Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-22

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maine Gossip
Trouble Ahead For Dad.
Dads troubles are nearing.
l can feel it in the air:
And | know that ma Is fearing.
Dad will soon begin 10 swear.
Dad can see a lot Of troubles
Coming to him in q drove;
Pretty! soon dad will be busy.
Down
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Detroit Free Press.
There We're numerous searchers for
mayfiowers yesterday and most of
them succeeded in getting colds.
The agents of the Maine Bible So
cicty visited o9.1oi families last year
and distributed 7.1772 copies of the
Bible
Portland small boys have collected
5000 for hrown-tail nests at cents a
destroyed, containing nearly 1000, 600
caterpiliars.
All persons will do well to remember
that if anybody has neglected 70 re-
move the brown-tail nests from his
property, the city is liable to step in
and do it for him at his expense
A most peculiar coincidence is the
fact that the Morse High school will
graduate this June two Stanley
PierceS. Although Pierce is COM
mon name i'll Bath, the name Of Stan
ley is an uncommon one and the COM
bination of the two twice in the same
class is an instance which wouldn't
happen again in a thousand years
IAN Easy Capture" by Carol Thomp-
son. aged 10 years, daughter of Chap
lain Frank Thompson, U. S. ~ of Kit
terry navy yard, is the title Of a dainty
story published in the April number
of Junior Toilcttes. New York With
| this story Miss Carol won n prize of
| fcre,1 by the publication. II is a clever
little tale and evidences the posses
sion of unusual talent by the young
| aut horcSS.
n Il L., l.
has been with the International Bank
| ing Corporation since his graduation
from Bowdoin last June. most Of the
| time at the branch of the bank in the
| city of Mexico. has resigned his posi-
| tion. Mr.. Andrews is the first Of the
| score Of Eowdoin graduates who have
| taken positions with this company and
| VIII" are scattered all over the world
TO leave its employ aud he resigns &c
80 into the mining engineering bust.
NESS with l.. 4. Babb. Bowdoin 1900
| chn has bean in Mexico hve years ana
| who has bccn very successful there
| During til" college course Mr.. Andrews
was manager Of the track team anC
Mr.. IIabh was a leading athlete an'
also editor nf the college weekly.
About 20 wears ago millions Of ton:
of earth. bouldcrs and gravel slid from
the side ~ MI. Kltahdin 70 Sourdna
| hunk stream a distance OF seven miles
and damned the stream forming what
Is known 10 West branch lumbermeI
as Slide dam. A repair crew If III.
Great Northern Paper Company re-
Gently had occasion to remove
quantity Of gravel from this deposit
| At a depth Of 10 feet they found th'
trunk Of a spruce tree bent like a bow
the TOP held down by a boulder
weighing many tons. The trunk wa'
| sound, nut the bark and foliage haC
been removed ny the scraping the tire,
Received when the slide occurred
iAnother large tree with foliage in
ffact was found in the pit. The foil
age of this tree, when first re
moved from the earth. looked fresl
green as if it had just been removed
from a growing tree. but faded some
| what in 4 few hours.
BY the signing Of n nine-inch lobste
bill by Gov. Curtis Guild. Jr.. maxim:
that the legal length of logsters caueh
lin Massachusetts. the industry il
Maine got one of the worst blows
has ever received, and which will meal
the disseminating of business by
number of smaller firms in this Stat
and running at a loss of many thou
sands of dollars by the larger dealers
The reason the lobster business i
Maine will be injured will be becaus
the Maine law requires that lobster
must be practically 10la inches. TIL