Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-15

March.
A week more and spring will make it's
official arrival.
1t is explained that Fast day is now
so called because Maine holds fast to it,
The Grand Army Posts are now Sc
lecting their speakers for Memorial day.
Portland's Jack-t the Hugger is getting
up his courage again and is operating
on the dark streets.
II is announced that the annual eX-
cursion of the Maine Sportsmen's Fish
and Game association will be to Kineo
again. This seems to be the only avail
able place, the excursion to that resort
always being well patrOnized.
OF course somebody rises to recall the
fact that in 1883 we had the biggest
snow storms of the season, the first
week of April.
The Rocklard library is being moved,
this week. into the new building given
the city by Mr.. Carnegie.
There are five young girls in Thomas
ton, according to the Rockland Opinion,
who say they are to introduce new
feature in the matrimonial line. These
lassies are firm friends, and are always
| to be seen together on the street. These
girls have taken a vote among them
selves that they will have culinary
wedding when they are ready to settle
down to domestic life. At recent
meeting of the club, the girls decided
who the objects of their affections
should be.
| "A New World" Holman F. Days
story in the March number of Leslie's
Magazine, has received numerous COM
pliments from the literary press of the
country. 1t is illustrated with draw
ings by Elenore Plaisted Abbott, who,
| is a native and former resident OF Ban
gor There is also a story in this same
number by another Maine author,
George S. WATSON, THE Squires
Shrewd Move" with drawings by F. r.
Gruger.
A Portland man who maintains
summer cottage on the Cape has dur
| ing the past winter exercised a bit
of diplomacy that achieved the desired
result nicely. During last fall Il large
rat made it's appearance about the cot
tage that detied all efforts to trap or
| nd tho ppprpSSlNp cam
paisn was abandoned in despair. But
| it would not do to leave the rodent in
full and free possession of the prem
ises. as the mischief it might inilict
on the furnishings during the winter
woulG be considerable. The owner
concluded to try an eXpedient that
suggested itself to him. and as before
stated. the plan proved an emphatic
success. At least once week the cot
| taGe has been visited and quantity
| of food left in the cellar. Thls ar
rangemcnt was at once rat1fled by the
rodent which has abstained from de-
predations IN consideration for the
bounty upon which it has WaXed sleek.
BY cool nerve Grant Whitman OF Emb-
den saved his double team at a railroad
crossing of the Somerset railroad the
other morning Mr.. Whitman was haul
| ing pressed hay to this village for load
| ing on the cars. At the point where the
| incident occurred there is short but
| very steep hill down which teams must
bride if they are heavily loaded. Mr..
Witham had load of 16 bundles of
hay. too much for the horses to hold
back on the yoke and consequently he
Iappiied a bride chain. The railroad
skirts the side of the hill near the base
and at the crossing the team came sud-
denly to a halt by reason of the chain
catching between the rail and the
planking Mr. Witham was on top of
the great load, high in the air when It
came to stop. AT the same moment
| the whistle of the morning freight was
heard just around a sharp curve. There
were 10 moments to be thrown away.
Mr.. Witham saw he could not back his
team to Slacken the chain and he had
| not time in which to drive the clutch
apart. He slid down over the load to
| the pole and coolly unlocked the trace
chains, spoke to his horses as the loco
| motive bore rapidly down upon him. II
| was quick and ncrvy work. The horses
StepDed mast tho end of the sled mole