Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-19

These are sweet and busy days in
the sap orchards.
|. Newcastle's fire was a bad loss and
the town will feel it keenly.
Brunswick's Board of Trade is
awake and busy after a nap of several
years.
Trolley league plans are beginning
to simmer in the Kennebec cities.
That Bangor library case, it is now
reported, will be carried to the United
States Supreme court.
Mr.. Gerald states positively that the
next electric road work in Maine will
be the building of line from Gardiner
to Brunswick.
The college boys are now ending
their winters work in the gymnasium
with the annual indoor meets. That
at L. of NJ. was held last week, that
at Bates last night and that at Bow
doin Is to be held next Friday night
The hunters Of Gray are still ne
glectful of their opportunities in fail
ing to collect the $2J offered by the
Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game
association for any wolf killed in
Maine. Or was that Gray wolf story
wild and woolly myth?
Sea girt old Harpswell beautiful in
location and rich in tradition, will be
1876 years old this year. Harpswell and
it's islands have been made immortal
by Harriet Beecher Stoves pearl of
Orrs Island" Whittiers Dead Ship
of Harpswell," the famous witch of
Harpsweil and Kellogg and his Elm
island stories. HarpSwelrs loyal sum-
mer colony will no doubt see that the
10th anniversary OF Incorporation of
the town, the 18th in Maine, is duly
celebrated.
The late Edward A. Bracket, whose
death occurred at his home in Win
chester, Mass, on Sunday, who had
been the fish and game commissioned
OF that state for period of nearly 40
years, was a native of Maine, having
been born in Vassalboro in 1919. Mr.
Bracket was one of the best Informed
authorities of fish and game and their
artificial propagation and protection
in the United States. He occupied a
house of peculiar architecture, de-
signed by himself and built so years
ago. 1t is a combination of four oc-
tagonS and SegmentS of OctagOns,
without an upright post in its entire
construction, and so far as known is
the only house of it's kind in the world
The estate has been a place of inter-
est also from the many fish and game
activities followed there by Mr.. Brack-
EFT. a fish hatchery, from which came
millions of trout for lakes and streams
in the state, is one of the features. For
many years Mr.. Bracket raised Mon
golian pheaSantS exclusively for stock
ing the game preserves of the state
and thousands of these birds have been
liberated. At the breaking out of the
Civil war Mr.. Bracket was commits
stoned by Gov. Andrew as first lieuten-
ant and ouartermaster of the First
| Massa chusetts cavalry. He was mus
tered into service Dec. 4. 1861. and
served till March 1862. In June, 1869
Mr.. Bracket was appointed to the
state commission on inland fisheries
and held that office % years. When
the commission was reorganZed as the
State Board of fish and game commits
sioners. in October, 1894. he was ap-
pointed for term of five years, and
each succeeding five years has been
reappointed. making a total service of
SO years consecutively on that commits
| sion. From 1873 to 1899 he was chair
man and executive officer of the board.
| During his term of service he had had
| special charge of the work of stocking
| ponds and streams in the eastern part
of the state with game fish. Mr..
| Bracket was of inventive turn of mind
and among other things devised an
improved fishway, which makes the
passage of fish over a dam possible.
1t is used throughout the United
| States. He found time to write many
| articles on fruits and flowers. which
he loved, as we'll as about fish and
game. He has also published a book
of poems. -.-.
Senator Bryan. Of Florida, who is
suffering from typhoid fever at Provi-