Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-26

There was ratted 10 the town of Ma
chias, the past year. 1869 from the
sale of $1.9$S.92 worth of liquor by the
Machias agency.
Kennebunkport has another building
boom this spring ana the people oc that
section have all that they can attend 10.
1t is estimated that nearly $4,000 in
taxable property viii be added to the
valua ton of the town.
L. c. Cummings of Prospect, has two
hens that are fourteen years old. and
both are laying. one is a Poland and
the other n Golden Pheasant. a lady
OF that town has some hens that are
nine years old that are yet laying.
A Rockland man bestows odd names
upon his dogs for the very good reason
that the CANNES will not be so apt TO
respond 10 evcrybody's call. Shooter,
fer instance, is neither beautiful nor
poetic, but it answers the requirements
of oddity. + At-
West Dresden claims q gentleman
who says that he has done what no ore
else would ever think of doing. 1t is
this. The other day while busily en-
with another man he went to remove
his glasses as he thought but instead
took out his false teeth and carefully
placed them on the counter.
At the last meeting of the Fort Fair
field board of trade, it was decided that
1.-THE advertising and other newspaper
support of that town should be turned
over to G. e. Harvey, who once pub
lished The Beacon. Mr.. Harvey will
either purchase the plant now operated
there by the Leader and Farm Journal
or put in an entirely new plant.
To have lived in two towns and two
cities and yet always to have resided in
the same house is the odd experience
of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Winslow Hawkes. of
Morrilrs Corner, Portland, who cele-
brated their 10th wedding anniversary
on Wednesday. The house, mind, is
not on stills. The towns are West
brook and Deering-the cities, Dcering
and Portland. I
One of the surest indications of the
prosperity OF a town is the transfer OF
real estate. Never in the history of
Aroostook county has there been such
a demand for farms as there has been
during The past three months. Village
property has also been in good demand
1t is noticeable, too, that the prices
paid are such as indicate prosperity.
Every day transfers of forms of village
property is recorded, and in such num-
bers as to make it almost impossible
to keep track of all of them.
1t is said that the first instance onrec-
ORD, in Washington county, where a wo-
man secured pay Of the tOwnfor shoveling
snow on the public highway, occurred
| in Marshfeld. the bill being presented
| at the annual town meeting, this
spring. and allowed by q unanimous
vote. After one of the heaviest snow
storms which occurred during the Win
| ter. Mrs. Fred Berry, who resides on
one of the cross streets, realized that
she was short of stores and as no one
appeared to open the road she took her
shovel and bent to the task. In due
time she made. the road passab1e for
teams, got her supplies and later. her
cash for her first job on the highway
| It is reported that the catching OF
pollock by the use of dynamite is prac-
ticed by many Quoddy fishermen, al
though nearly all admit that it is re-
lSuiting QlStStFOuSly 10 the business ana
that it would be for the best interests
Of all fishermen could it be prohibited
This. however, can be accomplished
only by an international law, as il is
practiced in the ocean over which no
one nation has any Jurisdiction. During
the months of April and May these fish
are frequently found in great schools
When the boat enters one of these
schools sticks Of dynamite are thrown
into them and when the explosion oc-
ours the water is covered with the fish
that have been killed or stunned by the
/ force of the explosion. They are then
! gathered up by the boats and if no
further opportunity is offered for re-
i peating the act, the men spend their
time in cleaning and sailing the fish
until another school is encountered.
Those who are familiar with the bust
ness say that why the method is prov
ing so destructive is that on an average
not more than one-fourth of the fish
that are killed are picked up-the re-