Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-24
Maine Gossip
A February Caller.

A February Caller.
| Jes' a-sayin howdy do,
| AS de spring draws near;
| Tain much conversation,
But it's mighty good to hear.
| Southern wind a-slngn,
| When de sky is blue,
| Cropped in ioh Il minute
| Sos to tell us 'hOwdy do.
Tain no liar visit. cause
| She ain got long 10 stay;
Lonesome ioh 10 see us,
So she kind O run away,
A-knowIn how we missed her,
An she's promised true.
| She's coming, back fer keeps, an not
| To jrs say ''howdy do.
| washington Star.
The municipal statesmen are now
putting Il severe strain upon their con-
| Vel Isl; tional powers.
| A Bow,loin- Bates debate in May will
arouse 4 lot of interest but hardly az
much as the baseball games.
| AS q result OF rigid enforcement in
| Brunswick there We're only Al arrests
for drunkenness in 1903 as against 1903
in 1904.
| T!,e ever progressive Maine Central
promises Il large number of improve
| ntnts in the summer service this GEAR.
The railroad itself will profit. no lrs,
than Names SUMMER business.
Portland is doing an unusually large
amount Of building this winter. Thus
far in 1906. s: building permits have
bee n issued rs against seven for the
corresponding period in 1905.
| The Biddeford papers say that the
net proceeds of "The First Crusade"
recently produced in that city, were
se5.
| Rev. Minot ]. Savage n native of
| Norridgewock and one of Names most
famous sons in the pulpit. has had to
| give up his work as pastor of the
Church of the Messiah. New York. as
the result of Il nervous breakdown and
has gone to California for long rest.
| The giant fox of Otis, which has led
| 'he iiiiiouS Vi tnat Sectlon manv q
merry chase. has at last fa!;eD a victim
to the rife Of Willis Salisbury. The fox
is the largest ever Seen in Otis. An
| Otis correspondent says: This par
| ticl:lar fox has been the terror OF The
reiShborhoOd, FOR his holiness as 4
| thief. and for his weird cries at night
which would awaken one from pro-
/ fnln6 nbpr
| unlike the cries OF human being in
distress, intermhsled with the bark
like Dog. Mr.. Salisbury has had
some tempting offers for the fur. which
measures five feet
| Brunswick Record: The reform wave
mas reached Augusta with the result
that the Board Of Trade has appointed
committee or honest government and
pure eleruGns. This committee has
securet an agreement from the two
p9psy organizations. signed by the
! chairmen. that no liquor or money, or
even carriages shall be used in the
| Forthcoming election, and that three
days after election each party COM
| fnittee will file bill Of expenses. To
eliminate both rum and money from
| elections will mean the removal Of in
| f1uences that have long tended to cor
| rupt municipal politics. The moral
gain to Augusta in taking this course
| will he worth much to the city and
other cities and towns in the State will
be indebted to the capital for this
splendid example.
Bath has discovered the cause of the
bad taste in the water from Nequasset.
and is somewhat relieved to know that
| 1t is not due to decayed fish. II. D.
Evans. director of the State Laboratory
of Hygiene, told the City Council last
week that there is no pollution in the
water and that it is not dangerous to
health. He says the disagreeable taste
and odor is due to algae. a very small
vegetable growth in the water. The
algae secretes an oil which is RESPONSE
bic for the odor. Such things are not
usually found in water at this time of
year. The organism is extremely small
and there is no known means~of remoy-
ing 1t. except possibly through n sand
filter. Mr.. Evans offered the encOur-
agement that the trouble is not likely
to continue long. Other water supplies,
in the State have been similarly affect
ed y sr.ra ,.t ~ .... Z -stse 80 ~.
Turf. Farm and Home: More than
once this season we have had occasion
To canva CO tho Storac M th;c o;t,, loo.