Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-26

sorts Of movable property. from dwell
ing houses up.
The fish commission schooner Can
net is planting young founders all
along the Maine coast.
The rapidtv with which the Aroos-
took towns are taking up the creamery
business indicates that within d few
years that district will be as famous
for it's cream as it is now for its pu-
tatoeS
The National Paper company has
purchased the pulp mill at Bar Mills
and will enlarge and improve the plant
fer increased business.
In Bangor last week fresh Holsters
were selling at II cents the pound, in
the markets, but the price for broiled
lives in the restaurants remained the
same.
Joseph f Paqun. Il Biddetold law
yer. has secured at a Considerabl eX-
pense Il complete set of the Maine law
reports and without doubt this is one
of the rarest collections in this
section of the State. The collection
came from the eastern part of the
state.
George Osgood OF Palermo. who sold
a yoke of large oxen to w. w. Turner
last fall. bought them back recently
and Immediately sold them to the
RickerS at Poland Springs. Mr. OS-
good raised them from calves and has
had them III his possession six differ
ent times.
The old fight over the adjustment
of the * pension agencies of the coun-
try and the concentration of their
functions III Washington, is being
heard in the House. says q Washington
dispatch. The pension appropriation
bill now under discussion. contains
a provision providing for the payment
of all pensions from one agency. that
in Washington. This would have the
effect of abolishing the agencies in
Boston. Concord, n. H.; Providence,
r. l.. and Augusta. Me. Similar pro-
visions in the pension bill in the past
have been defeated in the Senate and
friends of the veterans are using every
effort to kill that portion of the bill
there this year.
E. F. Haywood. an employe of the
n e. r. & T. Co, was the hero of an
exciting episode i'll a Bath residence
the other day. He was working in
the basement when the treble cry of
the lady of the house requested him
to "come into the dining room and kill
u rat" Haywood went to the rescue
and killed the monster good and plen-
ty with a yardstick.
With a red flag flying at her nizzen
rigging and enough powder on board
to blow the city Of Portland into
eternity. the three-masted schooner
Charles Fl. Trickev docked at the west
side of Central wharf last Wednesday,
to discharge the powder into a box
car which stood on the track near the
end of the wharf. The consignment
consisted of $50 tin kegs. each con-
tanning q pounds of powder or to-
tai of 14,S50 pounds, which was ship
ped by the Dupont Powder company
at Perth Anboy, N. J., and is con-
signed to the company's mills at New
hall
Ia. 40 villa Of T0cor 1SI,,
stands a neat looking house shaded
about with trees and famed with the
gentle sea breezes. where Captain
Judson Torrey. a retired sea captain,
passes his days in quiet and comfort
stored away in the curio room of the
Deer Isle cottage is gold medal from
King Carl XIV. presented to Capt. Tor
rcy on February. 1870. in recognition
of the rescue of the Hazard crew. The
medal is worth over $500. 1t is at
tached to the royal colors of the Court
of Sweden. which will admit the bearer
to the presence of the king at any
time On one side. the medal bears an
impression of King Carl and the royal
coat of arms, on the other side Cap
tain Torrey's name.
Two young men aScended Bald
mountain last week and visited the
fire station on the summit. 1t was a
hard climb. but the men enjoyed it.
The state Fire Commission have built
on the peak one of the best fire sta
tionS in the State. 1t is bolted with
strong steel posts to the solid granite
of the mountain From the cupola on
the roof All extensive view can be had
over the great timber area of North
ern Somerset and west to Piscataquis
county. Material for the building and
all supplies have TO be drawn up the
mountain side by man power on hand
sIeds. This station is connected with
other fire stations by telephone, trees
taking the place of poles in the wiring.
erset independent Reporter:
The famous old ferry which for at
least d hundred and fifteen years has
been the cniy means of crossing the
Kennebec at any point between Fair
field and Skowhegan is a part Of his
tory. Drawn high upon the east bank