Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-13

And, in the long hereafter,
When the balance sheet appears,
If I've had my share laughter,
l will not begrudge the tears;
Washington Star.
They say that there have been more
visitors 70 the Maine building than TO
any other state building at st. Louis.
A Fort Fairfield man who gets Sloo
from 4 SIS investment III bees is con-
WINGED that there is money III other
things than potatoes. But potatoes do
not sting.
Bridgton is full of stories about 4
giant bull moose in it's woods and the
local hunters can hardly wait until
Saturday brings open time.
A kcnnebunk correspondent IN re-
lating the dOings of a local "Jack-the-
hugger" says: Each morning there is
a tale of someone being Rugged the
night before" Very likely. but just
think of the number who are Rugged
every night in that same village with
out any ldltS pelIlS tClu, lIic he>'
morning.
About the proudest young woman in
Portland is Mrs. John Woodman who
has received from the Car of Russia a
gracious little acknowledgement of 4
letter of COngratulatiOn " hich she sent
when the heir to the throne Vas born.
She was formerly a partisan of Japan
but is now thoroughly converted to the
Russian cause.
Some OF the crop, stories that come
out of Aroostook put to shame any
thing that Ananias ever did. but they
are beaten by these two items which
have appeared in Maine papers: ar. y.
Funnel of West Baldwin showed a 200
pounG squash at the Central Maine
Fair "A farmer in Greene. but ev;-
IDENTIFY not a green farmer, contributes
potato that weighs nine pounds, and
another farmer has Il cluster of cucum-
bers the smallest of which weighs four
pounds and the largest II pounds"
The New York papers announce that
William X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. has sold Il
lot on Fifty-first street, between Fifth
>and Madison avenue. New York city.
and is said to have received Sis, 900 for
it. The purchaser is JOnn Peirce, ma
tive of Frankfort, Me, and largely in
terested in the granite quarries there
and other places in Maine. He will i'm
prove the 27.6x1OO lot with five-stOry
g ho
at the cost of about slGn. 900 Mr.. PIERCE
was associated with John B. Mcdonald
in the construction of the subway and
is the builder Of the new Hall of
Records. at Chambers and Center
streets He is president of the New
York aud Maine Granite Paving Block
Company. and is director in the In
terborough Rapid Transit Company.
Mr.. PIERCE will have Morton F.. Plant.
whose mansion is being erected at the
corner of Fifty-second street. the Van
derbilts. James w. Henning, Robert
ELEPHANT and the SlOans, for neighbors.
The Georgia was the 18th government
vessel to be built ut Bath but it IS
hoped this will not prove a hoodoo 70"
III great bhllitSHlp. lie CilltItht
vessels for the government previously
| constructed there include the armored
cruiser Cleveland Of 5000 displacement:
the gunbOats Castine and Machias.
| each of III tons displacement and
each record-breakers OF their class for
speed: the gunboats Newport and
Nicksburg, each Of 1000 tons displace-
ment: the monitor Navada of 3.21S tons
| displacement; the torpedo boats
| Barney. Bagley, Biddle Cravan and
| Dahgren of from JAG to It's tons dis
| placement. each; and the ram Katah-
| din of 2,125 tons displacement. The
Georgia is rot only the first battleship
| ever built in Maine but is also the first
| vessel Of the navy to &C into the watar
| with smoke stacks up and steam on.
She was thus capable of answering the
salute Of the craft in the harbor as sha
vent into the river, by giving a beauti-
| full siren blast from her own whistle.
The Wadsworth LongfellOw house
closed Saturday after a most success
full season, during which $500 paid adj
| missions. showing a gain of 525 over the
| number OF visitors last year and of 80
| over that of 1902. A large number of
people visited the house on this last
day. and the ending Of the season was
made very pleasant. The success at
tanned has been brought about to
large extent by many friends whose aid
has been given freely. The ladies' of
the three societies. the Elizabeth Wads-
worth Chapter, d. A. r.. the Daughters
of 1912 AM the Women's Literary Union
have furnished guides for the house for
about $50 days, amounting to about
1900 days service contributed. Tha
ladies Of the State have given over 49,
600 towards the new building. The
Colonial DANES Of Maine contributed
over $500 toward that amount. society
Of not large membership. Elizabeth
WadswOrth Chapter mas been represent
ted at the house by 81 of its members,
and the Daughters of 1912 by 16 and the
Women's Literary Union by 1872, maxi
ing a total of 30 ladies who have
served at the old home one or more
) days this season. 1t is scarcely neces =
sary to say that the help of all is great
~ appreciated. Much credit for the
excellent exhibit this year is due ais
to the members Of the Wadsworth and
| I ,r-In trib,rt Il