Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-07
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THE following is not intended as an
item or news but rather as grim salts
faction 10 some Of our neighbOrs who
have suffered chagrin at the precipitate
retirement OF their cats just ahead of
our dog. A few evenings since the
aforesaid dog met skunk at short
range and retired from the combat
sneezing. All our neiehbors realized
that something had happened in our
yard. The dog went into retirement.
We don't know anything about the
party OF the second part; we have rot
looked for him. We did not bury the
dog although there were moments in
which we were tempted to do so. Some
of our readers may recall that some
time ago during an epidemic of this
kind we gave through our column
recipe for skunk bite, viz: Sponging
with wash of three parts water and
one spirits of ammonia. We gave 1t
then on hearsay. We have often wished
that we could see it tested, and this was
our chance. We let the dog air over
night and the next morning went at
him. We applied the wash three times.
Two hours from the time of the first
application there was no trace of the
odor about him and he was allowed to
return to refined society,""
Aroostook county sends something
more valuable than honey, hay, pota-
toes and Shorthorns out into the big
world. AT the children's parade at
Asbury Park, n. j., last week, in which
more than 400 babies and children took
part, sweet little Caribou girl, five
years old, Margaret B. Hall, won the
first prize for express wagons, by repre-
senting IA Maine Rose" She was
seated in the center of a huge paper
rose, and her wagon was drawn by
three girls dressed as fairies. Besides,
a pretty picture of Margaret-sWeet
II anne it Island her outfit is given in
the New York Tribune of Thursday.
Followers of Maine interscholastic
sport who attended the resubmission
in Bangor, last week, were
drawn to "reminiscences by the pres
ence of three men who were conspicu-
Gus in High school football battles of
former years. The trio was composed
of DR.. George Langtry Crockett, orator
and politician, John L. Sullivan of
Portland and Edward p. Murray of
Bangor. Sullivan and Murray were
captains of the Portland and Bangor
High school elevens in the fall of '94,
when the war waged by the two teams
was one of the fiercest in the school
sporting annals of Maine. DR.. Crockett,
a graduate of Tufts, had not entered
politics then but was winning fame as
Il football coach. SO successful had he
been with the Hebron Academy eleven
that he was called upon to help train
the Bangor athletes for the third and
decisive struggle with Portland, each
team having a victory to it's credit.
Bangor having won in Portland while
Portland was the conqueror at Bangor.
DIR. Crockett had eloquence then as
now and the way he, eXhorted his SOL
diers from the sidelines will long be re-
He didn't use mega
phone but his voice could be heard the
length of the field. Bangor won the
third game after one of the scrappiest
contests ever seen on Maine grid
iron. DIR. Crockett and Messrs Sulli-
van and Murray met at the close of the
and talked over old times.