Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-09

~ - Houston POST.
The report has reached Saco '''a' ~
| r Gonzales, who acted as hiahase'
| of the Factory Island Depar'i'iei'
Store in Saco, has opened the DIE a,ore
he contemplated in New Orleans l''''
and ie doing good business.
Monmouth boat builder has hnh'
a salt water boat this winter, 1t Is ii
large launch which will be used IN 4
ferry service al Beverly. Mass. IN"
craft viii take her first dip al '"iI"l
uer to which point she will be- haui"d
overland
If the improvements on III" Saro
recommended by Col Quin are made
Riddeford and SacO will doubtless n"-
yeIop a big water front cotton PIG
iron. moulding sand and coal are the
principal commodities which can be
received by water to advantage
When Mrs s c. DmSmOre of Reno
New, was visiting in Dover last fall
she found a handsome little spruce
which she took up with the idea OF
taking it to her home. Her father, j.
F. Martin, kept it through the winter
and sent it to his daughter this spring.
She has written that it arrived in goo"
condition and will be given opportun-
ity to become Il tree in Nevada.
The Maine State Federation of
Labor is to hold its annual conven-
no
vention will open on the first Tues
day in that month Tuesday. June q,
and will continue three days. 1t is
expected that between 50 and 60 dele
gates representing labor unions in
all parts of the State will be present.
The BiddefOrd Journal is bOaSting
of an infant prodigy in its neighbour
hood in the form of three year old,
Arthur Blow who speaks English,
| French and Greekly glibly. one Ian
guage apparently being as easv 70"
him as the other. He is related to
three nationaltes and has picked up
| the three tongues at home. The chic
has not vet reached his fourth birth
day.
All lost fishermen do not close their
| experiences as happily as did two from
| the Valentia who went astray in the
! fog off Boon Island recently They
finally found themselves in York Har-
Dor sold their catch, which amounted
| to loo pounds Of fish and joined thelf
vessel in Portsmouth. where they mao
been reported as lost by the skipper
| Both men were in good spirits and re-
garded the incident as an ordinary
happening. Neither had had food nor
| water for about II hours. and Weeo
naturally tired from their sail and roN
| Old York Transcript: While back OF
| the Congregational cemetery the other
| day. James Holland unearthed an old
| foil. The point of the weapon IS
broken off. whether by accident or as
| the results OF some duel years ago II IS
| impossible to tell The foil is in good
| shape. and may be Of tate make, al
| though examination reveals no date
| There are, however. initials on the
guard Anyone who has INDUCED in q
| duel lately. and cares TO keep their
| weapon as n memento, can have il by
| i'l'HillE IioI'i'N. III Wv '''''i'''''''
| Jimmy is prepared to give lessons in
the art of fencing. providing his on
| poncnt will furnish another foil.
| Alderman Walter G. Hay of Port -
land, is raising the only crop 81
| oranges in that city. so far as heard
| from He has It Sm1ii grove Ill ms
| Office window and the crop Of south
| ern fruits is diversified. oranges. grape
| fruit and lemons. Fippi a small
| tWig of a year ago the Orange tree has
IgrOWn Sturdily into a. substantial
shrub and nine fine oranges are de-
veloping. Half of thenr are OF fine
| size and they are taking on the ricf
golden yellow of the perfect fruit very
rapidly. One immense lemon is the
sole product of the lemon Shrub while
half dozen grape fruit hang from the
little tree of this variety. This tree is
denuded of foliage by reason of the
frost that hit it last winter but it mas
not affected the fruit any.