Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-01

| please remember it's Il mighty gOot
| idea to know that there is no one il
range whether YOU are shooting from
a cunning float for birds or on lane
for deer.
| One expensive murder tria
| scheduled for this fall is avoided by
the suicide of Herbert Woodbury. il
the Dover Jail That ,.r~.. II, all its
| details would furnish u,". IF he most
| invoed and fascinatu% u"NAl plots
ever conceived. And il MA ever be
known whether WoodbuIys suicide
was a confession of guilt
Among the late August summer
visitors is a couple from Maiden
| Mass, who have just been married
| amid general interest and considerable
comment. They are DIR. AlphOnso
| French. a dentist in Everett, Mass.
| and his bride, who was Angie !
| Ballard of Maiden. The groom is CT
( years old and the bride. IS. 1t is said
to be a genuine love match"
Did you ever see any white black
berries? Well, f. w. Damren of North
Augusta found bushes on his farm the
other day with several quarts of
berries upon them, ripe and luscious
as the common blackberries upon
neighboring bushes, but differing in
color. They are a palish green and
some have red tint. but their
general effect on the bushes is white.
The bushes upon which they grew
We're like the others except that they
had fewer thorns. Perhaps somebody
is familiar with this variety.
Some places in Maine had a slight
yegg scare the past week. The report
that one of the desperate characters
who escaped from Portsmouth Jail
was seen in this State served to
cause no little alarm. 1t might not be
amiss to suggest at this time the i'm
portance of getting into communica-
ton with the authorities at once when
suspicious characters are seen loiter
ing about. Massachusetts has had n
carnival of crime supposed to be
caused by a band of yeggs and it is
not unnatural that some of them
may come to Maine. 1t would be q
great aid in experimenting these
criminals if the police are instantly
notified as soon as il is discovered
that any of them are in the neighbour
hood. PromptneSS is of the highest
Importance and being quickly in
formed of their presence will be Of
great aid to the police in landing this
undesirable class behind the bars.
The Old Home Week celebrations in
Maine towns have closed for 1908 and,
though the State association has died
a natural death, the true spirit of the
week has been observed more extern
sivey this year than it has before in
the last decade. The largest celebra-
ton of all was at Bath. but Rockland.
Winthrop and other cities and towns
have done their best to entertain and
have been uniformly successful. Many
of the smaller towns did not have
bands and parades. but simply served
notice on the sons and daughters IN
other states that the latch string was
out. That the policy of entertaining
the wanderers at least once each year
is gaining favor year by year is
proved by the railroad travel on
through trains during the period.
When the movement first started,
with the attendant blare of bands and
glare of fireworks, there was rush
for Maine that nearly took the trans
portation companies off their feet.
Then the idea seemed to lose favor
and it soon reached an extremely low
level. The normal, healthy. consistent
growth of the movement began two
years ago and has continued since
In the years to come there will be
still less of the Celebration" and still
more of the quiet family reunion, with
it's picnic in the orchard and quiet
strolls over the old hauntS among the
hills The great naturai nome in the
out-of-doors is as dearly rcmembered
by the sons and daughter who have
sought fame and fortune outside the
State, as are the streets Of the village
made unfamiliar with bunting, flags, a
brass band and the cries of hawkers
trying to sell souvenirs. Those who
started the Old Home movement
thought it was necessary to have cele-
brations in order to awake interest.