Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-14
Maine Gossip

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!. Bangor has no place available 70,
basket ball, it is reported, owing Il
the destruction by FIRE of the Norum-
ibega hall, last May. The enthusiastic
, devotees of that sport raise the query
VIII the City Fathers allow the Ban
gor team the use of City Hall" The
only possible objection the basket ball
players see to that use of the municipal
building Is that the participants in the
game sometimes use pumice to enable
them 10 get over the floor quickly, and
this might injure the floor. They
have expressed a Willingness TO forego
the pumse for the sake OF securing
the hall, Gf this IS necessary and APP
iparently believe this should settle the
question. If the CITY Fathers should
be hard -hearted enough TO refuse. can
anyone suggest a substitute?
Two freak Holsters are now in the
+ possession of Warden George \. Dow
of Portland. one. with yellow spots
covering the back tail, claws and
smellers, was eau ght in nine fathoms of
/ water, on Johns Ledge. of Cliff Island.
| by William Walker. a Cliff Island
tlohsetrman The ether. with shell
the same as that Of tortoise. Is said
To be the first of the kind ever seen
in this section Of Maine, and was
caught saturday morning by Horace
Trundy. Richmond Island lobster
fisherman
An umbrella when has survived the
storms and loans of 100 years or
Whereabouts, is now in the possession
OF Sewall w Smith of Skowhegan.
who received it 20 years ago. when it
| was said to be 100 years of age. An
umbrella which can remain in one
family for 20 years is noteworthy for
that fact alone with the increasing
facilities for travel and rapid transit
peculiar to umbrellas, hats, etc. which
do not bear the owners name and ad-
dress upon their distraetinglv similar
component parts. Mr.. Smiths um-
brella has a stag horn handle. whale
bone ribs, "A chased brass feru1e and
staff the size Of broom stick, and
weighs ~ pounds. 1t has been re-
covered but once, during the 20 years.
otherwise it is just as received.
A general order sent out from the Of
flee of Department Commander Riley
of the G. A. r. announces that the am
nual elections in posts will be held al
the first meeting in December.
Nine. Gabrielle NJ. Yassaf the wife Of
a French doctor, who was attached TO the
Pasteur Institute of the Nita-Trang. 4
little village on the coast of AMMAN, re-
lates some of her experiences. When she
and her husband arrived at Nha-Irang
they were received by the native SER
wants. who salaamed and sqnatted on the
floor for a long period. this being their
method of greeting Europeans. Servants
had the curious habit of washing all
dishes under the table; never on its top.
Men and women dressed alike, wearing
trousers and tunles. and women on the
way to market with their baskets always
walked in single file.
Mr.. Gould of Hobart Hill, Pressure
Isle. has, growing within few rods
| Of the road leading to his cottage. half
a dozen big straight giant spruce,
| which ne says will be preserved by
| him to show visitors to the hill what
kind of lumber was found in the lum-
| Der woods of Aroostook in the early
| wears The survival of these trees DEM
| onstrates how land may be repeatedly
| numbered over, and yet some trees, de-
| sirable for market, escape the axe
| A Caribou man. purchased. last sum-
mer. from the management of the Cal
ifornia Wild West show in Houlton,
| several long-horn steers, and turned
| them into his pasture, with cheerful
| vision of fattening them for market
| and subsequent profits. Proficiency in
| circus stunts, having once been achieV-
| ed by the animals, their gifts in this
! direction were not allowed to remain
entirely dormant. several months ago,
one of the herd jumped the fence and
| took to the woods. Here he remained
| a monarch of all he surveyed. seen at
| a distance by would-be capturers, but
| maintaining a dignified reserve that
forbade near approach. Last week.
his owner having, it is presumed,
| made satisfactory provisions for re-
tanning his purchase when caught, or
ganized a hunting party to capture the
wanaerer After a long. hard chase,
they brought back the fugitive, but
not alive. He was shot at Linneus. by
one Of the hunting party.
| The Sanford new fire station Is
claimed by it's enthusiastic providers
to be one of the best of its kind in any
town in Maine. An inventory Of its
advantages includes: completion in
| season so the firemen may be moved
in before cold weather begins; pitch
| roof brick structure As by DO feett
comprising two stories, basement
which contains heating and hot water
plant, metal-lathed, fireproof-plas-
tered battery room, an apartment
supplied with racks for drying nose
and storehouse for sleds in summer
land wagons in winter Other features