Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-12

business.
BowdOin Won the annual debate with
try to get even. today, by winning the
football game.
Lots of good people who neglected TO
take note of the change to the winter
have lost their trains and
their tempers, this week.
1t took seven tons of tallOw. five bar
rels of porgy oil and several barrels of
scap-not to mention that quart of
champagne-to make the Georgia slide
gracefully down the ways. yesterday.
Greenee oldest citizen Reuben Ray.
will celebrate his Tooth birthday, next
Sunday. He has lived in the town for
96 years and is remarkably well pre-
served mentally and physically.
An AroOstook correspondent says
that it is a very bad thing to have the
extension of the telephone system go
ing on in the time of potato digging.
Having to stop and gossip with all the
neighbors and listen to what every one
else is talking about in the busiest
season is dreadful wearing on the
nerves. More than one woman will be
laid up with nervous prostration before
snow flies.
Bangor News: Every time we hear
the mo school, bell ringing out of a
rainy morning I'VE go to the city and
find the tender youngsters, who We're
too feeble to venture forth in quest of
an education, deeply engaged in the
cutters. damming rivulets, making
crisp pie crusts from October mud. and
that shall keep their fond parents
awake for many nights.
Among the Thomaston items we
notice this suggestive little bit: DIR. G.
L. Crockett has built an addition to his
stable to accommodate his four year
old colt.-Judge Parker
At the cattle show and fair held by
Highland Grange in North PenobscOt
the other day. there was one unique
feature, namely. the large number of
cows. In all there We're shown 80 cat
tle-SJ of which We're cowS-and very
nice lot, indeed. AS these are allowed
within a radius of about a mile from
the grange hall, and as many more are
owned within the sane area and might
have beer present If pains had been
taken to bring them, We think this
place can hardly be outdone in this
kind of farming by any equal area in
State.
Last week the Aroostook Republican
mentioned some fast potato picking by
three boys named Works. Ryder and
August. the record for five hours being
80 barrels. This is considered as ex-
ceptiOnally fast work and but few peo-
pie are capable of accomplishing it.
But this week. the Republican tells of
a new record. made last Thursday,
which is considerable in advance of the
one referred to and must certainly be
the record. On the day mentioned
Frank D. Bishop, who is working for
John B. Lyon. started in in the morn
ing to pick up 21O barrels in ten hours.
It was certainly a high ambition, and
was placing the goal quite n way in
advance Of the ordinary days work.
Mr.. Bishop began his days work at six
o'clock in the morning and from that
time until eleven o'clock-just five
hours-he picked M 105 barrels Re-
suming nis labors after dinner, he,
worked until three when rain began to
fail and he stopped, having picked up
during that time 14S barrels. This is
pretty big story. and to a person living
outside the county seems almost i'm
possible. But there We're six witnesses
to the record. who are prepared to
swear that it is true and is no stretch
Of the imagination. The only hep
Bishop had was that usually given to
any one working for record-the bar
rels were placed in POSITION for him.
The feat could not be accomplished in
ordinary years for the tubers do not
always attain the large size they have
This year. The potatoes were of the
Green Mountain variety. and Mr.. Lyon
says were yielding 100 barrels to the
acre.
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