Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-10

Atlanta 1ollStItutioli-
Is your coal bin filled yet?
And now only two weeks to Thanks
giving.
1t would be very unkind to ask the
Maine Democratic editors to read their
own ante-election predictions
Tuesdays vote in Maine shows where
our State stands when no campaign is
waged and no effort made to get out
a full vote.
SanfOrdS sewer system is COM
to the amount of $4,000 to pay for the
work OF construction,
This is the way a North Norway COR
respondent figures: Most of the
farmers have sold their apples for one
dollar which really means exchanging
one dollar for another: Thirty-eight
cents for barrels. twelve cents for pick
ing. twelve cents for packing. twelve
cents for hauling to market, and board
the help"
Charles Sake, Bath boy has become
Il professional actor and has Joined tho
Clara Turner repertoire company. now
in Maine.
W. II. Taylor of Sabattus has al
ready trapped IA red foxes and expects
to have fully as good Il season as last
year when he got ~. AS the pcltS are
worth about five dollars and the trap
ping season only lasts five or six
record. Mr.. Taylor sets his traps I'M
der water and. of course has to sus-
pend opera lions until another year
when freezing weather comes. His
rcd letter day is the day he caught
four foxes in traps.
COmm:tnder Il. T.. Peary while at
BucksDort last week made a very ma
terial and generous donation to the
F.. NJ. G.. Seminary of a large quantity
Of blocks from the keel of his Arctic
steamship now building at Verona.
These blocks are being made into
souvenirs. five by four inches and one
half inch thick with photograph Of
the ship. Commander Pcary and Cap
tain Charles Dix the builder. engraved
thereon. and will be sold for SO cents
each for the benefit Of the school. 1t
is thought that the blocks will be ready
some time next week.
Tie Bangor News tells Of a Mr.. Gray
of Georges Corner who took his dog
out this week to chase foxes. 1t was
hopeful dog. filed with the en-
thusiasm Of youth. Somehow the
hound got switched off from the fOx's
track and went after lively lOupcer-
vier. and when Mr.. Gray came along
to shoot fox. he found Il very sad and
dilapidated dog sitting under a tree
with the wildcat overhead among the
limbs contemplating fresh assault
Mr.. Gray shot the loupcervicr and took
tho pelt home for the purpose of patch
ing mp the places where the skin was
II issing from his dog. He SAYS an
other wildcat is needed to complete the
job.
Easterly from Bath. among the
coast islands. runs a crooked and in
tricate channel through which ply
small steamers carrying freight and
Passengers as far as Boothbay Har-
Dor. writes the Youths Companion.
| There are many bays and narrows
along the way. and the confused tides
beget unruly currents which have
given the channel the name of Hell
Gate Passage. A "resOrter" living
| near the BCOthbay end of the route
| received word last summer that some
| friends would be down on the Sunday
| boat from Boston. reaching Bath in
| the evening. Unfortunately there We're
no small steamers connecting with it.
| and no way for them to come over till
| Monday. Not wishing to leave them
| to the tender merCieS Of a hotel the
resortcr applied to a neighboring ma
! tive for aid. Captain Hiram he
said. can l get you to go over to Bath
Sunday evening. with your launch. to
meet some friends and bring them
ov"ro" Captain Hiram reflected. He
wanted to Oblige. but he hated to go.
| NCii nov" WI. DdltOIi. liz Sdlu at
last. Il tell YOU how it is. You come
to git over there to upper Hurl Get,
! and they'S some considerable of a tide
makes up through there. come to git
it a-headin' you. amt only got
! seven rse-power in my launch and
l dunno as she'd really go up against
! that. I don't believe I'd care Is try
to go through upper Hurl Get with
only jest seven horse power. But I'll
tell You what l will do. I'll lend you
| my dory if you want to row over"
EiddefOrd Journal: 1T is time for
! the old-fashiCned singing schools to be-
gin in the country schoolhouses." says
II" Bangor News. Aye high time:
bit is there any section of Maine where
those singing schools. or even de-
generate Survivals of the golden age
arc now held? Hasn't modern Brother
Chapman and the Limelight absorbed
everything that remained of the old
time singing master and the Pickering
candle or uncertain oil lamp Verify.
the "ld-fashioned singing school. in
western Maine at least has followed in
IN" Footsteps of the megatherilim and