Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-09

to take along, he purchased apples
from the orchardists in Prospect and
Stockton Springs, and went to grinding
cider as he sailed. After making
good trade at Isle au Haut for fish ne
attempted to run to Bangor before a
heavy southeastern and i'll crossing the
bay, the Matte pitched so badly that
his kegs of cider broke loose and fall
ling apart among the whole apples in
the hold. the mixture was churned by
the waves so when he got to Bangor
the Matties hold was full of cider
apple sauce, which sold for big profit.
Having made good income from this
venture. he took the next trip for
scientific study and devoted his time
to conchology, making a large and
complete collection of all the species
of molusks which inhabit the Maine
sea coast. On his arrival at South
Brewer he landed his entire collection
on wharf and having spent some time
| in asserting and pulverizing the cargo,
| he is now riding about the country
and selling his output to the farmers
for 35 cents per hundred weight Those
who have patroniZed Captain Gregg
say that his shells will make hens lay
when eggs are worth so cents a dozen,
and they would pay double price for
the goods sooner than be without
That Washington county birds nest
with eggs in incubation, the first week
| in January, is pretty good evidence Of
the presence Of the Canada jay rather
further south than1usual The nesting
in this instance seems to have been
about six to 10 Weeks earlier than
usual, though December and January
J instances are not rare enough to be
surprising. The writer has seen newly
matched Young of the Canada jay on
the Sth of March in Oxford county,
and that is about their ordinary sea-
son. The Machias man who reports
this find gives a very meager descrip-
ton of the bird, and not in full agree
ling with that of the Canada jay,
though as accurate as the greater
number of description by which peo-
pie are expected to identify birds. The
Canada jay is variously known as
wiska jou, whiskey Jack, moose bird,
robher bird. etc.
|
much as forty years ago, that young
minister on his first charge was called
upon to preach the funeral sermon
over the mortal part Of one of the
'parishs mothers in Israel. 1t was his
first funeral sermon and he laid him
self out to make an impression, and
lsucceeded. The woman had had her
faults but the minister forgot them.
This was to be expected but he ex-
Itolled her so highly that the poor be-
Ireaved husband, sitting there listening,
couldn't recognize her by the descrip-
ton Finally, in q glowing peroration,
he pictured God and the archangels
and the angels and all the hosts of the
redeemed ioyously forming a parade to
welcome to Heaven this "one of the
very best of all women" The hus-
band could stand it no longer, and,
lleaping up, interrupted him with
lbeckoning hand, gasping out: mo, no,
Ielder; not quite that. She was only
I'bout niddlin''
Bangor News: 1t has always been the
joy and pride of those who dwelt in
Ellsworth, Bucksport, Castine and
other nearby towns, that Isle au Haul
was a part and parcel of Hancock
Icounty. Senator Buck of Orland
beams with joy when he recites the
fact--and Speaker o-be Fellows seeks
out the shady hooks which overlook the
sea and hugs himself contentedly
when he realizes that he and Isle au
Haul are both residents of the same
county. For, to know Isle au Haul in
| timately is better than to be on friendly
terms with Edward VII. of England
and the acquaintance is not nearly SO
Expensive. In view of the pardonable
pride with which citizens of Hancock
county refer to Isle au Haul, it came
! to us as a shock when we learned that
! this sweet island was dissatisfied with
the environment and had desire to
migrate into Knox county, where 1t
would soon be swallowed up and lost
alncng the multitude of other islands.
Why, during the past dozen years
hundreds of acres of Knox county
islands have gone adrift in the At
lantic and been lost from the man Of
Maine owing to the fact that Knox
was a Democratic county and did not
know how to look out for her islands.
OF course. if Isle au Haut really
wishes to go over to the Democracy, !
as it were, the Legislature will con-
slider her case and use her right. But |
she had better think twice before TAX |
ing the step. For the past 200 years /
her celebrated Reach has been the I
chosen haunt of the hunting case clam. |
but if the island is annexed to Knox |
county. the CLAIMS will flee the sand |
flats and the manswho goes down to |
dig for his breakfast at low tide will /
run his pronged hoe in the flats and /
find nothing but empty bottles. And |
most everybody knows what bittes I