Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-05

day.
One week more of that exciting con-
test for the Republican nomination in
the Second Congressional district.
The Maine Congregationalists as
semble today at Bangor for their an
nual conference. The sessions VIII
continue three days
Apples for which they were offered
$3.50 per barrel last fall have been
sold by some Maine farmers the past
week for 80 cents a barrel.
Bath is pretty deep in politics this
spring, but occasionally somebody re-
minds the people that a street fair.
an Old Home week celebration and
visit from the fleet would go far to
help out the summer business.
A bottle of Scotch whisky exploded
in New York store the other day,
and this leads the Biddeford Journal
HAL " lIetl IL vas AoA INhehIS
that the explosion occurred before the
stuff got into somebody's insides.
Frank Foster of Windham tanned
baby woodchuck last year. He was
so very tame that his owner thought
he would hibernate in some Of the
buildings but chuck never appeared
until Sunday, when he had to be dug
out OF his hole back of the house.
Heredity was stronger than environ
ment IN his case, and the cooky jar
and cracker box had no fascination for
him when he wanted to take his Will
ter nap.
The new steamer Islander which will
ply between kennebec river cities and
the Boothbay resorts is now at the
Bath Iron Works receiving her boil
ers and machinery. She is attracting
much favorable comment and well
posted steamboat men declare that
she'll prove herself the fastest pas
senger craft on the river.
P. b. Peterson of Columbia Falls
claims to be the oldest instructor in
dancing now in active service in
Maine. Mr.. Peterson taught his first
term of dancing school a half century
ago in the Machias House then kept
by William Buchanan, and standing
very nearly on the spot now occupied
ty the Porter Memorial library. He
has been in continuous service dur
in. int cir IN, a11 bo
taught 112 terms, nearly all being in
Washington county. Mr.. Peterson is
"A years of age.
Ever since the government conf
menced work upon the new fortifica-
ton on Sabine Hill at Popham it has
been generally admitted that before
many years Uncle Sam would proba-
bly, purchase the entire cottage prop
erty along the beach, as it has been
believed that the firing of the big guns
would do great damage to the cottages
there. The Bath Independent is told
that within few days the govern
ment has been having surveys made
and measurements taken of some Of
the cottage property and the general
opiiiloi SeeIlS " De t1ldL InlS IS pre-
paratory to the possible purchase of
the property by the United States
Wednesday afternoon brings the first
baseball games in the series for the
Maine college championship--Bo
VS.. Colby at Brunswick and Bates VS.. U.
Of NJ. at Lewiston. All of the four
mines had a hard schedule away from
nome last week. The Orono boys
played game every day, winning three
games and losing three. Their victo-
rles were over Harvard. Vermont and
Boston college and they were defeated
by Tufts. Vermont and Exeter. Colby
played five games and lost them all, be-
ing defeated in turn by Wesleyan.
Brown. Rhode Island State. Tufts and
New Hampshire State. In several games
the score was very close. Bates also
played five games winning two and los
ing three. Its victories were over An
dover and the Springfield Training
school, while it was defeated by Har-
ward, Amherst and Bowdoin. Bowdor
had three games. losing to Dartmouth
to and 2 to l and defeating Bates II
to I. The Bowdoin- Bates game was al.
exhibition affair and will not figure in
determining the championship.
Among the labOring classes in Ger
many meat once a week is the rule.