Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-21
STATE HOUSE,
Coming Educational Events of
Much Interest.
An Aroostook Farmer Pokes Fun at
Damaged-by-Deer Stories.
Twelve New Corporations File certifi
Gates Of Organization.

mId-Wintcr graduation exercises and
that is the GOrh;,m Normal school
which sends out two classes of
graduates. eacn year. This is Sr;tdua-
ton day at Gorham and class of L.
young ladies will De given its diplomas.
state Superintendent Stctson will hn
present. ANA Will 20 from Gorham to
Lewiston where the annual meeting OF
thr AndroscogSin Teachers association
viii be held. Friday. in the hall of the
Dinglcy school. The program for thi.
n!rctiEG has already been published in
trr Journal.
M important event in the Maine
educational world. next Week. will be
III" dedication Of the Morse High
~,.hool building. B;,th. Saturday after
noon. Jan. 80. This is Il gift Of the
millionaire New Yorker. {. w. Morse
- his native city. and is said to be tn.
ii! est High school building in Maine
superintendent Stctson will deliver the
q, dicatorv address. President Hyde
uf BcWdoin College will be one of the
speakers and it is expected that Mr.
Mors" will be present.
Below Is Il letter On the subject of
W,Ii knrWu -\roostook farmer. 1t ap-
pc.r"i in tn Turf. Farm and Home.
sherman. Me. Jam. IL. 1904.
MI. Editor: | have been Very much
amused nf lntc. reading Of the awful
rstvascs made To crops ana orchards by
deer ana partridgcs in the Maine
titmfr and other papers. will pre-
face my remarks hy saying: My father
was The first settler on the ArocStou!t
road from South Molunkus IL Ashland
then called the Ashland stage road. Il
distance Of about so miles. He came
h.rr part of jh" Way by spotted line
i'll !N;-. Ju.c l.. ana the three first
trees cut in what is noN the toxin Of
sherman are. still standing tccl;,rs
within - rods Of where | am writing
these linest. My father lived to be 50
years ana months Old and always
lived on the farm he first cleared. He
also had onr of the first and best or
ch;riS il .trOOstoOk county | Was
born Nav /. 1854 and with the eXcep-
tiol OF AZ wears in the Civil War. al
Ways resided on Il farm in this town in
what was Gin the siXties) Il back set
tlcfncut Have raised as high as 1000
bushels Of burnt land oats. in Il season.
and | am not aware that in all those
years | lost by Geers $500 worth of
gram. | think they must have been
Il different KIND Of animals from the
ones we have had to contend with
since the hunters license law WAS
passed don't remember of ever
hearing any one complain in old times
Of amy damage by deer. Bruin used 0
visit us in the fall and trample down
the grain. but nothing in comparison
to our own and our neighbors unruly
cattle caused by poor fences.
In regard to paTtridSes, we had az |
said a large orchard and quite near the
woods ana if the bird budded the trea.;
We We're not smart enough to discover
it. | believe the damage done by deer
and binds in the State Of Maine for tia
last - years. if a correct estimate
could he got at would not aggregate
500 or "se they have grown wonder
fully vorHcoUs Within Il year or two.
II an lvare AIr Editor. that the
men who would like To supply their
;unIh"r camps With vcnisor free of cost,
and those fellows WHO HeV"r have any
tame meat to kill would like to wipe
out al th" laws for the protection OF
fish and game from the statute books
ana let each ana every one Kill whe!I
ana in what quantities they choose.
".\ft,r tnat. then what? III ten years
time thr;c would not be one moose.
deer or caribou within tn" boundaries
of Stat".
Il say protect tn gam" ans! MAKE
the &portrlen from othcr states help
r"y tn" hills. ana ! brl;rvc right h"re
that 10 trlc sporstman will Grumb"
at i li,rnsc fee of Sl:,.0U to come here
ava hrut Stick by the commissioners
and tli.Ir WdrG"ns for to them and no
one els" are We indebted for the pl"nti-
fulncS% Of game in the State today.
\ cISHMAN."