Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-01

! five to twenty miles in width, across the
! county as far as Wesley and Craw-
| ford. 4 distance of forty or fifty miles.
| Here and there the plains are covered
with green growth. but every year the
amount of green land on this strip
grows smaller. in some places il being
| cut of, while in others the work of the
! flames is fast causing il to disappear.
| This land WAS formerly covered with
pine, spruce and other soft wood. but
| wherever it has been burned instead OF
coming up to hard wood. a. is usually
| the case, 1t has brought forth blue berry
vines in great abundance. This is at
trihuted To the peculiar soil, ard it is
said that the failure tina; has followed
the efforts that have been made IN
many other places to raise bluebcrrics
as they grow on the plains of Wash
ington county can be attributed To the
sell more than any other condition.
Whether ar not the soil contains an
element that cannot be found else
| where it remains that At present
Washington county is the BURBERRY
growing section of the country.
y Deering man tells OF an ingenious
mousetrap that his wife devised. TAX
ing sheet OF fly paper she placed it
where the mice would have to step on
it when they passed in and out Of one
Of their holes In ric lloor. II was not
long before she heard a sIuralng and
going TO the paper she found diminu-
tive mouse firmly glued tn its surface
She repeated this performance until
five We're caught. Cats and spring
traps will be at discount if their
work can be done with fly paper.
Hoothbay Harbor people are de
lighted by the prospect Of an electric
road which there seems 10 be good
prospect Of construction another sea
son. either from i~<e to Wiscasset or
Newcastle, says a. Roothbay Harbor
correspondent. The Wiscasset route
was looked over. last week. and il is
reported that the new management OF
the T.. 3. and l.. have the matter
well in hand and expect to cross the
country from Lewiston To Wiscassct.
build II branch TO Woolwich ferry. and
also connect Boothbay Harbor with
the outside world by rail which Is the
last requisite toward the perfection OF
that beautiful summer resort
In these times a colony of beavers is
quite a curiosity. There is one near
Carbon village which is most inter-
esting place to visit. BY keeping quiet.
one can get a good sight of the in
duStriouS little animals who are wise
and philosophers in their way. They
build their dlms wide and deep. with
the most Of the logs lying lengthwiSc
of the current, and similar to the net
work Of a crows nest. The ponds are
large and deep, covering many acres.
with Il house in the middle and a wet
Kitchen and dry parlor. They are
also quite good fresh water sailors.
as they wear a fur jacket and can
probably the only wood cutters Who
can cut a tree or log off without
striking blow using the mouth and
chops. They are also good masons.
with tail trowels older than those
usei in building Solomon's Temple.
They are not noted for tearing down.
but always building up. and never
move unless they are driven out. like
re- men. by civilization. In them. we
see the handiworll Of God; they are Of
correct habits. patient. industrious.
economical. perscvering. They love
their homes and families. They are
also quite good weather prophets and
peaceful as OuakCrS