Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-11


| We tried our wife with gum drops
But she would NOT build the fire.
Houston Post
| 1t is related that when the steamer
Lincoln, which was built to ply be-
tween Boston and Wiscasset was sold
to Southern parties, the new owners
objected to the name very much and
made all haste to change it to the
Martinique. Not being able to re-
paint the vessel as soon as they de
sired, a canvas was attached to the
stern and the name daubed on in any
thing but an artistic manner.
| George Shattuck of Red Beach,
Calais, shot an Arctic owl last week
The owl was foraging in the hen
yard when discovered. The bird was
tip of it's wings.
| I-ucien Warren of Phillips recently
discovered the nest of wood mouse
in which there were six quarts OF
Shelled beechnuts and oats, the win
ter supply OF food. The nearest oat
bin was half a mile away, which in.
dicates that the fellows did lot OF
travelling.
| The revenue cutter WOodbury's fine
work in rescuing the new schooner
William E. Burnham from her peri
| lOuS position on the rocks near Ten
ants Harbor, proves that this old YES
sci is far from useless. Though
smaller and less powerful than the
big AndrOscoggin, her light draught
enables her to go into many places
whore the larger vessel cannot SC
into many places where the larger YES
sci cannot go with safety.
Capt. A. f. Griffin of Engine 4, of
! the Portland Fire Department, is the
only member of the original crew still
with that piece of apparatus. He en-
tered the department as a substitute
in 1889 and since 1871 has been a reg
ular member. The machine to which
he is attached attends as many fires
as any in the city and has figured in
all the larger battles.
Richard b. Caldwell, who recently
died at Chelsea, Mass, was a veteran
newspaper man. He began his career
in Gardiner, and was a native of Wis
clSSet.
A sampler bearing the date of I'LL
has been presented to the Baxter Me-
mortal Museum at Gorllam by Mrs.
Llewellyn w. Brown.
Athens Cores. in Rockland Opin-
ion: 1.-THE latest excitement of any
consequence here, occurred a few
weeks ago, when our valuable pet cat,
Obadiah brought in and deposited on
| the kitchen floor a live flying squirrel.
We happened to be out at the time,
but our Wife was getting supper. She
had never seen a flying squirrel be-
| fore, and, judging from the sound that
came from the kitchen, we doubt ii
| she ever wants to see another one.
| While on our trip down country in
September, we saw several corn barns
built on posts with a pan between the
! top Of the post and the sill to keep
rats and mice from climbing up We
thought that wife was standing in
tin pan on top of a chair, but she de-
| MES it and says she was striking the
pesky critter with it. Well, perhaps
she was. Everything was in such q
mixup that l may have been mistaken
tor once in my life
| Upon the retirement Dec. 81 Of
| Charles II. Treat as treasurer of the
United States, the incoming treasurer
Lee McClung. gave to Mr.. Treat re-
ceipt for s1,259 0O1, 1851 2-3, the exact
contents of the treasury. Not a cent
was found to be missing from Uncle
Sans pocketbook in account of tbs
funds just completed. Mr.. Treat is q
former Rockport boy, which may &C
count in measure for the faithful
ness and accuracy with which he has
discharged his duties.
The two big chandeliers that have
been in the Union Station at Portland
for some % years were taken dowr
saturday and new single one was
put up in their places. This is not q
case of cheese pairing economy, but one
in which one modern, up-to-date chan
delier with modern lamps in it i:
worth about double what both of the
old ones were worth.
Mrs. Owen 3. Long of Rocklant
New County road has received a hand
some collection of souvenir post card
from Hawaii. They We're sent to hel
by her brother, Capt John Fitzgerald
who is harbor master at Hilo, ant
who has been a resident of Hawaii 1
years. He lives in one of the fines
residences in Hilo, picture of which
is shown on one of the post card:
which he has sent to his sister,