Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-04-08

the burned steamer Manhattan io"
the refrigerator intact. Some OIL the
ice remained and meat. fowl ana othei
food was unhurt. The Portland rress
says: 1t might be thought tnat o"ihs
to the terrific heat from the eoiis"i,
| ing fire that everything wouio
cooked, but such was not the case oS
any means. Workmen yesterday III
clearing away the debris fouho ,ile re-
frigerators practically intact Ahes
| were opened and inside were olscoN
cred meats and fowl and other "eh-
cacies. One of the refrigerators con-
tanned about Is pounds OF butter. u.
j. Murphy, in charge of the WORK Oh
the steamer, gave the dairy Proouc.
| TO one of the men and yesterday ne
reported that the butter nad 'aS'eo
| inst as good as new when useu at 'he
family table number OF eggs were
located in a less protected place anu
these were found baked nara
| Oscar II. Hersey. for many years
a nromi,f1ht LAWYER of Portland, who
has been in charge of the forster
toothpick interests in DiXfleid ana
| Strong, is now interested IN new
| toothnick industry which is 10 be es-
| tablished at Phillips. The FORSTER
estate furnishes two-thirds or the
| too1hpicks used in America.
| The York Manufacturing Company
of Biddeford is contemplating aool-
tions to its coal yard and coal hand-
ling apparatus to meet Increased oe-
| hot Lra nj
plant
IF is predicted by the Maine Cen
| ira, railroad EXPERTS that Moosehead
| Lake will be free of ice April "a. IT
| it does, the records will all be
| smashed. The Argus says. A record
of the ice going out of Sebago run
ming back as far as 1907. was exam
| ined yesterday and no year was round
that gave the opening date as early
as it was opened this year. 1t was
said that never before was the lake
officially declared open before April
1st. Some curiosity in regard to the
lest year when the HALEY comet was
around here, was quickly dispelled
when it was found that 70 years ago
the ice held until April 81 before it
was declared to be out.
Another PASSPORT Sardine packer is
reported to be looking about for a
site in the western part of the State.
The shifting of this industry. if it be-
comes so extensive. will be serious
blow to Washington county. 1t is
believed however, that it is simply
spreading out which will rebound to
the good of all.
The latest news from Rev. Frank w.
Sandford is from Gibraltar. Evidently
the Holy Ghost and Us leader likes
yachting better than tilling the soil
down in Durham. r
A huge flock of geese passed over
Brunswick Sunday morning. bound
northward 1t was one of the largest
focks ever seen in that vicinity.
The Lawry correspondent of the
Rockland Courier Gazette adds this
chorus: Some people believe the clans
are failing hut there are four factor
| les in 7-mile circuit and they are all
| rushed with work. The reason for this
| is the diggers. not the clans. are
growing plentier. Every farmer and
his boys from North Waldoboro to
| Monhegan are in the business.
H. II Porter. who died recently at
Chicago. was a native of Machias. He
| had been prominent railroad builder
for mary years His love for the town
of his boyhood prompted him 10 give
a free public library which is one of
| the show places of Machias.
| Mrs. Sophia Brown of Wiscasset is
bright and happy at 92 and will doubt
less cross the century mark as her
general health is excellent.
A Rockland poultry raiser believes
that hens pay for he averaged 20 eggs
a day from "a hens during the last
| seven days of March and the first day
| Of April.
| The ArOostOok Pioneer reports a
|
| circumference and weighing five
ounces. II was found by w. ]. Hen
| derson of I,ittleton.
Bangor News: The friends of Stew
art w Price believe that he holds the
| log hauling record for Maine. During
the past winter he operated a Lom-
bard machine .fOr the Hollingsworth &
Whitney Comp;,ny and hauled 100000
feet of lumber ON Appleton over a road
eight and One-ftalf miles long. -Four
| of Mr.. Prices best weeks work on APP
pleton are as follows: First week, 352
| M: second week. 3S7 NJ: third week
416 M: fourth week. 419 M. CTh's
will probably start something)
| Bernard Small the three and one
half year old son of Mr.. and MRS.
Joseph Small of Nozafh Pownal, while
playing with the other children IN
pasture Sunday strayesd away and was
lost in the woods. A large number OF
men and boys searched the woods all