Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-16

Mrs. John McKinnon of East Cor
NTH, comes into prominence as a rails
err of tropical fruit by the production of
an orange tree raised in her home of
16 fully developed specimens. The
| tree is of q dwarf variety, standing
only about 20 inches in height and is
| five years old. This is the third year
| it has borne fruit, it producing every
| other year.
| The Portland clothing stores had q
plan arranged to close all evenings, ex-
cent Monday and Saturday, but one
dealer proved balky and the scheme
| fell through to the great grief of the
clerks.
Bangor is going to have new pub
| lie library some day, but not until more
money is on hand than the Golfers now
hold The fund now amounts to $11O-
600 and the plans call for $150,000. The
trustees would like to have 100000
in sight before they begin to build, but
they do not propose to call on Carne-
gle.
A writer in the Machias Republican,
in making plea for the local observ-
ance of Old Home week, appropriates
this story which comes from Seattle,
Washington: Not long ago man
was upset out of his boat in the har
Dor. not far from the wharf, and
| to all appearance was drowning with
out attracting attention, until at last
he exclaimed: '"Help, Help, / am from
| Machias, Me- - Immediately a dozen
| boats all manned by Machias people
were Fastening to his rescue and he
was saved" Whether true or not the
story only illustrates the fact of the
thousands of people, residents of other
sections of the United States, whose
parents, grand parents or great grand
parents or ancestors lived in Machias
since 1862 Seattle Portland, Port
Townsend, Sacramento, San Francisco,
Los Angeles. Oakland on the Pacific
coast are well represented by Machias
people. At one time less than thirty
years ago there were two hundred ma
tives of Machias by actual count in two
wards of Minneapolis, Mimi; one ward
was called 'MaChiaS ward" ST. Louis,
Chicago, Duluth, Dubuque of the larg-
er places of the West have quotas of
the sons and daughters of Machias-
meaning the five towns which made
the Machias, 1863 to 1S27-while New
Orleans Atlanta, Washington Balti-
more, Philadelphia, New York New
Haven, Providence. Boston, Portland,
could send hundreds to the old town
for an Old Home celebration.
Westbrooll fishermen have been
boasting of the fish they caught, but it
took the en-year-old son of air. Ed
ward Gilman to carry off the prize.
Little George Gilman was at Sebago
and some Boston parties took him out
fishing with them. When they came
back, the young man displayed the re-
suit of his skill in the shape of an
eighteen pound salmon. Later in the
week the same youngster, landed two
nine- FOUNDERS to swell his list, making
a sum total of thirty six pounds OF fish,
Think of a man starting off at q
double quick for 80 miles without stop
ping, overtaking en- route and leav-
ing far in the rear speedy horses, and
yet doing all this with scarcely any
WEAKNESS and no injury whatever to
his physical system. And yet Edgar.
B. Welch of Webbs Mills. Casco, Cum
berland county, United States of Amer
lea, is the being in human shape who
time and again has accomplished this
and kindred wonders Indeed his feats
at running. bo.l short and long dis
tances have made him famous through
out that section. OF late, however, he
has been more conservative in his run
ming. for he is getting past his prime,
he being now 81 years old. He was