Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-28

time was caused by its neighbors, any
way, and. besides, its own panic was
in degree "XcUsable for then 4 small
poX epidemic was not q familiar thing
for the authorities to deal with.
]. Otis Swift in one of his New Yoil,
letters says that Ike Glidden in
Maine" written by 4. Blacksmith, is q
story that will soon appear. 1t is q tale
of two young men from the hills OF
Vermont, who settled in the metropolis
OF the BURBERRY district of the Pine
Tree state. one was a lawyer by pro-
feSsiOn, and the other was country
speculatOr. The speculator traded
horses with the natives. and in that
way secured control Of a large portion
of the burberry plains, and. with the
assistance of his brother, formed the
Great Hlueberry Trust, that was sold to
an English syndicate at fabulous
price. The narrative is not without
sentimental flavor. because the specu-
IatOr fell IN love with the tavern keep
cI's daughter. The tale is full of in
teresting incidents, peculiar to New
England rural life. and affords fund
Of numor for its readers. and at the
same time interests them about new
industry of Maine that yields Il large
revenue each year to the owners of the
once barren lands of the BURBERRY
plains. Perhaps the blueberry indus
try Of our State has too long been
neglected. but few people ever expected
to see it brought to the public attention
by means Of novel. Strange things
do happen, though. Some one should
write a novel about Streaked mountain
blueberrics in oxford county. for It's
said that the berries are so thick there
in summer that they give the mountain
a blue tinge.
Jonesboro had q wild time with for
est fire last week. To help It along
there came high wind, which formed
a perfect cyclone and swept everything
before it for about one mile wide ANA
many miles long. The mills were shut
down and the wCrkmen were engaged
in the work of trying to prevent the
escape Of the fire from the edge of the
| burning mass, as nothing could be done
| in the channel Of the flames, which
| Travelled faster than Il horse could run.
| Trees several inches through were
| twisted off and went flying through the
| air all ablaze and would burn up before
| falling to the ground. Mr.. Drisko lost
| his sheep pasture fence, which he had
| Just completed at cost of $50. and it
was with much difficulty that he saved
his sheep. Seven men We're nearly
surrounded by fire. and only by the ut
most eXertion We're saved. Mr.. Gilman
had about 40 acres of nice woodland
| which had not been mOested by the
woolsman's axe for over fifty years,
being a choice piece which he had been
! saving for better times, which lay in
| the path of the fire flend and is now q
| total loss. Many others have lost
| heavily, whose names have not been re-
ported. The partridges lost their eggs
| and doubtless many birds persisted in
the flames. The rabbits fled in every
direction.
With the coming of the spring fow-
ers. the passing of Arbor day and the
approach of Memorial day when more
| than ever before q larger quantity of
| wreaths and flowers are used each year
to decorate the graves ofeour dead sol
diers, the thought naturally turns to
the significance of floral embems. the
inseparable employment of flowers
with the observance of all important
occa sions. and the history of move
mentS to adopt state and national
flowers. Thirty of the As states of the
Union have adopted state flowers. In
five states ana one territory the legis
latures by special act have legalized
particular flowers as state flowers.
These are: Maine. Arkansas, A. Texas,
| Louisiana. Vermont and the territory
i of Oklahoma. In most states the
| authorities, if such it may be called,
/ for the use of certain flowers as state
i emhlems has come from votes of the
| school children or has been adopted by
The women's clubs of the state. So far
as the history Of state flowers is con-
cerned it is not little singular that
II the earliest movement for such an en-
blem was adopted by Utah. which
| chose the sage lily for its state flower
| in 1892. This is the earliest date in
] state flower history. The territory of
Oklahoma followed in 1893 with the
1 mistletoe; Vermont in 1894 with the red
! clover: Montana in 1895, with The Bit
/ ter roOt-LeWisia rediviva--and Ne
7, braska the same year with the golden
rod: Michigan in 1897 with the apple
| blossom; Colorado in 1899 with the blue
and white columbine. and Arkansas in
= 1901 with the appleblossom. The flow
ers chosen by other states are: Maine,
pine cone and tassle; Delaware, peach
| blossom: Oregon, the native grape;
/ California, poppy; Georgia, cherokee