Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-18
Maine Gossip

Fishing and hunting are good il
Sagadahoc county. Down river fish.
ermen are so anxious to take advan,
tage of their good luck in this direc.
ton that they bait up their boats
at night, and start out at two oil
three O'Clock in the morning. AS fol
hunting, what better encouragement
could this pursuit have than wher
| four good-sized deer invite capture by
peacefully travelling together along the
road from WoolWich to Wiscasset and
! deeamp only upon the approach of a
team, which happened along?
| The KnightsVille sermons must be
Of the right kind when four we'll
| known young men don overalls and
jumpers, take picks, shovels and bar
| rows, and grade up the front of the
Trinity NJ. e. church. Either the
| mothers or the pastors are doing some
| excellent work there.
The NorridgeNock water company
viii, next spring, enlarge the water
supply of that town by placing five
inch pipes through the Main streets,
that all the families along the line
may enjoy good, pure spring water
from the Winding Hill spring. The
water from this spring is of the best
quality precurable.
y Madison man, Sunday night. went
with a friend to visit traps. He was
carefully making his way along. when
he met the biggest buck he had ever
seen. Having no gun, he did not at
tempt to secure the animal. and they
quickly parted company BY mutual
consent. Monday morning, several OF
his townsmen with rifles started out
with the hope of bringing the game
te Madison.
Rev. a. j. Lockhart, formerly
pastor of the NJ. T. church of Pema-
| quid and New Harbor, sent his
greetings and best wishes. through
the present minister, to his former
| congregation and friends, together
with 4 beautiful poem entitled. Lord
Build Thy Church
Considerable excitement was arous-
I'd in the village of Hartland. the
other day. when il was announced that
Earl, the son OF Jedediah Parkman,
| was lost in the woods around Moose
pond. A searching party, led by Z.
| G. Narney's famous hound. set out at
| daylight. At about the same time a
couple of young trappers froE4 Har-
mony were feeding the lost lad at
| their camp at Northeast Cove. The
| young man was uninjured and not
half SO badly scared as We're his par
ents and neighborS. But think of the
stories he viii have 70 tell.
! Hartland boasts of a grand old man
who is s. years young. The other
day, he dug six rows of potatoes. each
row 20 rods in length, and yielding
more than 50 bushels Of the tubers.
St. Adams reports severe injury &c
a townsman caused by the falling Of
a cask OF 50 gallons of cider upor
him. We hope it will not prove nor,
serious than did the other Somerse
county case, of which We once heard
A citizen had come home TO his farm
| in the middle of the night and, in ne
| gotiating the stairway to his cham
Der. aroused his good wife. who calle'
| down 10 him: Seems to me. AMI
/ you are making quite a piece of work
| getting up stairs" And Amaziah re
| toGted: Guess you'd make quite
piece of work Juggling a barrel Of eide
up stairs without any slaves round it
Several cases of diphtheria are re
ported at Pittsneld. but the disease is
in a mild form and creates no an
xiety.