Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-25

Farmers have already begun 10
worry about the next hay crop. think
ing it will be partially ruined by the
bare ground and consequent exposure
of the grass roots. Hay is now selling
quickly at $l4 L ton, and will not be
less if there is q prospect of short
crop. In that event farmers will have
10 cultivate more land and raise more
grain; and that Won't be 4 bad thing
either.
Norrilgewocll is undoubtedly The
banner potato growing town Of Som
erset county and probably OF the Ken
nebec valley. Very careful estimates
show that nearly or quite 100 carloads
of 500 bushels or more each will be
shipped from that station the present
season. Some 50 carloads have alread !
LETT there and MIR. Whitney. the largest
dealer. has IL More now on hand in his
potato house erected near the depot last
fall
1t seems that one of the 1G battle
ships Of the big fleet is commended by
a son of Maine, Capt. John Hubbard of
the Minnesota. He was born in South
Berwick out in early childhood his per-
ents went to Exeter, n. H.. to reside.
and he was appointed to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis from Ne.g
Hampshire. He acted with a prompt
ness and distinction in the recent affair
between the United States OF Columbia
and Panama, that called forth warm
praise from President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Holman F. Days new book,
king Spruce will be issued from the
press of Harper & Brothers in
February. The book is now in type
and Mr.. Day is now in Roston to read
the proofs. 1t is Mr.. Days longest
novel, over 100000 words. about 10000
having been added to the chapters
which appeared in the New England
magazine. Those who have read the
book in this form are enthusiastic. 1t
is heralded by critics of the publish
ing house as virile, living tale of the
open, full of the red blood of real life.
Mrs Ellen Toothaker of South
Harpswell has as a keepsake an apple
that was thrown at her in kindly
manner by young man while she
was returning from the Baptist
church one Sunday afternoon fifty
years ago. She picked up the apple.
and today it is very small but we'll
preserved. That young man is 80
years of age and had forgotten 'he
i'm. ,,,,y, +,l
II TO him one evening
There is one little girl in Bath who
is firm believer in prayer and she
proved her faith last week in a way
that was most convincing. She was
To take part in an important function
for which pleasant weather was nec"s-
sary. The little girl evidently thought
that the prayers of two people would
be Of great assistance in bringing
about the desired weather and she
called upon one Of the little friends to
also pray for good weather. The de-
sired result was brought about and all
their friends were informed Of how
the good weather was obtained the
following day.
Mrs. Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat,
whose bequest to Portland Of property
valued at 100000. for art museum
purposes, has just been announced.
was one Of the most ACCOMPLISHED
women Portland can claim as
daughter Of Mr.. John Mussey. for
many years clerk of the United States
courts in the Portland district IN
October, 1894, she married Hon.
Lorenzo d. NJ. Sweat, who in 1863 was
elected to the 3Sth Congress from the
First Maine district. He died July &C.
1890. at the age of eighty. In COM
pany with her husband. Mrs. Sweat
visited Europe in 1855. and wrote
letters thence to the Christian Regis
ter then a prominent Unitarian paper
in Boston. Her first book. "Ethels
Love-Life: Il Romance was pub
lished in 1859, and was followed in
October of the same year by High
ways of Travel. or Summer in
Europe published in Boston. Mrs.
Sweat travelled extensively in Europe
in 1854 and again in 1887. She was
Tor many years a frequent contributor
to the North American Review, the
Galaxy New Orleans Picayune, New
YORK Saturday Press, Boston Sourier,
Portland Transcript and other period
icals Her writings include poems,
essays. criticisms, and sketches of
travel in Egypt, Europe. and different
parts of our country. An elaborate
and sympathetic criticism which she
wrote on one of George Sands novels
brought her a letter of thanks from
the distinguished Franch woman.
TIE vicar of the parish church at Wei
l1n2borough, Eng, has been forced to an
nOltnCe that there will no M moro tcb