Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-04

less. The proceeds would pay 1or the
entire farm.
Mrs. Ellie Higgins of Readfield has
raised some sweet potatoes this year
one of which is six and a half inches
in length and four and half inches in
diameter.
A Portland drug store is exhibiting a
giant suntlower foot in diameter
containing more than $500 seeds. 1t
was grown at White Rock by H. P.
Houghton and the stalk on which 1t
grew was nine feet in height.
Maine people who have had to do
with the ice business could give the
court some interesting opinions on
the American Ice Company.
A Livermore Falls man who recently
fell out of a tree and dislocated his
right wrist, can teach some of us a val
liable lesson in optimism. He is re-
joicing that it was his right wrist as
he is left handed
| A. l.. Temple Of Auburn has resigned
| as cashier of the First National Bank
of Auburn after so years service. He
entered the bank as clerk when but
II years of age and has seen the two
cities grow from the small villages of
the times before the war, to their pres
ent size.
I.arkn Gilchrist of st. George does
not let his SO years interfere with his
activities. Last week he carried bricks
to the roof of his house and topped out
the chimney.
Prof. and Mrs. George r. Files, who
recently returned to Brunswick after
having spent the summer in Europe,
made an automobile journey covering
$500 miles. In all of that distance no
part of their touring car required re-
| pairing or replacing. One single pune
ture caused by a horse shoe nail which
ran into forward tire, consisted the
total damage to the car and the only
delay of the long journey.
| a commercial agency reports that
the high cost of trust beef from Chi
cago IS stimulating the farmers of New
| England to fence off new areas into
pastures, and fill the pastures with
young bullocks for the production of
beef.
Mrs. Sarah E. Albee who recently
died at Monhegan might well be said
to be the mother of the summer bust
ness on the island. About 80 years ago
her husband died leaving her with two
children to support. Just before his
death he had erected one of the larg-
est houses on the island. Mrs. Albee
conceived the idea of getting folks to
pass the summer there and after sew
eral years of discouraging work, sue
| ceeded. The debt on the house was
paid and another house was purchased.
Later the first building was enlarged
into one of the finest hotels on the
coast. MOnhcgan now has a most lucra-
| tive summer business.
Aunt Harriet Newell of Sumner,
"a years of age, made her usual aut-
Paris last week. Without any previous
notice of her intention, she rose at /
O'clock Tuesday morning, got her house
| ready to leave, walked a distance of
| some more than half a mile to the POST
office tn take the stage for a SiX-mile
ride to the station at East Summer, and
boarded the train for South Paris by
way of Mechanic Falls. While here she
did quite a lot of shopping.
| After tour of inspection of As life
saving stations, manned by force of
1863 men, list Lieut.. Randolph Rdgely,
inspector in charge of two districts of
New England life saving stations. re-
| turned to his Office in Boston express
ing much satisfaction with the cond1-
tons he found. His district extends
from Quoddy Head, Me, to Cuttyhunk.
off the Vineyard. OF the stations IA
are scattered along the coast of Maine.
and New Hampshire, while the others
are in Massachusetts.
The girls arc patiently awaiting the
fate promised them Halloween.
East SangervilIe can boast of few
big things: James ellison raised "a
potatoes that filled half bushel full;
David Cleaves raised 16 potatoes that
filled half bushel full, while +. L.
knowlton raised 80 pounds sweet APP
pies that filled a half bushel full.