Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-16

In pastures dull and bare
My soul doth Shapen like a sun
Inc common earth and air
win in darkness black as death
The scaHt bread of the sod
My soul doth bring from fields OF faith
The living sneavcs of Gedi
Edward Wilbur Mason, in The Crafts
man.
The latest news about Holsters is
that, within the past five weeks, o.
100000 young Holsters have been
given right OF way along the Maine
coast between Rockland and the New
Hampshire line; 15o.o0o,oo0 more are
expected to be planted i'll Maine
waters this season. and 15.o0O fun
sized Holsters have been returned to
the sea shore. The Maine catch has
nearly doubled, the past year. being
l9,956.642 pounds, valued at $2,145, 204.
The tests made of the monitor.
Wednesday. by the Portland fire de-
partment are reported highly salts
factory. The nozzles used were an
inch and a half, an inch and five
e'~hths aud an inch and three quar-
tiers. There was a water pressure of
24o pounds. but. with steam pres
sure of ITO pounds, stream was
thrown 140 feet in the air. With
40 poun3 hydrant pressure, the engine
threw stream to the top of the stor-
age building. working under a steam
pressure of 10 pounds. BY discon-
Meeting from the gun, and putting the
stream through a line of hose, with a
steam pressure of l20 pounds, stream
was again thrown to the top of the
storage warehouse building.
During the coming spring and sum
mer number of new landings may be
established by the Popham Beach
Steamboat Co. in the event that the
Eastern Steamship Co. do not renew
their lease of the wharf at Popham
Beach where Boston steamers have
heretofore landed. Rising Sun Land
ing. at Parker Head. three miles
above Popham, has been mentioned as
convenient point for the transfer of
passengers from Boston steamers for
Five Islands, Popham. and other re-
sorts.
Chicken stories from Franklin
county appear TO be more peaceful
than the reports received from Saga
dahoc of vanishing poultry. At GER
tain farmhouse in Pennington, recent
~, light was seen TO flash across
the ceiling, and from a window the
form of man was seen in suspicious
proximity to the chicken eoop. Three
men in the house armed themselves
and went forth to grapple with the in
truder and save the poultry at any
cost The chickens were safe, and
only the retreating hoofs of galloping
horse broke the silence. IT'S said the
visitor proved 10 be neighbor, who
leaving his horse unhitehed while
calling, was obliged to walk to his
home, secure another horse, and bor-
rowed a saddle and blanket while his
neighbor slept rather than disturb his
and spent a good portion OF
the night in looking for his lost horse,
An explosion of gasoline in The
cabin of the auxiliary yacht. the
Kuma, Sunday night, caused the seri-
Gus injury of its captain, J. II. Trynor.
The captain and z. +. Stone We're on
deck and, just outside the Camden
harbor, the engine stopped. capt.
Trynor went below with light, but
upon entering the cabin the gas ex-
ploded with such violence that he was
hurled back through the glass sliding
doors, sustaining many cuts anu
bruises. His clothing was afire and
the flames were extinguished With
some difficulty Mr.. Stone rowed di-
rectIy to Camden with the captain
where he received medical treatment
before proceeding to Roekland. The
Kuma was shattered by the explosion,
and fire completed its loss.
The Bath Times is responsible for
the following: This afternoon on the
Kimball Bros. wharf solitary and
alone of all the freight landed there
today stood box filed with chickens.
1t seemed to be there to prove how
honest Bath people are. for there was
in sight to prevent the sudden
disappearance Of the lot. The box
was covered with cloth and cat
had dragged from beneath plump
golden rooster which rested on the
wharf planks. On top of the box the
cat was happily engaged in deVourinS
another of the chickens and idlers
nearby were enjoying the picture OF
the box OF poultry and the contented
cat
Travelling in Lewiston seems to be
good. The L. A. & w. st. Ry. state
ment for five days ending Sept. IA
shows that the trolley conveyed gu, .S6
passengers TO their destinations dur
ing the State fair,
The Maine odd Ladies. at Auburn,
Sept. s, elected their officers for the
ensuing year. whose names follow:
Right worthy past lady soverness,
Lillian \. Faunce of Lewiston; right
worthy lady governess, Mary S. Cur
It's OF Bath; rightly worthy weekday
governess, Alfredo =. Church of Au-