Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23

cashier. raised on his farm this year
a65 bushels of oats. He has six acres
plowed for next year.
\ Franklin family have a common
tin wash boiler which has been used
| nearly every washing day for the past
thirty years and it will still hold va
ter.
That Holsters are by no means the
safest shell fish to handle. has been
demonstrated Of late by u fisherman
, on Bartlett Island being bitten by onn
| Blood poisoning was the result and
the man has gone away for treatment
Henry Butler nf Franklin Road
| who keeps n trap SET in the fan for
| foxes. has succeeded in catching two
| thus far. He was very much sur
prised to find Il large handsome eagle
in his trap recently. 1t measured s
| feet l inch from tip to tip. and weighed
| twelve pounds.
II is seldom that .irCustook has bet
ter roads at this time of year than il
has this season. They are reported 20
he very smooth and hard. and in rx-
cellent condition for wheeling. During
the whole season thus in" since the
1st of last May. there has not been
more than two weeks of bad roads
caused by mud. Indeed. this has
proved a remarkable year in more
ways than one.
Walter q. Coleman. the general traN-
cling passenger agent Of the Seaboard
| Air Line Railway. who is paving Port
| land a brief visit. has the rather
4; ,+1 1,a,
- birthdays although - years Of age
During the '10's Mr.. Coleman was
prrsnr on one Of the trans Pacific
steamers plying between San Francis
| ca and Hong Kong. making four trinS
per year for four wears. ANA it h%p-
pentd that on two Of these trips they
crossed the 1N0th degree uf longitud ,
where 4 day is lost or day gained, "n
| th- aay which would otherwise have
| ~ Ell the day Of the month on which he
| was born.
! J. Harry Freese. formerly of Bangor
| Wha AT present is 4 member of the
class Of '02, in Harvard College. is win
ming laurels a : q scientist. In a circular
issued recently by Prof. Edward q
| Pickering. director of the Harvard
| that Mr.. Freese has performed the first
| successful experiment in Photographic
ing the spectrum of lightning. showing
The different colors which go to make
M the white glare Of the flash, thus
| giving physicists an opportunity neve:
| before offered TO analyze its compo-
| rcnt clements. Mr.. Freese left Bangor
| about FIVE years ago. and entered the
| Harvard Law School rs Il special stu
| dent. remaining there two years. at
the end of which he entered Harvard
| college in the class of %, in ol! Ter t.
| Obtain 4 more liberal education.
d. ". II. Kimhall of oakdale. "nc
Of the physicians selected to examine
thp throats Of the school children i'll
! tho DeerinG district, Portland. reports
| that Uf 103 thr,ats examined during
the first few days. he found only three
| that would ~ considered i'll normal
| condition. Jhe doctor says that there
| are various difficulties encountered in
| the throats Of the children. Many are
troubled with enlarged tonsils. Very
few cases of sore throat have been
| found. The doctor announces that
| Very many Of the students possess
| what the medical fraternity term an
| American voice. The American voice,
, so called is peculiar to the people Of
the United States, and in the opinion
| of medical men the evil comes as re
| suit Of the methods Of teaching. using
| gutteraI or unnatural voice tones in
reading OF speaking. Pr. Kimball i of
| the opinion that too little attention is
| given by the average family to the
condition of the throat and eyes "f
| their children, in many cases Of course
| on account Of lack Of means to provide
! medical treatment. The doctor. among
| others. is of the opinion that . free
| clinic should be established for the
| treatment of these sensitive organs