Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-16

| 1t is understood that the wardenship
| of the Maine State prison to which
| Fred b. Wiggin of Saco was appointed
was at first offered to G. Bertrand Nc
Intyre of Waterford. former sheriff of
oxford county, who declined To con-
slider it for financial reasons.
Residents of Camden are shocked to
| learn of the recent death in New
York city of A NJ. Judson. Stony
hurst" Mr.. Judson's estate on Ogiers
| hill. is one of Camdens finest resi-
dences. His wife is native of Cam
den. Mr.. Judson's DEATH which was
| caused by a self-infiicted bullet wound,
followed the failure of the stock ex-
change firm in New York of which he
was member.
The st. George correspondent of the
Roekland opinion says: "A belated
| flock OF wild geese are spending the
winter in the Georges river and moth
ing will induce them to leave unless
the. river freezes over. SO far the
local Nimrods have failed to get a shot
at them
Clothesline thieves are again oper-
| ating in Rockland. The latest suffer-
er is E. Roy Smith. who lost a whole
line full of clothes a few evenings ago.
The local papers warn all To take in
| all clothes at night and take no
chances.
Capt. F.. T. Simmons Of Friendship
has retired from the sea and is now
| the proprietor of one of the neatest
hen farms in Knox county. He has
just started on the venture and all
| ready has $50 hens and four of the
most scientifically constructed hem
houses on the entire Maine coast.
Laurestine Foster. the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foster of Lewis
ton was injured in a peculiar manner
a few days ago. The child was in
the school room and at recess was
swinging in the aisle between the seats
when one of her hands slipped. Sfe
fell to the floor with Sufficient force
to break her collar bone
The sheldrake in Merrymeeting bay
and at the Chops in the kennebec are
enjoying a feast of smelts. AS the Law
is on gunners do not dare risk a shot
al the birds. The sheldrakIa are expert
fishermen. They can remain under
water quite a long time and it is an
interesting sight to see them dive and
shortly afterwards appear with smelts
| in their beaks
Talk is made of securing a new cen
sus of Lewiston as the impression
prevails in certain quarters that the
real population is at least 10 per cent.
higher than was reported. Names
and places are given by a cor
respondent of the Lewiston Journal
which it is claimed were not visited by
the enumeratOrS.
Phillips man who raises a few
chickens each year and likes OCCASION
ally to feed them dainties, set away
some big ripe sunfiower heads 70 dry
last fall in place where they got the
sun in plenty, never thinking but they
would be safe, says the Main Woods.
A week or so later he looked at them
and found that nearly all the seeds
had disappeared, and the shells ana
hulls We're scattered over the floor. He
suspected rats and set trap but
caught nothing. Watching revealed
the thief, an enterprising red squirrel
in the neighboring woods A few seeds
We're left, enough for next seasons
planting but the chickens will get
none this time.
The old ferry boat Gen. Knox has
once more taken a new lease of life.
The General Knox was built for the
Knox & Lincoln branch of the Maine
Central Railroad and for several years
was used to carry trains across the
Kennebec river. The boat was re-
Gently bought by w. H. Perkins Co. of
Portland and that concern sold the
| boat to the Rowe Bros, who intended
| to convert the old craft into q lighter.
They failed to do So the boat was
| finally sold to the Oakland Steamboat
Co. and will now be used exclusively
as an automobile ferry boat between
Seacliffe and Rye Beach.
| Chief Gilman OF the Bangor police
has ordered swinging sign owners to
remove them within 80 days If they
do not do SO at the end of that time
the Bangor Commercial predicts that
there will be something doing" The
city authorities are determined to rid
Bangor thoroughfares of swinging
signs and they intend to see that their
| orders are carried out.
| FACT AND FANCY.