Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-20

OF 1903. but the loss, this year, Is $oO,0O0
less than in 1903.
The merchants whose Christmas
| stocks are badly injured by the dust
from the streets wonder why a street
sprinkler should not be used in Deem
Der as well as in August.
Names champion election gambler is
| a Portland man who mas made 127 bets
| large and small. on various elections
this years. local. State and national
and won 1903 Of them. And the curious
| anything but politics.
The newest Maine converts to the
| sport Of autOmObiling ere the Kicker
brothers Of Poland Spring. This enter
pIising and up to date firm has just
purchased two large, new touring cars
| of the latest 1905 improvements for use
| Of their guests at Poland Spring and at
| the Samoset III Rockland next season.
Frank Keith Ryan. Bowdoin 'O5, is
having more than his share of troubles
during his college course. A year ago
he spent several months in the Maina
General hospital on account of injuries
| received in football and now he is
o,iarantined with diphtheria. He is the
leader OF the glee clup and one of the
| most popular boys in college,
| Stow. snow the beautiful snow. and
nothing would be more beautiful to
Maine lumbermen just now than a good
fall of foot or two of damp snow to
| cover the rocks and StUmps and make
tie shedding in the woods what it
should be to get the winters cut of logs
| TO the landings. So far this fall the
io-c;:,i, conditions have been excellent.
\ about the best ever known. The
weather has been cold all the time, the
swamps froze over Early. and there has
| been enough snow to make the yarding
Of the logs very easy matter. The
| conditions have been SO good that the
yardng will probably be finished the
| first OF January. The conditions which
| have been so good for harding must be
| improved considerably before hauling
! to the landings can DC conducted sue
cessfully. On the tote roads it is fine
shedding but foot or two Of snow are
needed to make the shedding what 1t
should be for getting the logs to the
landings. There is fine bottom for
the snow and if it should come now the
lumbermen would be sure Of getting the
logs to the landings in record time ard
before the March thaxs break up the
roads.
! There is certain Young man in
Brewer who looks embarrassed when
footwear Is mentioned and even
glanCes apprehenSively at all the shoe
store signs. and thereby hangs a tale.
This young fellow who is we'll known
all over the city. has Leen in the habit
Of calling on lady friend in Bangor.
The fair object of his admiration lives
With her parents in d double tenement
house in the upper half of which dwells
another girl. who occasionally receives
calls from her young man. whose home
is in Bangor. The Brewer boy and the
Bangor man met on the way up the
other night and went INTO the house to-
gether. What happened when the doors
closed on the two can only be conjec-
| tured but it is thought that the girls
papa must have been 4 light sleeper az
when the Brewer man attempted to
| cross the ice on his return home one
| foot persisted in turning out while the
othe~ turned IN. A close examination
| revealed the fact that enc of the shoes
which should have been climbing State
| street hill was skating around on the
ice between Bangor and Brewer, and
tie Brewer shoe was getting its -wearer
into all sorts of trouble up on State
street. AS union Of the two minated
pairs was impossible. owing to the late
ness Of the hour. more trouble ensued
and when the Brewer man awoke on
Sunday morning large patent leather
shoe was reposing serenely beside his
own modest "Crubeen." The white
light of day made very evident the fact
that the shoes were not mates and this
erstwhile young man had to remain in
doors until dark when surreptitiously
he stole forth and somewhere in the
shadows that lay between the two cities
he met his equally unfortunate COM
panion and under a solemn ice bound
oath the shoes found their right travel
ing companions. a-1
Writes the Lewiston Journals Bow
dcinham correspondent: This town
we'll claims her share OF prominence
among the leading towns of the State
In the past. as well as in the Present,
this town has been the home Of many
distinguished men. Judge Nathan
Cleaves began his law practice here:
Colby, the founder of Colby University,
was raised in Bowdoinham. He was
the son of Josiah Colby. His father
died when he was small boy. and his
elother, with her Two sons. moved to