Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-02

were several quarts of nuts, bits of
bark, and other fine stuff. A soui1sal
had gone in through the exhaust pine,
and had discovered an excellent place
for a winter storehouse.
Outdoor occupations for women are
often sought after by self-dependent
girls who need TO be in the fresh air.
and here is "a most wholesome line of
trade Which furnishes livelihood to
two girls in. the State of Maine. namely
collecting bali to ship to fishermen on
the Massachusetts coast. The profit
which they, find in this is due to the
fact that all attempts to grow min
nows, redffns and mummy clubs ar
tifically having failed, the fishermen of
Massachusetts rely upon Maine for the
bait they use, and the increased call for
small fish suitable for catching pick
erel through the ice has raised the
price until there is profit in making
shipments of clubs and sticklebacks to
distant points. The Misses Carr of
Beddington, who are doing this work,
cleared last winter $500 above ex-
penses. Their total investment up to
date does not exceed $3.50 for water
pipes, tank and nets, and they expect
to realize fully $1,000 from sales of their
fish.
Bath has a Bachelor Club. Its aim
is cooperation in resisting the well
nigh irresistible charms of the Bath
buds. To date there are seven mem
bers. At the meeting held this week,
several clauses were added to the by
laws and include the following: ANY
member seen after the curfew has
sounded with a young lady Cage linn
tied to thirty unless she is a sister by
adoption shall forfeit a sum sufficient
to pay the expenses of a banquet at
New Meadows Inn for the other menu
bers of the club. Any member becom-
ing engaged or entering into matri-
mony during the year of 1903 shall give
each member a box of choice Havanas
and forfeit his membership"
The passenger department of the
Maine Central Railroad is actively en-
50 ged at present in preparing for it's
exhibit and the exhibit of Maine, at
the ninth annual sportSmen'S show, to
be held under the auspices of the Ma
tional Sportsmens Association in Mad
ison Square Garden, New York, be-
ginning Saturday, Feb. 81 and contin-
uing until Saturday, March Z. Names
exhibit this year will be the finest she
has ever attended and it is expected
that thousands of tourists will come to
the State next summer and fall as the
result of the display and the literature
which will be distributed during the
two weeks of the event.
Better thoughts to take to heart at
the beginning of a new year could
hardly be found than those suggested
by Mr.. Dooley in the Ladies' Home
Journal: Il go through tn whole year,
tryin' to avoid OWN amy man amy
thing. | can't be comfortable if l do
If l owe annywan three dollars, 1
think iv it ivry time l see him. Whin
he speaks kindly to me l translate his
top iv TIL mo.nin' into: Where's that
three dollars ye owe me?' It's painted
on tn fences an dead walls. TIL spar
owes three dollars to Misther Dorgan
TIL little stars up in Hiven forms tn
figure three whin l look up at thin.
| go to tn park an It's full iv threes,
which is joke, but meant seeryous
Ivry man / see seems to say: What a
fine fellow Dooley wud be if he wasn't
in debt to Misther Dorgan.' l lift me
hat an bow to tn fair sect settin' out
on tn front stoop an TIL look in their
eyes seems to say: Two dollars is
comp'ny bat three's a crowd l dhream
three dollars, ate three dollars, an go
out walkin with three dollars stalkin
behind me an jinglin': over TIL hills
to tn poorhouse.' Afther a while |
speculate in stocks or in open windows
an accumylate tn money, an l go to
Dorgan's an whop it down on his
counther wan dollar at a time, an says
I: There's ye'er money that we've
been taikin' about. Now come on An
whin l lave I'm three feet taller an
three dollars shorter, an tn wudduld
seems to be saying: AN honest Doo-
ley is TIL nOblest wurruk iv Gadw.' l
feel like stopDin' ivry stranger l meet
an askin' him if he hered iv that three
dollars I hurled at Dorgan this afther-
noon. Such thing is it to be tut iv
debt"