Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-24
Maine Gossip
Life and Death.

In his death he bore witness at last
AS martyr to truth:
Did his life do the same for the past
From the days of his youth!
1t is easy to die. Men have died
For a wish or whim.
From bravado. or passion. or PRIDE
Was it harder for him?
But to live-every day to live ont
All the truth that he dreamt :.
While his friends met his conduct with
doubt
And the world with contempt
was it thus that he plodded ahead.
Never turning aside?
Then we'll talk of the life that he led;
Ernest Crosby.
Prof Ora W. Knight of Bangor
during q recent visit 10 Nova Scotia
had the good fortune to secure the
nest of Philadelphia vireo. This is
the third one ever found of winch
there is 4 record. The ilrSt Shot OF
this bird ever reported was secured
In Manitoba several years ago by
Thompson Seton. the we'll known
naturalist, while the second was taken
in Maine at Umbagog lake by William
Brewster OF Cambridge, the eminent
ornithologist. The nest located by
Prof. Knight contained four eggs.
The Fort Fairfield Review records a
potatoes figured largely as a medium
of exchange. George H. Nlippel re-
Gently exchanged his farm on the
Center Limestone road for that of
Isaac kilcolins. receiving 11,00O bar
relS of potatoes to boot. He then sold
the kilcollins farm to Reuben Vandine
for 10000 barrels of potatoes. thus real
izzing 2l.O00 barrels for his original
farm of not over 100 acres
Poultry producers are requested to
meet at l p. m. Friday, oct IS at
Chelsea. The meeting is called for the
purpose of considering the advisability
OF organizing a state society.
The Bath board of assessors has re-
Gently placed a valuation OF 500 upon
a piece of property on Court street
that was formerly march land and
which, according to record has not
been assessed for over 40 years. Over
lures were made a few days ago for
the purchase of the property and when
an attempt was made to learn its
valuation there was no record of it
upon the assessors books
Standard Oil Co. barge No 92
Wednesday brought to Portland 80
900 barrels Of refined oil and gaso-
line The amount of oil brought in
the holds of the immense barge is
record breaker for one craft to bring
to Portland, for never in the history
OF the port has single barge brought
over 10000 barrels and the average
amount brought by one barge is about
$4,000 barrels. The 100000 gallons of
oil ard gasoline brought by the barge
viii be pumped out of the wells into
the large tanks Of the comDanys
Portland plant and will then be ship
ped in barrels and tanks to various
parts OF the State.
Norway Orchardists are reporting
good apple crops. The Oxford county
Citizen says that Earl Barker has 200
young trees that are loaded with the
finest OF fruit and will have altogether
nearly 400 barrels of fruit. Arthur
Herrick of the same town has sold
IN barrels of apples for $50 Two years
ago he scraped The old bark from his
trees and has been we'll repaid for his
labor
IL is reported from Bangor that the
last of the potato pckers have come
down from Aroostook. They report
poorer wages than ever before this year
because the farmers did not have to
hurry TO get their crops. Many Of the
potato pickers We're college boys. The
price offered for potatoes ranges from
- cents to $l05 and the farmers are
not moving their crops but are holding
out Tor 81 90. Potatoes are expected to
go to s. before spring. Arostook peo-
pie are said to have all kinds Of money
this fall.
capt, +. +. Hahn Of the United
states Fish Commission has started
from Portland in charge of special
- '','''N' WIN -V'U i've HOLSTERS
which are being sent to Seattle. WASH.
where this favOrite shell fish will be
planted in the waters Of the Pacific
ocean. Half of the Holsters are male
am half female. The distance which
theS VIII travel by railroad is about
SUM miles and they are assigned to
Il special refrigerator car. which Is
attached I" fast through trains.
1he members of Co. G, ~ G $, NJ.
OF Bangor are to form a Rifle and Re-
Volver Club and the first meeting for
the purposes of organization will be
he'd Monday. 1t is proposed to Sc
cure a clubhouse and hold regular
matches, also later to join the Ma
tlon3l Rifle Association
Mrs. David Ray of Morning street.
Portland, was severely injured by
crowd of young toughs few evenings
ago. She was coming down Congress
street after dark and when near
Ponce street three or four young men
ran out of the street. collided with
her ana knocked her down upon the
sidewalk. She sustained several
scratches unan how faoa aol ,,,o,