Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-31


present against any attack by foreign
| fleet.
Another hot wave is due about this
time, but there might be worse things
come to Maine than that.
Only week before the soldier boys
come to Camp Cobb. their first encamp-
mcnt at Augusta since 1902.
There is rivalry enough in the Trolley
| league, but it takes Waterville and
| Fairfield to get really hct under the
collar over baseball.
1t is estimated that 1000 bushels of
blueberries valued ut $1,000 are picked
yearly on the Brunswick plains.
Another step has been taken toward
that trolley line from Augusta to
| Watervillc. 1t will pc reality in the
due course of time.
1t is said by the Portland ADVERTISE
|
him from Europe now followers for
| Shiloh and money enough to tide his
| people over for some tine to come.
| The Advertiser does rot believe that
SANFORD or Sandfordism will reach
| the end of their rope for some time"
Frank Carter Griffith, librarian at
Poland Spring. has Just made a con-
tract with 4 Boston publishing house
| for the publication of a novel written
| by him last winter at California. 1t is
entitled THE Man from Maine: An
Episode in the Life of Asa King" The
| locale is Dixfield, and the Man from
| Maine" goes to South Africa on Il
consular appointment. 1t is a sort of
David Harum study from real life.
home for its new principal. Ernest
ROliston Woodbury., who will COM
mence his duties in that capacity at the
| beginning Of the scnoCl year. 1t is
| through the generosity of Mrs. Annie
| Calef Thornton and daughter, Miss
Mary Thornton, Magnolia. Mass, that
| the famous old fitting school will be
| able to furnish Il lesi'lcEce for its
principal 1t was Mrs. Thornton who
presented Thornton with the beautiful
Thornton Memorial library. She has
done much Cor the educational inStitu-
| ton in years gone by and il would seem
| that she has not yet finished with the
| academy for every it'll" while she
| makes some new proposition to the
academy trustees regarding improve
mentS that she cOHtomplateS. Her
generosity has been unusual, and
Thornton will ever nave reason to be
| thankful that it has such 4 good friend
| The residence will be built near the
| school and will be of the Colonial type.
On an Old Orchard car the other
night half dozen young maidens were
discussing things dramatic. One
volunteered the Information that Cleo
patra had auburn hair. The others
didn't think she did. and they finally
| left it to q young woman who had been
gazing out into the night evidently
| thinking OF a lover far away. She
l
| was to die could not tell. It's been
so long since l have seen her!''
The number of names in the Bangor
directory for 1905 is 1876, which COM
pared with that of II ,i2S in 1903 shows
| a gain Of 1853. OF the total number of
| rames $3.50 are males and 267S females.
"a co-partnerships and 224 corpor
| atoms. The number of business houses
doing business as firms or co-partner-
ships shows marked decrease, the
number being 20 less than in 1903. The
corporations have Increased from 100 to
224 This only marks Il Grange that s.
taking place all over the State, The
carrying on Of business by corporations
| instead of by individuals.
A sad state of affairs at Canton! Up
| to last Tuesday night there hadn't been
a shave or a hair cut in the town for
more than two weeks-:hat is unless
| one performed the operation himself
Every man Rad let his wbiskers grow
| until old friends failed to recognize
| each other on the street. since the
DdrDef SHOP WAS ClOSeI owing TO the
death of it's owner. Tuesday evening
| saw the shop doors again opened by Il
| barber from out Of town. When notice
| was given that the shcp would open,
FOR at least three hours before the ap-
pointed time. 4 large crowd surroundei /
| the door waiting for first turn. much
like the gang that congresates around
the ticket wagon at the circus. Inside
Gf five minutes after the door opened
| the barber was "up 10 his neck" so to
speak, in shayeS and hair cuts.
The Cross. Hill correspondent of the
Journal points out that one need not go
10 oxford county to find a remarka BILE
coincidence in the matter of names.
In the family of Byron Hit of River
| side are five children. three sons and
two daughters. their names all begin
ming with L. They are Lois, Llewellyn.
Leslie. Leonard and Lillian In the
| family of the late Enoch Merrill of
Stony Brock. Augusta. were five
daughters whose names all began with
II. namely. Mary, Mercy, Maria Mels-
sa and Marietta.