked
by Spanish warships was an amusing
| find Viewed in the light Of subse-
auent events this was about the big
gest joke Of the whole generation.
| Confession is good for the soul. Now
let the editors of some of our other
coast papers look over their files for
| the early summer of '9S and give an
honest opinion of their utterances as
| to the terrible Spanish fleet.
o, the joys Of journalism down in
" ashington county. Here IS prose
poem from the Machias Republican:
1.-The editor Of this paper takes pleas
ure in acknowledging the very ac-
ceptable gift Of an apple pie which
was presented to him last Wednesday
evening and wishes to express his
heartfelt thanks to the donator. Any
thing that can be eaten. drank, worn.
smoked or chewed is always acceptable
to the country editor and the receiving
OF such things from kind and well
meaning friends form. the little patches
Of sunshine in his otherwise weary ex-
igtence and struggle for fame. He
never wants money!. And it ia so sell
dom that an editor can afford pie that
the writer was almost moved to tears
upon being so kindly remembered and
II was a real pie too. made of real APP
pies with a crust on both sides-no cot
ton b8tten.. no cayenne pepper. n genu-
ire double crust, long filler pie
Thanks.' : .fs@ ''-f ,9
The Gardiner Independent tells a
story which ought TO make at least one
man in that city feel pretty small
There is local druggist who had a
lot of fake bottles Of patent medicines
which are extensively used. and which
to all appearances are an exact imita-
ton of a cheap wooden bottle with the
Ipatent medicine label on the outside
intended principally for advertising
purposes. 1t occurred to, the drug.
gist that he would throw one of these
lake bottles into the street, and
watch the effect. He did SO, and soon
citizen drove along. a man by the
way considered good square business
man. and noticed the bottle and
checked his horse and took a good look
at the bottle. He drove along to post
hitched his horse. and. came back. In
the meantime another man had sighted
the valuable find. and was just abou,
picking 1t up when citizen No. /
reached it. and taking 1t out Of No. 2's
hand remarked that the bottle had JUS,
dropped out of his team. and proceeded
to his team, got in and drove away
How as that for manliness. and If
should tell you who IL was. you would
catch Your breath in surprise. That
man Just saw a chance to secure a
bottle OF IMMINENT for nothing and gave
an exhibition of his true character and
disposition OF which the world was ix-
fnorant Tor the price thereof. But he
Unjust h6ve felt like kicking himself
when he dug into the package. Ell, A
lpeculiar world. this, but the most Pc