Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-16

This is the great week OF the summer
at Squirrel island.
The Wate:villc Knights Tcmpihrs are
off on a pilgrimage |" Crescent beach
today.
The First gets no hike, hut tomorrow
will be Governors 1ay N Camp cobb.
There is a lot more trouble in store
for shiloh il "has. +. Dan!:,p keeps NJ
his crusade.
The sudden fan in temperature CAV"
y severe fright to The farmers VIII" ar
raising sweet corn.
They estimate last Sundays crowd at
Old Orchard at fully 4oho0 people, all
happy and well behaved.
The Kennebunk teacher who has just
received n legacy of $4,000 will do less
Worrying than most If them about the
rest OF the vacation.
Poland Spring man mas prepared
Maine Hall of Fame bIt forgot to in
cludc the name Of Holman f. Day
among the 62 authors who appear on
the list.
Gorham's wild man turned out to
be woman and she vas not so very
wild either when finally rounded up by
| the authorities.
| Over 5000 visitors, representing every
state of the Union and many foreign
lands have registered thus far this
summer at the Longcellow house in
| Portland.
| William :. Trefeth"n, Il Peaks Island
man who is proud OF his s. years and
| who rcjoicts in the possession of great
grandchildren. took unto himself 4
wife, last week. The bride is g..
Herbert l.. Simpson Of East BrunS-
wick claims TO hold the record for blue
berry picking in this state. Friday he
picked 60 quarts and Il pint of blueber-
ries in exactly nine nuui@. and then
sold them on the spot 10 4 commission
merchant at seven rentS 4 quart. On
the previous day he had picked 10
quarts in six hours without any idea OF
trying for Il record. but on Friday n
decided to establish record that
would stand for years. and without
uOubt ne did il.
Bangor News: IL n sinner cannot
cient to last him through the year at
m August campmeetinS in Maine, his
case is wcIl-nigh hopeless. If the
evangelstS who follow up the camp
meetings fail TO win souls, the fault is
their own.
The 9Th annual reunion Of the Simp-
son family will be held at Simpson
point, Brunswick, Aug. 60. Since the
last reunion memorial. in the form of
:, great boulder. with u bronze tablet.
has been erected over the graves of
William and Agnes Lewis Simpson at
Brunswick. The boulder was taken
from the old homestead at Simpsons
point where this couple settled.
In the coming fall another will be
added to the list of books by Maine au-
thors. 1t will be Tho Rival Campers
and is by r. p. Smith, formerly Of Ban
gor. now Of New York. The scenes are
laid in and around Southport and those
who have read advanced copies of the
book say that is an Interesting story,
clevcrly told. and very readable. Mr..
Smith is the son of Ruel Smith, fOr
years stenosrapher to Chief Justice
John A. Peters. He is newspaper
man and did his first work in Bangor
on the News. From Bangor he went
to New York and has been on the Her
aid, Journal and is now on the World.
Ex-Governor Frederick Robie of Cor
ham passed the S3d milestone in an
eventful life Sunday. Governor Robie
Is stin enjoying good health and at
tends to business every Cay being the
oldest bank president in Maine and in
full touch with all of the interests of
the Institution OF which he is the hon.
ored head, the First National bank of
Portland. Governor SoDie graduated
from BowdOin in 1871. He served the
town of Gornam in the Maine legisla-
ture in 1858 and two years later he was
Il member of Governor Washburn's
council. He was again a member OF
the House from 1872 until 1876, the lat
ter term being speaker. In 1883 ne
again represented his town in the legis-
lature. He also served as member OF
the council Of Governo" Davis In 1890
and Governor Plaisted in 1881. He was
elected governor in 1882 and reelected
in 1884. Governor Robbie was in Wash
ington during the first Of the Civil War
aud subsequently appointed Il paymas-
ter in the army, serving from 1865 to
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