Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-26
HERE AND THERE IN MAINE.


Two cases of scarlet fever were re-
ported in Webster, Monday.
Charels r. Farrar and John Norton
of Bath, fish dealers, have assigned.
George Elliott Of Worcester, Mass,
has been appointed city missionary Of
Riddeford to succeed Gustav Hoerl re-
signed.
Two Surry fox hunters visited one of
their traps recently. and found only an
empty cartridge shell. Someone had
shot the fox and taken trap, fox and
all
Almon Harden reports that he has
found u nests of the brown-tail moth
in various ssetions of Mt. Desert island.
They were found ON various trees in
Guiding especially the Mountain ash,
apple, plum ana Mid pear.
An odd curiosity is the puff ball on
exhibition in a Bowdoinham store
These things found on the ground are
usually the size Of grape but this one
is considerable larger than 4 mans
head.
Three young ladies, who We're in the
employ of Calais business house to-
gother at the last Christmas season,
have all since thrown up their posi-
tionS and married, and the proprietor
of the store begins to wonder if he is
running a matrimonial agency.
Mrs. Sybil A. Jewett, aged 81 years.
for many years prominent worker
in the w. c. T. T., died at Mechanic
Falls, Tuesday. Three children. G. ;.
Jewett of Norridgewock. Mrs. A. A.
Merrill Of Fairfield, and Mrs. Lizzie
Jewett Butler of Mechanic Falls, sur
vive her.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mcdonald Of Orono
was found in an insensible condition
at the foot of flight Of stairs, carry
Monday morning and has remained uli-
conscious ever since. 1t is beNeVeo
the fall was due to shock ..
apoplexy. Mrs. Mcdonald sustalhc1
severe injuries from her fall, lncludihs
a deep scalp wound, broken shouiuei'
and internal injuries. ''I'' -
Earl Libby Of Lincoln, Is strong
believer in dreams. He came nome
rom Pittsburg, Pa, to spend his Vaca-
lion and went over to WoodVille 70 get
q door He had a dream that he had
shot n big one and so real did 1t seem
that he took his gun and started and
inside of an hour had his deer which
timed the scales at 2U1 pounds 1t was
the best one brought in so far and Mr.
Libby will go back to work. well salts
fed
About a dozen years ago a CHAP RODE
into Bucks Harbor on a bicycle. lie
was dirty and ragged and wanted
new suit With philanthropically in
,line,i resident he deposited the wheel
nc security for new outfit of clothes
and departed. A few days later along
came n sheriff and confiscated the ma
chine it having been stolen in Calais.
Last week the man who sold the suit
was in a barber shop when in walked
the chap who'd left the wheel. The
recognition was mutual and the other
fellow, the one who secured the clothes
leaving the stolen wheel as security
well he didn't offer 10 make good. Not |
ne Instead he turned on his heel ana
srooted, the other III pursuit. He was
captured and made to make good Tor
the clothes.
A well known physician of Old Town
being in need of recreation got friend
and went hunting recently. The trip
was fr1,etie in n team some little dIs-
lance from the city on a bright moon
light night. The doctor is pretty
good hunter and has hunted deer before
consequently when he saw partlcu-
larry fine specimen with towering ant
lers standing up before him he lost no |
time in thinking of buck fever but |
jcrked up his gun and fired. The ami
mai fell and the doctor hurried up 70
cut its throat He straddled the pros
trate deer and loosed his knife when
the animal made one desperate KICK
and struck the doctor full in the stom-
ach knocking all thoughts of hunting
from his system and creating in him an
intense desire to go home. He did so,
leaving The deer, and inadvertently told
the story to some of his friends