Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-20

Winters sure to borro"
BLOSSOMS U the May.
Somewhere skies are s1'iihs
Weather never gTuH
Hives they need the money,
An the honey's got u cons I STANTON
A WatervilIe man recalls that' ~
years ago, 10 inches of snow Tell OH
April "a.
The Fast day Mayfower parties VIII
be somewhat less numerous anu sue
cessful than usual.
Bath is already making plans for the
launo hing of the battleship Georgia.
next fall.
How orcharding pays in Belgrade IS
indicated by the fact that 133 carloads
of apples have been shipped from that
station during the winter.
The Kennebec Journal announces
that it is waiting to near from 'iie
farmer who plants the first early peas.
1t will have to wait some time yet this
year.-Winthrop Budget.
Not very long. l.. j Hewey or East
Pittston wrote that he planted some.
March 81, which are doing nicely and
S. j. Locke of Newport wrote that w.
w. Cole of Etna had planted an acre
April 6.
A Saco masked ball. in which Happy
Hooligan was one of the chief features,
was made realistic by the entrance of
three policemen who arrested Happy
after Il desperate struggle and escorted
him from the hall.
Camden is the first to come to the
front with it's program for the Glorious
Fourth. There will be a full days
sports. In the forenoon, there will be
boat races and swimming races, on the
harbor and numerous other attrac-
tons on the park and in the square. In
the afternoon there will be three trots,
and perhaps four, with the usual small
err attractions on the grounds; also Il
ball game. In the evening there will
be fireworks of all descriptions, and a
dance, most probably in the opera
house unless the association builds 4
hall on the grounds. which is much
needed during fair week.
This incident is related as happening
in small village in Androscoggin
county. A woman who had suffered
| considerable pain from Indigestion, at
last resorted to medical advice. The
physician made thorough inquiries and
promptly pronounced the case to he
appendicitis. You must be opera ted
| on at once" said he with much decis-
! ion. But this is strange" said the
| woman, very strange indeed, when
NO, it isn't strange at all, madam" in
terrupted the doctor, have known
severe cases to develop in shorter time
| than this" WELL" sighed the woman.
perhaps you are right, but my appeIl-
dix it at home in Il bottle where it has
been for the last two years."
Commissioner Gilman has been in
vestigating noregard to the presence
of the brown tailed moth in various
| sections of the State. He has found
| no evidence of their presence in central
| or eastern Maine, but found a number
| of specimens in Kittery. He employed
| an entomologist from the University of
| Maine to go there and look over the
| field for few days and he will shortly
| make report on the subject.
A DamariscOtta correspondent tells
| about the gleeful way in which little
pet doggie turned himself loose in a
120 chickens in as many seconds. be-
| sides lot that he crippled which are
passing in their checks from day to
| day. The dog is Il good dog now. A
hypodermic injection of No. shot
| cured his weakness for chickens.
There is much talk in Bristol in favor
of a movement toward having the
| town divided. The action of the town
in voting for a high school which will
| be of little. if any, practical benefit to
| one section. encourages the division
| sentiment. The idea as outlined in the
| hiliiNtS VI foOlIle nave lOilS tHtilSHeu the
thought of dividing the town, is to
make threefOld division, making three
towns out of one as follows: Cd New
Harbor and Pemaquid, CO Bristol
Mills, Walpole and Round Pond, CD
South Bristol. To those interested it
seems quite evident that Bristol is too
large tcrritorially to be wisely managed
as one town.
| The death at Montague on Friday Of
Thomas Cleary removes the last of q
family of four brothers who, three
years ago. We're enjoying health and
prosperity, and leaves two widows and
an aged mother to sorrow over re-
markable series of Affections. The
Clearys conducted a general store at
Montague. In 1901 Patrick died; in
1902 came the death of Joseph, who is
survived by his wife. On Jan. Z. 1903,
the store at Montague was wrecked by
| an explosion of acetylene gas, and
James was killed, while Thomas was so
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