Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

y W.: Gossip s
| The Graduates.
| He who takes job in town.
There to keep desk held down,
Should maintain the college vim.
| Here's a little yell for him:
i Rah! Rah! Rah!
i Ledger!
He who goes back to the farm
Needn't lose the college charm.
For the dweller in the dell
Here's another little yell:
| siss! Boom! All!
Woodpile!
| kansas City Journal.
! The management Of Milo's Fourth in
tends to insure a safe and sane cele-
bration by barring fire crackers, tor
pedoes and other explosives from the
grounds where the main events occur.
Prof. w. Fl. HartshOrn of Bates Col
lege who has leave of absence next
year has not made his plans yet as TO
where he will go. This summer he and
Mrs. Harshorn will spend most of their
time at Heron Island, near Pemaquid.
Portland Argus-Mr. w. David Muir
ray, at his boat shop on Long wharf,
has just finished handsome 25 foot
cabin cruiser for Portland lady. She
will be placed in the water in a few
days, after taking in six horse power
Hartford engine. Will she use gasoline
or alcohol?
The annual muster at Camp Benson
will he held this year for a period of ten
days, commencing Aug. q. Among the
attractions will be a series of ball
games between mines representing
Brewer, Dexter, Newport, Hampden
and Carmel
At the entrance to pasture in a
certain town in Lincoln county is a
1t would seem as if the warning was
really an invitation, for no stranger
would suspect the presence of desi
rable "hoss' flesh at that place until
he read the sign.
The amount Of money now in the
savings banks of Maine is over $4,000
900. This has been increased $1,5Oo, 900
in the past six months Maybe Maine
is poor old worn out sheep pasture as
some of the western people seem to
think, but we are in need of their sym
pathy only when they fail to pay the
interest on their bonds and mortgages
Warren II. Chase of Portland has re-
ceived letter from Major Edward A.
Weed, the CT year old bicycle rider who
left Portland May 2S, on his ride across
the continent from New Mexico. The
veteran who is the oldest international
cycle tourist in the world, has already
covered 1894 miles and has visited "a
states.
At the MacGregor spool mill in Fox
croft a full crew is employed in the
mill and upward of 40 men are hOus-
ing bars The last winter was one of
the busiest and most successful in the
history Of the mill. A new spool
finisher was added and for several
months the crew worked II hours per
day. Eighteen hundred thousand green
bars comprise the stock put in during
the last season.
The u. S. Lighthouse Tender Myrtle
is back in Maine waters again coming
from the Massachusetts coast. where
she has been doing service since June
IL. She will take on lighthouse mater
ial for the eastern stations. including
lumber for the new buildings going up
at the light station at Fort Popham.
and then go east as far as JonespOrt.
She will also get a spindle at Pomp's
Ledge and another at Channel Rock.
Judge c. w. Brown of Dover is in
stalling a water system at his South
Dover farm. The water is to be pumped
from the well, which he had drilled re-
Gently, by means of gasoline engine
and force pump into pneumatic pres
sure tank and from thence to various
parts of the building The system, be-
sides supplying the needs of the house
and barn, will also insure protection
against fire. The apparatus was pur-
chased from the Haskell Seed & I'm
plement Co. Of Boston.
While V. G. Morton of FreepOrt was
| attending horse recently he stopped
to pick up a piece of wire back of the
| horse. Just then a dog belonging to
| Mr.. Morton went into the stall and bit
| the horses leg, frightening him and
| causing him to kick both of Mr.. Nor
| tons legs severely. Mr.. Morton was
| taken to the house and physician was
| called. After a thorough examination
he found that no bones were broken.
but both legs We're badly injured, and
Mr.. Morton will have to remain in bed
several days.
Horace Chenery and Rev. Ashley A.
Smith of Belfast, who recently made a
| trip through the Allagash report hav-