Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-01
STATE HOUSE,
State Board Of Health Conn.,
municating With Towns.
Asking for Reports as to Members
and Officers Of Local Boards.
Busy O.ys in School Department. Other
Capitol News. IS

| hiuhicatiohS 10 the municipal officers
of the different towns. as is usual with
every spring, with return postal cards
| on which the officers are asked TO re-
port 10 the State Board the names of
persons appointed to the local boards
The secretary is also sending blanks to
| the local boards with printed return
/ cards to be used by the secretaries of
| the local boards in replying TO the
| State officers the members and officers
| of the local boards for the ensuing
year.
Ey means OF the card system a record
| is kept in the office of the State Board
f, of the names of the members and
| health officer. secretary and chairman
of the local boards. with the time when
| their terms of service will end A
record Of every town in the State is
| kept as accurately as possible. There
| have been cases where the town Off
GERS have communicated with the Safe
board asking when the terms OF GER
tain members of their own board vii!
expire, placing more dependence on the
State record than on their own town
records.
The state board sends out circulars.
dealing with different diseases. to the
towns and u record is kept OF the cir
culars sent each town and the secretary
tary can tell alta glance what circulars
| each town may be in need of.
The department of vital statistics is
sending all over the State, blank cards
for the returns of births. marriages
and deaths in each town.
When the Journal man stepped into
the office OF the superintendent u
schools. yesterday. he found Edward
Wiggin, clerk to Superintendent Stet-
son, very busy, as ~ usual the ease.
There is 4 vast amount of clerical
work connected with the office espcC-
tally in the spring when the returns
from the towns are coming in and nave
To be attended to in addition TO the
other work. one hundred and sixty
unopened letters We're lying at Mr..
WigSin's elbow. yesterday. and il is TO
slight task merely to open that number
of envelopes and sean the contents.
Most OF the communications were
school returns from different towns.
1t is almost invariably the case that
anyone desirious of hearing good
story or having n pleasant little chat
can have his wants fully supplied by
calling on the labor commissioner.
If that gentleman is too busily en-
gagged with his work to entertain, then
tthere is his able assistant, Major
House. who always has a yarn up his
sleeve.
e They We're talking. yesterday, about
| thu frauds practiced by some of the
laAaple sugar makers of Vermont. who.
have formed habit of placing
sroeks. gravel and other indigestahle
! Substances in the bottom of their sugar
ffQ8s. 1t reminded the major of an IN
Ecident which happened some years ago,
IA small town to the north.
/ A dealer bought large lot of bark
! from MAXWELL give him the name
of Jones. The bark was all yarded and
| the purchaser bought the lot. He was
| of q trusting nature and foresaW no
deception. but when he came to in
vestigate he found he had not bought
as much bark as he supposed.
| The outside rows We're all right, good
| solid measure. but there were num-
Der of little hillocks in the center OF
| the pile and numerous stumps ana logs
! had been so piled that in the center
the bark was not more than two feet
| in depth. He was about $500 out ana
being somewhat of philosopher. sWal-
lowed his rage and sought no satisfac-
| ton.
About two years afterwards, the
hero of the above incident wished TO
hire a crew of men to strip lot OF
bark for mhim. Among the appIlcdi!ts
for work were two brothers ana Wheh
the dealer asked them their names they
re,Iiad. Zones" That's enough, "
the dealer fairly shouted, Il never
want to hear of another man named
Homes. much less hire one" Through
the misfortune of having the same
name as the prepetratoA of the bark
fra,d the Jones brotheraNwere obliged
TO turn their backs and make for new
fields.