Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-11

Long pond. near the Katahdin Iron
works.
Reports of a frost in the lOwlands
came in, yesterday, from various
sections.
Earthquakes continue to visit Han
cock county. The West Franklin CORE
spondent writes: There was another
earthquake shock Thursday evening
about o'clock. Since March 81, there
have been more than 100 of these
shocks here. coming from n north
westerly direction and passing to the
southeast. We would like an expla-
nation of this unusual occurrence"
Frank Rogers of South Orrington
has quite fish tied up at his wharf on
the river shore. He caught sturgeon
eight feet long, weighing $50 pounds in
his salmon net on Monday. and has
him fastened by rope so that he can
swim around in the creek. People who
wish to see him pull him ashore ami
after the inspection the big sturgeon
wiggles back into the deep water. The
sight is quite a treat to those who have
never seen quite so large a fish and
many embrace the opportunity.
Palermo. the beautiful old town near
the headwaters of the historic Sheep
scot will celebrate it's centennial, June
90, by suitable exercises at Prescott
grove, North Palermo. The sons and
daughters will return from far and
near. There will be historical
address by Rev. H. w. Abbott of
Palermo, an Grafton by Hon. o. A.
Marden of Stoughton. Mass, and cen.
tennial poem by f. c. Bowler Of
Bethel. There will also be a baseball
game and music by the Liberty band.
The Bangor commercial opposes, for
reasons of sentiment. the slicing up of
historic old Lincoln county, and says
that il would be better to give Maine a
18th county by dividing Aroostook.
The June number of the New Eng
land magazine contains an illustrated
article on Pennington which will prove
of great interest to all Maine people.
The sketch is written by Mrs. Mary
Stoyell Simpson, a Pennington girl
who is now q prominent journalist
author, and is abundantly illustrated
with fine cuts of the founders
and prominent people of the
town, and also of the State
Nnrpp11 ha Ahhntf
gether with that of Fewacres. Hotel
Willows and a view of the town. The
publicati of an article like this by
such 4 standard magazine as the New
England is a recognition seldom given
to town of Farmington's size, and its
wide circulation will give distinction to
the beautiful and historic village. The
same magazine also has an article on
Jacob Abbott, the author, educator.
historian and clergyman who long lived
in Pennington, although he was born
in Hallowell and is buried in Cam
bridge, Mass. The article is written by
Fletcher Osgood who pleads for wider
reading of Abbott's books. A third
article of special interest to Maine
readers is an illustrated article on
bog Plants" by Rosalind Richards,
Gardiner girl.
This is the way the editor Of the
Bangor News reviews Holman F. Days
new book. After saying a few nice
things he goes on as follows: There
is only one fault with the book as We
see it, and that is the picture of Mr.
Day which is given as frontispiece.
Holman F. Day is a good looking man,
who appears to be wideawake and do
ing business all the time. The picture
which pretends to represent Mr.. Day
is libel. His hat is one Of those
cheap SO cent affairs, which are adver-
tised in many of the magazines for the
mail trade. Mr.. Day never wore a 80
cent hat when We knew him. His
chief delight was a radiant Guilty
cornered" chapeau of Napo1eonic pat
tern, such as he wears when he goes
to the seat of war as a major on Gov
ernor Hills staff. 1t is then that Mr..
Day comes out in full glory, and though
we never saw King Solomon when he
was dressed up, We will bet that Solo
mon in all of his tailor-made garments,
could not hold candle to Holman F.
Day in full uniform. To put a so cent
SLOUGH hat on a production of such
grandeur is akin to a sacrilege. 1t
suggests that the magazines for which
Mr.. Day writes are hard up and have
paid him off in hats taken in settle
ment for advertising bills. While we
are about it, We may as well say that
the face which is worn by the picture
is not the Day face-nOt the everyday
face. anyhow. If you will look at the
under lip in the picture you will
observe that it has an undershOt ap-
pearance, protruding in puckered roll,
as if the owner of the lips had just
relinquished his hold upon long rye
straw, the other end of which had been
inserted in some cooling drink. or
course, the drink may have been iced
lemonade. OF which Mr.. Day is pas
sionately fond. but those who do not