Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-28

WHO t1T.s 10 MIN dL any UOuT bI Inc
day Or night. The result has been that
Rosey h@s been tying ~ many nuptiaI
knots ami kissing 80 many blusiing
brides that his lips are blistercl.
incidentally his law practice has IN
creased by leaps and bounds. This
process mas been observed with envy
by Joe Levy. the Duke Of Essex
street" KOsey's principal rival IN East
Side legal circles. and now Levy ba-
lleVeS he has put a trump on Hoy.y's
ace. He announces that on SUNDAY
from sunrise to sunset, he will marry
free of charge "ail marriageab be. Tec,Dle
Of the East side, without prejudice n
size. condition or color" Moreover
each bride Will receive as a present J,
14-karet gold wedding ring ana
Maltese rat imported from Topeka
han. The number Of engagements an
nouLccd on the East Sid.- since Kosev,s
lInnuh"ia meHtn has been something
nn;'re' .,.nted III u.- ANIMALS If thai
SCI ion.
Every morning a great army az
Jersey commuters tramps from the
HUDSON river ferries through CortIandt
street to tie skyScra pers Ut the Wall
street district where the commuter,
spend the day gathering tainted money.
and every evening they defile back
over the same ground. The Jersey
commuter is 81! generis and looks
down upon ali other commuters rs
inferior varieties. In spite of billiards.
or cyclones the COrtlandt street army
always comes trudging along a; the
proper tilnt, and il is probable that II
an earthquake destroyed New York, the
jersey commuters could be seen tramp
ing stolidly along their accustomed line
Of march on the following morning.
But the army was ANONYMOUSLY routed
one afternoon this week. Bees did 1t.
There ar two rival bee sellers VI
CoItlandt street, and a hive which was
Icing transferred from truck to one
Of The shops fell to the ground ami
broke Just as the commuters We're
focking n6meward in full parade The
bees lost no time in getting to work on
the commuters, and in about two
minutes the whole street was rs
deserted as the Stock Exchange on
Sunday. Lawyers in silk hats and
frOck coats and brokers in the daintiest
fanncis joined in the wild scramble tn
get away. The bee mans jealous rival
telephoned for the police and soon the
reserves came on the run. Laying
about them Justify with their clubs.
they succeeded in killing five bees. and
the rest vanished after the retreating
commuters. Wall street is still *
citedly discussing the incident, for il is
not often that lawyers ard brokers' get
sturg.
With the bill to save the Palisades Of
the Hudson before Governor Higgins
for signature, New Workers have. been
disIuieted during the past week b"
reports circula ted by the enemies of the
measure that tha Governor has been
3vised to veto it as unconstitutional
These reports have been set in motion
by the quarrymen who have been max
ing Il fortune by blasting away ana
destroying the riverside cliffs and hills,
that make the lower Hudson liver
scenery the most beautiful east of thu
Rockies. Promine Mt lawyers express
no do:ibt Of the 'cnnstitutionatity Of the.
measure, which will give to New York
CITY a beautiful park and playground.
stretching along the west bank of the
Hudson for thirty-fiye miles. The
W hole thing will take nothing from the
public purse, as number of wealthy
rnen who own villas along the east
bank of the river have pledged them
selves to make UP tile amount Eeces-
Sary TO purchase the land. citizens of
the metropolis have not displayed suck
interest in any other public Improve
ment in many years and are eagerly
awaiting Governor Higgins signature
to the measure.