Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-17

praise, but 10!
One smile of yours. one kiss all-eloquent.
Shames my poor songs to silence, BE
Susan Mari Spaulding.
The dog star still rains.
The 21st Ne. Regiment holds its re-
urrion in Fairfield, September 9.
Portland is Dragging because it is to
have a real live Traffic Squad of police
men. Just like New York.
Italian bark Vesuvio, built of iron 50
years ago in England. is now unloading
salt in Portland. The Vesuvio brought
$500 tons of rock salt from Trepani.
She was 81 days in making the voyage.
The Italian sailors receive only SIS a
month and are given little meat. their
fare being chiefly vegetables. hard
bread and macaroni. This fare and
low pay explains how Italians can and
Yankees cannot run square ringers at
profit. Congress has legislated Am
erican square riggers off the seas and
has not yet screwed up sufficient cour-
age to grant financial aid to offset the
legislation But, under Taft, better
da-s are coming to the American mer-
chant marine.
Life is very lively along Cascos Cape
shore.
Names historic island of Monhegan
has three summer hotels. 80 homes of
native fishermen and an all-the-year-
around population of 1875 souls, besides a
large and increasing summer popula-
ton hut it has no Jail and no need of
one. The island had a local law on lob
sters long before the State law was
made. From fully to January | they
abstain from catching them. During
the rest of the year they secure them in
abundance and make large money by
the sales. They never take shorts"
those under 10 inches long, and save for
the Boothbay hatchery all the seed"
Holsters. MOnhegan fishermen earn
around $3.50 a month in the winter time.
On Monhegan animal life is restricted
to two horses. three COWS and five dogs.
1t has church, sehoolhouse. pOstoffice
and general store. On Monhegan is
found the genuine New England stock.
At Biddeford .Octavus Brown has
contracted to build the construction
work for the Gulf Refining Company
and this work Will amount to between
$4,000 and $4,000 which does not rep
resent the size of The plant eventually
to he built. There will be now erected
three buildings ana four tanks The
Biddeford and Saco- Water Co. is ex-
tending its mains to- connect with the
new industry. The company proposes
to start business in the fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. George V. Tuohey and
daughter Helen of winthrop. Mass,
and Leslie Pierce of Philadelphia, are at
Christmas Cove. Mr.. Tuohey is sport
ing editor of the Boston Herald and
one of the best posted men in his line
in the country. His daughter. Miss
Helen, is also up in the game, especial
ly in boxing, and has made the right
predictions on some of the big bouts of
the last few years She picked john
son to win in the recent Johnson JEFF
fries fight.
The first men for the season of 1910
II are being sent into the spruce woods
and will be busy until September in
swamping roads and building camps
and making ready for the coming sea-
son. The lumber crews themselves will
not start in until that month.
Torpedo boat destroyer Paulding ar
rived Monday night in Bath from Bos-
ton.
There are large number of people
from New York and New Jersey at
Ocean Highlands Phippsburg. and all
claim it one of the ideal spots along the
Maine coast !.