Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-07

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Denver Republican.
A. i. Titus brought to the Journal
office, Saturday an October strawberry
| which he picked from his garden in
winthrop. The berry was as ripe and
perfect as if it had grown in July,
and its flavor was just as delicious.
The Limington correspondent of the
Sanford Tribune tells the prize fish
story of the season when he says:
Hardy McKenney, Stephen Moulton
the Goshen, fishing. They caught sew
eral pickerel. measuring three and one
half feet" 1t will make some differ
ence, however, whether the writer of
the paragraph meant that the fish
measured AZ inches individually or col
lectively.
In the Sagadahoc probate court last
week before Judge Lowell was heard
an unique case in the form of a petit
ton for a last and final accounting of
the estate of the late John n. Meloney.
The petition is brought by Col. E. C.
Plummer for the executrix. Miss Annie
Getchell The executrix was, by
Mr. Meloney's will, to continue the
business in which Mr.. Meloney was en-
gagged at the time of his death so long
as she saw fit, she to be held account
able to no one until she closed up the
business, when, if there should be any
surplus, it should be turned into the
estate. The executrix now holds that
- I,<ta @1.,e
sets, to pay the bills and desires that
it should be now finally settled by
the court.
Quite an important transfer of tele-
phone property took place at Kingfield
Tuesday. says the Franklin Journal,
whereby the Eustis & Stratton Tele
phone Co. took over by purchase the
lines and instruments in the kingfield
exchange of the Maine Telephone
Co, branch of the New Eng
land The owners of the purchasing
company are H. II. LanderS, Guy
Sedgeley, and the sylvester Bros. BY
the terms of the purchase they take
over everything but the long distance
line running to Kingfield. There are
some Is or 20 phones in the Kingdeld
exchange including those on Freeman
Ridge which will now be connected at
one rental with the Stratton & Eustis
system, but the New Portland lines
are not to be included except on a
TOLL basis. The rates have been reduc-
ed to s12 for residences and SIS for
stores which are the prevailing prices
in Stratton and Eustis.
Rockland opinion: On Monday, Sept.
16, noteworthy party OF friends as
sembled at the residence Of Nelson Po-
land Jr., Loudville. The ages of the
four, Two of whose birthdays come
this month, aggregated 32S years, the
eldest. Mrs. Mary Elweli Poland, being
80 years old, and the youngest, Robert
l.. Garter, Is; while he two other
members of the quartette. Nelson Po-
land ST., and Mrs. Syrena Low, are
80 and So respectively. All are highly
respected and still active members OF
the community. Each of the two wo-
men spun frem 10 to 20 pounds of wool
rolls last winter. Mrs. Low fractur-
ed her shoulder blade but has so near
ly recovered that she is able to do most
of her work. Mrs. Poland is famous
for the stockings and mittens she has
knit. and Robert Carter also krits nit
tens of a superior quality. besides fish
ing and clustering All recoileet the
time when cooking was done in the
great open fireplace, and a sheep oc-
casionally roasted in the brick oven.
The life saving crew at Popham
Beach had its first chance of the sea-
son Wednesday when the men were
called out to aid the cabin launch
Nimbus owned by Herman C. Ely, with
Mr.. Ely and ]. G.. Haskell of Bath
aboard. The launch was bound from
Bath to the New Meadows River, and
when off the Jack Knife the circulat-
ing pump on the engine broke and the
launch was left helpless in a high sea.
Mr.. Ely and Mr.. Haskell were taken to
Bath by Ralph E. Spinney. The launch,
which is valued at $1,000, is at Popfam
and will be repaired before being
moved.
The trials and tribulations which
sometimes beset hunters in Washing
| ton county are thus set forth by the
Sunrise News; Harry Burnham of Ma
chias and Harry sullivan of Whitney
| vile decided to go hunting on We'd
nesday, so after laying in a stock OF
provisions, they started for Mr.. Sulli-
vans camp at Great Falls. After q
| long trip the brave hunters retired
early and inadvertently left the door
open. In the middle of the night they
| We're disturbed by a heavy object
| knocking over chairs and tables. Sui
Ivan cried, rs that you Burnham?
Burnham just being aroused from E
heavy sleep said, Maybe, but l don't
think so,'' and striking a match they
found one of the largest specimen Of
Black Bear that has been seen in thai
vicinity for many years, calmly finish
ing the last of their provisions. What
1 these worthy huntsmen did is to {
great extent a matter of conjecture
but we can state positively that they
returned to Machias Thursday morn
ing minus guns, provisions and ths
bear.
The Maine Woods says that thu
largest salmon taken from Mooselook-