Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-16

| About 80 of the young men of New
port have organized an athletic club.
| Camden is first in the field with tho
| announcement of Il Fourth of July cele-
bration.
! Deer Isle boasts of family com
prisinS four generations, that of Sam
uel Powers.
| Charles G. White. who recently re-
| eived his rcappointment as postmaster
If OronO, has already held the position
| Il years.
| In the senior class of the New Clou-
| rcstcr High school are two young la
lies who during the four years course
| have maintained Il rank of IS.
Orono reports 10J births in 1903, 81
| leaths ana - marriages. The latter
| number shows a marked falling off
| from the records of 1902, when there
were SO marriages.
Madeline. the 11-ycarS-old daughter
of II. w. Whitman of Buckficld. dur
| ing a recent illness of her mother be-
sides attending to the housework made
| 10 pounds of butter in the week.
One of Orono's young men found a
nest Of wild black ducks eggs. last tall.
ana bringing it home. he kept it until
the eggs Matched. This year, he goes to
the sportsmen'S show. taking with him
two wild black ducks to exhibit
A Bath man recently received let
ter from one Of his customers who in
formed MIN that he intended to soon
remove to New Brasker. AT first the
hJlsinpcc did M
location Of that place but finally &c
cided that his correspondent meant
Nebraska.
At the home of Amos Elliot. at North
Etunford. is Il valuable old heirloom. Il
mosaic table made By his uncle. Amos
Carter, when he WAS "A years of age,
and living in L1Wrcncc. M;Lss. The
table contains "2,Gf0 pieces of wood
nicely fitted together, the design in
the center being a checker board.
\ new system of domestic work is
now in practice in the Ladies' hall at
Gates College. Lewiston. 1t is the same
rs is practiccl 1T MI. liNyoke The
young women are given tasks for 10
minutes each day and some have to
attend the telephone and wait on call
10. ~ N''l N ~ VIII ulNIlttl. us "
minutes ut sweeping and busting counts
the same rs one hours work answer
Ing the telephone and attending to
callers.
Here's q truc yarn about Il kitten as
told by Il Bath man: "A5 n very small
kitten she had for Il companion Il cana
~ bird and Il dog. The canary bird
sang swcctly ana this kitten, Il re-
markHbly bright and unique pussie.
SucC ccdcl in initiating two or three
notes of the bird ana would vary his
purrinG by producing these bird like
sounds in his throat. Now the Kittens
dog ccmrado, on being fed. would growl
over his meat and bones while eating
to deter other dogs and cats from APP
preaching. The kitten, noticing this.
also got into the habit of growing and
almost marking like the dog. when it
was fed"
the report of an unfortunate philan-
thropy comes from IL town in the in
terror of the state. y charitable citi-
zen gave happiness to Il number of
worthy families by the donation to
each Of Il fine turkey for Christmas
In one instance the eldest son Of the
house. rot being accustomed to faring
sumptuously every day. became very
i'll from an overdose of Christmas tur-
key, and his father threw him upon the
town, where he is yet ana likely to re-
main for some time charitable charge |
The question now under discussion in |
that locality is whether the town can |
properly recover from the distributor !
OF the turkeys.