Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18
All Over the
State.

Maehias announcessa celebration TO,
the Fourth of July.
Thirty-one thousand barrels of ap-
Piles of thecropsof 1903, or FOG carloads
have been shipped from West Farming
ton station.
One ingenious Whitneyville house
wife has placed on her lawn a pretty
and substantial settee which she made
from an old bedstead.
On the Recommendation of the Bath
board of fire engineers, an asbestos cur
tain Will be installed in the Columbia
theatre in that city during the sum-
mer.
The family Of Horace B. Cutler of
Saco, has been deeply afflicted by the
deaths within "a hours Of Mr.. Cutler
and his daughter, Miss Ida Cutler. Both
funerals were held at tho same time.
One of the most cruel acts heard or
for some time, is reported from Belfast,
where some person, at present I'M
known, cut out the tongue of valuable
shepherd dog owned by Percy 3. Red
man.
A Caribou merchant has placed the
cards he has received from customers
announcing that they had gone into
bankruptcy. and placed them in one
large frame with the amount lost in
each case printed in red ink The
grand total of unpaid bills" is sur
prising.
A big baby contest is on in Hancock
county. The latest contestant for
honors is Archie, son of Mrs. "A. Is.
Foss of Hancock, who when six
months old weighed twenty-four
pounds; at seven months. twenty
nine; at ten months, thirty-five, and
when one year old weighed forty-nine
pounds.
A Biddeford farmer recently planted
six.acres of corn which came up in fine
shape, and was making rapid growth.
He did everything possible to protect it
from the crows, but all his efforts failed
and they have now destroyed such a
large part of it that he has decided to
put in a crop of beans and make now
no further attempt to raise a crop of
corn.
One of the most business like dogs in
Bath Is one which rides on the team
Of a wood dealer. He is always ready
to ride from morning till night and gets
i'm just as long hours as his master.
When the team starts off with a load
the dog takes his place beside his mas
ter on the seat and II a stick of wood
falls off the dog jumps out and picks it
up and gets back into the wagon again.
The Franklin Road correspondent of
the Ellsworth American writes: lover
on the hill. i'm the family of John Mar
shall and wife. are five pretty girls. In
the family OF Charles Stewart and wife,
just across the fields, there are five
smart. healthy boys. Within six
weeks. a smart. healthy boy was born
in the family of girls, and pretty girl
was born i'm the family of boys. Five
daughters and a son; five sons apd a
daughter"
The picture was really worth s125
but he would sell it for SIS, said a
Hebrew Monday morning in a shop on
Lisbon street. The picture referred to
was a painting and from distance
might be taken for something good,
but when nearto it-well 1t didn't look
as good. Il will give you 81 for it"
said the young proprietor of the laun-
dry. hoping in that way to get rid of the
man. Il will take your money" re-
piled the dealer, and as all the boys in
| the barber shop next door were present,
the proprietor didn't dare back out.
A crisp new bill left the money
drawer and was tucked into the
artists 60 pocket while the picture was
placed in a conspicuous position in the
la r.;r Il,
at it's side which read, "A Bargain for
Only $3.50" Many paused to look at the
picture during the course of the day
and the remarks passed on it furn-
| ished plenty of entertainment for those
who were in position to hear.-Lewis-
| ton Sun.