Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-23


to the local papers. the September we'd
ding crop is fully up to the usual rec
ord made in June.
The Riddeford scmi-centennial cele-
bration left a small deficit but it was
such a success that the city would do
ii right over again even if it knew the
deficit would be twice as large.
Bar Harbor how-wowS will have
their day each year hereafter 1t has
been decided to make the dog-show a
regular feature Of the summer season
Surry last week shipped nearly five
tons of canned blucbcrrics-the output
of its new canning factory which be-
gan business in a small way this sea-
sou. 1t is expected next years OUTPUT
will be much larger.
A letter from a New York lady. one
Il pupil Of Westbrock seminary, shows
her. after having passed the three
scOre-and-ten limit, enthusiastically
pursuing courses of reading in two an
Gent and four modern languages.
Along with the occupancy of its new
High school building, this fall. Kittery
inaugurates the one-session system i'll
the school.
a former Winterport couple, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sargent. of Evanston, ILL.,. ceIe-
brated their 47th wedding anniversary
this week. by sending a check OF 800
to the Winterport library, their third
contribution of the same size.
'Lobsters will bring the highest
prices for years this fall and winter"
said well-known lobsterman in Bath
this week. Continuing. he said, "These
shell fish ar. scarce and the fishermen
are having hard work to obtain enough
for their regular customers and few are
at present being shipped out of the
State. Another thing which will be
hard to purchase this winter will be
CLAIMS, that is. ii the winter is anything
like the two last, as the flats have been
frozen over a good part of the time and
business to tempt men to engage in the
work"
1t is rumorcd that Charles r. Dun
lap of Portland who recently secured
thc guardianship over his grandson al
Shiloh and has also won on petition
for the guardianship of his own son G.
Arthur Dunlap, now at Shiloh, is soon
to bring suit as guardian of his son
against the Shiloh Institution to rccov-
the amount of property which his
son has already turned over to Sand
ford and Shiloh This will be the most
important action ever taken against
Shiloh, and if successful will doubtless
be followed by other suits Of a similar
character by those who have lost their
all to Shiloh and then left the institu-
tioE broke"
Four members of last Jun"'S gradual
by Gen. Thomas Fl. Hubbard of New
York, Il trusted and loyal alumhus Of
the college. for positions in the Inter-
national Banking company Of which he
is president They are John r. Brett
of Auburn. Walter $. Gushing Of Ban
gCr. William r. Webb Of Skowhegan
and Stanley Williams of Portland Mr..
Brett sailed for London. this week. and
will be connected with the branch of
the company in that city. while the
others will probably go latter to other
foreign cities where the company does
business. Herbert III. Cakes of Auburn.
Bowdoin 'O4. is with the branch Of the
company at Shanghai. China.
Ralph Bailey. the eight year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Bailey of
Rivcrton road, Portland, who was Sc
verely injured by falling from a scat
folding in a barn on July "a, and whose
case has been puzZling the physicians
ever since. is now rapidly recovering
from the effects of his fall. and will
no doubt soon be in a perfectly normal
condition. The child. after falling and
striking upon his head was picked up
in an unconscious condition. and re-
manned 50 for about two weeks, all eff
forts to bring him back to conscious
ness being in vain. At last about
eleven days after the fall he slowly
regained consciousness, but his mind
seemed to be a perfect blank as far as
events, which occurred prior to his in
jury were concerned. The first words
that he uttered were. Mamma, l have
been awful sick with scarlet fever
haven't II" He seemed to improve
from then on. but the peculiar thing
about it was the fact that he would
talk and spell backwards. and upon be-
ing asked to spell his name did so in
this manner. H-p-i-a-" Y-e-l-i-a-o.
The child's mind seemed to be perfectly
turned about, and when he was able
to sit mp and take nourishment 1t was
found that he had entirely forgotten
how to use his hands. and in every way
he has had to learn everything all over
again. The case has puzzled the phy-
sicians in attendance greatly. nut as
the boy has seemed to be gaining right