Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-25

Another truth SHlHtS pam
That It's in our power.
Each day ana hour,
To add to life's pleasure or pain
| know that this world exists.
'TiS none Of my business why;
| cannot find out
What It's all about:
l should but waste time to try.
Ny life is a brief thing;
/ am here for IA little space;
But while | stay,
| would like, if I may,
TO brighten and better the place.
Anonymous.
Capt Joseph +. Staples of the
DamuriScove life saving station has
been selected as keeper Of tie new life
saving station at Appledorc, Isles of
Shoals. He expects to go thrrc this
week capt. Staples has a fine rec
ord in the service. having been for
four years past keeper of Damaris-
cove station and for II years previous
to that surfman at the Cape Eliza
beth station.
Charles il. Cullinan. Bangor
plumber. has an interesting question
that he wishes solved. MIR Cullnan
about a year ago desired to get rid Of
his old mare, Claire, who had served
him faithfully for years. SO he noti-
fled LySand"r Palmer, q butcher of
the Queen City, to come and put the
old black mare ont Of her troubles.
He supposed that the butcher had
done so ana his establishment can be
imagined when Il few days ago he be-
held as he believes Claire in the flesh,
driven BY a man. who gave his name
as Ellis, and who said he would not
take 500 for the horse. Mr.. Guilt
nan has replcvied the horse. but the
butcher who took Mr.. Cullinan's
black mare insists that she was killed
as ordered by her owner The idcnt-
ity 81 the black mare and the question
as to who is her rightful owner will
all be settled at the January term of
the Penobscot county supreme court.
The Listener in the Portland Ex-
press Advertiser quotes 4 markctman
of the Maine metropolis as saying: Il
have never seen 50 many small deer in
! the market as there are this year 1t
is a shame to kill these little animals.
AS food they can amount to but little
and | cannot understand how any real
sportsman can shoot one of them.
would as soon think of going out into
the field and shooting Il lamb"
The securing OF the pelt of a black
fox is of such interest among trap
pcrs and buyers of fur that the event
H. widely heralded throughout the
trade, but it is rare indeed that one of
the valuable animals is seen alive in
captivity, Vet Pennington man has
the distinction of having a live black
fox in his possession. The animal
was captured by Stanley Savage of
Avon, who has a line of traps set in
the vicinity of Mount Blue The AMI
NAL was not injured materially by
the steel trap in which he was
caught and Savage after Il lively tus-
Islr succeeded in putting a collar
Ground the foX's neck and attached a
Strong chain to il. He then took the
animal to his home, where he has him
confined in firmly built cage
cochneWaSan lake in Monmouth
troZc over Sunday night for the first
time this season. The mercury was
reported Monday mtning at Il and
Is above at various points in the
town.
ne" S-inch water main has just
been finished ut Bar Harbor, running
from Mt. Desert street along the up
per part Of k"nncbec street to the IN
CINE house. The purpose is to sup
ply better pressure to the hydrant
and reservoir there, as the grade is
not so steep and there is not 50 much
call upon th" pressure. The water
company is ais" lowering the main
slightly on the lower end of Atlantic
avenue.
Tie Standard Oil Co. of New York
has purchased of Charles ID. Stanford
of Bangor his wharf property on the
P"hutScot river below High Head, be-
ing all the premises lying between the
Maine Central Railroad location on the
west. the PcnobScot river on the east,
the Dnnning heirs on the north and
land of John Cassidy on the south.
|; is understood that the Standard Oil
Co. intends to improve the wharf
property and may use il in cpnnnc-
ton with the plant that it already has
short distance above High Head.
The property includes valuable
wharf with plenty of Uatcr for vcs-
sells as large as will be sent up the
Pcnobscot river. The facilities for
rail transportation at the rear also
make it a valuable acquisition to the
Standard Oil Go.
Work on the grading Of the area