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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
FORM ORGANIZATION.
Maine Electricians Hold Meeting at
Augusta House.

Representative electricians of MalRe
mot Wednesday afternoon at the Au-
gusta House and after enjoying one
of Landlord Emerson's excellent
menus held a business session at
which matters of interest from an
electrical standpoint were discussed
and a permanent organization effected
to be known as the Maine Electrical
Association.
Those present were j. A. Fleet, Port
land; John j. Myer, Boston; II. A.
Edsecorab, Auburn; c. E. Flckery,
Pittsfield; Frederick 0. Eaton, Rum
ford; n. II. Blackwell, Brunswick; w.
S. Wyrnan, Waterville; H. L. Sawyer,
Greenville; A. c. Barker, Mechanic
Falls; H. E. I'lunmer. Lisbon Falls;
F. u. Gordon, Auburn; Z. l.. Cooley
Boston; A. W. Ives, Boston; w. II.
Williams. Augusta.
The following officers were chosen:
President-W. S. Wyman, Water
vile.
First vice Pres.-J. W. Fleet, Port
land.
Second vice Pres.-C. J. Abby, Show
hegan.
Sec. and Treas.-F. D. Gordon, Au-
burn.
Executive coInmittee-W. S. Wyman,
j. w. Fleet c. J. Abby, F. D. Gordon
and II. E Plummcr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
UniversaIist Choir will
Give a Cantata.
Selectmen Let Contract for
Moving Leighton House.
Live Locals and Breezy Items Of
Personal Interest.

The cantata Crosse Maiden" will be
presented Friday evening. May II, by
the~.Vested Choir of the Universalist
church, assisted by the following SOLO
lists: Mrs Alice Atkins of Gardiner, So
prano in Francis McNichols' Choir at
the church in Togus; Mrs Rev. F. 2.
Schoonover. mezzo soprano; Ernest j.
Hill, tenor soloist, of Dexter, and Hen
~ p. Page of Waterville, bass soloist.
The vestry will be decorated with roses.
An Informal reception and social will
follow the program. Refreshments will
be served.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Patten, formerly
of this town, now of Winnecook, VIII
move this week to Portland, where Mr..
Patten has accepted position with
the Maine Central.
Captain William L. Ross, chosen at
the Palmyra town meeting to place
markers on the graves of soldiers, sail
ors and mariners, has received the
markers and flags and will attend to
the work within q few days. On each
flag is inscribed ''In Memorlam, Sol
diers and Sailors, Palmyra, Maine"
A. f. Nelson, driver of Route l, r.
f. D., has been in Portland this week
attending the meetings of the Grand
Lodge. During his absence J. d. M.
Foster has substituted as driver
Attorney J. w. Manson was in Dover
Wednesday.
&. S. Mathews is confined to his
house by illness.
The funeral OF the late Stephen
Holmes will be held at 2 o'clock this
afternoon at the house. 1nterment Will
be at the Village cemetery.
The selectmen have let the contract
for moving the Leighton farm house to
William Philbrick. The building will be
moved to the opposite side of the road
on the lot west of the receiving tombs.
The Iand1nan Bible class Will hold
a social and entertainment in the YES
try of the Free Baptist church Friday
evening. Refreshments viii be served.
Miss Ethel Vickery, teacher at
Springfield, Mass, is passing her vaca-
ton with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
E. Vickery.
Miss Harriet Partridge of Orland,
who has been visiting her cousin, Mrs.
F. w. Buxton, has returned home.
Miss Florence Buxton has accepted
a position as operator in the local tel
ephonc office and will begin her duties
Monday.
Mrs. Guy Stevens Of Thorndike is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Walter Nc
Causland.
Miss Lucy Duffy is very i'll at her
home at the Waverley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Z. Bagley and
daughter Mary, who have been pass
Ing tie winter in New York, returned
home Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
GOV. liLLEY LEFT A MILLION.
Estate to Be Divided Among Sons
After His Wife's Death.

waterbury. Conn. May 5.-Thc will
of Gov. George l.. Lilley may occasion
surprise when it is probatcd. HIS
estate, it is known, will approximate
81 900 900, onc-third insurance and
two-thirds securities and real estate.
The will provides for trust. ana
names as trustees his wife, his brother,
John Lilley, and his youngest son,
Theodore, to keep the estate together
during the life Of Mrs. Lillcy. After
her death it falls to his three sons.
Mrs. Lillcy is given an allowance q
$500 a month. and each of tn" sons Is
also provided for and allowed at any
time when he secs fit to borrow on MS
interest the sum of $4,000 to establish
himself in any business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06

Nellie, Darrah's daughter,
Winnie Z. Jack
A dance followed, with music by
Lees Orchestra.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
BAGS MORE LIONS.
Roosevelt Continues Chase After King
of Beasts.

Nairobi, British East Africa, May
5.-Theodore Roosevelt went lion hunt
ing again yesterday and before the
chase was over. two more big lions had
fallen before his gun. These animals
were encountered and killed in the tail
grass
Mr.. Roosevelt now holds the record
for lion killing in the protectoratc.
Since Saturday of last week a total OF
five lions and one lioness have been
bagged by him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06

The State of Sac Paulo, Brazil,
agrees with the Japanese government
to pay from so to $40 according to
age) toward the passage money of g.
600 Japanese immigrants arriving
within two years. Land is to be sold
them for settlement on easy terms.
That is the most important provision
of the contract.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06

The Buda-Pesth news telephone sys-
tenn Of sereval years standing is a
success. The service costs only $713
year. News all day long and mill
tary band music from 4.30 to $50 P. M.
in the evening the royal opera or one
Of the theaters closing with music by
one of the Tzigane .orchestras.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
NOTICE.

The corporation of the W. W.
Temporary Home for Cnilu ur,nl
a meeting on Thursday al. astry \
at go in the Methodist ve,,ssnort
ner, for the transaction OF III col
mess. All members OF lie
are urged to be present.
MRS. SARAH u Is
MRS. BLANCHE N.
aprS0may5-6d
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

The stock of groceries and fixtures of
the late Henry w. Peaslee of Randolph.
must be sold to close the estate. Good
tab!isnad Is years. For particulars write
c. A. knight, Gardiner, Maine, Attorney
for Administrator. may6d1w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06

During 1908 1932S foreigners landed
at Yokohama AID fifteen other open
ports of Japan, |. 900 fewer than III l9"'
Chinese led with 6,Sli, followed by D.
Az British.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
NOTICE.

This is to forbid all persons trusting or
herboring my wife Hattie S. Butler, on
my account, as 1 shall pay no bills of her
contracting after this date
L g. BUTLER,
Readfield Depot, Me.
Anril q. '04. apt hI2tt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06

Chile is a yearly market for manu-
featured articles to the value of $780,
100000 United States gold. All the
United States got of it in 1908 was
so,373.911, though Chile got $12,4o4,122
of American money.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25
0 and rest myself until he came

me and rest myself until he came
back from town.
ssWhen I reached the place and
told the woman she would not let
me. in the house but tried to drive
me away. l thought something
was wrong and after going q short
distance from the house returned
and looked thru the window. This
is what / saw: a young fellow
and the mans wife at the table,
and on the table stood large bot
tie of wine, loaf Of rye bread and
a large piece of cheese. They
were having fine time while the
old man was away. | heard the
sounds of horses and wheels on
the road and the others in the
house heard them too. The wo-
man pushed the man into small
closet, put the cheese in the clock,
the rye bread behind the door and
the wine in the oven just as her
husband came back. He had for
gotten something. He saw me
sitting on the porch and asked me
why 1 did not do as he told me.
I told him I had but his wife
would not take me in. She said:
you know, John, [ would never
let stranger in the house while
you were away.
"The man took me into the
house and told his wife to make
me cup of tea and give me some
nice white bread and meat. l told
the man l only ate rye bread and
cheese and only drank wine. The
woman looked daggers at me but
| I paid no attention to her. The
man said: 'Shure, what you spoke
of is not within forty miles OF
here Share, l can produce ev-
erything right here in this room.
If you will open the clock you will
. find the cheese. He did so and
found the cheese. Next | told him
to look behind the door and he
would fnd the rye bread-wh'ch
| he did. Then [ told him to fetch
me the vine from the oven, which
: he also did. By this time his wife
was almost in a fit. She was max
ing all kinds Of signs at me to
) stop. The man was so surprised
he did not know what to say. FL
: nalIy he said, what kind of a man
= are YOU? Or are you the divil
himself?' No. says I, but | can
, show you the divil.' At this the
= woman nearly tainted. iii show
| YOU the divil,' says |, not looking
t toward his wife, If you will prom
}. lse to open all the doors and win
: dows and give him a chance tc
e get away
n "Sure.' said Mike, 81 would
9 have liked to see the man beat the
f diyil out of the fellow in the closet
t but seeing his wife was near te
s fainting left chance for him tt
r escape. After everything was
d ready [ told him to open the close
u door and he would see the dlvll
He opened the door and the fel
Is low jumped at him and then thru
the window and vanished in tn
g woods around the house. Ii yo'
s. don't believe that man found
d diyil in his house | don't knos
AS what else you would call him. LII
s. farmer says it was and he is right
Is He took me to town the next da
Or and fitted me out with new sui
lie and other things. And he bt
g. Iieves to this day that the Banshe
ot uos IN his honse. A. F. B.
~
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25

three nights. He said he would
give $500. to any one who would
undertake the job. I'm your
man, seq l. Ghost or no ghost.
I'll stay
swell, the next night" said
Mike, 81 was back at the cabin and
had fixed up things for Mr.. Ghost.
| was sitting by the fire and at ex-
actly twelve o'clock ! heard a
noise on the stairs-and sure
enough there was the skeleton.
Without word the blackguald
started to beating me. Twas then
1 got up my Irish. | grabbed a
club which I had brought along
and made swipe at the dlvll-
but sure as my name is Mike
Shannon the club went right thru
him aud twas just like striking
the wind. After he had beaten
me until l could hardly stand he
said, If you are here tomorrow
night I will surely kill you-so
take warning.
II went back the third night"
said Mike, land I was bound to
solve the mystery. | had large
pot of boiling water ready for the
skeleton when he came that night.
I was going to earn the money or
die. Shure, never done the man
no harm and was pretty shure he
would not kill me. Again at the
same hour he appeared before me.
He said: They killed my brother
but l won't kill you. | will give
iyou something to remember the
rest of your life-then | shall 90
back to where l came FROM When
he quit speaking he started in to
beating me again. l grabbed the
hot water and tried to throw it
over him but got most of IT myself
''To make long story short |
awoke the next morning outside
the cabin door. | was bruised and
scalded in bad shape and still carry
the marks. l got this money ano
from then on the house WIS al
right
Mike always had bright twin.
kle in hiseye when telling these sto
ries. "Once," said Mike, when
was a small boy l left my home
and started for Dublin. Nigh
overlook me and [ lay down by
the roadside to sleep. After
while two men came along ant
, woke me up, telling me | must g
along with them. They took m!
shoes and stockings away ant
} said [ could not use them in wha
they were going to make me 90
: Pretty soon we came to grave
ward around which. was a larg
, stone wall. They placed me OF
Itop-then made me go into tn
}. ward o1er to the vault. One o
4 them then said, now boy, in tina
n vault there is woman who wa
n placed in there today. On he
e fingers are three large damon
q rings. We want them and if 70
; don't get them we will kill you
q They told me where the body wa
i and after opening the door with
It key they pushed me inside tellin
% me to knock when I had the ring
There I was alone With the dea
e and not liking the company, l We
l anxious to go out as soon as po
It sible. [ soon found the ring
d and after knocking on the dot
" the two men opened it just lit
le and ted me to hand out the ring
" The fellow said: You only g
re three-get the rest He then sh'
the door, looked it and left n
t. there alone. I was mighty scare
o. and at once began planning he
go to oct out. The old sexton u.s.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25
SIDE LIGHTS * * -:
BY Avlso.

10 early kiC1y ouu o6
the Uranium by his best girl. Or.
Woods Hutchinson, the famous
physician, says badness Is a dis
tinction and he inclines to the old
theory that the hair is pushed out
by excessive brains.
The wilirllgig Of time makes
changes. A certain party here
has enjoyed the unctuous salts
faction of seeing the prosecuting
attorney who sent him here join
him in the ranks Of the detained
and the other day the sheriff who
brought him here walked in Tor a
stay of two and one-half years.
Zim has closed his theatrical
season in a blaze Of glory. Con
sidering everything he has done
very we'll. Of course there are al
WAYS few kickers but they will
have an opportunity of seeing the
great professional artists when
they return to private life after
having rendezvoused here as the
wards of the commonwealth. In
the meantime give Tim credit fol
having put up some very credit
able home talent productions.
"No." said the colored snare
drummer boy, 81 never whimpe'
when I fall into the third grade
[ console myself with the thought
that there is not fourth grade OF
I might tumble into that. | be-
lieve with the philosopher things
are not so bad but what they
, might he worse-and [ have thu
consolation of knowing that any
way can play snare drum tt
the entire satisfaction OF our emf
nent leader-Prof. Burchard." 4
philosopher come to judgment.
1 "What's the matter with you?
asked DR.. Stebbins. 81 am spache
less "What's that?" 81 say
am spacheless whin ought to b
: spacheful- and spacheful whin
: ought to be spacheless." ooh,
I said the Doctor, ''you are unabl
t to properly gauge The situation
!: with reference to the proximity G
"a guard" "That's it-tbat's it
Doctor" swell, the only thin
that will help you is strict in
depreciation of the rules and reg
uIations-pills won't do you An
: good"
h Moike says simpliGed punctr
). ton is here. The oldtime rules {
= grammar are being changed. TAX
). the following from an old bool
- II, too, believe, as does Gener'
10 jackson, that, in the event OF no
= tilities, large force, proper
10 armed, and we'll equipped, shoul
- without delay, and, in my opinio
V with all possible decision, an
dispatch, be pushed forward, ral
30 idly. and without loss of time,
o drive out the enemy" Eve
n comma used in the above Sc
90 tence may be eliminated witho
b. danger of Improperly punctuatil
- it. In addition to simpler spe
20 ing has come the elimination
hyphenated words and the uni
cation of two separate words In
ob one as the following for examp
of oversensitive, twentyfirst, todt
VS. and the like. Simplifed spelli
'es comes by slow process. Fol
ct. years ago frenzy was spell
ed phrensy and phrenzy. Sulphur
is spelled suIfur by many leadi
writer's. Sinplifed or phone
Spelling will require many ye
40 to make much headway-but v
rd- probably come along gradually
of the future as in the past. 81
me plified punctuation is being Vi
or, by the newspapers and it will
L.. ds IN
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25

where they'll land.
Capt. Alexander says he has ev-
erything picked in cans except
choice bits of conversation.
II swallowed a. cud of tobacco
nv mistake said nelghoor'
"It's chew bad" was the soiaclng
rejoinder.
Tim" Captain, did you get one
Of my last lithcgraphsY" Captain
Wbelan-"Yes, limits very
good likeness.
Webb says: 1--WE ketched ev-
ery bug in the place except one
and 1 expect to lasso hun oehlno
the ears before long.
"They may have hot buns over
at the new place but we have not
tu,novers here. when the Judge
oets after us at court" said one OF
the wise denizens.
BIN up to court ag'in?' an OIL
oor asked one Of the laddiebucks.
EYES, he replied. Il wanted TO
hear the musical voice OF the
Judge for a change"
That prince of good fellows, Mr.
.C.R.H. says he has concluded to
remain in "our midst practlclng
as legal tribune Of the elect here
for about seven more months.
Brigham Young, ir., who is here
for a short stay says every day
seems a century to him-he's SC
anxious to join wife number two
who has stuck to him like glue.
EVERY time the chief engineer
comes over there's a Schatz-en
festn said one of the prints. III
he would only put a new floor II
tho nlace all would be forgiven,
he continued.
Guard Goldsmith is always nap
py when he acts as assistant post
master and has a good bunch O
mail for the boys in the prln
shop. Said one of the prints
"May he live long und prosper.
mo, 1 don't believe | can trac
my lineage back to Alexander tn
Great said Captain Alexander
Don't let that worry you, Captain
Any public biographer will do tina
for you for $1,000 and furnls
certified copies of public records
Old Hutch was in the printer
recently doing an artistic job {
withdrawing. Here is one OF n
bon mots: 81 was one of only for
to escape from the redskins at tn
Custer massacre in l876-only
fall into this. Kickapoo-bov
wow-b-r-r.r-o-o-w!'
The golden haired plumber WI
observed coming down the av
nue. the other day with lighte
lantern. "There goes Diogen
looking for an honest man." o
served one of the boys. Eyes, ne
in the right pew but in the wrol
church" Marvellous!
Powers says he would like j
pulling alfalfa out of the faces
some of the Indians he kno'
around here. He says Erid dc
not dare to do the pulling a
The second barber says he's US
to scraping hogs so that he
available in any emergency.
Davy says: Il KANT trus: !
body 'roun' here except the wa
en- Whenever | get a piece
cake or some candy some {
swipes it. OF course, sena'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25
An Irish Bsnshes STORY.

Isle. whose name was Mike Shan
non. Mike was great story teller
and never lost chance of telling
one. He always took the hero,s
part and always came out on top.
lone night after the night shift
had gone to work some one asked
Mike if he believed in ghosts.
..Shure aud that | do" replied
Mike, land shure the first money
II ever earned was thru one OF
them. Twas like THE: Myself
and partner O'Brien were pros
pecting out in Colorado and at
the close of day we came In sight
Of deserted cabin. Not wishing
to go any further that night we
decided to stop at the cabin until
morning. There was an upstairs
to the cabin and two rooms down
stairs. The only things IN the
house we're an old stove and
bed. O'Brien and l laid out oor
stuff and after making cup OF
coffee spread our blankets on the
bed and retired for the night,
thinking we were mighty lucky to
strike such place.
eve had tramped good deal
during the day SO were tired ana
soon fell asleep. All Of sudden
I got q slap on the side OF my
head which soon woke me up. l
felt the place still smalting and
r was sure it was no dream. O'Brien
was sound asleep. At first l
thought he was playing tricks on
r me. l lay there few minutes
when all of a sudden O'Brien
) jumped up in bed and said, what
, the divel did you hit me for?'
> "'Shure, says l, never a crack
: did | give you.
> "'Then,' says O'Brien, the
: place is haunted
\ "To make sure we took hold OF
each others hands and in a few
minutes both of us received q
. whack on the head. [ jumped out
; of bed and taking a light went all
[ thru the house but found nothing
e unusual. I finally went back to
| bed and just as I was getting
asleep the blanket was jerked OF
Q Of us. Cut that out now, says
n O'Brien, or I'll make you look like
Il a ghost
/ "Of course I had nothing to dc
G with it, and holding hands the
l. same as before the same thing
: happened again, and something
y more not on the bill. Looking
toward the stairs we saw the skel
eton of man coming toward us
This was too much for O'Briel
. and with a few jumps he lands OF
: the outside, leaving me alone will
= the ghost. The ghost asked m
a. what I was doing in the house ant
. told me to leave and that if re
, NAMED there three nights | woul
~ be a dead man. He said his broth
- err was murdered in there and tina
~ he was keeping watch over hi
- bones.
- "Shure," said Mike, '''twas tn
- first ghost I ever heard talk and
~ never was afraid of anything thu
49, could talk. I told him l woul
II not leave until l got ready. Hol
&c murther, when l told him that h
6 Jumped at me and with his bon
- feet and hands he liked to ha,
10 killed me.
~. "After giving me an awful bea
mo- ing he said, If you are here t
rty morrow night you will get wor
ed beating and on the third night
is still here I will kill you
ng "Why didn't you follow bin
tic Mike? some one asked.
ara "Shure I did but never a ira
vill did he leave. Well the ne
in morning / reached farm hou
al fannd O,Rrian there. T.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25
As to Ms Chest.

The civil service medical exam
iner gazed unfavorably at the dl-
m;nutiye Italian who was seeking
q rpsition on the police force.
"What does your chest meas
ure?"
"Oh, about seventy inches"
"Impossible!' exclaimed the
doctor in disgust.
"Come down to my house an |
show your
Cent you show me hereY
mo. I got i'm home full OF
clothes an stuff. -Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25

No man was ever so much de-
ceived by another as by himself.
|-Greville.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25

sible. | soon found the rings
and after knocking on the door
the two men opened it just a little
and ted me to hand out the rings.
The fellow said: You only got
three-get the rest He then shut
| the door, looked it and left me
there alone. I was mighty scared
and at once began planning how
| to get out. The old sexton used
! Ito come around every two hours
$50 I decided on the following
plan. Shure if he caught me
there I would be taken for grave
, robber. So I took the woman ou1
Il of the coffin and when l heard hin
!, coming | pounded on the door ane
) yelled with all my might. III
opened the door. I threw the wo
r man at him and made my escape
l It was now about four q. m. and
Q was tired, scared and hungry.
9 met a farmer who was going t
> town. He told me to go back t
r his house and tell his wife to fee'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25

Guard Goldsmith is always hap
nv when he acts as assistant post
master and has a good bunch OF
mail for the boys in the print
shop. Said one of the prints:
"May he live long und prosper.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25

every time the chief engineer
comes over there's a Schatz-en-
fest, said one of the prints. I'll
he would only put new floor IN
the place all would be forgiven,
he continued.