Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-01


And play out thine appointed part.
So mayst thou reap as thou shalt SOW.
Nor helped nor hindered in thy growth
Fix ON the futures goal thy face,
And let thy feet be lured to stray
but be swift To run
And nowhere larry by the way.
{ NTH at last the end be won.
And thou shalt look back from thy
And see the long days journey done.
-Packenham Beatty.
Miss Carrie E Chamberlain of Gar
diner. Me. is apparently both scien-
tific botanst and specialist in gath
ering four leaf clovers for she is cred
tied with having plucked 1907 of these |
good luck emblems curing the past
The Young Women's Christian $50
citation at Bar Harbor is to be replaced
by new brick building. Their old
home has been divided, and will be re-
moved from the lot. the main portion
to serve as a dwelling house, when re-
modelled. and the rear portion. former
ly used as hall. will be sold.
H. c. Copeland of Calais, "a stock
holder in the new big Calais fair. is
the only living member of the old
East Washington Cattle Show and
Fair held at Calais. Oct. Is and a.
1859. He recently wrote d synopsis OF
the program of that ancient fair. and
it showed that many premiums for ex-
hioits and horse races and athletic
sports, in those days. consisted OF
books, in that literary section. instead
of the money which is proffered in
these mercenary days. 5000 in those
anti-bellum days was ample to meet
all the expenses of the fair; but many
who now enjoy the twentieth century
affair believe the increased cost which
is l. times as much as in 1868. Is more
than counterbalaneed by the increased
pleasure and prosperity resulting from
the modern fair
A vell-known architect and builder.
believing that Camden should possess
tertainment of would-be visitors to
that busy little place appears to have
the courage of his convictions. for he
offers to furnish the money to build
such structure provided "A CORES
pondinglv first class manager for the
hotel will take five-year lease Of the
building when completed. The Presi-
fdent of the Camden Board of Trade
would like to meet the individual who
is convinced that he should satisfac-
torily fill the Office of Mine Host" in
Camden.
Two sailors from small eoasting
vessel anchored off Mouse Island. went
out rowing near Mcknow's Point,
Thursday night An animal swan to-
ward their boat, which they did not at
first recognize, but which coming
nearer, they found to be an enraged
moose. A battle ensued. lasting sew
eral minutes. during which they
lunged at the animal with their oars,
and finally won the victory, the moose
turning back and swimming to the
Island. where he clambered ashore and
disappeared in the thick woods.
Mrs Janet Macdonald, of BayVille,
Me-, who is at present the only person
ing seals alive. predicts that III 10
years time these creatures will be so
rare along the New England coast
that they will be pointed at as curl
osity, For - years. Mrs. Macdonald
has studied seals and their ways Her
husband, the late Capt. Angus Mac
Donald, was a pioneer seal catcher of
the county, and once caught a young
seal alive. in an ordinary fish net, for
la Bostonian who desired to own one
las pet. Mrs. Macdonald has sup
Iplied many seals to museums. The
season during which these can be
|caught lasts only two weeks, from the
middle Of June to the first of July
lat low tide big nets are spread evel
the rocks on small islands. by TIVE
inen who remain in a power boat close
at hund The seals crawl out on the
lrCcks, get tangled up i'm the mesh OF
the net and starr for the water, but
are ordinarily so tangled up that they
have dificulty in moving, and before
they strike the water the two mer
who have been standing by jump on
the rocks. gather up the net with Its
squirmng burden, and carry it TO the
boat where it is deposited in well
They are kept in pen Il feet by y
feet, which projects about nine feet
out of water. There is door in thu
side, and the top is open. When time
of shipment arrives, the side door /.
opened the seal is urged into dill
net. and easily conveyed into a crate
These animals can go without watel
for two weeks, and Mrs. MacDonaR
SAYS she has never lost one in trans
portation. She says They are en-
tremely affectionate, will chase on
around like a small dog, and can al
ways be trusted. They are iutelli'
gent and can be trained to do almost
ANYTHING within a few weeks time.
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