Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-26

tSiupSI WIKI tHV ANdtlOndI
meets at Lewiston.
1t only needs fair weather for pota-
to digging and fall ploughing to make
the present season one almost with
out single drawback for the Aroos-
took farmers.
'Tis rumorcd that those two extra
side wheelers which Bath may posi-
bly, build for Charles W. Morse are
for opposition boats on the Bangor and
Boston line.
There's one small boy in Caribou
who would delight the heart of Ike
Walton, himself. The small boy in
question was fishing in Collins pond
the other day when the log upon which
he was standing rolled over and he
went under. AS the boy was unable
to swim his companions hurried To
his assistance and as they pulled him
out of the water his first words were:
Hope l havn't scared the fish.
Sept. will be a gala day in Cam
den when that handsome iive-mastcr
takes its first trip. 1t will be the
builders 6Sth vessel and he intends to
make the launching an eventful one.
business in Norway, the AdVertis-
er says. was never better than at the
present time. The shoe factories are
doing n largely increased business.
and the other industries give equally
pleasing reports.
The oyster will be with us again one
week from today.
Extensive preparations are being
| made for the opening OF the Eastern
Maine State fair at Bangor. Tuesday
| of this week. and it will be show
| well worth seeing.
The recent marriage OF two young
| people in Saco having the same family
name but bearing no blood relation to
! one another suggests the fact that
cases of this kind are very rare. In
the state Of Massachusetts the official
| marriage records, as published be-
| tween the period of lSS5-9o show that
such a thing happens in only one mar
riage out of 200. In the state of New
York the bride and bridegroom bear
| the same family name in one case out
| of about 800. but this includes mar
riages where there is some con
| sanguinity. as between cousins.
There are few things that Caribou
thinks she needs in the way of village
| Improvements, among which are
| shade trees. a town clock, and good
| 81 stem Of sewerage. The chances are
that they will all materialiZe in the
| near future When this hustling up
| to-date village decides that il really
wants anything it is usually forthcom-
ing.
| Washington county burberry pick
ers and packers are feeling good over
the fact that the crop is proving much
more abundant than anticipated a
few weeks ago. Unless injured by an
carly frost the crop will be as large as
last year.
A former Phillips lady who now lives
i in a Massachusetts town went to
sleep in train not long ago while on
her way to Maine and was awakened
by the announcement. The rear car
runs to Pennington" Thinking she
vas at Leeds Junction she CROPPED her
| way into the rear car and didn't dis
cover her error until she had nearly
reached Pennington, N. Fl.
The present season promises to be
the longest that York Harbor has
ever known. The smaller hotels will
kecp open late. and accommodations
are already being engaged for the
whole month Of September Many of
the cOttagcrs will not close their
houses until late in the fall, and sew
eral families who have in former sea-
sons gone away early in September in
order that their children may enter
schools at the beginning of the term
have secured tutors and will remain al
least a month longer.
a unique school district in Maine is
that over which Tylor Coombs Of Vim
alhaven is superintendent. 1t com
, prises ~ schoolhouses in the island
, towns Of Vinalhavcn, Deer Isle and
: Isle au Uaut. in PcnobScOt bay, with
200 scholars and Sc teachers. The dis
trict comes just within the limit es-
tablishcd by the State whereby dis
tr;ct shall not exceed 80 schools. From
Q the three towns Mr.. CoOmbs salary
: aggregates s1250 yearly. He has tc
, travel $50 miles of road to visit each
t school about three times each term. ir.
respective of the many miles Travelled
Dv water across the western and east
EN- aims of Penobscot bay. Since the
consolidation of districts the standard
of the schools has been uniformali,
raised and improved and graduates OF
the Ninalhaven and Stonington High
schools are admitted to colleges of late
years.
Not only is it thought that the
, ArooStoOk potato crop-aS a result of