Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-29
He knows that he is but a waif.

He knows that he is but waif,
vagrant dog before the law;
But hopes that he with you is safe
And offers you a dirty paw.
And when your own paw forth you put
His wild contortions are absurd
Poor frowsy. frendless little mutt,
So grateful for a kindly word.
Louisville Courier-Journal
Fourteenth reunion of Monmouth
Academy Alumni Wednesday, August
II. Basket dinner.
King of Capitol, now without salaam-
ing since the President cheered his
boat.
Langdon w. Moore, alias Charley
Adams, whose operations a quarter
century ago earned him the title of
the King of Bank Burglars" died re-
Gently at SwanZea, n. H. Moore died
In the town where he had lived for
four years, earning the respect of the
townspeople, although his record was
known. Death was caused by can
Ger of the intestines. To the attend
ing doctor he muttered his last words:
This is the right kind of finish, to
go out among your friends" In his
last years his honesty has not been
questioned, and he has lived as a sort
of New England character. Moore
robbed the Savings Bank in Norway
and also that at BoWdoinham for
which last break he was caught, tried
and sentenced. When his trial was
in progress in Baths old Columbian
Hall. every day the hall was crowded
and women of Sagadahoc sent flowers
and dainties to his cell.
Motor boat owners of Maine may
kick but U. S. Com. Chamberlain says
that such boats must have life pre-
servers and his say goes
In no way is the change in the man
ner of living from former years more
marked than in the consumption of
fruit. There is more fruit of all kinds
sold and consumed in every city and
town of Maine in a day than there
was in year so years ago. The diff
ference is greater than that between
the modern touring car And the
price of fruit today is cheaper than
it was so years ago when bananas
brought dime apiece and no yellow
ones. plantains, were imported into
Maine.
Eliot celebrates it's Centennial the
week of August Z.
Fort Knox has been stripped of its
guns and ordnance which will be light
cred away and sold for junk.
August Biddeford goes on winter
schedule for milk out of cans seven
cents a quart.
Over in Norway the farmers are
showing Stark apples which are as
fair in July as when picked last Octo-
Der. They are noted for their staying
qualities as was Gen. Stark of Revo-
lutionary fame. The General, as the
GOssiper has read. remarked previous
to the battle of Bunker Hill: I'VE will
win tomorrow boys or Molly Stark will
be a widow!'
Major Day. the other day-the Cos
siper means Holman-visited New
Meadows on his yacht Davy Jones and
bumped the car bridge owing to
strong tide. Wherever the Major goes
he produces a sensation and he did
then with what looked for a few sec
ondS like n wreck. Boats put out to
the rescue but Holman stood upon his
quarter deck cool and calm. He res
cued the Davy, which lost only some
varnish. himself. 1t was the first
hmm the Davy had in the ownership
Of Major Day.
Until he is convinced to the contrary
the Gossiper will claim that G. F..
Smith of Thorndike has the banner
strawberry patch Of the season. He
set out $50 plants last year on six
square rods of land and this year
picked 631 baskets of ripe berries.
This is at the rate of about 500
bushels, or $500 per acre.
VIM r. Chapman of Maine Festival
tion of his mountain estate in Bethel
but in addition will give $4,000 to start
the Home for Musicians. 1t is hoped
to have the Home ready for dedfca-
ton on the 18th Anniversary of the
Maine Festival in 1911. The estate is
three miles from Bethel station and
very beautiful. an ideal location for
retreat for broken down nerves and
tired out musicians in need of sum-
mer rest.
Capt. A. T. Whittier returned home
Saturday from New York. says the
Bangor Commercial, having retired
from the command of the ship Aryan,
the last wooden ship built in the
United States and the Last active COM
mander of a full rugged ship hailing
from Searsport, which has furnished
in the past IS years $50 commanders
of full-rigged ships. In the year 1888,
SO of her captains were in command
of full-rigged ships which was one>
tenth of all the full-rigged ships sail
ing under the American flag. Is there
any other seaport town in the United
States that can equal this record?
The first Searsport shipmaster was
Capt. Jeremiah Sweetser. ST.. who had
the ship Henry Leeds, of 379 tons. built
for him at Prospect Marsh in 1884.