Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29

Cal1fOrnla millionaire mas pun
chased one of the largest islands IN
| Thompson Lake, Poland and will erect
large summer residence thereon.
Leonard Holbrook of the town of
Sanford is hale and hearty at the age
Of so years and has not retired from
active business. The present season
| he has erected six tenement houses.
ElWood Sawtelle, aged 10 years, VINO
| lives in Pennington recently sawed
| cord of slab wood in seven hours, cut
| ting each stick twice. His friends and
admirers claim it to be record for his
age.
r. l.. Libby Of Hampden has found
freak potato among those recently
| dug on his big patch. 1t has five Off
shoots, fungus in. nature, with narrow
stems and potato-like tops, five sprouts
which if found showing their heads in
a grassy field would surely be called
TUDOR mushrooms. Mr.. Libby intends
| to plant them and watch developments.
Portsmouth Chronicle: The scarcity
of nuts is driving the squirrels out of
the woods to seek such food as they
can find on fruit trees. Gray squirrels
are not an uncommon sight frisking
| about the trees in South Eliot village.
They are protected by the law and act
as if they know it but cat will drive
:,>%~ Ii;
Judge Jones of Norway brought
down the first albino deer of the sea-
son. Accompanied by another gentle
man, he went into the woods above
Bangor, returning with the prettiest of
deer, a 100-pound albino buck. The
scalp and feet are spOtleSs and the
trophy will make a fine mounting.
Frank Miller of Pennington while
picking apples one day last week found
one in the top of tall tree that has
the capital letters I and P distinctly
marked on one side and horses head
upon the other. The letters are we'll
formed and the horses head has the
mouth, nostrils, eyes, ears and the up
per part of the neck regularly made.
This marking was made by the wind
moving gently and regularly the apple
upon some branches near it.
Isaac w. Coombs of West Bath has
been bothered somewhat by grass
hoppers in past years. This year he
raised 81 ducks, permitted them TO
roam about his place and hasn't seen
a single grasshopper that wasn't on ITS
way down some ducks throat. He
says that the ducks have paid for ali
they cost him and he has already
marketed half a dozen at good price,
which he considers clear profit.
Last Monday the Journal printed
picture and sketch of Mrs. Nellie
Emerson Groves, her daughter, grand
daughter and great grand daughter
and closed with the statement that
Mrs. Groves, who is 81 years of age,
was the youngest great grandmother
in the State. To this Mrs. Eliza l..
Allen of Augusta takes exceptions.
She is fully ten years younger and has
| a great granddaughter three years OF
age.
| AS Capt. Lewis McFadden and crew
Of Lubec were passing along the west
motor boat, one day recently, they no
ticed strange object in the water.
| On coming nearer it proved to be
bull moose. They lassoed him and
towed him to the main land. He was
| evidently making for Hardwood Is
land. Before freeing him they bored
a hole in copper cent and inserted
a wire and tied it around his horn.
This is probably the only moose in
| Maine that carries money on his per-
| son.
Leonard l. Knowlton of Mexico has
a spherical granite stone which was
found on the shores of a pond in that
town. 1t is believed that the stone
formed part of the crude corn grind
ing apparatus of the Indians Mr..
KnowltOn also has mould for making
spoons which was brought to Mexico
| by his grandfather more than hun
Idred years ago. The mould is Of brass,
and is of the table spoon size. Pewter
spoons were made in it, and there is
but little doubt that making spoons
for the neighbors formed one of the
acts CT neighborly service that no one
would have taken pay for any more
than one would for a glass of water
furnished a neighbor.
The Parkhurst man says: The pota-
to pickers are leaving. We are glad
to see them come and ID glad to
see them go. We intended to celebrate
a little after the potato digging but
the hired men have got all the money
and we have not got enough left to buy
bottle Of gin. 1 guess We'll have
to work out a day or two. Aroostook
boys 80 years ago ate raw turnips: if
they got little sour apple they ate
it stem. core and peeling and called
it good. They became men and We're
industrious and economical, cleared