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FIRST GAME.

Bases on errOrs-Washington !; New
York, L Left on bases-W ashington, 9;
New York. II. Bases on balls-On Hughes,
2; of Johnson, 2; of Warhop. s. Struck
out-By Johnson, /; by WarhOp. l. Three
base hits-Unglaub knight Two-base
hits-McBride, Austin, Demmitt, LapOTte.
Sacrifice hits-Conroy (9. Mcbride. Klei-
now Hit by pitcher-By Warhops =
Hits made-Off Hughes. 8. in two innings:
off Gray. ?. IN one inning; of Johnson, s,
in six innings Umpires-Messrs KERN
and Sheridan. Time of game-2 hours and
ID minutes
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Fir-t base by eTTurs-Langdor. :; Ninth. ) Lstt
on bases-Laugion. s; Ninth. 6. Firz base on
baIls-OH A. Thonas Z. Cf Syuanosld. :: OF
Brady. L Iurlings pttched-By Symanosd. 3; b.
Brady 4 Hits made-O9 Symanosd , Struck
out-By Syuanossi, :; by Brady &; By Thomas, 6
Tlhreobase hits-Walte-s. Stccher. Isrc-base hit
Hands Sasziice hits-Aiatttnsly, Wales Stolea
bascs-Porter. C-7ickshanks Head. Walters. QUAINT
relle Bcehler. Hands Nils e. Ma-rin- D0uble
plays-Buehie- 70 Quantrels % Martin: Po-rer 20
VI. Thomas. Heald tunassisted). Hit b. pirchc--
By Brady I Passed baIls-POrte-. !: Martin 1
UmTdre-AIr. Hughcs Tine Of E1me-1 hour and
50 minutes
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OXON HILL WINS AGAIN.
Takes Crack Dupont A. C. Nine Into
Camp. @ TO 4.

The crack Dupont Athletic Club. OF
Washington. dropped an interesting game
10 OxOn Hill Saturday, score 6 20 4
Though handicapped by the absence Of
several OF their star players. the circle
boys played a clean, snappy game The
ar-round playing OF Major was the
feature OF the game. while the fine WORK
Of the Fisher boys was a big factor in
the result. Ruiz and McArdle put up an
excellent game for the losers Score:
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Trro-eaqe Elf-EEll.- o--4l-ll1 -A4----A al1l-
Jrlisr simon. Widmayer. Sacifce dy-Huriey.
Stolen oases-TayIo- p, Kicker. MILDLY. Harley
Gallagher e. Left on bases-C- a G.. 10 Bsook-
I.T5 First base Oh baIls-OH Gallagher. 3; cE
Sim1n FIrsr base b. e-UC-C A. G.,
Hi. bv pitchsr-HoWard Priest. SUrucz Out-By
GauaEber. 8; By simon. 4 Wild pirCh-SmOn-
Tirle of esme-l hour and 80 mfuutoN Umpiro-
To-dsy's Sans-Brentwood rs. C. P. c.
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GET GOOD START.
Parhvievv Makes SIX Runs In First
Inning and Wins.

In an exciting contest n the Suburban
League yesterday Parkview defeated the
fast WoOdburn outfit, : 20 5
Junghaus twirled a good game for the
losers. and with better support would
have won his game. Only three hits
were made of his delivery Mcfarland,
who replaced Koehler IN the seventh.
famed the only four men TO face him.
C~ora-
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LII ClsIs-E9--5--L U----- y U-----77----l y
Fist base on bals-OE BarDes. :; % Bl--ocE -
.oH CALLAHAN .. oE 1I1dSen 3 Innings pitc1ed-
By Bullock. %. b. B4-nes. . IS; hy Madce1. 2
HIS uEde-OH CALLAHAN, = C BulocE, =. OF
Barns. /. OF 1laddel- 4 Struck oCt-By Bans
8. bv BullccE J. dy MADDEN. . BY CALLAHAN.
Thrse-bsss hst-Herriman Sacrifice kirs-Keiiher
DEsaver stolen bls1s-ksliher. Di-slVer. Nc
Larin. Babirg1on. W0rrsu. King. CALLAHAN Don
be rlays-BuIock % Herman - keEhs-. LeEye
Nfas5tn J WIId pitch-Ba.nes- Passod balls
Babtngon. Mace. Umpire-Nr. Mye-S Tine q
gane-l hour and s. uIuu-es-
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RED MEN WIN.
ats TO Advantage and Easily
sc Defeat sailors

Defeat sailors
7me replete with errors and heavy.
In a g the Interiors downed the tail-end-
batting. ton, II TO 9. yesterday in the.
assLes11-ental League
Departmt = .,5 r7s-nrar+ carried or tba
AaTceTo' ')nors. the former getting four
batting he e,-a r-fnS 10 rba Mate vrhils.
hits out o. oonracre5 for three two-bar-
me lal'eF Z four trips. In the seventh
gers out IA. OF the Navy team. drew
inning fAn appiaRse by pulling down a
round OF Carrolrs bat with one hand
hot liner on.srcb h,- Ra-nbar+ which -
A classy cn7orbla plav. stoned Nayv's
suited In q { the first round Score;
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Totals....... suEu ; Totals. 81
sN-r-,a cr,t rrher, -rirr,lr,.r I'M rrr-nl
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Buehler. formerly OF Cornell Univer-
sity. has signed up with the Ninth Street
team In the Church League. The col
legian was with the Northeast squad last
year. and played q hns game Of ball
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PnIInrd Benfen id Tennis.

London. June I.-In the all-England
tennis championship matches at WimOle-
don to-day. D. P. Rhodes beat FaIlard in
the first round OF the gentlemen's singles.
Score. Es, 81 - 80
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Tro-hase hit-Doolin- Three-base hits-Lelfeld
Jackitsch. Grant. Stolen blscs-WilSon. Miller.
Clarke o. Abstein. Sacrifce fy-Nagee. Double
plsy-NlcQuillan 10 Bransheld. BASES on balls-O1
Leiheld 8. OF AcQuiian. 8 Struck out-By Lei
field /. b. Frock 2: by McQuilan. 2 Umpires-
NiessE. Rigler and O'Day. Time of game-i hour
and . minutes. Attendance-.lsS
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.

| At Savannah-Sayannah. !; Columbia. thirteen
innings: Carkness).
At Charleston-Chsrlest0n. 3: Jacksonville. .
| At Macon-Mac0n, 4; Chattanoog2, ;
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Totals. =
sBatted for Ereamer in The SIKH
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AMERIcAN AssoCIATIo,

AT SIiiwaukee-Toledo. 2: Milwaukee. /
AT st. Paul-St Paul 5: indianapolis. O.
At Kansas City-Columbus. G; Karsas City, .
- Minneo polis-Louisville. ;; Minneapolis. l.
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new ENGLAND LEAGUE.

At Loweli-Lower, s; Lawrence. 3
At Lynn-L5uu. 3: Br5cktOn. I.
AZ Haverhill-Worcester. 2: HaverhiE l.
At Eau River-Fan River, 4; New Bedford. )
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I'VO-base lIt-NIIIlaDs bt0len basos-NuTply
o., Tucker. Ruiz l2 Dan. Heisken. MAJOR %.
H Rusk. z Fisher. Rowe. Bases On balls-Of
Fisher. 2: of Dar, &; % Ruiz CO. Struck out-By
Fisher. s; by Dan. s. By Ruiz. = Passed balls
Murphy C3), H Rysk. Urnpire-MT. Fisher.
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MINOR LEAGUES.
EASTERN LEAGUE.

At NeWarz-Toronto. ?; Newark l.
At Baltim0re-First game: Montreal. !: Baiti-
more l. Second game: Mcntreal, /; Baltimore. .
at PruTidsuce-Buffalo. 4; Providerce.
At jersey City-Rcehester. I; Jersey City, l.
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CONNECTICUT LEAGUE.

At Observation-Disclosures s; Hartford. :.
At SprinEheld-Springfeld. ;; Waterbury, l.
At New Brita3n-Frst game: Northampton. 9;
New Britain. s. Second game: New Britain, 8;
Nyo-+har,rfr~
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NOSE OUT BRooKLAND.
c. A. c. Lands Exciting Contest by
a Single Run.

The Columbia Athletic Club. winner OF
the District post-season games last saIl.
triumphed over Brookland IN TIE Capital
City League yesterday. winning OUT in
the eight round. ! 20 3
Both Clubs put up q creditable exhioi-
ton in the field but three errors being
made. Willie Howard's two bingles gave
him the batting honors. Score
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Hanver Maker TRIBE.

Harvey, 81 the Express Company, was
right on the Job with three bingles. his
triple in the last inning making the root
ers for both teams SIT up and take notice.
Barnes gam5oled about IN the center
garden Ike he owned the place. getting
four pUt-outs and two assists. and play
ing an all-round good gana Score.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

At Memphis-AIemphis 3; Birmingham
At Little Rock-Montgonery, 10; Little Rock, l
Al MJbile-No5ile. z: Atlarta. /
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Pension OIce
CC1Srgs ss-ClaE
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A-e-S- tass by e-rors-Coune-ce, J. Len On oases-
First rcs = Trgazry. e Ffrs- b2Se on bols-O1
ColI1-e 2. % BalzCr. s struck cut-By Ba-@es E;
Crusen. sau Two-base ki--Ble-1sEl- s1c-l1cs
b. Croslassi Nerefee. Double ulay-Erlus %
hits-Bsco Handib'e- Passed baIl-O'Nea- In
Barns & Bets Tine ot gl1e-2 hours
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STANDING OF TIE TEA,
PIRATES BEAT PHILLIES.
Take Last Game on the Home
Grounds.

Pittsburg, June H.-Philadelphia stop
ped of here 10 play a game OF ball to-
day. and Pitts5urg had no trouble de-
feating them-5 10 g. This closed the
series on the local grounds for the locals.
and Of the fourteen games played they
have won thirteen.
The PhilLes were hammering Lieheld
when Frock was sent in today. and the
youngster stopped the scoring. Score:
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ECOND CANTE

LSiL on udst1-bo5tOn, D Enilaoelphla, 5. baseS
on balls-OR Wood. /; Of Coombs. 2 Struck out
By Wood, / By Coombs. l. Three-base hit-Bakgr
Two-base hits-GeSsler. Mcconnell Sacrifice hits-
Wood %. Stolen bases-McConneu Cg. Lord. Hit
BY pitchsr-By Wood. 2 Wild pitches-Coomhs
%. Umplres-Messrs PerTine and OLOughlin.
Tins Of gsme-l hour and 3 minutes Aeend-
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RED SOX GET TWO.
Wood Holds Athletics to Two Hits
in Second Game.

Boston, June H.-The Athletics dropped
double header TO Boston to-day.
Wood held the visitors to two hits IN
! the second game Scores:
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P H L
? J 9 0D = =
Q Q - 2 q
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DIVIDE DOUBLE BILL
Nationals Win FirStand Drop
Next to Yankees.
PLAY STEADILY IN OPENER

Put Up More Even Game Than Their
Opponents - HighIanders Hit the
Ball Hard, but Are Unable 10 Make
BinEIes COunt-ManninE Outpitehed
Hughes In the Second.
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PENSION BUREAU BEATEN.

COaEressIOnaIs Spring SurPris6
Manager Robbins Fast Squal g.,
The COngressiOnals sprung surpri, ,rinz
the Marquette League yesterday, beSn a
the Pension Office team. Il 20 1,
weu-played contest Score -
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MAKE IT THREE STRAIGHT.
Tigers Win Final Game from st.
Louis BrovYns.

st. Louis. June 21.-By taking this aft
ernoon's game. 10 0. Detroit cleaned
Up all three games Of the series Dono-
van pitched fine ball and got the same
kind OF support Score:
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WASHINGTON A. C. BLANKED.
HagerstOwn Wins Game Easily,
Score to o.

Hagerstown, Nd. June 2.-Hagerstown
defeated the Washington Athletic Club
here this afternoon by the score OF 70
o. At no stage Of the game did the visi-
tors have the slightest chance of scor-
ing. Score:
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Two base hit Crawford Double play-Wlinarne
% Wallace % Jones. Stolen bases-Hoffman ~,
StephenS Cobb Wild pitch-GTaham. Bases on
baIls-On Graham. 1; OF Donovan, 3 Struck
out-By Graham. 3: by Bailey, !: By Donovan. 3.
game-l hour and 81 minutes. Umprcs-Messrs.
Egan and Evans.
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EASY FOR WEST 01NAA10'
n LcitE ut WLNe
> OF "e0FsetO' 'DrubbfRg.

Leaders OF "e0Fseto' 'DrubbiRg-
Jun D'lF tons a tfeated the DUN
The West Streets ooweu played game
bartons yesterday in a
on the Olympic groundars Al all STAGES
Chappen held the lose
OF the game e game for the
Murtangh caught f1
winners. Score:
eIsNE = !
Wsst Street ooe ee1-S q
Du-1be-tO8s. Q
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Cumberland Beats Somerset.

Cumberland. Md, June 2L-Cumber-
land beat Somerset. Pa, here to-day
with ease In listless game. The at
tendance was good. Three players were
hurt Snyder. right fielder Of Cumber-
land. fell running to first. and was
knocked senseless; Davis, third baseman
OF Somerset, was hit by a pitched ball,
and Mccarthy. catcher Of Somerset. was
hurt by a foul tip. Score:
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At Andersm-A1derson. 5; WinSton-Saiem. 4
At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4; Spartanburs l.
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on balls-OH Ryan. J: of SchliEeT /; Of Plank
l. Struck Out-By Ryan ;. BY schitzer /: By
Plank s. Sacrifice fies-Cauigan q. Plank Three
base hi.s-DaTis. Mcconnell. TEO-hase hits-Car-
rgan. Thomas. Lord Baker Sacrifice hits
Thoney ~. Stolen bases--Lord f2. Collins Dou-
bic play-AicConnen 70 Stahl 20 Car-igan. Hit By
pitcher-By Ryan l. Passed ball-Thomas I'M
pires-Messrs. O'Loughlin and PerTine. Time Of
Eame-3 hours ard Is minutes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26

in the Central school house. Tha =.
ftcers are Mrs. Lena Hodgkins NJ ~.
dent; Mrs. Augusta Thomas, vice.n,ss.
ident; Mrs. Efiie Reed, secretary. ua
Edna Burns, treasurer.
Rev e. Fl. Chaplin, poster % !,
Universalist church of Rockland ~
rendered his resignation to take a..
as soon as a successor can be seca.s
The resignation has been accented y
Chaplin resigned because Of illness -
came to RocklaDd nine years ago ~ ~
Line oln, Neb.
Twenty 100 candle power elec,..
lights have been installed in the ~
street Biddeford Methodist church -
ditorfum. The pews in the cbr.'
have been arranged. three rows
| moved in front to give more room :.
the pulpit and choir. There AZ. :.
number of other changes of less i
portance which add to the whole
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Committee HEARINGS.
JUDICIARY.

The committee on judiciary will give .
public hearing in its room at the State
House In Augusta
TUESDAY. JAN. &c. 1909. at o'clock
No. IS. On an Act to excuse the filing
Of bonds by administrators In certain
No. IS. On an Act to amend Section ?
Of Chapter 6. relating to judges of pro-
WEDNESDAY. JAN. q. 1909 at 2 o'clock
Of Chapter los Of the Revised Statutes
re'atine to the appointment of surveyors
NO. "a. on an Act relating to the OPP
Grafton of motor vehicles on pubic
90 On an Act to make uniform the
laws Of warehouse receipts.
Sc. On an Act to make uniform the
law relating to the sale Of goods.
66 on an order. from the last Legisla-
ers on uniform law relating to marriage
and divorce be referred to the commit
ties on judiciary, with instructions to con-
So 81 on an Act relating to negotiable in
'f1 TSHTnRsDAY. JAN. q. 1909. at o'clock
No. S. On an Act relating to the Issue
o. N HohG s On an Act creating State
Board Of Charities ana s,rrefne the Ju-
aiciSrv ~ COMMITTEES to inquire into the
Observation-Disclosures and expediency OF en-
scfinT a law providing Tor tax upon
iaISdS In unincorporassd riaSeS, ~ ue a
oiled for the preservation anH "a ,,Iocae
y H0n s resolve, from the last Legs.
ASSts&,.- uf0noi1n9 an Ame4pWenl 90 Ine
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LEGAL AFFAIRS.

TUESDAY, JAN. 26, at P. M.
No So. An Act to protect benevolent.
humane fraternal or charitable corpora
tions in the use Of their names and en-
No 81. An Act to ratify, confirm and
make valid the organization of the An
dover Water Company and authorize it
No. g. An Act to incorporate the Uni
versal Electric Light and Power Com
pany.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. Of. at p NJ.
No. IS. An Act to incorporate the Cit
liens Electric Company.
No 49, An Act to authorize the Ar
tesian Water Company to issue bonds.
THURSDAY, JAN. 2s. at P. M.
No 60. An Act to amend The charter
of the city of South Portland.
No. 81. An Act to make the anniver-
sary of Lincoln's birthday school and
bank holiday
No g. An Act to amend Chapter 1888
of the Private and Special Laws of 1907
relating to the records of real estate in
the county of Waldo.
TUESDAY, FEB. 2, at P. NJ.
No. SO. An Act relating to special con-
No 81 An Act to regular the scale of
logs on the PenobScot river.
No. GA. An Act to extend the provis-
ions of Chapter PAL of the Private and
Special Laws of 1903.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 3, at P. NJ.
No. 65. An Act in relation to judges of
municipal courts in cities.
No. Sc. An Act to authorize the town
of Robbinston to erect and maintain
wharf into the tide waters of the st.
Croix river, in the town of Robbinston,
No. 76. An Act to better observance of
Sunday.
ELISHA w PIKE. Sec
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CHURCH AND PASTOR.

AT the annual meeting of the South
Paris Universalist parish it was voted
to use the $500. the bequest of Mrs
Rhoda Yates, on the church debt AT
this meeting officers were elected fol
the year.
The Free Baptist society at South
Limington has secured the services OF
Rev. John Mitchell as pastor for the
ensuing year. The society has this
fall covered the roof of the church with
corrugated steel. Several other par
ties have used the same kind of mate
rial upon their roofs.
The Cults avenue Free BAPTIST
church at Biddeford has voted to ex-
tend a call to Rev. w. r. Wood of
Fairport, N. Y, to succeed Rev. John
Z. Jordan who retired and went to
Auburn to live after preaching his last
sermon the last Sunday in December.
The Methodist church of Bar Har-
Dor has made good showing for the
past ten months under Rev. Carl Gar
lands energetic leadership. An aver
age Of ten has been received each
month for the last ten communion
Sundays, 100 persons, SO of whom are
ADULT men.
A sewing circle has been organizezd
at Franklin for the purpose of obtain
- -
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THE HEART CAN'T STAI
RHEUMATIC ACID
POISONING
The Uric-O Treatment Expells
Poison From the Blood.

Those sharp, shooting pains throu!
the chest around the region of U
heart mean that poisonous uric a.
rheumatic acid are there ready
spring and grip tightly the muscs
controlling the hearts action. Don
neglect these warnings. You mus
neutraliZe and drive those dan
gerous poisons from the system,
sooner or later they will overcome yo
The only true way to cure Rheum,
tism is to get at it from the insa
with Uric-O. 1t acts with marVeiou
swiftncsS upon the muscles, Kidney
and blood. Cleans out the sand-a
deposits in the muscles, forces the Nv
neys to perform those duties for WIFE
they were designed and neutralizes ID
acid within the blood.
Uric-O is & liquid taken internah''
times daily. and does not contain ~
morphine. opium or other so-ca,'e
pain .leadncrs" Sciatica, MuscuS
Int!ammatory ana Articular Rfeuu'
tism all yield readily to uric-O.
IT sells for 15c and $l.0O the botte
you can obtain a trial bottle Tree
writing to The Smith Drug Co..
Smith Bldg, Syracuse. N. Y.
uric-O is sold and personally reeo'
mended by Frank +. Burns, Angus.
c. ii. Bcane, Gardiner: Spauiums
Drug Store, Hallowell; +. S. JacRsa
Winthrop. -
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Branch Mills GRANGE.

The officers of Branch Mills Grange
were installed Thursday evening. Jan
Il, by Obariah Gardner as follows
Master. II. l.. Pinkham; overseer, e
M Shuman; lecturer. Fl. w Worthins
sec, J. r. Tobey; treas, w. a. Nelson
chap, Mrs. Alice Parmenter; steward
f. r.. Worthing; asst. steward, Arthur
Plummer; gate keeper, Lester Nelson
Pomona. Mrs. l.. A. Pinkham; Flora
Ida Pinkham; lady asst steward, Jen-
ME Chadwick. After the installation
refreshments were served. after which
the meeting was called to order and
some interesting remarks We're made
by Mr., Gardner and a short program
was presented by the lecturer Mr.
and Mrs. &. A. Phillips and Mrs. c. S
Leeman and son of Sheepscot Lake
Grange and Miss Nellie Bumps of Sill
yer Lake Grange We're present as
guests.
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WALDO.
FREEDOM.

Miss Margaret Orff of jefferson Is
visiting her sister Miss Carolyn Orff.
The Ladies' Circle met with Mrs
Linscott this week.
Fred Morse is visiting his sister
Mrs. William Sibley
Mr.. Avis's lecture. 1.-THE Evening in
Bird Land" given under the auspices
of Freedom Academy Echo. was well
attended by the public and much en-
joyed.
Miss Florence Cross of Merritt was
in town yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. b. Thompson have
returned home from Montville where
they have been visiting Mrs Thomp-
sons parents. Mr.. and Mrs James
Palmer.
Miss Bernice Gates of Thorndike has
been visiting schoolmates in Freedom
Academy.
Miss Judith Banton of Montville has
been visiting friends at Freedom.
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WAYS AND BRIDGES.

The committee on ways and bridges
VIII give public hearing in it's room at
the state House in Augusta.
THURSDAY, JAN. %. at p NJ
On resolve providing for assistance
IN rebuilding the East Branch bridge in
the town of Oakfield.
on resolve in favor of repairing the
road between Patten and Trout Brook
Farm in Penobscot county
On petition of Frank II. Skolfield and
10 others to authorize the town of Harps-
well to construct a bridge from the west
shore of Cunday's Harbor on Great island
in said Harpswell. to the east shore of
an island. in said Harpswell, known as
Hen island.
Resolve in favor of the town of Mount
Chase, in Penobscot county
vile.
THURSDAY. FEB. II. at P NJ
On an Act to restore Portland bridge
BY order of the committee.
A. o. ROBBINS. Secy.
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WISDOM OF THE WOLF.
Too Sagacious Now to Touch TrapD.,
Poisoned Bait.

The sagacity, strength, and sense !.
smell Of the timber wolf is wondo,,.,
and astonishing in the extreme, IT,
was a time when they could be lin,
with strychnine, but they are too via.
now to touch poisoned bait, and ii,
dain the most skilful methods and n
vices of trapping known to strateg.
old trappers.
Last June we followed the trail !,
wolf that was caught in a steel tn,
1t was in the old pine chopping
piece of hardwood two feet long al
weighing about go pounds was fasts,]
ed to the chain Of the trap to act AZ !,
clog After the frantic struggle ths
ensued when the trap closed on !,
paw, the wolf made a bee line for MI
nearest cover. The clog struck IA.
ground only about every % or 80 fss
so the rate of speed at which he tran
eled is a matter Of conjecture. IoJ
weighing from 10 to coo pounds 4
which the clog caught We're dispacs]
and in some cases dragged and roEsj
three feet form their original postbsl
Saplings an inch in diameter were tsj
out of the ground. / have in my den
piece of wild cherry tree as souyenj
of the occasion. 1t was a tree alme1
two inches in diameter, on which I'D
clog and chain caught and became 81
curely fastened Surrounding this trss
there was every indication Of power,
full pulling. but the roots were de43
and held fast to the earth. When It'd
wolf found that he could not free him
self by pulling he circumvented Id
difficulty by chewing off the tree. Thd
piece OF wood is fearfully lacerata|
and has teeth holes three-quarters d
an inch deep, showing the ferocity aa1
incredible power Of jaw of these fored
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Afield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
STATE LANDS AND STATE ROADS.

The committee on State lands and State
roads will give a public hearing in its
room at the State House in Augusta,
TUESDAY. FEB. g. 1909 at o'clock.
No. so. On bill entitled IAN Act to i'm
prove the public highways of Maine by
regulating the width of tires upon wag-
ons made for carrying heavy loads"
Be it enacted by the people of the State
of Maine, as follows:
Section l. That on and after the first
day of January 1912, all wagons for the
purpose of carrying freight. merchandise
and farm products, to be drawn by two
fiat tires not less than four inches WIDE
etc.
By order OF the committee.
H. S. JORDAN, Secretary.