Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-21

With al! her shines an capers
She's the best one OF EN- all.
Atlanta Constitution.
Only a week to March. Very soon all
these huge drifts and cold weather will
be a part of last winter"
A Biddeford man claims to have
found live grasshoppers this week
jumping around in some dried grass
close to the foundation Of his house.
Where was the first robin?
Fort Fairfield plans for the biggest
and best Fourth of-July celebration
this year that Aroostook ever knew.
No such racing was ever given north
of Bangor as will be seen in Fort Fair
| field July 4.
The Bath Iron Works established a
| record in the history OF shipbuilding
last week. The new steamer Camden
| for the Eastern Steamship Co.. was
launched at ten minutes past two and
at four o'clock the new keel was
stretched for a sister ship Of the CAM
| den.
Writes a Monhegan correspondent
| Talk about winter on the Island.
Well. | should say so. this beats the
! record. This is the most severe winter
here for many years. Now don't look
surprised any day to see Capt. w. 5.
Humphrey Oh skates with the L. 5.
mail bag on his back skating across
| from Monhegan to BoOthbay HarbOr.
| Plenty of ice in every direction"
The home of John Peterson in Thorn
aston was the scene OF a romantic re-
union last Sunday. when Mr.. Peterson,
| who is now in his Saith year. had the
pleasure of entertaining a niece and
two nephews who. until few weeks
ago. had not known Of his existence.
The niece was Mrs. Carl Phil, and the
nephews were Christian and Carl F.
Phil. all of Lowell, Mass. Photograph
err George N. Harden was hidden to the
reunion and the group picture which
he made is now on it's way to Helsing
borg, Sweden, where Mr.. Peterson has
a sister So years of age. who had long
mourned her brother as dead.
Charles e. Palmer, who lives a short
distance from West Buxton. has some
silver napkin rings which he prizes
very highly, the metal from which they
| were made having been recovered from
a Spanish vessel which was lost off the
coast of South America in 1902. Mr.
Palmer is the son of the late Augustus
| Palmer. who was well-knOwn sub
marine diver. and an uncle. Job Palmer.
who is also a diver presented him with
the rings. This uncle several years ago
got the money from the Spanish ship,
but it had been under water SO long
that the dates on very few Of the
pieces could be made out. When he re-
turned to the United States he had
some of the pieces melted in Boston
and converted into a large nugget of
silver. This was later made into two
very pretty napkin rings. which were
sent to the nephew a Few weeks ago.
Jacob Palmer is at present in Califor-
MIA.
A bright Brunswick youngster of
about five years made no end of trouble
the other afternoon for the nurse
but went at in such an ingenious way
that his parents did not feel like pun
ishing him. His mother had gone out
to one of the neighbors for a short
time leaving the boy In charge of the
nurse. who also had to look after his
baby sister. Before his mother left
the youngster heard her tell
the nurse to call her up on the
Telephone if she was wanted. No SOON
er had the mother got out of sight
than the fun began. First the boy OBJ
tanned a dipper in which was a little
water which he threw on the nurse
At this she threatened to go to the
telephone and call his mother back but
the boy laughed at her ard said that
he had fixed TIE telephone ard sur"
enough, an examination showed that ne