Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-16
Maine Gossip
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My Creed.
do not fear to tread the path
that those l love have long since trod;
| do not fear to pass the gates
and stand before the living God.
In this worlds fight I've done my part;
II God be God He knows it well:
He will not turn His back on ME
and send me down to blacklist hell
Because / have not prayed aloud
and shouted in the market place.
IT'S what we do. not what we say,
that makes us worthy of His grace.
-Putnam'S Magazine.
Sch. Oliver Ames which was stuck
on the railway all summer in Bath, is
now in New Bedford unloading $4,000
feet of lumber cargo.
Maine woods are full of brown-tail
moths a Game Commissioner informs
the Gossiper.
Lieutenant de Vaissean Benoist
| day, French Naval attache at
Washington, D. c.. and Prof. Herbert
Sadler of the University of Michigan.
Professor of Naval Architecture and
| Marine Engineering were in Bath re-
Gently and made a visit to the Bath
IRON Works. They were greatly in
terested in the Paulding.
| The high prices which have pre-
| vailed for furs Of animals which are
found in this locality observes The
Bath Times. have caused many d boy
| and young man to do considerable
! trapping and hunting the last few
years and some CT them have added
| considerable to their worldly wealth
| by the sale of the furs. Skunk skins
have brought unusually good prices, SO
much so that a North End man last
year commenced the breeding of skunks
| for their pelts. Now several West
Bath youngsters have gone into the
business and they already have a col
| Ony of ten SkunkS which they are
| watching carefully. Some of them are
little ones and have become SO tame
! that they will eat from the hands of
| the boys and will act good deal like
kittens. ...-t
Writes the Journals Skowhegan cor
| respondent: A pig caused considerable
interest on Jewett street the other day.
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He walked into the door yard of Isaac
Pierce and up on to the piazza. Mrs.
| Pierce hearing something outside
stepped to the door The pig stood and
looked at her, squealing as if he
| wanted to come in. She opened the
door to step out and the pig tried to-
| rush by her into the house. She went
| to the next neighbors to inquire if
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| learned that they did not and she stood
talking with the neighbors she heard
| a woman's voice off in the distance
| towards North street. Piggy, who had
been nosing round here and there, also
| must have heard the Woman's voice,
| for he raised his head, listened a min
| ute and started as fast as his strength
| could carry him towards the woman.
He ran up to her evidently as pleased
| TO see her as a lost kitten would have
been. This pig has been trained by
its owner, Francis Sirois, to answer
to the beck or call of any member OF
The Thornton Academy trustees have
recently purchased the large tract of
| land or upper Main street. Saco.
| known as the Sophia Shannon proper
| ty. The land is nearly opposite the
academy property and will be held by
| the trustees for future development.
| 1t is likely that dormitory for the
| use of students will be one of the first
buildings to be erected on the new
purchase.
Maine Woods tells of the slaughter
| of a big mother bear and three cubs
| by three Carthage hunters one recent
| moonlight night
Plans are being made to build 1900
| it. dam across the foot Of Silver Lake,
katahdin Iron Works. for water pow
| err capable of furnishing electricity suf-
| ficient for Penobscot and Piscataquis
counties. Hon. Jaspar Wyman of Mill
bridge has with two Portland men Sc
cured an option on the township for.
| it is rumored, S2500O0. In the fur
naces of Katahdin Iron Works more
than 100000 has been sunk Yet
| there may be commercial possibilities
| in the ore deposits and there is much
valuable timber there beside rich
| farm for which $4,000 has been re-
| fused. Katahdin Iron Works was set
| tied in 1872.
Philip Larrabee, who lives on the
Webster road in Lewiston, says that
we are to have an open winter this
year He says that is shown by the
ears of the yellow corn, which he raises
J.; e.,
| his half acre devoted to corn are we'll
| filled, away to the tip, and have Very
few husks. these being thin and scarce
| ly covering the kernels. The scarcity
| of the husks he claims is sure sign
| of an open winter with not much
snow.
Mrs Lydia w. Reed Sterling. al