Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-10

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To-Day.
Upon John Ruskins writing desk
A slab of chalcedony lay,
And on it. cut in careful script,
The word To-day
HOnored of all, a WOndrOuS man,
And held prophet in his way,
He let Tomorrow bide its time,
And used To-day"
Upon the tablet of the will
How good to write, the self-same way.
Putting 'To-morrow's.. uses by
The word ''To-day.'
Harriet Prescott Spofford.
AsterS are blooming.
Maine may have submarine signal
system to protect shipping along its
coast. Signals to be installed at
Whitehead near Rockland, Matinicus
Rock, Monhegan and Seguin have
been recommended. At the same time
Congress should give US some shipping
to protect.
Half a dozen six-masted SchoOners.
an unprecedented spectacle, were in
Portland Harbor the first of the week.
Wrecked steamer Manhattan made
a beautiful bonfire and the one time
beauty is now junk.
vicinity from Boston on the st. CrOix
Valley Associations annual excursion.
A private hospital for women called
Hillcrest, beautifully located on Pros
pect Hill, Auburn, will be opened
around September Is.
The inventory for the town of
Canaan having been completed, the
books show that there are 235 polls in
town. The amount of real estate resi-
dent is $232,640 real estate non-resi-
dent. is $1S.420; total real estate $751;
060 The amount of personal estate
resident is $52 240; the amount of per-
sonal estate non resident, 800. The
total of real and personal estate is
$303400. The rate per 1000 is $40.
Total money raised this year is "a,
1872. The amount of taxes assessed on
real and personal property is $6371.73.
Following are the voters that pay $50
or more tax: Burrll, w. II. admx.,
$70.14: Bean, Isaac, G., $55.91; Barrett,
Levi P. Heirs, $57.01; Chase, Ripley,
1929; Chase, Charles B., $90.62;
J Johnson. Henry. $65.32; Fitzgerald,
Selden w, $6S.S8; Foster, George II.
$7901: Goodridge, Ansel, $65.63: Good
ridge. Eugene, $76.73; Gardner. Cecil
B. $6363; Nelson. Frank, 1928; Pen
ney, Frank, $69.19; Purington, G. c.,
$71.S2; Purington, Herbert L.. $70.77;
Smith, George w. $63.53; futile, Hell
en- c., $57,75; Written, Louville, $55.-
"a; Williams. Edwin H., $3.50; Wash
burn, George f.. $11.40.
Black bass from Belgrade Lakes
and Cobbosseecontee are often well
come additions to the bills of fare of
Augusta hotels.
In the thoroughfare stream at Bel
grade Lakes, where the black bass
are protected, they gather around the
steamboat wharf in large numbers
and stay there from the arrival Of
the anglers in the spring until the
water at that point gets too hot for
comfort. Then they all disperse in
one day. The great attraction for
black bass around this wharf seems
to be largely in the fact that a nice
juicy frog is thrown to them once in
a while, and they all have the fun of
rushing for it with the certainty that
one of them will get the prize These
bass are 50 tame that they will take
a frog out of the fingers of anybody
that will furnish the frog. In fact they
will sometimes strike q bare finger
if it is Offered" There are various
ways of fooling these bass, one way
being to tie tempting bait to string
before throwing it into the water. The
joke is to let the bass swallow the bait
and then pull it back for use in fooling
another fish.
Captain and Mrs. Joseph Brooks of
Portland. were married August 4, 1860,
in Sacarappa, Me. land this month
celebrated their golden wedding day.
Among many gifts were so pond lilies
and bag of gold pieces. The cap
tain, still in excellent physical shape
is former ship captain. following the
sea for 35 years. He was born in
Portland Nov IA, 1928. Mrs. Brooks
was born in Cumberland, Esther A.
Oct 20. 1885. They have
one son, Bradford Brooks of Pittsburg,