Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-29

Inc Eastport cornct band ~ " give Il
series of concerts through the county.
Hancock county claims the oldest
white ribboner" in the country II not
in the world. On her Tooth birthday
last week. Aunt Salome Sellers. of
Deer Isle. was invested with the white
ribbon, by the president OF the county
union.
1t Will be no use for the Name iarih-
ers to attempt to form sweet corn
trust, if the managers OF canning lac-
tories are to be believed. They say
they are paying all they can possibly
afford and that if the farmers insist
On higher prices for corn the factories
throughout the state will be com
PEELED TO so out of business.
A Buckfield Young man was out on
his heel. the other evening. and the
moon was out. He had his gun and he
saw something running Just ahead ms
wheel. so he put on speed but IL kept
just ahead. He nearly stopped, TOOK
up his gun To shoot it and looked over
his wheel and il was the shadow OF MS
own head. He decided that II was lat
enough for him to be getting nome.
Portland Express: The late Camp
meeting John Allen, while chaplain Of
the House Of Representatives, prayed
one day for pure water and Undecided
religion. Maine is amply able 70 sup
ply the entire country with pure water,
and an unlimited quantity OF undeil"d
religion is still unused here.
No danger of going dry over Brook
willie way A West Brooksvillc CORE
spondent writes: The brooks and els
terms are full of water. the wells are
filling M ard every other house has
cider mill running"
Some of the coast towns Of Hancock
county are getting jealous Of Deer
Isle. one of the Ellsworth American
correspondents writes: What il All
this hulIabaloo about The Deer Isle
sailors that has been going on TO- the
past three OF four years? The sailors
down there are not ollt VIM t'NN''
than a hundred or more that Could y"
picked up in this town Of fremont ana
OF Cranberry Isles all American bonn
and bred for half a dozen generations
back. who have been on the a'-a lob
STEERING. cod fishing or coasting sine"
2 week or two after they We're born
The Deer Isiers have the advantage OF
a lot OF free advertising. ana that Al
the difference. The Maine sailor. born
and bred. is a splendid TYP" OF Am~ri-
can manhood hardy, Intelligent. re-
sourcaful. not a tIlker. never boast
~. and always sober. May his tan"
increase. But let il he distinctly IN
derstood that Deer III" has MT
monopoly Of them.
The runaway bridegroom oi riddle
ford has returned. a warrant h;'h
been sworn out but did not have TO b.
served. NON he viii be- lea 10 thu al
tar by the blushing bride. and They
will doubtless be- happy eyer after.
The. Calais Weekly Times appears
with a special Illustrated spuveni"
ana trade edition. 1t i 20 paE
affair with co excellent half-toncs OF
business men. public buildings and
places Of interest in the picturrsqu"
Border city. The edition reflects mucA
credit upon the enterprisinS publishers
Plans are at present being talked 81
in Bangor for the formation Of a cor
poration u complete the work Of build
ing 4 memorial t. vice President Han
nibal Hamlin which was commenced
~ the Hamlin memorial committee IN
1894 A considerable sum IF money ha'
already been donated for the project
and is now deposited in Bango"
bank. Since 1897. however. the matter
has rested quietly. Although three
wears have elapsed since then, the Idea
X by no means dead and probably
within a short time further steps viii
be taken.
Biddeford journal: The owner OF an
automobile propelled by an electric
motor says that his machine. from one
charging. on the roads in the suburbs
of Boston. has a radius Of operation of
sixty-fve or seventy miles. On neg
lected roads and. as compared Win
the roads referred to above. this cldSSlh-
cation takes in large part OF the
...a.. IA Maine tha radius of opera