Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-18

of the American Express Company at
WaldObOro, has now AZ buds upon 1t, all
of which give appearances Of opening
at the same hour.
The Ottawa, the well known resort
on Cushing's island in Portland harbor.
has been doing a prosperous business
this season. but will be sold, It is said,
and will be torn down to make room
for the new system of Notifications to
be erected by the government.
At a regimental reunion In Maine
last week there was noted the intense
feeling against the militia which pre-
vailed in some parts of the State at the
breaking out of the war. In Lewiston
one officer was asked to choose between
his command and his church and Sun
day school. Before the matter was
brought to the attention Of the church,
he went to the front. The people had
an idea that the militia was not in ex-
istence for business.
A Boston man who was spending his
vacation at Boothbay, took along his
bicycle and got on all right until he
tried to ride down one of the steep
hills in that vicinity. He wasn't used
to such and his wheel got away from
him and he went down like shot and
into the side of barn that stood by
the roadside. The blow cut Off part
Of his nose and bruised him badly. IN
juries which seemed slight when one
considers the force of the blow, which
smashed a hole in the side Of the barn.
Capt. Bailey of the Endicott, the
schooner just launched at Kelley &
Spears yard in Bath, Is one of the few
ship masters who make the models for
their vessels. He not only made the
model for this but also the one for the
schooner he had built there some years
ago. Capt. Bailey has made the mod
els for several of his yachts which take
part in the summer races at his home
at Manasquam, N. j. He generally
enters a new one every year and for
five or six years has held the prize. a
silver cup.
A former Maine man had a valuable
and interesting exhibit at the Winnipeg
fair this season., He is Sherman r.
Reid. well-known newspaper man
formerly of Auburn. and he exhibited
at the fair a large collection of minerals
collected on his travels in British
Columbia. The collection besides be-
ing valuable from a scientific stand
point contains several specimens con-
tanning precious metals which IL
separated would be worth several hun
dred dollars according to mining ex-
perts who saw the exhibit.
The Ashland Reporter has this news
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men have been employed in the bark |
woods. this season. by f. W. Hunt & |
Company, of Island Falls, and they |
estimate the amount of bark peeled to |
be $1,000 to 10000 cords. The Malta |
Lumber Company will build |
a few houses this season, for the ac- |
of men in their employ who
have families. About 5000 cords OF I
bark will be hauled direct to the tan
merry with teams next winter. The re-
that has been peeled will come
in on cars.
There are three Somerset county
boys at or near the Alaska gold fields
They are three Wilson brothers and
lived at Scion. One is al
klondyke where he has recently taken
klondyke where he has been about
seven years, and the other is at Circle
City on the Yukon river, where he has
been nine years. Sidney, who is al
Circle City, is engaged in the mining
business, but will spend the coming
winter months as he has previously
done, in Oregon. to avoid the extreme
cold weather of that country.
Stimulated by the heavy rains of re-
cent date wild mushrooms are SPRING
ing up in great quantities in the fields
about Portland. and persons who are
fond of this succulent fungus are going
out in parties to search for them
Many persons who eat the cultivated
are, however, afraid of the
wild, because of the poisonous MEM
bers of the family. This is unfortu-
nate, as it is the general opinion with
that the wild mushroom
is much more delicate and of better
flavor than the cultivated varieties.
md less liable to disagree with delicate