Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-12

Houston POSt.
Ar Auburn last factory has just re-
ceived the first car load of persimmon
logs ever shipped into Maine. They
came from Norfolk. Va.
The Tafts will divide their time pc
tween Beverly and Biddeford Pool if
| the Maine sea breeZes have not lost
| their lure and the Maine coast its
| charm
| To pass the night i'll an open boat
| isn't pleasant experience any time
| i'm the year, but il is far from pleasant
was forced to go through the expert
encc on SebaSticouk lake last week
and do not care to repeat it.
The Waldoboro correspondent OF the
| Eockland Opinion reports that one
South Waldoboro resident was So
| eager to get to The village to vote the
Republican ticket town meeting day.
| that lie went without his breakfast.
We are of the opinion that there will
| be lots more of them next iall.
The Lewiston Sun reports an apple
| blossom picked at Mechanic Falls
| from d tree owned by Charles Millett.
1T was picked from the tree all in
blossom. and not picked carly, and
kept in d sunny window in the house"
says the Sun man. who is evidently
afraid that someone will suspect the
gcnuncneSS of the find.
Pressure Isle Star Herald: Mr.. r.
j. Smith. who returned from u brief
trip 20 Woodstock. IN. 3D. last week.
| tells of a farm of over 200 acres near
| that city, with good buildings and Il
large scope of cleared and productive
| land. which the owner has offered for
| Sc, 800. but 50 far has not been able to
sell. Such farm as Mr.. Smith de-
| scribas as near Pressure Isle would
| BE- worth from $4,000 to $4,000
\ :iEe pair of cattle. driven by
| Nathaniel Boothby of North Saco. at
| tracted much attention in Biddeford
| to the scales in Pepperel Square.
They are six years old. weigh $40
pounds and it is understood that the
pair was sold to Biddeford party
| The market price of such beef is about
six and one-half cents on the hoof.
| Maine Woods: Deer and all kinds of
small game are very plentiful in the
Rangeley region. and having wntered
| unusually we'll, the spring finds deer
| especially well and i'll fine condition,
| and. more numerous, it is said, than
| in any recent year. This speaks well
in advance for the hunting season of
1910. and the outlook is in every re-
spect very encouraging, not only to
| sportsmen, but to those who provide
| the accommodations for them.
| A Rockland exchange records the
| fact that all efforts to find the South
| Thomaston- st. George town line have
| failel and as a result folks living
along the line are having all sorts of
| trouble. One gentleman. who has paid
| taxes and voted in st. George all his
life. says he does not now know where
he lives. Ills property and poll have
| been assessed by both towns. both
| threaten 70 sell him out for taxes if
he doesn't pay. He positively refuses
to pay taxes in both towns, and for the
present, until somebody can tel him
| where he lives, will not pay in either
| Meantime" Il Finn. to whom he had
sold . woodot, has brought suit t.
| col ~, h. t, n,
land he has sold. Other lawsuits ar.
| likely to grow ont of the uncertainty
| Il notice that some people never
like to tell their age said Mr.. +. f.
Kicker of Auburn the other day. but
when | heard that Admiral kimbal
"f Paris Hill had been placed on the
retired list I thought | must be get
| ting old. More than 40 years ago
| was d teacher in the old Paris ACad-
envy and he was one of my pupils. lie
was a bright scholar and | can hardly
make it seem possible that he has
served in the navy long enough to be
placed on the retired list. 1t hardl,
Seems right to set aside such men a:
Admiral Kimball and Admiral Brad.
|
the prime of their powers. In case OF
war they would be more valuable than
any young man could possibly be
They are both fine characters and abb,
officers"
] Lewiston Journal: That is q roman.
tic story that comes from Lisbon. 4
woman of that village. who recently
died had peculiar record 1t is sale
that in the early days of the Civil wal
she enlisted as a man and served il
her regiment until the battle of Bul
Run, when she was stricken down. will
a rebel bullet. 1t was then that hel
sex was discovered, hut so hard die
she plead that she was allowed to re-
main in the service as nurse. 1t Is
we'll known that the first three months
enlistments were very lax in theil
physical examinations ana the story
is by no means improbable. She was
| afterwards granted a pension by q
| special act of Congress and 1t IS salo
was the only woman in the United
States to draw a pension by reason
Of actual service in the ranks. All OF