Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-17

He's a willing little toiler and hum
mer;
You will find him near at home or far
away,
The college student working for the
summer.
Burton Braley in the Gongregationalist.
Maine Woods: Frank Horeysack
express messenger between Rangeiey
and Portland holds the long distance
record for travelling, his friends be-
leve. Mr.. Horeysack started on his
present run June "a. 1t will end
September 80. In that length of time
he will travel 2,254 miles, or dis
lance nearly equal to the circumfer-
ence of the earth. Mr.. Horeysack
makes 266 miles each week day. He
says that it is long, hard trip bur
that it has many enjoyable features.
Any way, he seems to hold the cham
pion's belt for long distance train
hikes. This figures 1896 miles n
week.
The movement of spruce from Ban
gor continues in such large volume
that coastwise vessels of suitable
size are in brisk demand at freight
rates considerably higher than at
any time in ten years at this season.
On account of still higher rates being
paid from New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia ports tonnage is often difficult
to secure. The last of the drives is
now in boom, and the mills will be
well supplied with logs all through
the fall, SO that, with the New York
and Boston markets both strong,
busy season is looked for right up to
the close of navigation
Few people would think it. says the
Portland PRESS, but the Waldorf-As-
toria hotel in New York is a very good
friends to Portland. The steward of
the Waldorf buys all his Holsters in
that city and just now. after the sum
lner is over and the fall and winter
business is beginning, there comes an
increase in the demand for the crus-
taceans from the big city hotels.
Always has the Waldorf Astoria pur-
chased its Holsters of J. w. Trefethen
of Portland, and as the trade has eX-
tended over a period of about 10 years,
it can be seen that many thousands of
the shellfish have been shipped and
later served the patrons of the pala-
tial hotel The Waldorf uses $50
pounds every day, and after the sum
mer is over. the house will average
1900 pounds of Holsters a week. On
special occasions, the amount has
gone to $500 pounds of the shellfish.
With the sum that has been paid for
such big amount of food in Is years,
it can be seen that Portland has been
we'll benefited.
Old Town Enterprise: The creamery
in Harmony is no small factor in the
prosperity of the town, disbursing as
it does something like $4,000 each year
in this and surrounding towns for
butter fat alone During the month
of July, 1912, the company paid for
1880 pounds of butter fat, the sum
of $5217.37, there being over 80 of the
patrons who had over leo pounds.
An observant Pennington man
while camping at Crowell pond, last
week saw a flock of six ospreys one
of which was an albino. making
ready for fall migration. This bird
usually migrates singly, SO the sight
was an unusual one.
The Bangor News announces the re-
ceipt of bunch of potato balls from
one of the local potato patches, and
remarks the fact that while potato
| balls used to be common, they are al
| most never seen on the goth century
| potato vine. Many people have asked
why the potato ball appears not, but
no one seems inclined to answer the
| question.
One absent-minded Pennington
voter says the Franklin Journal, at
into the booth and marked it with a
! good plain X and then walked away,
| leaving it on the shelf where II was
! discovered by Town Clerk Knowlton.
| Possibly he may have "tumbled to"
his mistake by this time though no
one has yet come forward to lay
claim to the ballot.
| On the night of the State election,
when the returns began to come along
| in good shape, Obed w. Russell OF
Phillips, man over so years of age,
| was awakened by the general mani
festations of joy, whereupon he
dressed and went to the Union church
and rang the bell, saying that that
bell was a Republican bell. Mr.. Rus
sell in his younger days always rang
this bell for all church services and
other events which called forth Its
| ringing, but this time is the first in
years that he has rung it, younger
| man being placed in the position.
MAINE GOSSIP
Caught Bad Cold.
Last winter my son caught very
bad cold and the way he cougned Was
something dreadful" writes Mrs. Sarah