Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-25

Portland .Advertiser.-In quiet kind
of way great deal Of work Is being
done upon the locating and adjusting
land damages along the line of the
proposed Portland, Gray and Lewiston
electric road. Several changes to avoid
heavy grades are being made, and II
Messrs. Libbey and Gross construct the
line of road which they have In mind
1t will be one of the best electric road
beds in the country and over 1t cars
can be run at the highest rate of speed.
Several Boston people connected with
sight seeing automobiles have been In
Portland within few days endeavor-
ing to secure a license to operate an
automobile for the purpose of taking
out sight seers from a central point
and showing them the points of In
terest.
The dedication of the Butler mill,
Sanford leased by an Ohio firm, Will
be held on July in the evening, when
grand ball will be the order, besides
a fine program.
Bethlehem. Pa, nee Miss Mary l..
Bowers of Saco, will read with pleasure
| that she has been honored by the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania in the con-
ferring Of the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy Miss Bowers is a gradu-
ate of the old Saco High school and
after graduation attended Thornton
ate of Smith college.
Lewiston Sun-It is understood that
the Sturgis deputies made seizure
the other night but that the stuff taken
has not been lbelled and that the
owner didn't have to go to the court
before he had it returned. The way
the story goes is that the deputies
found what they took to be a key of
whiskey but which upon opening after
it had been carted to their storehOuse
proved to be only big barrel of grease
for baker The stuff was sent back
Immediately.
Gradually are the trees of Portland
disappearing and Wednesday work was
begun on removing one of the finest
in the city, that which stood for so
many years on Congress street in front
of the entrance to Keith's theatre. The
big elm has gradually been dying I'M
til it has come to be in such condi-
ton that any winters storm might
break it down. A staging has been
erected about the tree to facilitate it's
razing and to protect those who may
be passing along the thoroughfare.
The American Express Co. handled
tiger cat weighing 40 pounds at Port
land recently and while the animal was
at the Union Station it attracted con-
siderable attention. 1t was most
magnificent specimen and was viewed
by large number of people while it
was in the trainshed at the station.
Several people who ventured near the
cage in which it was confined were
forced to beat a rather hasty retreat
as the cat poked up it's back and
snapped viciously. One man who
placed his face too near the Sits in the
cage came near having his nose pulled
off as the cat surveyed him crafty for
a few moments and without any APP
parent effort shot forth a vicious look
irg claw. 1t passed within half an
inch of the mans nose and he fell
back white in the face. The
animal is being shipped to Eng
land where it will he placed in one of
the game reserves attached to an es
foI iSE
member of the nobility. The cat was
received from South America few
years ago consigned to a keeper at
North Waterford who makes a special
ty of tanning them.
Mr.. N. r. Tracey, the Auburn phil
osopher, takes exception to many of
the French, terms that are being in
troduced into our language He says:
"The tendency each year is to use
more French words in this country.
Take the word chauffeur, for example.
Now what is the need of going to
Paris to find name for new voca-
ton. The English language is rich
enough to produce any name that may
be wanted How do you pronounce
chauffeur. anyway? Now. why not
coin proper English word? Why
not call the men who run autos by
the name of mobilier? That would be
expressive and it would be English.
Why not call the man who runs a
motor boat a motorneer? We call the
man who runs an engine an engineer
and the motorneer would be equally in
good taste. AS long as we have the
majestic English language 1 believe
that we should use 1t"