Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-12

)"Bryan will not run aeain''
Chairman Mack says and stands pats;
Well bet William Will be some
Surprised when he learns of that.
Houston Post.
Constant A. M. Larghin OF emma
is SO years of age and veteran OF
the Aroostook war; He is still able
to read without glasses and often
walks three miles.
The past year, in Bangor SlOo,00o mas
been expended in building operations.
Some 112 new dwellings, have been
built.
The late William Rowland of Phillips
was Il direct descendant from John
Rowland who came to America in the
MaylloWcr.
Lewiston Journal: Bucksport IS
specializing just what the recent wa
ter front transfers mean. Many ru-
mors are afloat but none are anthem
tic. The enc man who knows most
cD'tl tiC MATER VIII OILY say IL iiNs''i''
| something important, which Isn't d
great deal of information.
Ralph Robinson of CaScO suffered a
curious accident Saturday. He and
Leon Trip were trying to catch some
wild cockerels with a % calibre rife,
Trip fired at one and the bullet hit
a rock and hOJlncnI harl. and hit Rob-
inson on the finger taking off the flesh
on the end, making a small but pain
full wound.
Benjamin D. Littlefield, who has
been driving stage on the Rockland
and South Thomaston route since 80
years ago last June, has disposed of
| his outfit and will hcnceforth reside
| in Massachusetts, making his home in
| AsSonety.
]. f.. Pike of West Bethel, who has
but one arm, picked seven barrels of
apples this fall, using ladder to
| reach the fruit.
l1oilSol uotS llol tIlttl tain tiiV itCd
| that she will ever rival Gloucester as
a fishing port, just because a grand
banker" arrived there this week, but
she does intend to handle more fish
in the future than in the past. Next
spring another vessel will be fitted out
so that there will be two in the Ban
gor fleet.
Mrs. Molle Pingree of Denmark has
lately received an heirloom in the way
Of old family silver, linen and bric-a-
brac, from a great aunt, now deceased.
Among the things, she prizes towel
made from flax raised, spun and woven
by her great-grandmother Davis with
her initials &C. D. embroidered on
them. over a century ago this was
done by the grandmother of the late
Deacon William Davis.
During the month of October 90 car
loads of potatoes We're shipped from
Thorndike station and three more We're
loaded and ready to go Monday morn
ing, Nov l. Besides these Peter Har-
mon and the Barlow Bros. have
loaded and shipped several cars from
Knox station. This indicates that
somebody in Waldo county is raising
potatoes.
Dana Morrcll of West Bethel went
out Saturday morning to look up his
sheep, taking his rifle along with him
hoping to see a deer. The only one
he saw stood behind his barn when
he returned at noon. He promptly
shot it.
The Biddeford Record thinks it has
found the champion example of bad
miX-up of summer-winter freaklSh-
ness 1t was man on top of d load
of hay who was clad in shirt sleeves
while his ears were covered with fur
mufts and his hands with huge blue
and white mittens.
d. w. Kimball of Mechanic Falls no.
ticed paragraph in this column about
sunfiowcrs and allows that he raises
a few himself. He states that he mao
one this summer that was IA inches in
diameter and several that were 10
inches, all of which were on stalks ten
feet in height. He also says that IN
past years he has raised larger ones.
James Dondis of Rockland recently
obtained from Criehaven parties yell
low Angora cat, said to weigh upward
of 80 pounds Despite her enormous
size the stranger was frghtend away
| from the house by dimnutive feline
and has not been seen since.