Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-07


1t is the height of the school picnic
season.
Saco and PASSPORT are happy in Il
good crop Of June weddings.
The summer smallpox scare is not
resulting in a very high death-rate.
Rowdoin VS.. Harvard at Cambridge,
today, and Bates VS.. L. of NJ. at
Orono.
Otis and Winter Harbor are two
Hancock towns which have announced
Fourth Of July celebrations.
A 1917 pound shad caught by Emery
G. Sedgley, this week, is said to be the
largest ever caught near Bowdoin-
ham.
The Express puts in n plea for a
recreation pier in Portland for the
benefit Of those who cannot afford to
go to the island or the nearby resorts.
1t is rumored that a corporation will
soon be formed for the purpose Of
building an electric railroad from
Ellsworth to Bar Harbor. A number Of
well known business men of Bar Har-
Dor are interested in the project and it
is probable that a charter will be asked
for at the session Of the Legislature,
next winter.
Another bear story comes from Hol-
den. This time it is a 400 pound ami
NAL which proved to be invulnerable al
though Holden citizen fired four shots
ct him. The bear with absolute calm
ness and an impressive display of dig
nlty walked into the woods while the
citizen was loading for the fifth snot.
Machias follows Addison with the
discovery of oil END there is no little
excitement over the matter. An expert
pronounces it petroleum and develop
ments ara anxiously awaited.
Dover will reach its Tooth anniversary
next year and it is suggested that the
event be appropriately celebrated by
the town. Dexter's celebration last
year was of so successful a character
that some of the citizens believe it
would not be out of reason to expect 4
successful ona in the neighbOring
town if the citizens but take hold of the
matter.
This spring and during the winter
Bowdoinham folks may have heard Il
peculiar blast from one Of the loco
motives which runs through in the
evening. Well, that's "Jim's" signal
TO his mother, and every evening when
he goes through he pulls the cord, and
his mother far up on the hillside comes
to the door and waves the lantern and
it's a signal that ais well at home.
People who believe in tsigns'' and
omens are now recalling the fact that
he five-mastad schooner Arthur Seitz
stuck on the ways when the first at
tempt was made to launch her, and
point to that as an "unlucky" circum
stance that finally hoodOoed her onto
Wasque shoaI. Another feature OF
the launching has been cited by old
salts. and that is the fact that she was
chrstened with flowers, and not with
bottle Of wine, which has always
been the orthodox manner.
Tt is an unusual sight to see three
lawyers located in North Vassalboro
at one time. The Nails correspondent
Will guarantee that there will be fools
enough to keep them all engaged
Waterville Mail.
This way of putting it is little
rough or the three lawyers in question
Vassa1boro.
Waldoboro is said to be the only town
in Maine where a Post is located, that
makes no appropriation for memorial
services. With the assistance of a
splendid Relief Corps, however, the
Post has faithfully performed the
sacred duties of Memorial day from
year to year.
one of Brunswick's bellies has an
nounced that this years Ivy and Com
mencement dances will be the last that
she will attend. Rumors of her en-
Sagement are being circulated about
Bath Enterprise.
Why not dance after she is engaged
or even married? There are cases on
record where social favorites, particu-
larly Brunswick bellies, have done this.
Waterville Mail: Augusta is rejoicing
over the action of the Maine Central
management in deciding to have the
early morning train east start from
Gardiner in the future instead of from
Waterville as heretofore This will be
a decided convenience to the down
river people who desire to travel east
in the early morning and yet do not
care to take the Pullman for that Dur-
pose. The return of the train early in
the evening will also be a convenience
for people in this vicinity who wish TO
go down river. Unless the cost of this