Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-08

OF dream or color-al their incense
fled
Across the burning marsh she gains the
Hill
And breathless turns her beautiful
bright head
And mocks with pagan laughter. sweetly
shrill.
w. R. Benet in the American.
The Caribou correspondent of the
Bangor Daily News writes that the
work of digging the annual potato
crop in that section is now on in earn
est. and that the farmers are more
than busy improving the time before
real cold weather sets in and the
ground freezes With favorable wealth.
or conditions from now on good crop
of potatoes will have been harvested.
One of the biggest crops heard from so
far is that of H. w. Kitchen of Pres
que Isle. While not through digging
he has a particularly good yield SO
far. From 6ts acres planted to pota-
toes of the Eureka variety he dug 1850
barrels. From the first eighteen acres
dug he harvested $500 barrels
Max, the ten-year- Scotch collie
belonging to Miss. Vera Drew, of
Union. spends more pennies than any
other child" on the common, writes a
Union correspondent. When given a
coin, he will run to the store after his
candy. and will not drop the money
until he has the CONNECTION. Max is
also very fond of ice-cream.
The little old schooner Sunbeam, a
well-known visitor along the Kennebec
river. and one OF the few remaining
representatives of the older type of
two masters. has just made record
that the Bath Times says will be hard
10 beat. The Sunbeam, commanded by
Capt. Howard Barter just made a trip
from the Kennebec river to Boston.
discharged 131 900 feet of lumber and
arrived back at Spinney's Mill. Arrow
sic. ready to lead. in five and ene-half
days, which is cerainly going some for
vessel of her years.
Bath Times: The apple trees of the
orchard of S. L. Fogg of Monmouth,
formerly of tins city are attracting
lots Of favorable comment among visi-
tors in that part of the State. His Ben
Davis and Baldwin orchards are GER
tainly a wonderful sight, for every
tree is covered with these beautiful
apples. large size, highly colored and
in perfect condition. This week he
sold fifty barrels at prices ranging
from $500 to $500 per barrel He has
already gathered 80 barrels of fall ap-
pies, mostly Gravensteins and Relfs.
Mr.. Fogg has 900 trees, and is adding a
hundred each year, expecting in a few
years to have ten acres.
A company from New Hampshire
has purchased the large pine lumber
lots at South jefferson owned by
Henry Trask for $4,000. Several crews
with portable mills are at work and
teams and and one automobile truck
haul the sawn lumber seven miles to
the station at Damariscotta Mills.
There are a few small lots left, but
the owners prefer to take chances of
fire and gain a big per cent in growth,
than to sell and put the cash into saw
ings banks at low interest.
Maine boys who have just entered
the Mass. Institute Technology-Car
G. Whitaker Bar Harbor, b. N High
school: L. S. Phillips, Northeast Har-
Dor, Yale University; Horace c. Burn
ham of Old Town, whose preparatory
school was Thayer Academy, Brain
tree, Mass, and Osborne LeB. Mahl
man of Lubec who comes from the
Lubec High school All honor to the
New England town high schools that
~ a oil IN PC ma, fnr ho
strict requirements of the Massachu-
sets Tech. sespn
The Bangor Commercial says that
probably the oldest attendant at either
of the Maine Music festivals will be
Deacon +. F. Duren of that city, who
plans on being present at all the Ban
gor concerts, both afternoon and even
ing. Deacon Duren is 80 years old and
is still an ardent music lover.
TIE usual crop of reports about out
of season berries is now in circulation,
and contributions are forthcoming
from various sections. Here is the
latest. from the Biddeford Journal OF
Oct. /: "The Bakers of % West street
Hau ripe IdSpDefTleS ltGSH iTOIi1 the
vines for supper last night, and they
were of as fine flavor as any the fam
lily had Toasted on weeks ago. They
We're picked by Miss Carrie Baker,
who while roaming about near her
home during the day came across
generous find of the berries, gather
ing nearly a quart
Friends in various sections of Maine,
of John Perkins of Wilton, one of the
few survivors of the old stage coach
days, and who, few days ago, sub
mitted to the amputation of one leg
because of gangrene, will be interest
ed to learn that the operation was sue
cessful, and that at last reports the
patient was as comfortable as could
be expected. Concerning Mr.. Perkins
the Franklin Journal says: Uncle
john, as he is familiarly known, is
50 years of age, veteran stage driver
of SO years continuous service, having
driven stages successfully on routes
from Hallew ell to Pennington. Farm
ington to Philips, North Jay to Dix
field and Weld to Wilton"