Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-13

While blowing near the banks or
Belgrade stream, last week, James Z.
Hewitt of Belgrade unearthed mud
turtles nest containing 40 eggs. These
eggs, which are almost perfectly round,
are about an inch in diameter and are
white in color. The turtle lays her
eggs on the shore, covers them lew
inches deep with sand and leaves them
there to be Matched by the heat OF the
sun. Evidently the sun had not been
enough in evidence. this summer, to
bring these to the Matching point ana
the 1902 turtle crop in Belgrade is at
least 40 short of what it would nave
been under normal conditions. Nests
with few eggs are quite often found,
but it is extremely unusual to find as
many as We're turned out by Mr.
Hewitt's plowshare. Only two of the
40 were broken.
Bowdoin Orient: 1t is interesting to
note the differing attitudes of the cor
respondents who write to the daily
papers from the four colleges of the
State in regard to football prospects.
Maine shows the extreme of self-con-
fidence mot to give more personal
world, frankly sure that it's hardest
game will be with Harvard, that the
games in Maine will be questions OF
the size of the score, and that the
game with BowdOin in Bangor IS
simply lOcally-interesting practice
match. Bates is also reasonably sure
of itself, but not so certalnly-Sure,
indeed. that it has the best of the
chances to win out, but always ready
cautiously to lament poor condition
of players just before a game. Colby
is vacillating in mood, but mostly
keeps his mouth shut and hopes for the
best, with a team made up of prac-
ticed men. And BowdOin? BOwdOin
has profited a little by recent years.
and it is going to tell the plain truth
without gliding about the condition OF
it's teams, and put in its best efforts to
make out of some unprOmising ma
terial a team that will show up as
strong average team, foundation lot
, champion teams later, and that Will
surprise us itself with a few we'll
earned victories.
Bangor people can keep warm, this
! winter, after all. The Bangor News
was inclined to kick at the early hour
at which the train for the east will de-
part under the winter schedule, but
now decides that it is disguised charity
on the part Of the management. Says
Editor Eaton: while most of the
quiet residents Of Bangor who paid any
heed to the change in the time tables OF
| the Maine Central railroad, were sur
prised and mildly shocked to learn that
| the man who was going east from
| Bangor on the morning train had pet
! ter stay out and make a night of 1t II
| he hoped to be on hand at the right
! hour, not a few of our citizens were
| compelled to take a more cheerful look
| at the matter and to believe that the
great railroad had changed the running
| time out OF pure charity for the poor
| people who could not afford to buy
! coal. and who would find the warmth
| of the station stoves very Comforting
| at 3 O'Clock on a cold winter morning.
| Under the new arrangement of trains
| it is inferred that the waiting rooms IN
| both stations will have to be kept open
until very late in the morning. if not
for all night. AS result of this al
teration in the program, the chilled
| and coalless families who cannot furn-
ish fuel for the heating of their homes.
| NAV take an early trip to the railroad
stations. and under pretense of going
east at the unhallowed hour of ) A.
| NJ, get such a cheerful measure OF
| heat that they can eat cold preaKIast
I and go to work without enduring the
| full agony of freezing