Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-24

Bath is now occupied.
The army recruiting office at Bangor
has been closed, but will probably pe
reopened later.
Golf is the chief topic of conversation
in Camden at present. the Megunticook
Golf club having been organized there
recently.
A Portland paper reports that the
officials of the anti-cruety society are
reading up on horseshoe crabs. ii
hey learn that the animals are sensible
10 pain an Exchange street business
man is liable to prosecution. lie has
had two or them wandering around his
shop for about a week vainly hunting
for the ocean he took them from.
The experience of school supervisors
with applicants for certificates TO
teach. says the Lincoln County News,
must often be amusing. For instance,
the supervisor in an adjoining town
was examining a young lady and asked
the following questions in the course of
the examinations: What is geography?
tNo answer). How many kinds q
geography are there? Answer: De-
scriptive ana infinitive.
At present there is at Rogue Bluffs
a mammoth see-saw in front of the
schoolhouse. This device will accom-
modate the entire school, the first class
| On one end. the second on the other,
while the teacher can stand on the
pivot. The performance is INDUCED in
before and after school, also at recess.
| Many summer resorts probably have
more popular sports, but it is doubtful
| if any have one that is more enjoyable
to the young folks.
| This springs caterpillar visitation.
which happily is now nearly a thing Of
| the past. has some very queer features
| Not only was a pant Of ArnostoOk
| county exempt but 50 was many a
small section right in the midst Of the
caterpillar strongholds. While Lewis
ton city trees ana houses, for instance.
We're thickly spattered With the
| CraWlrrs. some farms three miles out
have hardly seen a caterpillar this
year. and on one road in the same
vicinity where black cherry trees have
been thickly frstooned with the nests
of the nt-caterpillars every spring for
years. not one is to be seen this spring.
y good deal of complaint is being
made by Dexter farmers who planted
sweet corn for the canning factory. be-
| cause Of the failure NJ the Seed tu
| come In some cases the fields Will
show barlIv rnora thop . sinrIa etocL,
| Io the hill. Some Of the farmers say
! they shall plant their own seed another
| year. nr none at all. as this is not the
first time the seed has failed them.
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teri. maker. was struck in the head Nv
u raridlv revolving pattern that split.
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Vet recovered. Levi Oliver. thu man
who took Mr.. Lemont's place. spraincd
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Institution were on a vacation. The
Moulton Company il in no way to
blame for what has occurred in the