Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-21

". its because am FIRST q tcmper-
lance man. secondly. a l'niversalist. and
thirdly and forever a Republican,"
The only system Of reporting the cup
! Yacht races which proved successful,
saws 4 correspondent Of the Portland
| Press, was operated by "A young Port
lander. Grcenleaf W. Pickard. who has
been appointed electrician and super
! intendent of construction of the Fed
cral Wireless Telegraph Company. with
! Headquarters ut Philadelphia He cs-
tablshcd "A shore station at Gaii!ce, n.
IT,. and accompanied the yachts in a
schooner towed by tug. lie sent
messages continuously during the
races. sometimes from Il distance Of
forty miles. and these were the only
| messages that We're received without
a break by wireless tcleGraphy. The
| MarcOni Company of London had con
! tracted to report the races at an cX-
| pense of $50. 600 and had sent over
twelve expert operators with an clab
crate outfit. Their apparatus failed
to do the work expected, while the
system OF the American company, rep
| resented by Mr.. Pickard. worked per
fectly. and on the last day Of the race
, he sent 90 messages. every one Of which
was received at the Galilec station and
| forwarded to the press of the country.
Ma ior G.. A. Hastings of Bethel 81
years of age. went alone to Montana.
the first of September. While there he
| bought "A carload of broncos. He got a
boy to come with him as far as
Chicago. to help him look after the
animals and from there on he had
charge of them. A man of his age
! travelling across the United States with
carload of bronCos on his hands
would be considered by many quite an
undertaking, but the major was fully
equal to the occasion. 1t is understood
that he has got most of them halter
broken and in the near future he will
he able to furnish his friends with good
saddle horses.
We wish that every farm in Maine
would be named. says the Lewiston
journal This is not mere matter Of
sentiment. by any means. but i, is
strictly business. The man whose
farm is known by some name is certain
to take n greater interest in its pro-
ducts. and conduct all of his operations
o. better plan. ON every place there
is certain To be some popularity that
viii suggest a name. A spring of pure
water. Il grove Of oak or maple trees or
something else Of similar nature. will
give it a local flavor. Then paint this
name on the end Of the barn facing the
road. Let it be where every pasSerbv
can Sc il Your farm will then soon
become known far and wide ana win
alt YOU in thousand ways. Besides,
how much more dignifed il is to be
spoken Of as the proprietor or Oak
Grove Farm than to hc alluded u az
Jim Jones. BY all means name your
farms ami il will make YOU all better
farmers.
\ resident If North Cae,inr is ~
hiblting hens egg that measures N,
inches by 7l4 inches. 1t contained not
only a good-sizcd yolk. with its at
tendant white. but another perfectly
formed egg with a hard shell. H has
NOT investigated to know whether IN.
third egg is there. but is quite SUR. If
that he would have had a share in the |
premiums awarded the poultry depart |
men hts
The latest thing in gambling on the !
weather has just cropped ont in
Waterville. Ten men have created a |
purse Of 500 and the on, of the ten |
"
date OF the first snow storm that visits |
that city gets the pile The condition |
IS that snow must fall upon the ground |
an; he distinguished for at least one |
minute. In case one OF more guess the
sam. day. and the guesses are 10 be
MADE ana sealed TO be opened when the
snow comes. the purse will he divided |
among such guessing that day.
Portland News: Prof. Chapman. the
director virtuoso Of the festival vbo
flies around by reason Of an active
temperament, like sunbeam on
skates, had a little Maine IerisIa i've
experience some four years ago tia, he
VIII not soon forget. He went TO the
Maine assembly with a bill in his
pocket or the establishment of a State
supervisor Of music. Some one sur-
Sested that one Of the first things 70 do
was to go and see Mr. Marley who. at
that time as at most other times since
had his hands on the financial throt-
tie. 1t was about the time that
financial debate was on and Mr.. Man.
ley felt he was getting all the music
ne wanted. He greeted Prof. chan
man very suavely. but frankly told
MN that on that particular wear with
such horde Of imperative aprronria-
IONS pending. he might just as well in.
troducc measure to build a broad
gauge railroad to the moon as To
try to introduce any new m,scaI
scheme. The professor, who usually
rides over most insurmountable obst.
cIes, finding that for the first tina ~
MS lie he was striking an unnon,I,r
cnord, dropped the idea like :, rcd hot
coal. and from that day to this ,bern
mas never been mention OF . s,ata
musical supervisor.
~ re" weeks ago the Journal pub-
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