Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-31
STATE HOUSE.
Farmers Institutes to Be Held
All Through November.
The New Property Of the State al
Widows Island.
The Tale Of the Tail Of a Rat-Depart
ssy ment Chat.

Inc Agricultural department is very
busy at present in managing the farm
ers' institutes held all over the State
The institutes will be held continuously
| until Thanksgiving. The meetings are
| SO arranged that those in one county
follow Immediately after those in an
other, thus enabling the management
| to attend them all without any loss of
| time. Speakers of recognized ability
and authority are secured for the in
stitutes, and as they are engaged by the
| week, delay of day or two in travel
ing would mean loss to the manage
ment. The Institutes, this year, are
proving remarkably successful, and
Commissioner Gilman expresses himself
as well satisfied with all that have been
held, thus far.
Col. Stevens, who has just returned
from Rockland, where he went to make
arrangements for repairs on the hos
pital at Widows island, reports that
considerable repairing is needed on the
building to put it in good condition, but
that little work will make it all right
for the winter. The chimneys are be-
SiiiIiHf3 " Idli, anu Will NC lchCI uOWI1
as far as the roof, so that the holes may
be covered with tin to prevent leaking.
| In the spring, they will be rebuilt and
other repairs will be made. Just what
the State can use this new present for
| is somewhat of a question. 1t is stu
ated on little island of some ten acres
extent. is not remarkably easy of access
and has no facilities whatever for light
ing and heating. One man with his
family has lived there for years, being
under the employ of the United States
Government as care taker for the
building. He has had pretty much of
a soft snap, as there was absolutely
nothing to do, most Of the time, and he
| drew salary of 5000 per year. Now
| that the State has taken the manage
| ment, the care-taker will probably not
be required to stay on the island, or to
do more than make an occasional visit
theress This Will cut down the salary,
and be the eaS{pg of one government
snap MI
F. B. DeS4Af0lHs of Fort Kent, who
was chefsofS Clark Cottage Club at
the last sess0 IT the Legislature. and
who was .also janitor of the Maine
building at .tIse Chicago Exposition, was
visitor az the Capitol. yesterday. He
brought Chairman Carleton of the fish
and gap1s commission several curiosi-
ties QNAh&as a white birch slab with
the bark sAll on. upon which had grown
a Iafsesafid handsome shelf fungus.
Mr.. DesJardins had pasted a number
DC the birch leaves in their autumn
colors to the bark and vanished them
making the whole thing a very hand
some oddity. Another thing he brought
was something decidedly interesting to
the ininerafogist. 1t was specimen Of
quartz rock from the bed of the AL
lagasI. where the waters run swift and
clear land the big trout make their
home.2 The specimen was in the shape
of a cube about three inches each way.
and the top was set with little. roughly
spherical masses of crystals, resem-
bling burdOck burrs and of about the
same size The crystals composing the
hurrs We're very small clear and
delicate, triangular in shape.
The electricians have about completed
their work in the Executive quarters.
and the painters and decorators VIII
probably complete theirs on Saturday.
On Monday, the floors will be ready for
the carpets, and the carpet firms will be
notified to that effect. 1t is not certain
that the quarters will be ready for oc-
cupation at the time of the next meet
| ing of the Governor and Council, but
| it is hoped that they may be. The
Board of Registration in Medicine VIII
meet in the Judiciary room on Wednes-
day, Nov. II. at $50 A. M. for examina-
ton of candidates and awarding OF
certificates. This is the annual meet
ing of the board at the State House.
One meeting is held here. every year.
and two are held in Portland.