Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-23

who landed his 91st bear, last week, is
pressing him hard.
Poland Springs never had such
crowd at this season. Last Sunday
228 guests were registered there.
A number of the lovers Of music in
Waterville are said to be planning to
hear Suzanne Adams in Augusta on
October 9th.
Frank w. Hovey, formerly lawyer
in Pittsfield, and later in Biddeford, and
who was disbarred in York county for
unprofessional conduct, has had pro-
ceedings commenced against him to
disbar him in Los Angeles, California.
Maine for the next few weeks gives
her particular attention to the enter
.ainment of the man behind the gum
Bah Times.
And unfortunately the man in front
of the gun will probably require con-
siderable attention.
Less than one-fourth of a mile from
Bull Rock bridge on the New Meadows
is little island quite close to the east
shore. Ii is owned by Mrs. William l..
Brown. A century since there was a
land dispute among good neighbors
and the outcome was that the little
island--a patch of land with a couple OF
trees on it and almost Worthless-Was
sold for a pound of tea. The dispute
over the land was thus settled, but
very few people nowadays would give
Tor the island it's original price. It's
name, from this transaction derived, is
THE Pound of Tea Island and that is
the name by which it is still called.
Several business and professional
men of Calais were neatly dome" dur
ing the week by a slick individual who
claimed Portland as his home, but in
each instance the touch was Il gentle
one. The plan of the fakir was as fol-
lows: Selecting the name of a victim
from the signs along the street he
would casually enter and claim rela
tionShip, alleging his name to be the
same as that of the gentleman upon
whom he was calling. After talking
genealogy for a time, usually in a very
glib manner. the fakir would spring a
hard luck story upon his relative
which usually ended in an appeal for
pecuniaIy assistance to help him get
back to Portland" Very few men will
be mean enough to go back upon Il pos
sible cousin when a small amount will
aid him. and the result was q respecta-
BILE harvest was reaped by the smooth
stranger until one of his victims hap
pened into d place where he was at
work upon another victim and exposed
his scheme.
One of the best reasons for the ask
ing and the granting of a pension is
that related by Bath correspondent.
A big six footer who lives down the
Sasanoa had served with credit during
the Spanish war and had returned
home. like Cincinatus, to resume opera
tions with the plough. There was,
however, an insufficiency of money for
the guidance of the plough and run
ming of the form and so my friend de-
cided to obtain a pension. He could
not write, which made it necessary, as
IS so modish with the trust people
these days, to call in an underwater
and this gentleman was at a loss what
to write and how to write 1t. mere
was considerable talk back and forth
between pension seeker ana scribe
when finally the six-foot veteran of
bloodless campaign, said: Tell 'em
I'm all broke up and dead broke. too
This was indited, forwarded to Wash
ington and Uncle Sam granted the re-
quest Probably it is the prlefest pc
tition for a pension on file In the ar
ohives of the war department.
At tho state convention of the w. C.
r T.. in Dover last week the ladies for
mallv and without reservation exon
Grated themselves from any connec-
tion whatsoever with the chain postals
ard chain letters which have been sent
forth in their name. Some lfioiviuudi
started these postals going ostensioiy IN
the interests of decreasing the con-
SUMPTION of cigarette smoking. he ala
this in the name Of the w. Z. L. u, and
tho organization has a department de-
voted to the suppression OF the small
white smoke-stick the members
thought it quite the thing to receive
s,,cb nostals Consequently. they filled
them out as directed and sent them
along 70 the addresses given. The la
dies of the W. c. T. u, believe that the
,a,o,;,,a hahind the movement is the de-
s;ra 80 sacyre a varied list Of names for
advertising purposes. bu' Whatever II
may be. it is none of their work and