Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-27

ThOmaStOn raises a plea for "a truer.
hope be realized.
Gardiner to Topsham by trolley may
be realized in the near future. The
gap is said to be the last one remain
| ing in the chain of trolley lines between
Augusta and New York.
The Bath Anvil is not convinced by
the scientists and insists that the drink
ing water of Bath is nothing more or
less than fish chowdcr.
The Fort Fairfield Review says that
much settlement of lands along the
Bangor 4; Aroostook is expected in the
near future. particularly by Irish i'm
migrants, a very desirable class of
people.
Few towns in Maine can show such
rapid growth in wealth and polls as can
Milo during the past few years as the
following figures show: The valuation
April 1st, 1895, was s324.435, and on
April 1st, 1905. was s7O5,621. Whole
number of polls in 1885, 266; in 1905, AIS.
OF all the towns and cities which
have voted on the so-callcd Morey
amendment. providing for doors for the
voting booths, Madison is the only one
to reject it.
Worl. on tearing down the old Green
wood Garden Observatory at Peaks
island will commence very shortly.
This structure has stood for many sea-
sons and has been feature for many
who visited the island during the sum-
mers. 1t is known to a large number
of seafaring men as mark in To-
eating the different fishing grounds off
the coast. Many pictures have been
taken of it. That it will not be rebuilt
has been fully decided by the owner.
In ThOmaStOn the Grand Army post
which numbered Al men a year ago
now numbers but Sc, having lost five
members by death in one year 1t is
easy to appreciate what this high death
rate means to this noble order.
For January and February the cost
of raw materials for food in the AroOs-
took Jail at IIoulton was 62 cents per
prisoner per week. and the cost of
cooking and distributing the same ono
dollar and two cents. That is lots
cheaper than the Waldorf Astoria rates
and doubtless results i'm much more
wholesome fare for the boardcrs.
One Of the features of Fort Fairfield
town meeting last week was the i'll
crease of the appropriate for State
roads from 500 to $500. The Review
says: This is certainly a move in the
right direction. We are not rich
enough to afford to travel over poor
roads" An increase in appropria ton
for common schools of $1,000 was also
made. which the Review believes "will
enable Fort Fairfield to support as
good schools as any town in Aroo3-
took"
The Thonaston Herald is very skcp-
teal about the solemn promises Of
these new Democratic mayors. 1t
says: Isn't it laughabe To hear what
the newly seated mayors say they arc
going to do relative to reforms.
Wouldn't it make your Coattails flap
to listen to the speeches of such per-
sons. They probably will do simply
nothing. This Old, old bluff Of what
we will do if We have the opportunnty.'
amounts to about as much as u grass
hopper in Il gale of wind"
Everybody remembers the Wcstbrook
man. who. when the fleet was bonn
barding the forts in Portland few
years ago, being disturbed in the early
hours of the morning, thought his
horse was responsible for the noise,
went out, gave the brute a shaking up,
and went satisfied to bed. Well, he
has been doing things again. He is d
blacksmith, employed at the paper
mill. The other day a runner for q
steel firm visited the shop after an or
der. The smithy asked him to send
him 4 piece of razor steel which came
along in due time. This treasured ar
ticle was put up over the forge to
await a suitable occasion when he
could hammer it out into the much de-
sired razor. Shopmates substituted a
piece of hoop iron for the steel and
waited developments. Smthy set to
| work upon the hoop iron with a will,
| hammered and hammered until he
| thought it was about right, then en-
deavored to temper it, when he dis
| covered that he had been fooled fo nor
pection. 1t isn't safe to say razor to
| hpn to this day.
Here is the story of the most absent
minded man in Westbrook. A short
time ago he went to the store after
salt fish. Carrying an umbrella. as it
was raining hard. Having made his
purchase he slid the rain shedder un-
| der his arm and paraded the street
with the sale fish held in fancied secur.