Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-14

| WOOuplle, boys.
Also to see if the sap buckets are il
order for big flow
Speculations as to the prospects Of 4
freshet are in order now
But just because we are having a
| thaW, don't imagine that winter is yet
over.
Waldo county is trying a new tramr
cure with much success. The tramps
in the Jail are obliged to dig bitches
in the frozen ground of the county gar
| den and naturally few seek the hos
| pitality of that shelter a second time.
Henderson is the latest claimant for
tions and secret societies The village
has about 80 nha bitants with 16 So
cieties all in good working order. Next,
1t has been rough winter for the
few birds that venture to pass it here
III - bIEN FL man reports Il
pathetic sight that came under his OBJ
servation. Noticing. partly covered by
a drift. the corpse of frozen dove. n
went tOit, when to his surprise he found
under each outspread wing an English
sparrow. both frozen dead.
Several persistent conscientious diary
keepers have been heard from recently
but the best record yet is that of War
rem ". kempton of Pennington who
has kept continuous diary for forty
nine years, noting important events a.
they occurred, the weather, amount OF
rain and snowfall, etc.
The members of the Penobscot tribe
of Indians. whose reserve is Indian Is
land, Old Town, are not behind in any
thing. They are getting educated to
apply themselves to all circumstances
and stand ready to follow their paler
brothers in almost any move It was
only few weeks ago that the tribe
fairly outdid itself in furnishing
wedding that set all New England talk Z
ing. through the newspaper accounts
Now il is announced that one of the
leading men of the tribe will start at
once for the klondike
There are dogs and dogs one of the
few that it pays TO keep is the English
pointer Young Rip Rap. owned by
Chas. T.. Pineo of Bar Harbor He is
called the best English pointer in the
country and has rct hp, n
from a triumphal tour through the
South. bringing back over $500 in purses
won in field trials against the best
pointers and settlers of that section.
Road Commissioner Estey Of Calais
must be a valuable man to have in any
community these wintry days BY the
use of labor aVing devices Of his i'll
Nention Calais was put to an expense
of only S215 to clear her 80 miles of
streets and 20 miles of sidewalks after
the big storm.
Brewer is stirred up over the pros
poets of a daily paper 1t is said its
name will he The Brewer Moon"
now. but a North Arson lady has a pet
butterfly that does much to make the
family forget the rgors of winter.
Last fall she found a large ugly. look
ing worm on an apple tree and carried
it into the house. placing it on some
maple leaves over the mantel. Their ii
Went into a chrysalis state. and last
week Sha hoard a 4, ri lin ba
leaves and found that a beautiful but
tertiy had come forth from the chrysa
lis. 1t is yellow with black spots upon
it and measures about five inches
across.
Eastport is planning to- do lots of
celebrating this year. Its centennial
anniversary will occur,the railroad will
arrive and there are several other i'm
portant features on the programme. 1t
would like to have United States
military post established in its limits.
but generously admits that Bangor
has the best chance of getting this
plum.
a gossipy writer in the Waterville
Mail has discovered why Bangor is
called the Queen city. 1t is not because
of it's superior beauty. not on account
of its majesty. but because it is full Of
queens Not a queen full. not the kind
of queen that with aces kings, knavcs
and ten spots make a combination fair
to look upon. No. not that. But it is
full of queens of beauty, queens of
song and above all queens of the art OF
good cooking.
One of many Maine girls who have
won wide fame on the concert stage
and in the opera is Miss Lillian CARL
smith of Old Orchard At present she