Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-14

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was under the ban Of the prohibitory
law they sought to have some fun at
Johns expense. 1--WE would like some
champagne" remarked one Of the la
dies. All right" said John, without
moving muscle. DO you mean that
We can really have?" queried the lady
In astonishment. "Sure." was the an
swer. The ladies' continued to the din
ing room. thinking the matter a joke
aithoush how much of a joke they did
not realize until later. Meantime
JOhn summoned a waiter and instruct
ed MN TO carry the ladies' table an
imitation bottle of champagne which
mad been brought from New York by
MS friend Denny. 1t was a peach Of a
Dottle, surrounded by the most natural
looking Ice. and in the aridity of Rock
land 1t doomed up like the breakwater
fiashiight on a dark night. BY the
time the waiter had placed it on the
ladies' table and the envious guests
had begun to stare in that direction
that bottle was six feet tall and was
fairly talking aloud. At least so 1t
seemed to the ladies. whose amused
expression had given place to one of
almost horror. Calling Mr.. Donehue
to the table they inquired what he
meant by placing them in such a hu-
initiating position. Didn't you ask
for champagne?" said John. The IA
dies confessed that they did but We're
only joking; they didn't dream the
ThorrdiKe was serving it on the tables
well, nave some anyway" said Jehn
whereupon he removed the top of the
sham bottle. 1t Is kind to draw the
curtain on the tableau that followed
but In neighboring town which is not
beyond the reach of street cars. 1t isn't
quite safe to tell two ladies' that the lid
is off in Rockland.
Thirty-six tons of dynamite are to
be used in blowing out the remaining
part of Henderson's point, Kittery.
The inner portion of the point has all
been taken out, making an excavation
extending down thirty feet below low
water. The remaining part that is ex-
is the crust that has been left 20 keep
the water out, while the centre was
being removed. Holes sixty feet long
| have been drilled on the inside of the
| crust, at the bottom of the excavation
running in an angular direction. in I'M
| der the crust. These will be exploded
at the same time and being very near
| together, it is expected the crust, or
| WALL that is all that remains of this
dreaded point, will be lifted and scat
tered in the deep waters of the Piscat-
aqua river, which is said to be sixty
feet deep at this point. The explosion
it is thought will take place during
| July about the 22d, and it is expected
| that people from many miles will come
to witness the sight. Some people are
quite nervous about the results, but
no danger is apprehended, as the ex-
cavation will be flooded by water and
| it will be exploded at high tide, the VA
ter serving as 4 cushion to prevent the
stone from flying to any great extent.
Reuben c. Clark of Berwick says
that for some years he has been using
soapsuds, made of oldfashioned soft
soap. as a remedy for tent caterpillars
and currant worms. He has sprayed
| the suds on the pests, and it's effect
| was immediate. After the :oapy wa
! ter struck the insects they never once
moved. but remained in that position
until they dried up and blew away. On
| a neighboring farm there is an elm
| tree which has been invaded by the
browntail caterpillars. and they haG
played sad havoc with it. Wishing to
experiment on these cateTpillars with
| his soapsuds, Mr.. Clark found several
| and applied the slds to them. They
| never moved. Its effect was apparent
| ly instantaneous. If these expert
| ments are borne out by further tests,
here will be found a cheap and conven-
| lent remedy for this destructive pest.
| SOapsuds is not poisonous, and the use,
| of it does not present the danger of
| poisoning the grass and thus poisoning
| the stock that may feed on it. One
great drawback to the use of Paris
green and other such remedies. is the
| danger of poisoning. The only diff
Guilty in the use of soapsuds Is tnat in
vOlved in the use of Paris green, and
| that is the difficulty of spraying the
taller trees. Some inventive indiyid-
| ual ought to devise a sprayer that will
| fully meet the demand in this respect,
and then we will have in soap s,lds a
cheap and effective remedy for dan
| gerOus pest.
We have often heard people offer to
| wager a four dollar hill, says the Deer
Isle Gazette, but we never were privi-
legged to see one before last Monday.
when William r. Sellers showed us one
| in what we presume to be good United
States money, though Il Was issued
before the United States had in reality,
| as nation. come into existence. The
bill was about 3Hx4 inches in size, AMI
was printed in Philad alphia by Soft e
! Settler, as near as we could make on.
| the names in 177e AoroSc the ands ar,