Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-01

A Paul Neyron rose tree in the gar
den of Mrs. Charles Lewis in East
port has been producing some unusual
ly large roses this season, one recent
ly picked and given scribe meas
urlng fourteen and a quarter inches
in circumference and nearly five inches
in diameter. The flower is as large as
large dahlia, dark pink in color and
beautifully fragrant.
TOpsham rejoices over report of a
new pulp mill on the old fishway, to
be built to supply pulp to it's paper
mill.
l.. H. Beal, the Durham Poet" was
surprised last week to receive a IS
gold piece from reader of his poems
at Dawson, Alaska. 1t appears that
some one had taken a copy of the
book with him to Alaska and this gen.
tleman upon reading it was SO much
pleased that he remembered Mr.. Beal
with the coin.
Maine is getting some fine and
dandy" weather mixed in with dog
days
Great interest is taken this year by
the residents of Northeast Harbor in
the exhibitions of village industries
which will take place in the Neighbour
hood House on the afternoon OF Aug.
-.
The f. NJ S. Fair folks have built a
new auditorium costing $500.
Mrs. Sarah Rowe Hodgkins who
lives in the only house on Baths Park
Square celebrated Thursday her 1920
birthday by receiving many friends
and citizens. Mrs. Hodgkins is hale,
hearty, Industrious and happy and
reads the daily papers with the aid OF
a magnifying glass. In 1912 she mar
ried E. A. Hodgkins a Bath grocer
celebrated years ago for his old
cheeses of which he fairly made pets
and his sweet cider which was the best
in Maine.
Wednesday the old tug Adelia which
has seen service on the Kennebec
river since the war of the Rebellion.
was set on fire in a cove in ArroWsic.
opposite the city of Bath, and burned
for what junk could be obtained.
Frank Buchanan of SkOwhegan has
picture that he took a few nights ago
-Sfn shows in
it distinctly a streak of lightning. Mr..
Buchanan set the camera on the piazza
along in the night, leaving it exposed.
When flash of lightning came it pro-
duced sufficient light to expose the
film in the camera, taking in the gen.
eral effect of the sky with this streak
of lightning.
A class in practical dyeing work is
about to be formed at Bar Harbor an
outcome Of the Arts and Crafts move
ment there Prof. Charles +. Pellow
of the chemical department of Column
bia University opened the work by
giving a talk on modern dye stuffs and
their relation to Handicraft work.
EDWARD ScIlelllISeI, d Souii6 Tau
boarding at Pickfords Camps, went
out fishing the other day with his
guide. Aaron Soule. The fish did not
bite very we'll and Master Edward
interested himself with a story book.
After while he got a strike. Do
you think he got excited over it?
Not at all. He calmly looked at the
book, saying page 1874" laid it down
and proceeded to reel in his fish,
which proved to be Alb. salmon.
Names Somerset Railroad, SO r. r.
Commissioner Keller informs the
Journals Gossiper, makes one run of
SIS miles almost entirely through virgin
forest to the shore of Moosehead lake
without striking a crossing.
Many sharks in CascO Bay: likewise
the dog fish, the sharks little brother.
Thousands are at Old Orchard and
daily many pretty maidens are Dip
ping in the surf and disporting along
the sands.
How July has jumped!
The mills of the Wyandotte Worsted
company at Waterville are to be en-
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