Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-19

and the President VIII not WISH tIe
Norldnds, after all.
Van Buren, has had its first circus,
but northern Aroostook expects that
now any circus will visit it which will
be too large to stop at places like Port
land, Lewiston and Bangor.
Waterville and Fairfield can hardly
wait for this afternoon to come SO as
to see their unbeatable teams beat each
other.
That explosion of As tons of dynamite
at Henderson's point, kittery, is
scheduled for next Saturday morning
and then look out for another earth
quake.
Sunehiny days and occasional night
showers approach very close to the
weather ideal for the summer season.
The town of Milford is rapidly re-
covering from the effects of the big
fire of last spring when .5 buildings
were destroyed. Many Of the buildings
are being replaced by better ones and
in the course of time the town will be
completely rehabilitated.
There promises to be d new summer
colony on the New Meadows river if
plans are carried out as arranged, to be
known as Brightwater. 1t is on the
eastern shore of the New Meadows in
the town of Phippsburg on the penin-
sula which separates the river from
Phippsburg Basin on the north side of
the entrance.
Finding her nest invaded, a bantam
hen IN Deering raised the echoes and
the sleepers in the vicinity in which
she lives one morning lately. An in
vestigation revealed the fact that a cat
with a litter of kittens had taken pos
session of the nest and retained it de-
spite the racket of the chicken. The
hens patience finally became exhaust
ed and in she marched and took re-
served seat on the cats back. While
the hen was trying to GUST the cat the
din was terrific.
That Deer Isle man is not the only
one to have a four dollar bill in the old
Continental currency. John H. Russell
Of Eassalboro has in his possession a bill
Of the same kind and fitting almost ex-
actly the description given in the Jour
nal In the description of the one
owned in Deer Isle it was stated that
the bill was signed. but that the name
could not be made out. The bill in Mr..
EussellS possession has two signatures
on its face that of -. Howard" in
black, and that of IT. Leech,'' in red.
Both bills may well be priced
highly as souvenirs of our country's
early days.
This spell of muggy. hot weather,
under which people have suffered SO
seriously during the past fortnight, is
said by the weatherwise of the coast to
be due to the underground MOON"
This is a new expression in weather
lore to most of us, but it originated on
Nantucket over 200 years ago. The
underground moon is that quarter of
the moon which changes between II
and /. either at noon or at midnight. A
glance at the almanac will show that
the moon changes at these hours with
comparative rarity. Like much other
weather lore, there may be nothing i'm
this saying, but the underground moon
is novel term to conjure with and
will confuse nearly everybody.
M lnta
ham tells of the wonderful fishing ex-
ploits Of cat which swims as we'll as
a duck, A patient watcher from the
floating wharf which he frequents with
praiseworthy persistency, this bust
ness-like swimmer waits his opportun-
ity and when there comes a certain rip
pie on the water in he dives. soon re-
appearing with a good-sized fish. which
he proceeds to eat at his leisure.
Tie New York Tribune has a cut
labelled Mrs. Peary and the Snow
Baby at the door of her cabin on the
Roosevelt" The "snow baby appears
as a child of about three years in its
mothers arms. There must be some
Peary was born at Bowdoin Bay, Sept.
Il, 1893, ana is big girl of twelve
years, quite too large to be child in
arms any more. She was the ''snow
baby" and there is no other that can
claim the title.
Any young gentleman who is consid-
ering the matter of expense of taking a
collegiate education, will be interested
to learn that at Rowdoin College 179
aids to students were rendered last
year, and the number thus benefited
is more liable to be increased than di-
ninshed in future years. This num-
Der covers 103 scholarships and % priz-
es The remainder represents aid fur
nished from the Garcelon and Merritt
Fund, and compensation paid for as
sistance in the scientific class rooms
and gymnasium, choir service. monitor
service, and other like matters. The
scholarships ran from SIP to s45, and
the prizes averaged about $40. In adj
dition to the above is the Charles Car
roll Everett postgraduate scholarship