Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-28

ing az we'll as any of her children or
grand children.
Woolwich is blue with blueberries.
handsome picture of T. j. Oakley
Rhinelander of New York city has
been received by j. H. Garland to be
placed on the walls of the tower at
the Fort at Pemaquid. Mr. Rhine
lander is a member of the Society of
Colonial Wars and has made many
contributions for improving the Fort
at Pemaquid Beach. Last month an
old French flag was contributed by
Frederick S. Wade. This completes the
flags of the three nations that have
occupied the Fort. When the Ameri-
can flag presented by Mr.. Edward
Rrummond. a native of Bristol and
the fine English flag presented by Mrs.
Annie Russell York, are flying they
make a very handsome appearance.
HOLSTERS along Names coast are
growing hcbbleskirts
The large fish trap at Pemaquid
Point was attacked by a sword fish
and two large horse mackerel recent
ly. The net was torn and large
quantity of valuable fish escaped.
Fish Department steamer U. S. Gan
nett has completed her season for
gathering seed Holsters At Boothbay
80 per cent. of the eggs were Matched
out and the young Holsters have been
planted along the coast. In addition
to Holsters spawn, millions of small
fry cod and founders have been lib
Grated.
Saco woman likens the brown
tail moth to the inch worm pest of
former years. Inch worms played
havoc three years and disappeared
This is the third year of the brown
tails.
E. c. league of North Waldoboro is
now the owner of the house in which
the late Conrad Heyer lived and died.
This is an old-fashioned plank house
and has been kept in the best of re-
pair and Mr.. league will have a sign
bearing the name Conrad Homestead.
A fine picture of this grand old man
Of Revolutionary fame can be seen in
the old German church at Waldoboro
says the Pine Tree Press, which was
presented to the society by Mrs f.
Elwell Dodge a great granddaughter
and of which the writer is great
grandson. He served four years in
the war of the Revolution and many
story has the writer listened to in
his boyhood days told to him by his
grandmother. who was the daughter
of Mr.. HeYer, of the hardship he en-
dured in those four years of war. He
was with Lincoln at Ticonderoga, was
one of Washingtons bodyguards when
he crossed the Delaware and in the
battles of Trenton and Princeton, and
then lived to the good old age of LOG
yrs, 10 mos, 9 days.
The Maine Central commenced this
week hauling gravel from the Emery
Hill gravel pit at the northern part of
Fairfield village to Waterville where
the gravel will be used for the ex-
tensions being made to the Maine Cen
e'oi Saiu' - - ItpoI diSo tltdt
after this contract is over, gravel will
be hauled from this pit for ballast
on the main line between Shawmut
and Hinckley. for raising the tracks
in anticipation of the building of the
new dam at Shawmut.
August 1 comes the 5Oth anniversary
of the Battle of Gettysburg and on the
commission for the celebration Gov.
Fernald has appointed Gen. Joshua l..
Chamberlain to represent Maine, a
most fitting appointment all agree.
Maine also has in Thos. S. Hopkins,
well-known Washington lawyer, an
other members on the commission. Mr..
Hopkins represents the District of
Columbia. He came from Mt. Vernon,
Maine, where he is still voter and
where he spends his vacations. He
was a member Of the 18th Me. in the
Civil War
j. l.. Parlin, whose cat ranch at
North Anson is an institution among
Somerset industries, has shipped over
$1,000 worth of cats in the last few
weeks. Mr.. Parlin has now about 400