Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-24

For the gifts of mind, for love and kind
ness
'rha, of happiness is made the goal;
For the strength of will. for nob" lessons:
Loading MAN to profit for his soul:
"Oh. Lord. we give Thee thanks"
Last. Ger friendships ties that make life
For rejoicing day and sqrrowing night;
For the earollins bird the mur"urlns
For ali lily gifts that lead Truth and
ooh, Lord! we give The, thanks ,,,,
Wa Shngton Herald.
"Portland," says the Bath Times,
| "alonc among the Maine municipali-
| ties has adopted the custom of MAX
| ing herself annually Christmas
| present of a new mayor" To this the
Portland Press retorts: mot always a
new one. though. Portland thinks
| She will keep the old one this year"
| Hore are some of the things the big
steamer Ottoman took aboard at Port
| land last week: $40 cattle. 600 sheep,
| 50. 600 bushels of wheat, 5000 barrels of
| apples go tons of -four. % cars of pro-
| visions, a. cars of slndries and u very
large amount of other articles.
| The meteorc' stone that was discov-
| cred at Sanford last summer by J. l..
Bodwcl while digging in Riverside
| cemetery, has been sent to Prof. Upton
| Il Brown University at Providence, the
| eminent authority on astronomical sub
| jcctS who will give the find a thorough
examination. The authorities at the
Smithsonian Institute have suggested
that they would be glad to obtain the
specimen if it proves t. be of true
meteoric origin.
There is talk in Saco that the city
will try to get the York county scat
changed from Alfred Alfred is now
the seat of county government and
geographically it is more nearly in the
center Of the county than is the case
with most shire towns. 1t is not near
the center Of population. however, say
the Saco and Biddeford folks Way.
back in 1895 the Saco and Biddeford
voters went before the Legislature and
asked that the county seat be
changed, or rather that the people of
the county be given a chance to vote
on it. The bill did not pass. Since
then the matter has been lost sight Of
until lately. The Bi,ldeford Record
states that Of the 5000 votes cast in
the county in the last election. 5000
of them were cast in Biddeford. SacO
and Old orchard, GROUPED in the cX-
tremc eastern part of the county
The new grand commander of the
knights Templar of Kansas. Judge
David y. Fuller. is q native of Maine.
He was born in Albion in 1853 and in
1871 graduated from Bowdoin in the
famous class with Governor Cobb,
Commander Peary. Charles w Morse
Prof. Little. William G. Beale. the
Chicago lawyer and many others who
have won fame. For many years ne
has been d leading lawyer of central
| Kansas. and before being made head of
the Kansas Sir Knights was grand
| master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas
| Ed. Biggs of NinalhaVen caught re-
| Gently While hauling his lobster traps
what is called the remains OF sea
serpent about l. feet long. 1t had be-
come entanglcd with one of the lines
| to the lobster trap, getting a turn
around its body. and probably
| drowned. The trap was moved long
distance from where it was set which
showed the struggle the monster made
| before giving up. The flesh was all
eaten off the bones when found and
the bones are at the steamboat wharf
The past summer the members Of
| thes kennebcc Yacht Club petitioncd
| the life saving department to place Il
power launch at the station at Pop
ham where it could be ready for in
stant use in case of an emergency.
During the summer months the crew
with the exception of the captain. is
off duty and in case of an accident to
a small boa. at the mouth of the Ken
rabcC Captain Spinncy would have to
secure volunteer crew to man life
boat which might take some time but
with a launch he could go out almost
instantly. Last week Captain Spinney
received word that the government had
shipped a fine surf boat. about % feet
long. to this station and that the boat
is equipped with an S-horse power
Lathrop engine
Louis II. Fox of Brunswick, class
secretary of Bowdoin. '0s, has recently
issued the second class directory which
shows the following remarkable
geogra phical distribution of the 81 men
so recently together in Brunswick
There are in Maine, %; Massachusetts.
Ii; New York, :; Maryland, 3; Con-
necticut. ;: Ohio. 2; Manila. 2: Rhode
Island, J; New Jersey. 1;aGeorgia, ];