Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-15

But thine eye is faith and tiny Wlhs Is
| love.
Sydney Lanier.
Major Henry Augustus Shorey, the
veteran newspaper man. the senior
editor and publisher of the Brldgton
| News. has just scored his seventeen
| birthday anniversary. He Is sun male
and hearty, and may be seen every
week day at his newspaper Office, still
active in the harness and showing no
| signs of going on the retired list. He
is man of many parts. military and
civil, and to give the story OF his
| notable career would require much
| tvpOgra phical space. He has the con-
| sratulationS of the community over
his long prolongation of life and con-
tinued unimpaired physical and men
tai powers.
A Portland dispatch to the Boston
Globe speaks of Hon. John F. Hill as
"I.ieutenant- Governor" of Maine. Not
long ago the Herald accorded the
same honor TO Hon. Harold M. Sewall
| of Bath. For the benefit of our Bos-
| ton contemporaries, we Will say that
| Maine has no Lieutenant Governor
f, In the event of the death Of an execu-
| tive in office his place is filled by the
| President of the Senate. Hon. John r.
| Hill was for two terms Governor of
| Maine and it is generally conceded
! that he was one OF the best the state
| ever had
Bath Times: Constable L. l.. En-
mons intends to see that the song
| birds about Bath are protected and
started out this afternoon after boys
| who have been shooting them on the
| outskirts of the city. There IS a
heavy fine for killing song birds ana
the first boy Constable Emmons
catches will have to face Judge Dun
| ton.
Miss Rae Caldwell, of BiddefOrd. a
| 14-year- old girl is the proud possessor
of a chicken Matched last June which
now tips the scales at II pounds. 1t
| is believed to be the banner bird OF
| the State.
PASSPORT is soon to have fine new
soldiers and sailors monument in
| memory of the brave men VINO repre-
scented her in the war for the preser-
| walton of the Union.
| A Bangor man makes the prediction
| that Maine will some day be q vast
ly larger producer of wheat than she
is at the present time. The best farm
| land in Maine as is well kncWn Will
| produce more wheat to the acre and
Of a better quality than that which is
raised today on the best prairie lands
| OF the West.
The United States Fish Commission
steamer Gannet was recently in Port
/ land HarbOr in search of cod eggs,
| securing about 5000, 900 from the fleet
on the fishing grounds off the Cape,
| and got as many more next day Capt.
| Greenleaf reports that more business
in the fish propagation line will be
| done this season than ever before.
There has already been Matched out at
the Boothbay plant 2lS,0O0000 of fioun-
der eggs and 27,OO0,OO0 of cod eggs, the
distribution of which will commence
very soon. the dumping grounds ex-
|
land. No attempt will be made at
| gathering lobster eggs until about the
10th of April, this being the usual time
for the commencement of operations
in that line. The hatchery is now bet
ter equipped than ever for the sue
cessful prosecution of the business for
| which it was established. and Capt.
Greenleaf is confident that The results
| Of no Wi Ia ahead
of any previous year.
Even the Democrats of Maine APP
difference between the Democracy of
Thomas jefferson and the Democracy
of VIM Bryan.
Richmond's new High school build
ing win be a decided addition TO the
educational advantages of that com
munity which in years past has turned
ont an exceptionally large number of
| well-educated men and women.
| once more Harry Lord. a Portland
the American League. They can
scarcely fail to make good showing
under such leadership
j. J. Grant, a South Windsor man,
has planted in his lily pond various
shades of yellow, pink and blue wa
| ter lilies. These roots We're obtained
| from the aquatic gardens of w. b.
| shaw KenilwOrth. D. C. This pond
| is situated by the roadside and if
these plants do as well as the white
| and pink tinted lilies which it now
contains. it will be a thing of beauty.
The U. s. revenue cutter Woodbury.,
which has been a stanch friend off
| the Maine coast is to be equipped with
a wireless telegraph outfit.
Bernard Small, the three-and- one
half-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Small of North Pownal, while
playing with the other children in