Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-02

Still drowsily my knees 1 lift.
My feet to hide,
But soon discover by that shift
He's got inside.
simply ache to slumbcr, still
l can not lie
In peace until rise and kill
That demon fly.
Chicago News.
August started off in very dog daysy
fashion.
Harrison will celebrate it's Tooth
birthday. next Thursday.
The average daily shipment of blue
berries from Brunswick is 80 bushels.
Some great racing is scheduled for
this week ut the Waterviile track.
making great hauls but are getting
good living wages.
Two more Portland dealers are in
trouble for dispensing watcrcd milk IL
customers.
Over 45 tons of paint are being use:
in the work upon the Grand Trunk
elevators and sheds at Portland.
The action Of the Bates college COR
poration in freeing tha institution from
suit in making its professors eligible
to the Carnegie pensiol fund.
The Casino which Ocean Point has
long wanted and looked forward to
promises to be a reality in the near
future.
They are making an effort to revive
little interest in Old Home week at
Portland, but no other city shows any
symptoms of following this good ex-
ample.
Houlton cattle owners are having 4
little scare over tuberculosis at tn"
present time. as one or two local herds
have been found to be infected
BrOwnville reports the first death of
the season from eating green apples.
The small boys should ponder we'll the
warning before climbing over the
orchard fence.
With four places vacant OF the teach
ing force of The Lewiston schools, about
h.,t II,
the committee.
Machiasrort is having hard luck.
The town is unable to t,,r. a man in
town t" act as tax collector and has
about dee id d to call on the sheriff -
Ierform this duty. tn" natives not ap-
pearine to want the Job.
In Jonesboro. recentl,'. Il large seven
and one-haif foot OK VAS observed
h#rncssed in the thills If ;. moving ma
chine and doing the work as nicely as a
horse, though possibly not as speedily.
Several years ago two young women
entered a story writing contest in 4
small magazine and Miss bessie ONeil
of Oakland secured he prize. The
other Mrs. Edgar Mceker of Water
bury, Conn. wrote he.' n letter of con-
graduation and from this 4 firm friend
ship began. Mrs. Mccker and her
daughter have just been visiting Miss
O'Neil.
The Boston Herald says that ex-
Minister w. w. Thomas intends to
make Sweden his future home. H.
married a daughter of loyalty in that
foreign country, ani has decided to re-
main there as permanent resident.
While at work few days since in his
vegetable garden. Prof. Lucien Hunt of
Gorham found. in ovcrturning the soil.
an old coin. which had probably been
embedded there scores of years. Upo3
subjccting the same TO tie polishing
process. it WAS found to lie a half cent
Of L s. currency, bearing the date of
1906. that is during Jcffcrson's admins
tration. thus lacking a few months of
being 100 years old.
A young farmer up in oxford county.
not as popular as many less worthy
young men with the girls, feeling anx-
iouS for a wife answered the adver-
tisement of what was supposed to be
a youEg lady advertising for a farmer
husband. In due time came an appre-
ciatins letter with a fine photograph
of the supposed young lady. A sweet
and loving letter with the young
mans photograph was returned to the
young lady. Flattered beyond good
judgment, he was free to make known
his great success and show the pic
ture, which was his constant compan-
ion. Matters went on swimmingly and
arrangement was made for their meet
ing and marriage, and marriage inten-
tions were taken out in readiness for
the occasion. In the meantime the
young lady wrote to her lever to send