Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-18
Maine Gossip

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The OIdFashioned One.
The steam heats coed. ! reckon,
To warm the riSin' race,
Put thar'S nuthln' iii the country
Beats tie old-time fireplace.
The fat old-fashioned backlog
1t what I love to see,
An dream the old dreams over
With the sparks a-ty in free.
Tie night wind howlin' round me
II don't sound solemn when
A-lookn' in the fireplace
l dream my dreams again:
Atlanta Constitution.
Roses instead Of champagne now fig
ure at Bath launchings
The Maine railroads killed four pas
sensers last year, but that was only
one for every 2,056.4 1872 carried.
Down on Eagle island, off tie South
Harpswell shore, Commander Peary's
Esuuimeaux dogs are enjoying life
this winter. There are II of the old
ones and eight puppies.
The explosion of an alcohol lamp in
the office of Rumford Falls dentist
this week gave the dentist and his VIC
tim livelier and more painful expert
cnce than they had counted on
In Portland there were 651 maria ses
in 1907, being a falling off Of q from
1906 1t is up to the Portland girls
for there is no resisting them--to give
the city Il better record during leap
year.
The Portland Advertiser tells of Il
Cumberland county farmer, town not
named, who has been narrowing in his
fields this week. He said that he
scraped down five inches and found
no frost and that it WAS the first time
in his experience he has ever had a
chance to harrow in January.
Here are some figures from a lun-
Der camp up in Greenwood which give
an idea as to the appetite Of husky
woodsinen. There are 50 men in this
crew and the cook reports that he
makes each day 800 large blrscuit, $50
douShnuts, 36 pies, bakes six quarts OF
dry beans, with potatoes, vegetables,
etc, in proportion. 4 large beef
creature is eaten every five days.
There is something to be explained in
that item of IS pies daily for 80. men.
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Fred B. Rice, a former Portland man
who has gone West and grown rich
with the country, is visiting his native
city for the first time in % years. His
wife, Minnesota woman, had her first
view of the ocean this week. Mr.. Rice
is large property owner in the town
of Galway. about 1856 miles from Min
neapolis, Mimi. He mas taken an ac-
tive part in the Development of the
town and had The distinction of putting
on the Sault Ste Marie the first cargo
of wheat that ever left Galway for
Minneapolis.
The luckiest hunters in western Maine
this season shot big black bear
at East Sebaso Monday. The three
men, who are C. L. Martin, Joseph
Shaw and Wilson Burncll. were taken
entirely by surprise when the animal
came suddenly out of the woods about
10 feet ahead Of them. But each OF the
men Is a gunner Of experience and
they all adjusted themselves to the
unexpected situation in quick order.
While they were not loaded for such
big game. they did not propose to
lose such a rare prize. and the three
proceeded to give the animal battle.
Bruin put up quite a fight. but the
odds against him were too mary and
he was finally dispatched. The hunt
ers all declared that il was The great
est fight in their experience and they
are naturally very proud of the ca
plot The bear weighed over Coz
pounds
Anglers who annually SO t. Stbago
Lake f,r iae first fishing after the ice
goes out. are putting in some unea@E
moments wondering just what effect
the ions; continued open winter is go
ing to nave on fishing conditions in
tie bdlneT Il lew VI tilt All
glers together and you can start Il lit
tie row right away quick by voicing
the opinion that the open winter il
going to hurt the salmon fishing next
April. Some say it will and some more
say that it wont. but at any rate there
will he plenty of the disciples of Isaac
Walton on hand when the ice disap
pears to find out for themselves.
Whether the ice goes out or not DC
Ponds largely on whether it forms or
not. The weather has not held cold
long enough 10 make much of an ill-
preston on the big pond. and it may
be that it won't this year. The ice men
say that they never have seen VIM
ter yet when the lake didn't freeze.
and they are not worrying bit.
The usually reliable and conservative
Ellsworth American is responsible for