Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-25
SUMMER CHAT
OF Especial Interest to
People of Central Maine.
A Trolley and Steamer Trip
OF Unsurpassed Beauty.
Two.for-a-Quarter Shad at Bath
Jolts the Meat Trust a Bit.

ON the Road. June 24.-tspeciaD.-
The high cost of living was dealt a
blow Saturday afternoon when the
steam traw1er Alice tied up to Kim
hali Bros. wharf near City Landing.
and opened up her iced cargo of fish.
just from the sea TO the Local trade.
Immediately began steady process
sion to and from the wharf, composed
OF hundreds of Baths eitizens-and
how they knew of the arrival OF the
Alice passes Understandings
man, woman and child in the return
ing line carrying either a bundle or
string Of fish. The cargo consisted
chiefly Of sea-shad and autterish. the
shad going Two for Il quarter" while
the bdtterfish were six for - cents. BY
shutdown the crew of the Alice had
disposed Of the fish and Sunday the
bill of fare in hundreds of Bath homes
was shad. hoilcd broiled, or fried, and
butterfish fried.
Speaking of fish suggests Holsters,
and it is annually observed that. with
the arrival of the summer visitors in
June. the price of the JACKS begins 10
go up Now they are % cents pound.
whereas week ago the price was %
cents.
Memorial Sunday of Odd Fellows.
sunday afternoon the odd Fellows of
Bath assisted by their brethren of
Brunswick held their annual Memorial
Day and decorated ,tse graves OF bre-
thren. who have passed on, with flow
ers in Oak and Maple Grove. the two
beautiful cemeteries of the Shipping
City. The afternoon was perhaps the
most delightful that win be seen this
year and in postponing the ceremony
from Sunday ono week ago the odd
Fellows were fortunate indeed. On
the march to and from the cemeteries,
in Oak Grove, while the graves were
being remembered with punches of
bloom and at the Park after the par
AIDE, the Brigade Band of Lewiston
furnished excellent music under the
leadership of Arthur Pettengill. There
WAS a great outccming of the mem
bers of the |. q. O. f., uniformed rank
and scarlet banded members of Lin
coin lodge. In addition to the hum
dreds on foot were officials in car
riases. The music floating through
the avenues. the groves and over the
lawns and ponds of the cemetery add
cd TO the solemnity of the exercises
and WAS greatly enjoyed by the hum
dreds OF citizens who were there. On
the Park in town later a delightful
concert of six numbers was exquisiteiy
rendered by the Lewiston artists and
the Park and surroundings were filed
with well-dressed and appreciative
crowds of citizens One of the selec-
tons, the Beautiful Lady" from the
PinvsLady seems especially appropri-
ate 60 be played by so able a band in
Bath, for the author of the opera,
Charles NJ S. Mcclellan, wasSa native
of the city and from his former home.
on one corner of North and Middle
streets, no great distance from the
Park, the strains of the music could
be heard.
The popular appreciation of the con-
cert suggested 10 many Bathites the
advisabilty of similar concerts during
the season when so many summer Wis
itors are in this city and immediate
vicinity.
On the Bath Park as well as at the
cemetery are numerous beds of flow
ers, large and costly little gardens of
bloom and il was interesting to note
how careful the crowds were in both
places to avoid stepping into any of
the beds. or treading on any flowers.
II shows how the public appreciate eff
forts to beautify for the public good.
The Triangular Beauty Trip.
Speaking of Names summer wish
tors, every year many of them and
local residents as well. are enthusiastic
over the triangular trip by electric car
from Bath to Lewiston, thence to Au-
gusta and home by steamboat down
The Kennebec. There is no more de-
lightful outing by rail- and Boat in all
New England. From Bath to the home
town Of Historic Bowdoin college the
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