Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-01

Maine-Males. $50, 995: females. 343,-
Al: natives, col 1856: foreign. $3.50:
whites. 692. 226; colored. 2240 including
1919 negroes. 1l9 Chinese. 4 Japanese
and 79s Indians Washington Dis
patch.
interest. The figures should give re-
newed hope TO the Maine spinster. In
Massachusetts. on the contrary. there
are 10000 more females than males.
Only four little laps in Maine. one is
a bright young man living in Augusta:
another is a Westbrook seminary stu
dent. of royal blood: the other two we
cannot locate. OF Names 19S Indians
probably there is not one whose red
blood is not sadly diluted. We wonder
how many Indians there were in Maine
before the pale-face came with his gun
and firewater and land stealing pro-
pensities.
Add another TO the list Of Maine girls
whose names sweetly suggest the gar
den and the orchard. and all the fra
GRANGE and bloom of summer. We
mentioned. the other day. Miss Daisy
Peach OF Bar Harbor. Miss May Bios
snm lofS Lewiston and Miss Cherry
kuH Phillips To the list We add
Aass arl Rose of Augusta. Her
claim issnot to be disputed.
An Auburn man. in the Lewiston
Journal, suggests that some enterpris-
ing individual could get abundant
wealth by starting an angleworm farm.
In the height of the season at Range
Icy these worms sell at one dollar
quart. and the supply is never equal TO
the demand. AS the Belgian hare and
Angora goat seem to be under "A cloud
just at present. the angleworm indus
try may be worth a thought.
In view of the comment which their
actions have excited, we hope those
to the singing of an actress in their
choir are very much ashamed of them
selves. They ought to be. The young
lady in question is of a good family.
spotless character and is beautiful
singer. She has sung much in church
and will continue to do so. The
church. not she. is the loser by last
Sundays episode.
1t does not always pay to look too
closely after the pennies. The Bath
Times tells story on IA Maine lawyer
which points moral: This gentle
man. whom we may call a. had some
business with "A lawyer. whom We will
designate as 3. in a distant part of the
country and A having occasion to tel
egraph B in relation to the matter sent
the telegram collect. The message
needed no response but A got one
next day-collect, also-in which b
went into detail about the business
il hepd and then about the orange
Serop ID then about the health of his
family. 1t cost A the best part of IA v.
Old Orchard is in the habit of speak
ing of excursions as though it could
get along just as well or better with
out them. The Biddeford Record. how
ever. declares that Biddeford and
Saco. not Old Orchard, are the ones
that should kick. as those cities fur
nish fully half the transient visitors
Of evenings and Sundays. taking many
thousands of dollars away every sum-
mer. AS a matter of fact. the excur-
sionists do much for Old Orchard. The
hotels get little from them, to be sure,
but the pier. the stores and the insti-
tutions which contribute to the life Of
the mid-season gather in many extra
dollars from their presence.
Says a correspondent: North Shap
leigh. we think. holds the record for
fast BURBERRY picking. Wednesday
forenoon in SA hours Everett Weber
picked 81 quarts and in the same time,
viz, 81 hours in the afternoon picked
22is quarts. making a total Of Az
quarts in 81 hours. This we think, is
something out of usual picking and il
anyone can heat this just trOt your
picker along and we will try and make