Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-16

When she runs across mirror
Always pauSeS to reflect.
Houston Post.
Alvarado H. Parsons for more than
IS years successful merchant in
Yarmouth, has given up his business
and gone to Hanford, Calf, where he
will pass the winter months with his
old friends Cyrus r. Sargent, a for
mer Yarmouth resident. Mr.. Sargent
has been located in California for
many years and is son of the late
Cyrus f. Sargent for many years
well known ship builder of this State.
Mrs. Emma w. CrOcker who resides
at Wales, is the proud possessor of
some handsome house plants. Among
the most noticeable is geranium IL
years old and many are interested in
a lemon tree which has a lemon on it
nine inches around and II inches long.
Mrs. Lovina Lowering Buck the
oldest woman in Chelsea, Mass, died
recently. She was born in Fairfield,
Maine, 90 years ago, residing there
for so years and while there cele-
brated the 50th anniversary of her
marriage. She had resided with
daughter for the past 16 years and on
each anniversary OF her birthday
there was a gathering of relatives,
many going from this State for the
event.
Lewiston Journal: "A. L. Wardwell
of Turner who drives to Auburn daily
is believed to hold the record for
hunting this fall He went to
Carthage last week, planning to be
gone at least two weeks, but inside of
"a hours from the time he took the
train at Buckfield he was back there
with two handsome deer, which he
shot himself. one was a two-year-
| old buck and the other was a three
year-O old doe
Josiah A. Millett who died recently
! at Graceville Mimi, was born in Cor
ham, Maine, ~ years ago and was one
of those who went to the, defence of
the Union at the breaking out of the
civil War. At the close Of the war
he went West and for many years was
successful business man being
identified with lumber interests in his
adopted city.
Bangor News: THAT hen at Great
Works, which stole a nest under the
barn of John Curran, to whom the
hens of that immediate family are
supposed to belong. stole most I'M
usual December surprise on the
neighbors recently when, in the
warmest December known in years,
there were Matched forth II downy,
helpless little chicks. Being so far
under the barn the old hen was I'M
able to coax her brood forth at once
and the cold snap killed the most of
them -Four We're brought out and
taken into the house where one died.
put the other three are as lusty and
vigorous as spring chickens and
promise to grow up. barring acct
dents"
The original pump used on the first
ire engine in the city of Portland now
reposes in the junk shop of Thomas
ToWle in that city. Curious finds re-
ward the seeker after oddities. The old
doors which faced Congress street on
the OLD City hall which was burned in
January of 1908, are among the treas
ureS of this shop Mr. Towle at one
time owned two locomotives, the Lion
and the Tiger These were not the
giant moguls of the present day. not
by any means. They were built in
1912, when the locomotive was in its in
fancy, both as to size and use, and
these two Lilliputians were used on the
nne-1nlle run between Machas and
Whitneyville, They served many
years of usefulness putting and cough
ing back and forth over their six-inch
wooden timber which were used for
rails. After their usefulness was over
one was sold to the museum at Orono
and the other went the way of all old
iron.
James HIATT of Machias has returned
from a hunting trip at Township 81
with splendid albino deer which he
shot near the camp. It is a large ami
NAL and well formed. Albino deer
have been more than usually plentiful
this season. A beautiful specimen of
white deer was shot recently in the
Dead River region by w. w. Dean of
Somerville, Mass. The animal has a
coat of white with just small splash
of drab on it's face. The handsome
white deer had remarkably we'll
fashioned crown of antlers. The
spread was wide. There were 10
nOiptS
Charles Day of Skowhegan is rid
| ding his grocery store of rats by a
novel method. Mr. Day has small
pig which he allows to run at will
| through the store. At night he fas-
tens snap clothespin to piggie's tail
and his squeals brighten the rodents