Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-29

O boat,
Tell me: Is the coal man comm?
The sunshine streams burt chilly through
tho windows of my soul:
The Thunder's lett the storm track an
pockcted its roll;
Id give Il crate . roses Tor q SaDie ton
q coal
Tell me: Is the coal man comm: =.
Atlanta Constitution.
The 1906 teachers assembled at Ban
gor do more for Maine than any equal
number of persons in the State.
The football game. today, is L. of NJ.
Us. Colby at Waterville. Bates has
practice game with a Portland local
team and BowdOin's next game is with
L. of NJ. at Bangor next Saturday.
The agitation of doing away with
trading stamps in BiddcfOrd is OPP
posed by the women of the city who
find The stamps one OF the delights of
their shopping tours.
Portland's fishing fleet brought ESQ.,
600 pounds of fish to the wharves,
Wednesday. the largest harvest from
the deep sea brought into port in any
one day in many years.
At the sullivan Center church. last
Sunday there was read the same ser
mon which was preached at the dedi-
cation of the first church built on that
spot, 80 years ago. and the conSrega-
no. Il .r.,,
luted.
1t speaks well for the tax collector
| and the tax payers that of Bridgton's
taxes for 1903 all have been collected
save small amounts from three in
dividuals. Few towns have done as
| well as that.
A Saco man found Il freak turnip in
his garden, the other day. 1t had
four distinct tops. yet it was one turnip
and was grown from single seed. 1t
| weighed seven pounds and thirteen
| ounces.
4 little boy who resides in Deerlng
was brought before his father recent
ly and accused of killing chicken
who told you about it," asked the
boy. THE hen did" said the father.
Nothing more was said that day. but
the next morning the hen was found
dead and the boy being accused of kill
ing il. admitted it. saying in defence:
Yes. did kill the hen, and I'll kill
every hen that tells on me-"
Holman f. Day has written serial
story for the Youths Companion en-
titled THE Rainy Day War" The
| publishers thus refer to the story in the
| annual prospectus: There are many
hearty laughs and quiet ChuckleS in
| this admirable story Of the conflict be-
| tween d spirited young engineer and
| "A bullying lumber king. Mr.. Day ha,
been winning himself an enviable
| reputation. which this serial-one of
his longest stories and one of his best
will materially promote"
Houlton had an Arbor day of its own.
| this week. when the public spirited Sc
| lectmen set out thirty or more good
sized sple trees in front of the cary
| Public library and along the School
| street extension from Main to Military.
| Dennysville claims champion hunt
err in the person of Richie Mathewson,
a teamstcr of the Dennysville Lumber
Co. who one day during the past week
| was sent with supplies to men in the
| woods in the vicinity of Meddybemps
| ~ II i,t- hat 40 nj
up A bird or two. he took his breech
loader and six No. 8 shot shells. On
| the way up he was confronted by IA
| fine deer. that saucily came out in the
| road. seeming to say try your No 8
shot on me- Richie is not in the
| habit of refusing Il challenge of that
| nature. so gave him the best that he
| had, with the result that he placed the
| carcass on his load. and hung it up in
barn on Smith Ridge until his return.
| On the way up and back he baSsed
| four birds, and a deer. weighing 14O
| pounds. using five of the half-dozen
| shells purchased and has one left for
| the next trip. Eitchie is anxious to
| hear from anyone that has done, or
will do any better with six. shells filled
with No. S shot and a smooth bore
| brecch loader. and while engaged in his
regular vocation at that.
\ report received from Jonesboro in
dicates that an Indian Devil has
again made its appearance in the
vicinity of that town. a young man
from that place was hunting for ducks
one night recently near the mouth of
the river which flows through THAI
place and had gone ashore for time,
when he was startled by fierce howl.
which is described as one of the most
hairifting ever heard i'm the Maine
woods. AS the sound came from the
woods but a short distance from the
spot where he was camping the hunter
wasted no time in picking up his eff
fects and Fastening to his boat. He
had barely stepped aboard and pushed
off from the shore. when another cry
from the bank indicated to him that
the animal had followed him. During
thu past few wears one of these animals