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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-07
LINCOLN.
HEAD TIDE.

Neal Jewett Of Boston, is home for
ten days visit.
The many friends of Iva Sampson
arc glad to learn of her improvement.
The new cars have arrived for the
W. w. x f. r. r.
Mr.. and Mrs Joel Card returned to
their home on BowdOinham Ridge
Sunday. They have been staying with
their son, DIR. A. NJ. Card for the past
six months.
There has been good fishing at Head
Tide this spring. Joel Card caught 10
white perch and a three pound land
locked salmon at one catch the past
week.
A livelv runaway occurred at Head
Tide. Tuesday. Myric Simpsons horse
went through the street at hlgh speed
spilling out egg boxes, but no one was
hurt.
DRESDEN.
Edwin +. Houdlette made business
trip to Boston, last week.
Charles Bckford has gone to Bath to
Work for the season. his tamlly Will re-
Mister Clayton Mayors entertained
several of his young friends, last week.
The large circle of friends or Mrs.
Mary Blair Wheeler. will be grieved TO
hear of her death, which occurred April
nth at a hospital in Boston. Her heailn
had not been good for the past year, ana
at last the end came of consumption. She
leaves a husband and four small children
whose ages range from three to nlne
wears a lSO a mother Mrs. Burton r.: Reed
of this town, one brother, Frank Blhir OF
Worcester. Mass. and a sister MISS
Louise Blair. who is trained nurse. by
her sChoolmates and friends her memory
will always be tenderly cherished. Tho
remains were brought to Dresdel- Thurs
day morning. where services were helu at
Pownalboro hall that afternoon: Inter
ment was at Dresden Mills beside her
father the late Capt. Hobart Blair. she
was twenty-nne years OF age,
T,ey.F. W. Brooks will remain in Dres-
den another year.
Several from this town attended the
dance at Huntoon Hill Grange hail last
Friday evening.
Mrs Martha Rittal is quite sick.
Members of Eastern River Grange were
invited to attend the anniversary of Wis
caSset Grange, Wednesday evening
Mrs Nell Chisam who has been at the
Maine General Hospital for few days
returned home, Monday
Mrs Cooper of Whtelield, who has been
at Col McFadden's for several months, re
turned to her home last week.
Charles Stlphen died Saturday. at the
home of his brother, John Stlphen.
where he has been living for several
months. Funeral services We're held,
Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-07

+. III. Langston has moved from No.
! Weston street to the DR.. Kicker house
on South Chestnut street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-07

Mrs. Lucy W. Sawyer is having her
residence at 2G Winthrop street re-
shingled
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-07

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-07
LOCAL MATTERS.
journal Telephone Call, 1854
A Hopeful Citizen.

Storm on. Mister Springtime sky
over yandcr's hot July:
Tot sun comm by-cn-by,
Good times in Geurgy!
Sing de col sleet on de shed
Make de vi lets frosty bed;
over wander melons red
Good times in Gcurgy!
Don't kcer how de weather blows
~ IL halls. or if IL SHOWS
Nhar de thorn is uar's de rose.
Good times i'm GeOrgy,
Atlanta Constitution
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-07

"a Bunch of Keys" at the Opera
House. tonight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08

muscles, blood veins and all, just as
good as new?"
Yes, it could be DONE" answered
doctor after thinking it over.
Can right then, let 'er rip" says
Peter taking off his coat. "I'll foot the
bill.
But, my dear sir" says the doctor,
there's nothing the matter with you.
] couldn't do a job like that Why, 1t
would be against the law!"
Peter had done lot of reading and
he knew there were only two kinds
of people who couldn't get around the
law; poor people and people with no
spunk
Couldn't you do it in the interest
of science?" he asked.
That's So" said the doctor, perk-
ing up. IF it's in the interest of
science we can do most anything
way"
Sharpen up your saw!" said Peter.
Two months afterward he went
back home measuring just five feet
nine and a half in his stocking feet.
The widow began to cry when she
saw him.
ut amt no use, Peter" she sobbed.
IF I'd a knowed you'd go and fly in
the face of Providence this way 1 new
q Wuulu ACN YOU OO II. u d lOlQ YOU
the truth right out. The fact is l can't
bring myself to marry you no matter
what you do. You. don't fix no one
thing till i see another that looks big
ger than all the rest. Your face Is
wrinkled and you're freckled and you've
got false teeth and a big nose and lop
ears. But / don't want you now TO go
and skin yourself or transplant new
teeth into your jaws or pare down your
nose and ears because ii wouldn't do
any good. Clear down at the very bot
tom Of II all IS the real reason that
you're too everlasting old for me-"
Peter was hard hit this time, but only
for a minute or two.
Then it's really just because I'm too
old?"
That's all. Peter. cross my heart
hope TO die" She laughed. gay and
free as she crossed her heart" as they
used to do az the old Red Brush School
when they wanted 10 be believed
We'll, OF course you're the doctor,
Mis- DickenE" said PRtar. trying to
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08

wonder. I've got four hogs over on
my place that's wearin' the finest,
healthiest crop of wool that ever took
the place of bristles. Transplanted it
from some of my Spiggot improved
sheep and Darlingtons Eureka Excel
sior Scalp Irrigator done the rest"
-" You don't say!"
Fact" said Peter. It'd keep hair
alive on a door knob 1 honestly do
believe. Now you just pick out the
color of hair you favor. Take your
time to look 'em over and send the
kind you want over to the house."
We'll l swami" said the widow as
Peter went down the road; but she
couldn't help feeling little proud of
Peter for his smartness.
The next day she sent over a little
skein of hair she had clipped from her
favorite COW.
There amt no hair 1 know of
looks so much like that as Swede
hair" said Peter when he saw it. Il
don't take much of shine to it my
self, but what suits her suits me-
Peter began to watch the trains
day after day from then on until he
found healthy young immigrant
with fine head of hair that was just
the right shade, and hired him to stay
long enough to buy every fifth hair in
his head. One hair at a time. roots
and all, he dug out of tina young fell
lows scalp and transplated into his
own. 1t took twenty, immigrants, Sc
lected out of over two thousand, to
supply his whole head and put the
finishing touches on, but when he
was done he had a splendid head o.
hair, although it was a little spotty
in places where the shade was not
quite matched and it had cowlicks
scattered around IN odd corn@rs
where one could never expect to lind
them.
You would hardly believe il, but stiu
the widow wasn't satisfied. She had
made up ner mind beforehand that he
wouldn't quite do for a husband AID
II was mighty hard foi her TO give
up the idea. she being " nat you might
call just a little mule-headed in her
ways.
Give me a reason, Martha" de-
manded Peter. You owe me a good
reason by this time
well" said the widow, hunting like
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08

smile cheerfuI1y. Fbut there's no rea-
son we can't be good friends anyhow.
I'm bound to say that knowing you has
been improving to me in all ways, for
when first begin to keep company with
you 1 was bald-headed and too tall for
comfort. and my name wasn't fit for
anything on earth but to sign checks
on the bank with. In spite of all I've
gained though, l wish you could have
told me in the first place that I was
too old. 1 needn't have wasted all this
time"
When Peter went away this time
the Widow Dickens sat down to peel
potatoes and cut her finger. At dinner
time she burned the meat and let the
coffee boil over. For two DAYS she
had notion. off and on, to send for
Peter. but she didn't and Peter didn't
come around to bother her. He Just
laid in a new stock of drugs and went
to mussing around again.
After awhile his live stock kept dy-
ing off, one at a time. at an awful rate
but in few months he began to buv.
up all the old tough stock he could get.
and also began to sell the tenderest and
Juicest young shOats and calves and
chickens that ever came off a farm
Aided by his mighty love for Widow
Dickens he had discovered what the
wisest men of all the ages had failed
to find-the Elixir of Youth!
When he had it down to where he
knew it was perfect and could be re-
lied upon, he took a bottle of it and
went down to the widows house.
1--WE come to make a last appeal
Martha" he said; "and 1 want a clear
understanding with you. Ali l want
is a plain answer to a plain question.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08

majority of the boys said that China
could wait, but that such ungrateful
people ought to be punished.
"All but Mike" put in Arthur.
Harry hesitated, but even as he did
so a man began to pull down the vine
from the front of his house
What are you doing that for?" said
Harry angrily.
IT'S my own house, and 1 guess 1
can do what 1 want" said the man.
Il don't want a vine rotting the wood
work"
And that particular man had lived
in a house that was almost dropping
apart from decay
Harry rubbed his lamp viciously.
The djinn appeared.
Pay these people what is right for
their houses and give them their old
ones back again. All but Mikes and
you can leave him his and give him
little bag of gold. He has seven chill
dren and his wife is dead"
. Pouf went the giant away and
bang! went the houses; all but Mike
Dempsey's.
Then you may be sure there were
bigger complaints than before, but it
was too late to do anything. The dim
had gone for that month.
Sure tbs too bad" said Mike as he
jingled the bag of gold that was in
his hand. And then yielding to gen
erous instinct he gave a double eagle
to every family on the block. So the
rest Jared pretty we'll after all.
Jimmy, I feel as if I'd been to the
theater," said Arthur as they walked
homeward
More fun than goat" said Harry.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08

be fun to hear what they say. bet
they won't do a thing to you, but in
Vite you in to breakfast"
Jimmy, ten breakfasts" said roly
poly Tommy Grouss longingly. He
never had more than one at q time at
home.
And then every front door on the
block was opened and every tenant
rushed out as if they had been an
looked at the buildings and then look
ed at each other.
What does it mean" said one man
to his neighbor, an Irishman.
What does it name? Sure, I'm not
go'n' to throuble me head about the
ma'nin'. l can see it's a new house
| have an that's manin' enough, glory
be to the saints!"
There is the fellow that did it,"
said Arthur, going up to the Irishman
and pointing back to Harry. 1.-THE
brass lamp boy, you know"
"Egorry, an it's yoo're the fine
bye" said the Irishman (taking off
his hat and rushing over to Harry
whose two hands he shook heartily.
May the saints be about ye' to protict
ye.' Yoo're the fines in the whole
werruld, bar nonev'
Harry began to feet that he was the
finest in the world and the boys al
ready began to feel that, after all, it
was not so much Harry's work as the
djinn's. Too much praise you see is
apt to be bad for everybody.
However, Harry was in no danger
of having the big head because he was
a supplemented fellow and anyway,
the next door neighbor to the Irish
man did not seem to think the gift
an unmixed blessing.
He was a sour looking man whom
Harry remembered to have been do
ing odd jobs when he couldn't get out
of it and rather noted for being a
grumbler.
"Are you the boy that changed
these houses?" said he to Harry.
well. yes. 1 got the djinn to do it,
you know"
We'll, what l want to know is why
you didn't have him put in electric
lights? There's nothing but gas in
my house and 1 think it leaks. And
the rooms are smaller than 1 like. I
had one big room before, but now /
have half dozen very small ones.
Don't you suppose you could get it
changed ?"
At this a jeer went up from the
boys.
You ought not to have anything at
ALL" said Arthur
But the grumbler was not the only
one who wanted to lodge a complaint.
Two or three didn't like it because
there was furnace. They said that
they would have to buy coal and they
couldn't afford it.
And while the boys were standing
there Hungarian came out of the
last house on the block and in three
winks he had cut down the little ma
pie tree that adorned his front door
yard. Whether he disliked trees or
was glad to get some firewood for
nothing il would be hard to tell with
out asking him and as he only knew
a few words of English. asking him
would not have done much good either.
Harry began to feel that he had not
caused as much happiness as he had
expected TO. The Irishman was the
only really contented one on the block
I've a great mind TO get the dtlnn
TO pay 'em fair price for the houses
and change back again." said he.
All, no. have him take us to China
on the second wish" said a boy.
But Harry put 1t to a vote and tina
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08

If I was younger would you marry
me?'
Peter" she said, 81 would,''
Then here goes" said he, and with
that he tilted up the bottle, emptied
the Elixir of Youth down his throat
and tumbled down in his clothes,
squalling baby with an amazing shock
of dun-colored hairl
You see Peter had, some way or
other, miscalculated the strength of
that elixir and took an overdose, and
it set him back about thirty years
farther than he had meant to go.
Well, the widow was Mustered and
so sorry she didn't know what to do.
Now that it was all over and eternally
too late she saw that. in the end, she
really meant to marry Peter all the
while.
In the meantime something practical
ly had to be done, so she snached
the baby out of the pile of heavy
clothes and wrapped it up in a blan-
ket till she could borrow some baby
clothes. Then she gave it some milk
and sat down to think over what she
should do. There was all that prop
erty to look after and Peter had no
chick nor child, no kith nor kin of
any kind.
So she up and married that babyi
They tried to keep her from getting
license, but she proved he was 43
years old and in his right mind. so
what could they do?
The last time 1 saw Mrs Peter OAR
lington she was just giving her hus-
band an ALFRED good spanking.
Look here, Peter Spiggot Darling
ton" she said as she slammed him
down on the door, "if l catch YOU
pulling that cats tail again I'll Just
fairly skin you alive!'
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08

that I'd never marry again except to
better myself"
The very next day Peter came over
to her house with a piece of yellow
wrapping paper on which he had writ
ten list of names, one for every iet-
ter of the alphabet.
Just cast your eye over that, Mar
tha," said he, land see if you would
like any of them names if you had
the picking OF a husband out of the
lot"
II wouldn't especially lean toward
any of Them the widow remarked
after looking over the list quite earn
estly. The fact is I'd already made
up my mind that if / had the choOs-
ing of a name for my next life pard-
Dcr I'd be mighty well satisfied with
Darlington. You see it's a fine sound
ing name and moreover it begins with
a ID" All my pillow shams and fine
sheets and table spreads that i've
made ever since 1 was a young girl
are marked with a ID" so you see it
would come awfully handy not to have
10 change them"
Six weeks later Peter came across
lots to the garden where the widow
was setting out some tomato plants
and handed her a big document with
q gold and red seal on it. He mad
had his name changed to Peter Darl-
4H6NOA ny dCL VI 1OISItSS. II nou
cost him pretty penny, but he knew
that the congressman from his dis
trict had to live. so he never grum-
bled.
Well" said he when she had slow
ly read the paper through from be-
ginning to end, II suppose now you're
ready to name the day when you'll be
Mrs. Peter Darlington"
Mrs. Dickens thoughtfully emptied
the entire contents of her sprinkling
can on the tomato plant she had just
set out before she answered.
No, / amt" she said at last.
Peter climbed over the fence, picked
up the empty sprinkling can. went to
the well and filled II, and set it down
beside her.
Why" he asked.
Because" she answered.
4 was afraid II was some dreadful
scandal Ike that" said Peter, not
meaning any harm. but being natur-
ally sarcastic like.
The widow blezed right Up,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08
You're right" said Harry. hunch-

You're right" said Harry. hunch-
/ ing himself with delight.
Thursday, the first of March. was a
beautiful clear day. The inhabitants
of Squatterville, as the block was call
ed, were up early as usual and in their
various huts and novels they were pre-
pairing their various breakfasts that
were alike in one respect; they were
all attempting. Some of the men
worked on the railroad, some did odd
JOBS, some of the women took in wash
ing, but few made as much as a lively
boy can earn on the golf links.
If the squatters rose early, so did the
boys of Garfield. They assembled at
Harry's house and full of expectancy
they walked with him down to the
group of shanties. He had the brass
lamp in his hand and he intended do
ing the thing up in style. The squat
tiers would be grateful to him down to
their dying day.
On the south side of the houses there
is vacant lot and into it the boys
went, Harry leading the way.
He took a clean handkerchief out of
his pocket Zone that he had remem-
bered to put in for the purpose), and
with a pardonable amount of import
ance he rubbed the lamp briskly
Out of its neck curled the dim,
up into the air a hundred feet.
He looked down at the assembled
school boys with an amused grin.
Want to go to China with me?'
said he.
Yep" yelled half a dozen, but Har-
ry was not to be diverted from his
purpose by any other scheme.
Hello, djinn,' said he He was
quite familiar in his mode of address
by this time as he had called up the
dim so many times that he did not
seem as terrible as he had the first
time he had issued from the lamp.
''Djinn. I want you to give these
poor squatters nice little cottages all
alike and provided with all modern
improvements" Harry's uncle was in
the real estate business and the boy
knew good many of the business
terms.
1T shall be even as you desire" said
the djinn and shot up into the sky like
a bomb she'll and like the smoke from
a bomb shell he vanished in thin air.
So also did the huts Of the squatters
vanish, but in their places was a row
of ten model cottages, each with a
neat little door yard and a tree, and
each one adorned with a climbing vine
of the kline so common in Boston
ampelopsis. l believe they call it.
There was silence for a minute and
then the boys burst into a cheer and
ran out into the street to see what
would happen next.
Con to tell 'em you did 1t, Harry?"
said one or two.
Il dunno" said Harry.
oh yes, do" said Arthur. "Itu
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08
LADY ON EDITORIAL
STAFF OF LEADING
RELIGIOUS WEEKLY
Sends the Following Grand Testimonial to
the Merits of Cuticura Remedies in the
Treatment of Humours of the
Blood, Skin and Scalp.

"I wish to give my testimony to
the efficiency of the Cuticura RENE
dies in what seems to me two some
what remarkable cases. l had
number of skin tumours - small
ones ON my arms which had never
given me serious trouble but about
two years ago one came on my
throat. At first it was only about as
large as a pinhead, but, as it was in
a position where my collar, if not
just right, would irritate it, il soon
became very sensitive and began to
grow rapidly. Last spring it was
as large, if not larger, than a bean.
A little unusual irritation of my
collar started it to swelling, and in
day or two it was as large as
half an orange. 1 was very much
alarmed, and was at loss to de-
termine whether it was a carbuncle
or a malignant tumor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08

sixty for a drawback that couldn't be
fixed You're too tail by two good
inches. l just couldn't go round with
a gansln six footter, maxim me look
like a pumpkin at the side of a bean
pole"
When Peter left the house the wild
ow looked after him with the CLINT of
a teardrop in her eye.
Maybe I hadn't ought to have done
it." she unused, but l guess I've got
him settled for good this time"
She did not know Peter Darlington
if she thought she had him stopped
The very next day Peter went to the
city and hunted up a doctor who had
made a great name by saving people
to pieces and putting them together
again.
"Looky here, Doc" said Peter, COM
ing to the point without any waste of
words could you saw two inches out
Of a mans legs, below the knee, say
and join them together agin, bones,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08
AMAZING COURTSHIP
OF PETER SPIGGOT
BY OLIVER THUMM.
Copyright, 1903, by T. c. Mcclure.

Every time I see a, pair of happy
lovers or read a tale of true love 1 am
reminded of the remarkable devotion
displayed for the Widow Dickens by
my friend, Peter Spiggot All, but she
was we'll worth the winning; a fine
plump woman not over 80: light of
foot and gay without folly, with a
complexion like a lady blush apple
soft, silky hair with a CLINT like a
copper kettle where the sun struck it;
apd voice that was better than any
medicine ir a sick room. Peter was
bound to have her, and small blame to
him, but the poor man had some ter
rible flaws. He was barely turned
Is and. you might say. in the very
prime of life, but he was bald as a
pumpkin, brown as potato and gan
CLING as q beanpole. When he first
began to court the widow she looked
on him as a fair good joke, but he let
her see right away that he was plumb
an eG ruest and, in spite of his looks,
the widow soon began to like him
mighty we'll But when 1t came to the
point of marrying she kept telling
him No
Peter" she said at last. after he
had been pressing her hand for a sea-
son, you're kind and free hearted;
you've got enough of this worlds
goods to make wife comfortable and
I don't mind owning up that you
would be my first choice If it wasn't
for a few rawbacks. For one thing l
never could marry a man by the
name of Spiggot. Dickens amt such
an uncommon fancy name. I'll allow,
but IL amt a patchin' to my maiden
one, which was Damn. l married
Henry Dickens to get rid of that un-
christian name and I've always said
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08
Beware of the wireless kiss.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
George, dear, how could I send q
kiss across the ocean by the wireless
telegraph"
"A kiss, my love? That's something
of puzzle. No doubt it could be
launched all right, but would it get
there, and get there intact? OF course.
if it few too high the four winds of
heaven would be apt to snatch it up
and whirl it anywhere save in the right
direction. And then again, if it dipped
too low, it would catch briny flavor
from the ocean that would ruin it for
all commercial purposes. I'm afraid,
my dear, that science can't grapple
with this problem just yet. OF course,
it wouldn't do to give your kiss to
Sig. Marconi and ask him to forward
it. The young lady who is about to in
trust her happiness in his keeping
might object to this. You must either
wait, my love, or send your kisses by
mail, prepaid, with a stamp inclosed
for return"
Thank you, dear. I was sure you
would know all about it,"