Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-12


hls helshbor's fame Ia wound,
Nor HCSfkeu to a false report
by inalicc whispered round
Who vice. in all it's ponp and poUer
tah tFe,u with jlsi neglect
Ana pi"tN, though clothed in rags
RehSlouSlN respect.
Who To his plighted word and trust
Has ever. tirnly stood,
y nd IN" Ire promised Ia his loss.
lie makes his promise good.
Whose soul ia nsury dis,.ants
His treasure to employ
W hom no reward can ever brIhc
The suiliicss to DESTROY.
Anon
\ slight defect in a cbinnrv in the
Palmer mansion at Fort Hin, whore
ar open Grc hid b,.n burning, re-
Gently CAUSED IA blind ire which
created . good deal nf excitement.
I'll" house was completely filled with
sm".tr. AeigAbors vcrr summoned by
telephone. and with tn" occupants of
the hajtsn made Il thorough search be-
for" the ''tirc" was finally located.
IT, four young mon who assembled
Mount Washington, last sunday, have
returned to Portland. safe and sound,
and report . delightful trip wtAoGs..
mis1arS worth mentioning.
\ Eatlssan has recently purchased
tS aef,s..f land in Georgetown, On
the shores Of SegallS Pond, and con
tenn iatesSms1sins extensive improve
iHent3 sPortable cottages Will be
constructed lSxa0' It. with q porch.
and bav, already been rented to New
York and Nsw Jersey parties Ion next
season.
The lighthouse DEPARTMENT steamer
Camilla Capt II. y alellgren, arrived
in Portland. Tuesday afternoon. frUiu
Milwaukee. ON her va 10 New York
and New Orleans she is twin |
screw steel boat Of $50 tons. lit
teetsin length, "a feet beam and -
feet depth of hold, her engines being
rated At s2i horse power. This is her
maiden trip. She lett Milwaukee on
Aug. &c, coming through the Great
Lakes and down the 81. Lawrence
river, her las stop before reaching
Portland having been Halifax. When
she reaches New York. she will DE
supplied with an electrical outfit and
It Let of interior fittings. She was
euilt especially for the lighthouse ser
vice n New Orleans. her light draft
ena bling her To navigate the shallow
rivers cmptying into Lakes Pontchar-
train and Borgene, the Mississippi
Sound and Mobile Bay.
Director Charles u, Woods, OF the
Maine Experiment Station, has re-
eaived Geographic information that TN
scrupulous shippers OF fruit in Flori-
da arr making arrangements to fiood
the country with poisonous green
oranges. and has been asked 10 as
sist i'll annihilating the infamous
trafiie.
Beware Of chimney inspectors" who
come unsolicited. Last Saturday, 1T
about dusk, young man. short, thick
set and smooth shayen. called at Mrs.
Lonney's house in Bath, stated that
lie was a chimney inspector, and that
as there had been fire in the CHM
ney be had been notified and came TO
inspect it. Mrs. Lonney, doubling his
story, did not invite him in: where
upon lie repeated his story adding
that in order to inspect the chimney
~ would have to 20 inside. Mrs. Lon
ney, who Was alone in the house, then
informed him of her ability to cope
With whatever was necessary III the
premises, intimating that she had
weapons, and tie man departed.
~ Rockland it is intended to have
drinking fountain at each end oil
the mall and either an electric light
in the center or at each end. Inside
the enclosure will be- a grass plot The
concrete walk on the southern side Of
the thorougifare is partly laid. and
the work of laying the paving began
Nonday.
There is place between Scion and
Madison known as the Twelve Cor
ners" and it is unlike any place prob
ably in the United States. Roads meet
at this place forming twelve distinct
corners. Six roads meet at this
junction. Olc OF the FpduS lcdOS Ut
rect from Skowhegau to Scion, this
peculiar place being about 10 miles
from Skowhegau, this road running
north and south. There is another
road from this place that goes TO
Athens which is 6a miles away; and
another one to North Arson, miles
away. Another road starts from here
in one direction which goes to Madison
and the other direction to Athens.
Then there is another corner where
the Skowhegan road cuts across the
Athens and Madison road; and still
another road cuts across the Arson
and North Arson road. There are
twelve signs at this place. and the cor
ners make up triangle OF less than
three acres, and are between two hills,
one at the north and the other at the
south This place is pointed out to
strangers as one OF the curiosities Of
the State.
The fastest big horse in the world is
now in Maine and Is at the home of