Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-02

III WENNE|
Leo Sellers. aged II years, is Penob- |
scots champion bicyciist.
The ninth annual reunion of the Har-
vey family was held at East Garland, |
June "a.
The Bowen family of Eastern Maine
held its annual reunion at Hermon pond,
June %.
The Bath assessors committed the
taxes for collection last week, the earli-
est in the history of the city.
One Thorndike farmer intends to. keep
busy through the haying season, as ne
has already engaged to cut the grass on
six farms.
Dixie Thompson of Santa Barbara, Cal.
a native of Brunswick, writes that he mas
under cultivation this season over 1000
acres of land of which 1850 is planted TO
beans. He used "a tons of seeds
handsome clock has been recently
placed in the Northeast Harbor Library.
The clock is dedicated to the memory of
Philip Stanley Abbott.S whose sudden
death last summer was caused by ran
while climbing the Canadian rockies.
Portland. ii seems, is raising some
bunco men of its own. The Press Is au-
thority for the statement that one even
ing lately. when two street musicians
were going their rounds, two boys started
ahead Of the PLAYERS and passed round
the hat and then made off with the
change.
candidate for the postmastership at
Waldoboro owns 625 hens and chickens,
and urges as one claim for the position
that a man who can manage Dig Ioch
of hens successfully is equal 10 any pun
lie trust. The man experienced IN mem
culture will appreciate the force or TINS
argument.
Charles H. Cleaves, the veteran mar
BILE worker, who for many years mas
been proprietor of the Saco marpi@
works. and who is we'll and favorably
known throughout the county OF YORK,
claims to be the first man in the Worid
who conceived the idea of propelllng q
row boat by electricity. He claims that
his plans for an electrical motor We're
stolen. and that others are now reaplhS
the reward of his genius.
The South Orrington correspondent OF
the. Bangor News also tells "a men story
this time with a deep, dark mystery at
tached to it. George Bayard VINO hVeS
near SWEETS pond South Orrington. mas
a mystery in his hen yard winch mas
proven a very Improbable mystery 20
him and very discouraging to his poultry
that have had motherly inclinatlons. n
few weeks ago Bayard set a hen. There
were 10 eggs in the nest. but when three
weeks had passed and no chirp OF a chlck
was heard Mr. Bayard made the dtscoV-
ery that there was but one egg IN the
nest and that badly decayed Of the oth-
ers not shell was left Bayard set two
hens and placed under the same numbe'
of eggs He also placed ID eggs under
the same hen. In three weeks he made
another discovery. This time he found
two rotten eggs in each nest ana no sign
of the missing ones. He has set various
kinds of traps. but without results. The
hens have gone out of the setting bust
ness and Mr.. Bayard is still puZZling. Ht
thinks there may be something in the ];
hoodoo.
The witch hazel fakirs are not the
only rogues who are trying to swindlt
the farmers of Sagadahoc. A man !:
travelling in that vicinity representing
himself to be an expert oculist. his
mode of doing business is to get a lis
of names of people who are troubled
with their eyes and then call upoT
them and say he was sent by somt
we'll known local physician who ha:
treated them. He tried to work
North Bath farmer by using DR.. BID
ber's name but failed after making t
most determined effort to effect a sale
The farmer brought the visit to a sud
den close by informing the stranger
that Bath had plenty of we'll know
doctors who were well qualified /,
any member of the profession. Their,
seems to be quite a number of quack!
around these parts at present, so i
would be well for people to know wTI
they are doing business with unless
they desire TO be humbugged.
Mrs. Grant. who now lives in light
house near Portland and whose life ha
nearly all been spent in lighthouses alont
the Maine coast, wrote letter to
friend just before she left White Head
part of it being printed in a late numbe
of the Century Magazine which gave
very interesting sketch of life on Matin
icus rock. The following extract is elo
quent and pathetic. when one recalls tn
long and lonely vigilS that made II pos
sible: when we had the care of the Ole
lard-ol lamps on Matnicus Rock, the'
were more difficult to tend than thes
lamps are, and sometimes they would no
burn so well when first lighted, especial
ly in cold weather when the oil got cool
Then, some nights. | could not sleep
wink all night, though 1 knew the keepe
was watching. And many nights | hay
watched the lights my part of the night
and then could not sleep the rest of tn
night, thinking nervously what m2h
happen should the light fail. There wer
fourteen lamps and fourteen refiectors
When | dream of them it always seem
to me that | have been away aloni
while. and | am trying to get back i
time to light the lamps. Then | am hal
way between Matinicus and White Head
and hurryng toward the rock 10 light tn
lamps there before sunset. Sometimes
walk on the water. sometimes / am in
boat and sometimes i seem going in tn
air. must always see the lights burning
in both places before ! awake. Away
go through the same scenes in cleaning
the lamps and lighting them. and ! fee
great deal more worried in my dream
than when / am awake. | wonder If tn
care of the lighthouse will follow my sou
after it has left this worn out body! |
ever / have a gravestone l would like !
to be in the form of lighthouse or bea
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