Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-08
Nearer come fall frosts.
Century

Century.
Nearer come fall frosts.
According to a story which comes
from PASSPORT, a COW moose swan
across Passamaquoddy bay one morn
ing not long ago and entered the pre-
cincts of the sardine city. Being much
exhausted, the animal lay down on the
shore, where many photographs were
taken by the amateur artists, after
which the animal was battered, taken
| to q stable, blanketed rubbed down
and fed with hay. being later released.
o. NJ Moore of South Strong, Me-,
after having been an editor-printer in
all parts of the United States for many
years, has settled down on South
Strong farm to show the farmers now
to raise things. One of the first inno-
vations of Farmer" Moore was to rig
the heavy harness for his pair of work
horses in such manner that said har-
ness could be placed on the horses by
simply pulling a rope, la fire depart
ment methods. The genial ex-editor
even went so far, in addition, that he
soon had the horses trained to leave
their stalls on the tap Of bell, rung
by a push button from the house. BY
this means the horses were always in
waiting for their master when he APP
preached.
e. A. Hill of The Belgrade hotel says
pickerel will not often attack black
bass unless they are in trouble, but
they will often go for them savagely
after they are hooked. He notes one
instance when the angler had hooked
two bass at one cast and pickerel.
noting the trouble that the bass were
in, attempted to swallow one the the
bass. The swallowing process was not
an entire success, but when the angler
landed his two bass, the pickerel came
into the boat also. hanging on behind.
The Indian Spring Wooden mill in
Madison which was shut down for the
past 10 days has started up again.
j. T. Michaud proprietor of the Allie
Fash farm. is authority for the follow
ing: During the last week of March,
upper camps to the main st. John Riv-
er Depot camp, good sized deer stop
ped in the tote road between two tote
teams. 1t made dash between the
teams and the snow banks on the side
of the road. 1t stopped at the teams
| heels and scented one of the horses.
coming close to- his heels. The horse
kicked and killed the deer instantly.
Deer are very numerous in this region.
The body found in the brook in De-
troit. Me-, has been identified as
Charles Brann of Canton, who has
| been missing since early in the Spring.
He owned a mill in Belgrade and was
| there operating it, the last known OF
him. sj.,
The Miles S. Jellison clothing fac
tory of Belfast, one of those under the
management of J. 3. Pearson of Bos
ton, is to be located in Thomaston, and
the change will be made on the 18th OF
this month, when the lease in Belfast
expires. Belfast is unfortunate to lose
this industry, for about SO people are
employed, but Thomaston offers bet
ter chances for enlarging the bust
ness as no suitable building could be
procured in Belfast.
Capt. Jordan, the Belgrade steamboat
man, always has a story on tap. One
of his best is about a man who was fish
ing on one of the Belgrade lakes and
lost a fly by it's getting united from the
jllSf
| next day the same man was out again
| In making cast. hook ought in the
loop of the identical leader that he had
lost the day before. and at that mo-
| ment a bass took that fly that had
hooked into the loop, and he pulled in
both bass, which recalls to the Gossi-
per an experience with dogfish while
catching tautog off Cape May. The
captain and the Gossiper We're fishing
over the stern rail of a Kennebec
schooner in a calm. The captains
hook was captured by a dog fish and
Immediately after the Gossiper hauled
in "doggie' and discovered the Cap
tains lost hook in the fish's mouth
Work promises to begin soon on the
addition to the Odd Fellows building
on Main street, Norway. as it is I'M
derstood that the committee in charge
have let the contract to j. w. Barrows
and son of Portland. While it was at
first planned to change the present one
story building occupied by the Smiley
store into a three story building. prob
ably only one story will be added, as
the foundation has been found unsafe
for the former project
No dog ever yet died whose death
got into the papers who was a cheap
dog. Daniel Brewster's Shepherd dog
at VOLTS Neck recently died and his
death was followed by that of Victor
Collins rabbit hound Jack. Jack had
chased 400 rabbits that We're shot be-
side a few thousand that were missed =,
A Freeport lady whose garden lies
just across the road from her house,
says the Portland Press, while cross
ing the road to attend it heard the
honk, honk of an automobile and
waited for, it to pass. when she no.
ticed that man in the car held up
his hand showing three fingers. The