Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-30
Maine Gossip
Biased Opinion.
SOL SIMPSON,.

Biased Opinion.
| Oh, man is a peculiar elf
Who braves full many wordy storm;
Whate'er may benefit himself
He CLASHES as a reform.
washington Star.
| The town of Union lost one of the
landmarks of the village when the
Michaud general store burned Christ
| mas morning. The building had a
varied career during its AS years Of
| existence, having been at various
! times a general store residence, shop
for cant dog stock, jewelry store, and
a tin shop.
With the beginning of the new year
there will be two vessels building in
| Baths wooden ship yards. Shipbuild-
| ers, however, are convinced that the
coming year is going to prove much
brighter than the one just drawing to a
close and anticipate busy times the
coming year. At the plant of the Bath
iron works three torpedo boat destroy
ers are under construction for the navy
department.
Tom Dana, the Old Town Indian who
recently died, has been a familiar fig
ure in and about Kineo for many years.
AS a guide he was always in demand
He had also represented his tribe at the
Legislative session.
The snow shoes which Commander
Peary used were made in Norway, Me-
and We're especially constructed to
Withstand the cutting and bruising of
arctic ice. The frames were of select
ed ash and when bent We're 4S inches
long by foot in width, except a dozen
pairs, which We're go inches long. The
filling was the best raw hide.
William Brown, a 13-year-old boy
who is now attending school in Port
| land, has had more than his share of
excitement. Both parents We're lost in
an earthquake, he spent two years on
the sea during which time he crossed
the Atlantic and was shipwrecked and
has picked up his living in the streets
Of New York. He is now in the care of
a prominent Portland business man.
Might olllCeI NddtIleI SOTey OIL lHe
Pittsiield police force has been on duty
in that capacity 16 years and hasn't
missed a night. During that time he
has made several important captures
by no means the least Of which was the
arrest Of two men who attempted to
wreck the midnight Bangor and Bos-
ton express in 1894
Biddeford and Saco residents have
been eating cells by the wholesale since
| the season set in, but it is safe to pre-
| dict a falling off in the consumption
A Pine Point resident has served notice
that many of the cells were dead before
| they We're taken from the water, midi
| eating that they died of some disease
| Mrs. Hiram Butterfield of Farming
| ton mas a bed cord made of whale sin
| ews, which is reputed to have been
part of the equipment of the Mayfiow-
er. She also has conch shell which Is
SAID to have been used as a warning in
| case of the approach of the British dur
! ing the war of the Revolution.
Frank F.. Jackson the Maine globe
| trctter is at home again. this time from
| Porto Rico. He is enthusiastic over
| the island and it's people and can not
| understand why anyone can oppose adj
| hitting them to citizenship.
| The town of Norway has heard of a
| wild man who is terrifying the oxford
| county WoOdsman. Among the cruel
| acts ascribed to this denzen of the for
est is the trapping of a man and leav-
! ing him to freeze to death.
One proof that all Maine farmers do
| not agree with the proposition that
Maine farms don't pay is the case of
| the Pompilly place in Auburn. 1t has
been sold at a round price to two men
| who know how to farm. The real es-
| tate agent who sold it states that all
| his farm property is increasing in
| price.
When the Northeastern Telephone
Company first opened for business in
| Portland the first instrument to be
| e. hat in I,o