Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-08
ALL OVER HE STATE.

Inc ' image improvement society ol
Swans Island will lay 5000 feet of
plank for sidewalks. this summer.
The selectmen of SpTingvale have or
dereG 40 street signs Of enamel in blue
and white, in accordance with the vote
at the recent special town meeting.
Rockland is enjoying larger meas
uIe of prosperity now than for many
years, and as a result there are fewer
vacant stores there, and rents are hard
10 find.
A Boston company has established
plant at Mars Hill for the distillation of
the oil of cedar from the Eoughs Of
small cedar trees. 1t is n paying bust
ness and gives employment to Il num-
Der of hands.
While. picking over dandeliOn green's
recently, Mrs. Amanda Edwards of
Phillips, found a dandelion stem that
was made up of six stems that had
grown together and was more than a
hllf-inch wide.
]. W. Smart of North Scarsport is the
owner of a unique ducklins. 1t has
four perfect feet ana legs two forward
and two hind legs. resembling some
what the legs Of a frog. The duckling
is perfect i'll every other way.
Th, builcing boom is at its height in
South Portland and there are at the
present time moro houses in process of
construction than there has been at
any one time Tor many years. The
boom is not confined to any one sec
uon, but is spread out all over the city.
one of the best charities maintained
by the Portland Young Wtmen'S Chris
tldn Association is the Summe. camp al
Falmouth toreSide. 1t gives Il Vaca-
ton outing to a considerable number Of
women who would otherwise have 10
change from the routine that is wear
ing them out
partridge and her 10 children are
attracting many to drive along 4 pref
" road at otis, where she with her de-
lightful family may be found, at any
time without the least .hynpss. ON.
paby partridge was caught pttted and
named and let so, to come again when
its name is called.
lobster shell minus the body re-
Gently attracted considerable. attention
IN Camden. In pulling VI Il lobster car
+ j. Willy found the body crawling on
the bottom of the car and the shell "
ing IN Another place. IT is whole ami
Lntil closely examined one would think
II Wa 4 first class lobStrl.
Parties recently ent red the private.
grounds of Julien d't,4tr AZ York Har-
Dor aud dill considerable damage to
,hade trees and Shrubbrry Nv hacking
and cutting in such a manner as to Al
most totally destroy them. a reward
has been offered for Information con-
corning the guilty parties.
New sweden correspondent writes:
Il don't have to worry about hen
h, WkS l"r pair Of crows have a nest
near the edge Of The woods In an Old
stub and Woe betide the hawk that
ventures near. Last year n whole flock
of crows swooped down on 4 hawk that
was after my chickens SO Il, beat 4
ha@ty and Russian-like retreat"
A peculiar feature II whist cont nst
played III Bidd-fori recently was tn
way in which The hoodpo number 13 Jig
ured in the scoring. After lay had b.4-
gun one side scored continuously until
they reached 13 points when they
stopped. They did not Scora again I'M
til after Is more hands had ben
played, during when TIM their oppo-
| nents had scored 70 points or twice 10.
Dr. Norton, dentist 1T Madison, has
recently been granted Il United States
letters patent on an instrument known
| as universal cervirll clamp. This
| appliance supplies a long felt want BY
dentists and is the only universal in
| strument Of its kind yet produced It
| is being received with great favor by
| the dental profession and the doctor
| expects to realize a handsome sum
| from his invention.
| Dogs that will swim out into
| stream ard get a stick which has been
| thrown out are not uncommon, hut a
| dog which will dive to the bottom for
a stone which his master throws into
| a stream is something not very often
| seen. Henry Weller Of Lewiston has a
| PCT dog. however, which he has traine
70 do the trick. The dog appears to
enjoy it Just as much as the spectators
who always gather when the trick is
| done.
a very smart old l1dy is Mrs. Eliza
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/ eight years old and who has lust COM
| ptted the top part Of a Cuilt contain
| ing onr thousand i've hundred AMI
| righty-thTee squares ard She has &c
| c"mplished all this within the past few
months. besides doing many things
| around the house to help k-r daughter
| During this time Sh,. has ,aholed under
| the int Convenience Of 4 very lame arm
| caused 10y fractured bone.
Indirectly Admiral Togo has ad
| vanC"i the cause Of education in Ouu-
| oSSoC. When it became known unite
recently that only one scholar in the
Village was aware of TOgu'S victory
ANA other remarkable events 81 mod
en- history. the city fathers determined
TO build thcm 4 s"hoolhouee There
tore. ut town meeting $500 was raised
by the town of Rangtlcy ana a modern
wooden building @4x32 will he built.
The Rumfprd Falls 4 Rangtley Lakes
| Railroad has presented the lot to the
INlilare on which the eiincp viii stand
a fan term of school will be taught
there. with an attendance of at least
20 pupils.
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