Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-28


likely To get 4 warm reception.
Old orchard people are discussing
the best methods OF attracting summer
busine ess and considering whether or
not to invest in newspaper advertis-
ing. Where would old Orchard have
been today but for the notoriety that
has been given the resort by the news
papers The fact that Old Orchard
has. in - years grown from little
hamlet on a wind swept belt .. barren
sand To 4 veritable cottage city of
! nearly 1000 houses. great and small
with a summer populat ton OF 20 900 peo-
pie. with elegantly appointed hotels
fine drivcways. lighted by electricity,
with ample water works, a sewer sys-
tern, a great ocean pier. and a steam
and electric railway service of - trains
daily: would seem to indicate that iu-
dicious advertising OF some sort has
been iore by somebody.
Reports from Maine to the American
| Wool and Cotton Reporter regarding
| the amount OF wool now on hand in
| dicate that the larger part Of the clip
Of 1901 has passed out of first hands
| The correspondent at jefferson says.
| Warren factory has bought most nf
| the wool in this section. paying 100 TO
20c., the farmers getting lsc. To- l9c.,
| the buyers getting one cent for
| handling. The wool is about all bought
| up. and is i'll spectators hands.
! should sag there is not more than 5000
| pounds in this town, and 10000 TO 12,060
| in the country. all in q few large lots"
| The report from Eockland is: We now
have 5n hand about $4,000 pounds of
Maine unwashed wool ana 10000
pounds of Maine pulled wool. which is
probably about all the wool in this
| county outside of he mills. We know
| of a few lots held by growers, but
| the amount is insignificant. II gen
| eral the Maine wool was largely bought
| mp and shipped early in the summer.
| Mrs. Kate Douglas Wigsin. who
| spends her summers in the lonely will
| every year to face the same problem.
| which follows thousands of housewives
| to their country homes. the problem
of inducing the typical hired girl to
enjoy the migration from town. 1T
takes no end of diplomacy and work
to Keep help here Mrs. Wiggin CON
! fessed. ALLOW a girl TO grow home
sick for the city, the next thing YOU
| know you are alone, miles from mar
kets. and struggling to cope with coun-
Try inconveniences. / have learned
that the easiest solution Of the puzzle
| IS to make country life as pleasant as
| possible for a girl. one canrot expect
her to endure drudgery without break
of brightness in the long summer. i
| try to make the sojourn in the country
| SO pleasant for our girls that they viii
be as eager to come as we are. Every
day when their work is done my sister
or take them for drive. / plan that
they make friends among the country
| people about our home When there is
| a village entertainment I fancy they
| would enjoy l arrange to have them
there. and many an evening my sister
| nr | spend playing checkers with them
or some game which lightens the mon
otony Of kitchen life"
| Men who are in touch with the real
workings of the freshet say that it is
going to cost the Maine Central half
/ million before the tracks are put into
/ the condition they were in before the
disastrous food swept down. Not only
has a great amount been spent in get
ting traffic through. but from now un-
til the last shovel of gravel is put on
to the rOadbed in the permanent i'm
provements. large patrol is necessary
to see that no treacherous stream un-
dermines some long stretch of appar-
emily sound rails. This patrol is costly.
as experienced men must form it, and
it will be kept all through the winter
Bridges and culverts that have been
temporarily strengthened for the pres
ent will be permanently braced as soon