Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26

were in love with all that is,
An bright will be the next world II 1t s
half as bright as this.
So. sing your halleluia, an let the music
roll
An take in Ill the sunshine-let it sim
mcr in your soul!
For all its uibulation, the world has
much of bliss.
An the next world will be jolly. if it's
half as fine as this.
Frank L. Stanton.
Robins. pussy willows. marbles. GRO
cuses, crows and lilacs have all been
bidding the past week.
Down at Parker Head the clam dig
gers say that the clans are very small
and scarce this winter.
Speaking of CLAIMS Il Camp Ellis man
rect ntly came across freak in the
bivalve family, it being clam having
nin,. distinct heads. The clam was
bottled UP in salt water and was on
exhibition at the Saco city clerks office
Monday when it was examined by
many people. who said that they had
never before seen anything like it.
Thirteen is surely an unlucky num-
Der in the family of Mrs. Samuel Bev
erage of North Haven whose Is chill
dren are sick with the measles at the
same time.
Over at South Bluehill the residents
y; of Inv,
digging CLANS and selling for bait.
They are digging now upwards of 100
barrels each month. which are sold at
$3.50 per barrel. the barrels being
furnished. Mr.. Sylvester has cOntrac-
ted with Boston parties to supply them
and the goods are shipped by steamer.
Many CT the people living nearby have
given up the smelt business now that
the price of fish has dropped, and are
digging CLAIMS as the revenue is much
larger and the work as whole more
to be depended upon.
What would you say to chew of
gum 100 years old? That is what a
Bath man enjoyed this week in repair
ing house on Front street. In cut
ting through the north side. he noticed
what appeared to be spruce gum run
ming from q knot in the COrnerpOSt of
the building. He tried a little of it
and was surprised to find that ii was
gum and chewed as fresh as if it had
been taken from live tree. The post
had not been uncovered since the
building was erected in 1911. The
IN,,.r
and has been occupied by many promi-
nent families since it was built.
An elderly resident of Surry, who
has considerable fame as weather
prophet in his vicinity, Isaiah NJ
Conary. recalls that 60 years ago the
firth day of February. he ploughed
ground in Ellsworth, so mild was the
weather. and prepared it for corn. that
two days later huge storm came, and
there was winter enough to satisfy
everybody. Also that AZ years ago
there was fine shedding the first ten
days of April. when lumbermen and
wOOdsmen were hauling their timber
for miles for shipment. This was after
mild weather during the first Of the
winter. Mr.. COnary is of the opinion
that we are to have a decided change
in the weather of 1906. and that about
Feb. 5th there will be snow sufficient
to satisfy all business demands. That
it will be followed by steady cold,
not freezing cold, but comfortable cold,
and that the snow will remain late into
March, perhaps until the first of April
Castine boasts of one of the oldest
fire engines in the State. In a good
state Of preservation. this engine is a
source of interest to the many people
who visit Castine in the summer The
engine is dated 1904. and was probably
bought by private subscription as
! there seems to be no record in the
| books of the town of its purchase
During the British occupation of the
| town it was kept by them in Fort
George and manned by detail of SOL
diels. 1t differs from the hand tubs
| of the present day in that it has no
suction hose. but is filed by the bucket
| brigade. The hose is made from leath-
er fastened together with rivets. This
engine was tried few years ago at
the time of the towns centennial, and
| threw stream of water of fairly good
| force. This engine was superseded
years ago for fire protection by two
engines of more modern style. but is
still preserved as an interesting relic
of old Castine."