Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-16

den showing what women can do in
the business world if they care to.
Their spring catch is shad and it
amounts to $4,000 some seasons.
A Bridgeport rug manufacturer has
recently shipped the largest rug ever
woven in that city, to the Masonic
lodge at Pressure Isle. 1t is q feet
square and cost about $500. The de-
Sign is a duplicate of the Khiva Box
hara oriental rug
Maine gems form a very attractive
position of the mineral collection in
the, United States Museum at WASH
ington. TOurmalines from the Pine
Tree State are among the most beau
tlful gems in the collection.
The Portland Express reports that
dirt is flying at great rate on the
lot where the great Masonic Temple
is to stand. The work of excavation
will keep the contractors busy three
months and 5000 pounds of dynamite
will be used in removing a huge ledge.
Other Maine towns have produced
their authors and their poets, but it
has remained for Turner to produce
the mighty nimrod of this section of
New England. The man mentioned is
Allie Mitchell, and during the present
season he has made a specially of kill
ing skurks. During the last month ne
has killed no less than q of these ami
mails, and. in case his record should
be discredited, has the skins to prove
his claims. His. best days work. made
recently. was six slunks, and consid-
erinG the fact that skunk skins are
| worth about So and 81 apiece it will be
seen tnat this business is far from nm
profitable.
The E2stport Correspondent of the
Bangor News reports the finding of a
unique piece of head gear. as follows:
A regular yeggman's cap that has at
tracted considerable attention this
week is in the possession Of Charles
HenWard, anG was found by him re-
Gently While looking over some articles
that he was hauling with his city team.
1t was probably owned by a recent col
ored man who had been arrested here
and sent to Jail for a short term. The
cap is an ordinary cheap cotton affair
but is lined neatly in all parts with
heavy wire springs and when placed on
the head over another light can is cap
able of withstanding most any kind OF
a blow with a club or even an iron bar
The Mearer of it probably knew what
it was intended for, he has left the city
Harry Rihber OF Earpswel one of the
crew of the schooner LOchinvar, with
capt John P. Toothaker, had the time
OF his life recently on a fishing trip to
the eastward. Mr.. Ribber was out in
his dory where he found to his aston
iShment that q halibut was tangled up
IN his traWl, the wind was blowing
| and the sea was rough. He took his
painter and fastened it around the tail
of the fish and then to the stern of his
boat. Several times his dory was part
ly filled. He siSnalled for help and the
schooner ran up alongside, threw him
| line and assisted in taking his prize
on board. The fish tipped the scales
when dressed at $50 pounds. for which
he received $45.
y George Washington button owned
by w. S. Morrill, Of Brunswick is a relic
of much historic interest Reuben
Flint. one Of Mr.. Morrlrs ancestors
found the. button while digging a we'll
| on Bunker Hill in Charlestown eighty
years ago. The button is inscribed
| with the initials &c. W. and the words
IT 7 rrt.o
Camden Herald.--Some handsome
| fish have been taken from Megunticook
Lake the past week. The luckiest fish
ernen have been Jos. B. Crane and Ce-
Gil Currier. Mr.. Crane caught four as
| handsome fish as were ever taken from
the Lake. They were two trout and
| two pickerel. Each pair We're well
matched and very well fed looking
| fish. Each fish weighed about lbs.
| Mr.. Currier caught a square tail trout
that measured 10 inches and tipped the
scales at lbs.
The Rocllland Opinion notices a tulip
bed showing signs of life and says
| Everything indicates a remarkably
|
here first and will give it glad well
| come.
| A case of living without food or wa
fer was brought to light March 9th
when the family cat of Mrs. Miles
Moody of Winslow was found in a
straw bed in a shed after an absence
| of six days and seven nights. On
| March 2, Mrs. NJ. let the cat into
the shed to go to it's bed and had
never seen it again although she had
/ searched diligently until Mar. 8. AS
she was once more hunting and call
| ing she heard a faint sound coming
| from bed filled with straw. Upon
| investigating she found the cat so
far away from the opening in the bed
ii could not fird it's way out. "Puss'
seemed we'll and all right but was
anxious for something to eat. 1t is
supposed she was hunting for a mouse
in the straw and lost her way.