Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-24

Secrets of fields, of upper air.
Secrets which stars and planets share;
Light of such smiles as broad skies fling:
Sound of such tunes as wild birds sing;
Voices which told where gay birds dwelt;
Voices which told where lovers knelt;
Oh, strong, white body of hickory tree,
How dare l burn all these, in thee?
Helen Hunt Jackson.
A total of 9S from Maine among the
enlisted men of the returning fleet.
A youthful Maine romance was the
elopement Of Alice Brown of Var
mouth, aged 16 with Edgar Bond of
Kittery Point, aged %. They were
married in Portsmouth last week.
Of the $302S derived from the sale OF
tie Red Cross Christmas stamp in
Maine almost half or Slap. was con-
tributed by Portland. Bangor was Sec
ond with $7S2, Augusta third with S151
and Biddeford fourth with ST. There
are SO towns and cities on the roll OF
honor, the 33rd being South Paris with
sales amounting to 20 cents.
This is the latest cat story, SubStan-
tiated by good citizens of Old Orchard
A woman who resides at Old Orchard,
went to Haverhill, Mass, last fall, TAX
ing her pussy with her After Delng
there awhile the cat was missing. The
same woman returned home in lew
weeks, and behold! The cat was at
home too! How or when she returned
is mystery and probably VIII remain
so. She must have Travelled close 10
100 miles, unchaperoned.
The experts of the Maine agricul-
tural experiment station say that the
past two seasons in this State nave
bean conspicuous for unusual insect
outbreaks. Caterpillars, grasshoppers,
plant lice, beetles, spittle insects. saw
flies and various other kinds OF insects
have been troublesome enough 10 cause
considerable alarm. 1t is declared thaL
in most cases the trouble is probably
only of temporary Importance, as 1e"
of the insects are likely to prevail III
such numbers for many years IN sue
cession. All of which will be good news
to the farmers and others who have
suffered from the depredations OF these
small cattle.
Few people realize that in Portland,
at the Maine Historical library, is one
of the best and rarest portraits Oh
Abraham Lincoln. One can find no pet
ter place to see how Lincoln looked.
The society came into the possession OF
this portrait at the death OF Moan
Brooks, the author, of Castlne, Maine.
MIR. Brooks became acquainted with
Mr. Lincoln during the Fremont cam
paign in 1856, which was continued
through the Lincoln Douglass canvass
two wears later and became more lntl-
nate and confidential from 1862, when
Mr.. Brooks went to Washington to re-
side. when he saw Mr.. Lincoln almost
dolly He wrote life OF Lincoln III
the Heroes OF History" series
There is nothing meek and gentle
about the cod when in its native ele-
ments. Captain Greenleaf, of the U. 5.
fish commission steamer Gannett, III
speaking of them said that the COZ Is
q savage fish and will attack anything.
It is said that cases are on record
where large Gods have engaged In bat
tl., with divers and it required haro
work to drive them away Fishermen
have reported to Captain GreenleaI
that the cod are fond of herring ana
that when an effort is being made to
secure the large cod, good sized her
ring are thrown overheard A Schoo'
of cod is always attracted by theii'
and il is said to be interesting 70
watch the fish The cod Will maneuFef
aroun, the herring and Will not attach
| them until the head of the herring Is
directly in front of it. When this oc-
curs one single gulp is made and the
herring disappears. A short time age
| , eaad cod was received on board the
Gannett which weighed IS pounds. NOV
many spawnS We're received from II
and the men We're surprised. Flnally
| it was decided to cut the fish open allo
when this was done a. coOt was 1oulo
inside. The bird was not damaged III
| the least The only notlceabie tniiis
| about it was that the feathers at the
throat were slightly mussed up. II
had not been chewed up at all and nae
haen swallowed whole without any ap
narent effort 1t is believed that the
bird was flying over the water and haC
descended for some reason or other. Sc
that he came within reach of the Jaws
of the big cod. Shooting through III.
water. he had made slight jump an'
had succeeded in getting the quarry
sought. Another story told by Capta'i
| Greenleaf is that of taking nine lhci
lobster from another cod when mac
been received on board the Ganne't
| Gases without number, of smaller ioo
stcrs being found within coos were
| told