Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-03

Peaks Island seems to be the popu-
lar place for reunions this season.
Waldo District lodge viii hold :, pic
mic session at Northport camp ground,
Wednesday, August eth.
Passport reports a scarcity Of the
common swallow and the English
sparrow, this year.
The q. A. X. men of northern and
eastern Maine will hold their annual
reunion at Lincoln. Aug. 2223.
Little Amy Wilbur of Wilton. only
four years milkS the COW every night
and is very proud of the fact.
John higgins. who has been en-
pl"yed by Hyde Windlass 60. Bath.
for Il years. suffered his first accident.
this week. when he lost the end of a
little finger.
Cottage building is going on at Il
rapid rate in Portland and vicinity
and il is said that before the end of
the season ground will have been brok-
Ell for o. new cottages on the Cape
shore
a farmer living not far from Port
land tells funny request that two
ladies made of him not long ago. He
says that they called at his house and
asked him to remove his cows from
the pasture so that they could pick
blueberries.
on one of the islands coming from
Portland to orr's is "A very pretty cot
tage situated in "A small grove of white
l..
mind where-exclaimed to her friend
My, but isn't that place fixed up
nicely? Just notice how much pains
they have taken to paint the trees
white
Capt. T.. a. Mansfield Of Joncsport
has stored away in his sea chest a very
ancient marine glass said to be $50
years old. 1t was formerly held ms A
souvenir by Searsport shipmaster
The ancient glass bears Il strong re-
semblance t. a squirt gun such as the
boys use now days.
\ Rockland man who went on an
excursion. last week. took along what
he supposed to be "A well filled picnic
basket When he arrived at the other
end Of the route and lifted the cover
he found that somebody had suhsti-
tuted several bars Of soap. Kind
friends saw that NJ did not suffer
from hunger. however.
Rev. -. : French of Brunswick is
doing material as well as spiritual
work. He is pastor of the Middle
street Advent church and the editiCe
has just undergone marked improve
mcnt The minister himself built "A
new arch over the pulpit, put in Il
hard pine dado. and did nearly the
whole of the inside painting.
A Rockland wheelman left his hi
cycle standing outside his place Of
business a few hours. one day last
week When he returned for the ma
chine he found that some one had un-
screwed the rear wheel taken off the
pneumatic tire and then replaced the
wheel. The owner would like the
thiefs address. He would like to
thank him for his consideration in
leaving the tire on the forward wheel.
Hermann y. Castner. proprietor Of
the West End hotel. Portland has
been quite sick the past few days a
result of poisoning. Several days ago
he had dinner with some friends in
Deering. when they had some freshly
picked string beans from the garden
of his host. shortly after dinner Mr.
Cashier became sick. and a doctor pro-
nounced it a case of poisoning. When
the garden was visited it was found
that some of the paris green which
had been placed on the potato plants
must have been scattered to the bean
plants.
Albert George. prosperous farmer
of East Orrin2ton owns a set of cart
wheels which has been in constant use
for more than half century. and is
still serviceable. He bought them
from the Smith family 30 years ago.
and Mr.. Smith had used them for more
than 80 years before Mr.. George made
his purchase. 1t is reported that the
wheels saw service on a gun calrriag &c
in the war of 1872. The spokcs are of
hornbean. the felloes are made of
white oak and the hubs are plain
Maine elm. Every part is as sound as
a hounds tooth.
Maine friends of the late Frank II.
Gushing. of the Smithsonian institu-
ton. who spent his summers at Brook
lin. occupying his spare moments in
searching for Indian relics. will be in
tereSted in the announcement that a
new book by him is soon to be pub
lished. After the death of Mr.. Cush-
ing. whose life among the Iuni Indians
opened new chapter of anthropol"gy
TO American readers. il was found that
he had left a collection of Zuri folk
tales which had never been made pub
lie. a committee of his FRIENDS de-
cided to publish these tales. and asked
G.. p. Putnam's Sons. New York to
do the printing for them. The firm.
however. was SO much impressed with
their interest. that it offered to pub
fish them itself, and this. accordingly.