Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-25

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Der of citizens.
Bar Harbor is having 4 miniature
race war. as a result of the visit of
the naval fleet. There is said to be
feeling on the part of the
white sailors against the colored men.
and it has cropped out n COOL deal OF
late when both classes are on shore.
The white sailors have been max
ing it So unpleasant for the ne
groes that the latter have been obliged
to keep aboard most of the time rath-
err than risk abuse in the streets when
they go ashore. This would seem to
afford an excellent opportunity for Il
little wholesome discipline.
Until this summer houses with
piazzas have been few and far be-
tween at Lincolnville, but Of late the
have been kept busy MAX
ing them. There are few improve
ments that can be made to the home
that will give more pleasure and COM
fort to its inmates than a good-sized
piazza, and the wonder is that more
houses. especially in country districts,
do not have them.
Westbrook has found, it is said, that
it can buy crushed stone in Massachu-
sets cheaper than it can crush it, in
fact can make a saving of 80 cents
ton. For Massachusetts to send
crushed granite to Maine would pe
about on a par with shipping Goals to
Newcastle.
Monentary alarm was felt the other
day by many Belfast citizens when
they found in their mail boxes for
midable looking document, purportins
to be a legal paper, on which was
printed in startling type Writ of Dis
possess" Further inspection revealed
the fact that it was a clever advertise
ment Of an enterprising local firm,
showing that it had a stock of goods OF
which it desired to be dispossessed.
A Roczland dry goods firm two years
ago inaugurated a custom of giving an
.ually share of one days profits to
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custom is to be repeated this year and
the date of Aug. 10 has been selected
when many attractive goods will be
offered for sale on that day to tempt
the purchasers. AS over $50 was
realized by the library two years ago
and 800 last year, it is hoped to make
this years returns still larger.
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Island house is an unusually bright
little fellow. One Sunday recently he
was roaming over the piazza, picking
I'D the loose sheets of the Sunday
papers that We're thrown on the floor.
after he had cornered quite a supply
he started to sell Sunday papers. The
guests to humor the lad gave him a
number of pennies and when he found
that he was the possessor of 10 cents he
went to the office, had the pennies
changed for a dime and then got into
chair and thought it over with him
self how he should spend his wealth.
Finally bright idea occurred to him.
This particular day it may be recalled.
was very warm. He got the key of his
folks room from the clerk and going
there pushed the button for a bell boy.
| On his arrival he ordered pitcher of
| ice water and when the boy brought up
the water he gave him the 10 cents for
a tip. How is this for boy of four
years old?
| The birch bark fiend is getting in
his work. This species of devestator is
ba VIII of no iph :
of property, mutilates birch trees
cuts off bark to use in any way that
may suit his fancy. A Cape Roster
resident writes vigorous letter to the
Ellsworth American calling attention
to the wholesale devastation wrought
on his farm by this class of offenders.
In going over his place the past week
he says he found that growth of
young birches on one of his most
valuable lots had been entirely ruined
by the bark collector. Last fall he was
obliged to have a number of trees cut
up for firewood because Df the peeler,
and this year will have to 10 the same,
in fact he has hardly a birch tree
which has not felt the knife. Probably
if people could only be made aware Of
the fact that the beauty of a birch Tree
never returns after it has been mutilat-
ed in this way, there would undoubted-
~ be fewer birch bark souvenirs col
lected or placed on sale.
The North Vassalboro correspondent
of the Waterville Mail is authority for
the following theory, which has all the
essentials required for three-voiume
novel: in 1858 little boy scarcely knee
Ugh working in the Nassalboro mill
at 81 cents a day, feeling dissatisfied
at the wages he was receiving deter
mined upon getting an increase. Fail
ing III his effort with the overseer for
whom he was working he approached
the oyerseer OF he card "Oom, tlle Das
in that room being 80 cents II Gay.
The overseer looking down at him,
for he was undoubtedly q small chap,
asked him what he wanted. On being
told the oyerseer assuming an air of
gravity. yet inwardly smiling, polite
Nv told him that he would have to eat
couple of barrels of -four before
entering his room. The little chap
ate the required number. He left
North Vassalboro. Some years after
he again returned but under ciroum-
stances unite different. In looking at