Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-23


The corner stone of the new Cumber-
land Court house will be laid WIFI
s;mn,a ceremonies next Wednesday.
IF Francis gets time to read the
newspapers he must be having some
rare fun these days.
Can't. Fairbanks of Bangor nov pc
comes Governor Fairbanks by vote Oh
the Maine Society of Descendants OF
the Mayflower.
Few men have been in the National
c,,,ar1 longer than Capt. Goodwin OF
Co. X, Brunswick. who has just
resigned. He has served continuously
since 1883.
The excitement of the granite boom
at West Sullivan has lulled little, and
now comes the bridge proposition.
contracting agent for the American
Bridge Co. Of New York city. was Ill
town Monday looking over the situa-
ton apropos to building draWbridSe
between West Sullivan and Hahcock
in about the location Of the present
ferry site.
The town of Bowdoin gained five cit
icons in an hours time. without any
new people moving into the neighbour
hood. Bowdoin's new citizens are the
members of Merrill Keay's family. Mr..
Keay up TO this time has supposed
himself a citizen of Webster. A new
town line has just been made. and now
il turns out that this line runs right
through the keay's home, 50 that only
the shed remains in Webster; as the
residential part of the home is now in
Bowdoin, you see how that town has
gained additional tax payers. and
very pleasant family beside. while
Webster has decreased its population.
Mrs. NJ. A. Farnham, OF Lamoine, has
a few interesting curiosities in the
literary line. One is a small pamphlet
Of poetry printed in 1891. Another is
la memorial poem printed at Portland
in 1904, for sailors lost on the Maine
coast during a terrific gale in Septem-
Der of that year. Across the head OF
this poem, which is printed on single
sheet of paper. is a gruesome array of
collins. Another curiosity ownrd by
Mrs Farnham is copy book for writ
| ing. printed in London in 1886. Each
copy" is a motto, some of them unique.
but all worthy. Mrs. Farnham, by the
way. though seventy-six years of age.
ViS, RI q
which would brighten many a younger
part of this month for Cuba, where she
will spend the winter with her son.
All records for this seasons fish ar
rivals at Portland We're broken
"Wednesday when the local offshOre
fleet augmented by two or three craft
that have been hand lining off Nova
Scotia and the big banks brought in
l123.O0O pounds of ground fish which ex-
ceeds the big catch made six weeks ago
by just 21,OOO pounds. The queen of
the Maine fleet. the Margie Turner. was
high line, and brought in $4,000 pounds
from the Nova Scotian fishing grounds.
while her sister craft, the Marion f..
Turner, was second with 10000 pounds
of cod haddOck and hake caught off
Grand Manan. These two boats are
lcaptaned by brothers and another one
of the fleet. the Fanny Reed which
came in today with 10000 pounds is
lcaptained by still another brother so
that altogether the Turner family
brought in $1,000 of the 1913, 900 POUNDS
of fish landed by the fleet All but the
lMargie and Marion Turner have been
fishing on the local grounds. The
days catch of fish at an average of SO
per hundred weight is worth on the
iwharves $3.50.
| The West Franklin correspondent OF
the Ellsworth American tells the fol-
lowing story of deer hunt in that
VICINITY: 1.-THE inhabitants were
lstartled a few mornings ago when a
Iwell-known resident came tearing
Through the village nearly GREATNESS
He managed to announce that a deer
was swimming down the bay. and that
he wanted gun and cartridges. The
local horse doctor Joined in the wild
race for the shore. but fell by the way
side. A young fellow WAS found to row
the boat. After rowing mile it was
discovered that the deer was an empty
, barrel supposed to have been thrown
into the water by uptown resident:
after it was emptied of Boston express
The hunters. after serious cOnsulta.
ton, decided to fire few shots ant
then announce that the deer had beer
shot, but sank. But, alas. they founc
that tcngauge shot shells would no