Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-15

winch is reproduced herewith, were
raised by f. ]. Hatch, Augusta, from
one seed. They are of unplaced va
riety, in color a light cream and hand
some. The largest weighs 29la lbs,
the others 201s, 16A and Il. For the
product of single vine it is indeed
splendid showing.
A Piscataquis county writer says:
THAT Maine must make some radical
changes in her game laws to save the
deer and moose from total eXtermina-
ton is the belief of many men in this
IN keeping Maine in the front ranks of
big game states. This matter is being
discussed freely this year owing to the
fact that everything indicates that deer
are by no means as plentiful as usual
UNLESS the law makers do something in
the near future Names deer and moose
once so plentiful in this State" said
well known sportsman in discussing the
situation the other day"
Well, why didn't you say something
about it before? II would have made
an admirable excuse for calling that
extra session,
Bath citizens are agitating the ques
ton whether the captain of the
schooner Perkins, which sought shell
ter from an approaching storm in
Cape Porpoise Harbor and was
wrecked on the rocks Of Goat Island
did right 10 enter the harbor instead
of turning about and putting to sea,
when he found the harbor channel
obstrueted by dredger and cable. 1t
seems the dredger was lying inshorc,
with cables stretched out. blocking the
channel on both sides one cable was
stretched by the wind out of water,
and tho Perkins first came up to this
and turned from it. Seeking entrance
to the harbor on the other side, the
ship brought up on the second cable
and was driven along it by the force
of the wind until wrecked on Goat Is
land rocks The claim is mode that
the captain upon finding the first
cable and the lighter should have dis
covered the second cable. or. finding
the harbor INSTRUCTED by work going
on, should have put 10 sea. The cap
tain claims that the dredger had no
lights or lookout, that he did right to
seek shelter from the sea when a
storm was coming on, and that his
dutlCS III tiIdIitliNtitil5 lile snip 81 til-
crossed his attentions that lie could
not avoid the second cable and conse-
quent wreck. The trial is set for
December %.
The placing of new windows in
house 100 years old must seem some
thing Ike putting spectacles on an
aged person. At West Harpswell,
George w. Curtis is repairing his an
eestral home. which is a landmark in
that part of the State. The old
house was built by his grandfather.
Paul Curtis, and the father of the
present owner was the first child born
in it. The structure contains massive
timbers of the old style of architecture
while the chimney has a fireplace into
which they roll big logs, large enough
to require two men to handle them.
OF Dearth at Dover, we have to re-
late the grinding of $4,000 bushels of
Iapples into cider, and of cider there is
no dearth. However, Mr.. Dearth will
allow 1900 barrels of this cider to be-
come vinegar, and the remainder will
NC Ahi iltb iillp BOAltitdi Stipiteil AOi wv
liquor interests and their Democratic
allies in the present administration.
A Skowhegan man reports a net
profit of $1,000 in the past year from
his 700 hens. He has a farm three
acres in area. and from this small
tract he realizes more profit than do
most farmers who cultivate, or think
they do, hundreds of acres in the
good old way"
There is a monument in the old
Norridgewock cemetery that is con-
sidered the most original one ever
seen. The monument itself IS ordin-
airy but monument with n mans
picture is rare. On the front side Of
the monument is an aperture and over
it is a swinging cover and framed
| within the hole is the picture in tho
form of u tntype of the deceased.
This monument has been there for
many years.
A Rumford correspondent of the
Rumford Falls Times, commenting
upon the poor condition of sidewalks
I
in that town, and the absence of a
plank causing a woman to fall heavily
to the sidewalk, says, "A large number
of the planks have either broken down
or worked loose, leaving dangerous
holes. Ola Man Time is responsible
for the condition it is in, but can you
tell me who is responsible for the con-
dition it should be imp
1t having been definitely decided, at
special meeting of the Maine Dairy
mems Association, to hold its annual
meeting at Norway Dec. 5, 6. Z, ar
arrangements are now being completed
for the annual program and exhibition.
The railroads of the State have offered
special rates for the week. The pro-
gram is one of exceptional merit. The
meeting opens Tuesday evening, Dec.
Is. with an address by Hon. c. S.
Stetson, master Maine State Grange,
and Robert j. Alley. president Uni-
versity of Maine. Throughout the
entire session the addresses will be di-
rected along practical lines.