Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
Maine Gossip
Goinq Up.

Going UP.
cranky school teacher. Of Lynn
once sat on the point of a pyhh,
Sne arose with a shrek
ANA when she could splek
SAID: Don't ever do 1t aSyhh.
Houston Post
Willard Clark of West Franklin
picked sweet corn Nov. ] and enjoyed
a midsummer dinner while snow
furry was in progress
A. Nj. Durham, who made Pcary's
snow shoes, is very proud of his part
in the discovery of the Pole. The
success of the expedition has made his
Norway shop famous.
Maine has its first censor Tor NOV
ing pictures shows. The appointee, G.
f.. Batchcldcr of Portland, is COM
missoned by the National Board of
to pass upon ali the Inns
exhibited in that city.
The family of O. w. II. Judk'ns met
in reunion at Norway recently. There
were % in the party ard though Mr..
and Mrs. Judkins have been married
80 years, no death has occurred in the
family.
A Jonesport storekeeper is exhibiting
a turnip weighing "a pounds and II
ounces and measuring 80 inches in cir
conference.
John II. Brown of Bath has been ac-
lively engaged as a teamster in that
city for AZ years
DR.. George Eastman Stubs Of the
of Strong, Me, died Oct. % in Phila-
delpha. DR.. Stubs took high rank
in the medical profession in Pniladei-
phia, from whose service he was set
aside by serious illness, dating several
years ago. There are now u Surviv-
ors of the class of 1861 BowGoin, one
of whom is Chief Justice Emery of the
supreme court Of Maine.
fair way to add tho manufacture Of
straw hats to its varied Industries.
1t is likely that portion of the shoe
factory building will be leased. AT
present there are many in PASSPORT
who are experienced in that sort Of
work and it is believed that there
would be little trouble in securing
plenty Of operatives.
Mr.. A. T.. Chandler of Sabatis says
that his trees are leaving out fresh
as in June. He also says that q
small-crested brown bird has appeared
that gets under the WOrmy apples and
drives it's bill into the blossom and
takes out the insect. He believes that
birds should receive better protection.
New Sweden reports that the first
flock of snow birds has arrived.
Bath had q match factory 60 years
ago when everyone thought there was
a fortune to be made in their manu-
facture. Miss Jane Shaw of Bath has
some of the matches manufactured in
the Bath shop They are Of pine,
shorter than the matches Of the pres
ent day and Handicapped.
Capt. James Morgan of the Bidde-
ford police force is known to more
travellers than any other officer in
Maine, except perhaps Inspector Quinn
of the Portland force. Capt. Morgan
has been meeting the trains in the
Biddeford western division station fol
II years and has been a member OF
the force in that city for p years.
Inspector Quinn was assigned to the
Portland Union Station beat for a
number Of years and was reputed tc
know more about the service than any
other individual.
The Old "GrOVer' store IN BOOtnDay
is being demolished to make room for
improvements. 1t was built about 100
Yeas ago and was first used as q
bakery.
Mrs. Bessie NJ Rupert of Portland
who grows hundreds of varieties of
dahlias, had a fine exhibit at the Al
aska yukon Pacific exposition at Sc
attle. Wash, and she has just re-
ctlycd word that she has been award
ed q silver medal. which is equivalent
to third prize. Mrs. Rupert's many
friends will be pleased to learn that
she met with such good success at an
exhibition where she had to compete
with a large number of growers. She
Las already won many premiums al
the agricultural fairs held in this
State.
A Bar Harbor housewife is bemoan-
ing the theft of some forty jars OF
preserves her entire winters store
which She had preserved and mt II