Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-05
Maine Gossip

| Many of the fish weirs along the
| Maine coast in which herring are tax
en-, and those on the Penobscot river
| which annually yield a rich harvest oil
| salmon. are worth much to their own
ers and bring in rich returns every
year. Many of the weirs represent in
vestments of over $1,000, but they pay
large dividends for the money and
| time put into them-especially when
| the season happens to be good one
and the fish are plentiful and prices
high. Strange as it may seem, the fact
that a man owns land which borders
on the shore does not alloy him the
unrestricted privilege of building a
weir off it. The right to build is in the
Jurisdiction of the selectmen of the
various towns, and they. after hearing
all of the circumstances in connection
with case frequently refuse per-
nit. Invariably this permission is re-
fused because the new weir would
interfere with one already established.
The Iivermore Falls Advertiser gives
the details of burglary which took
place in the town of Dryden, last Sat
| urday night, but which. happily proved
not 10 he of a very serious nature,
inasmueh as an inventory disclosed the
fact that the amount of plumber Sc
cured by the thieves was limited to a
few crackers and a piece of custard
pie. The burglars gained an entrance
to the store through a back window,
but with the exception Nof the few
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nothing which appealed to their taste
until they made their way TO the Sec
ond floor, where the storekeeper lived,
and found in the refrigerator q piece
of mis- wifes eustard pie This evil
IDENTIFY satisfied them, for so far as is
known they took nothing else. al
though the postoffice is located in the
front room II the sire. A freight car
on the railroad siding near the store
was broken open, but nothing was
taken.
party of Washington county men
will attempt the propagation of oys-
tiers on the Maine coast, and has ap-
piled to the federal government for
permission to plant oysters for that
purpose at tie bottom of Straight and
Cabascook bays. there being about 5000
acres of suitable bottom for this pur-
pose The whole territory to be planted
is secluded from outside sea waves.
and men who have looked it over say
that conditions are excellent there for
the culture of the oyster. 1t is the plan
to begin operations as soon as the
government has given the necessary
t,t r. hn cipht ~ nlant thp nWCtprgf
but before the work is commenced the
bed of the bay will have to be arti-
ficially prepared in order that the work
may be successful. The distribution
of oyster and clam shells, birch trees
and other material of a similar nature
all over the place where the oysters
are to be planted is necessary in order
to give the spawn something to collect
upon. The small oysters viii be
brought here from the beds at Prince
Edwards Island, which on account OF
the cold water there are believed to
be well adapted to the Maine coast.
"Varmints" must be plenty over in
Oxford county, this fall. and in great
variety Here is what tke Bisbeetowr
correspondent Of the oxford County
Advertiser says of the situation: A
bear visited the corn field of Silas
Stearns, last week, by the track he
| left it looked a large one. The coons
and hedgehogs are visitors there, also
| The foxes are very thick and tame
| here, and are taking n great many
| OF neus and chickens, and we are il
! hopes to see the hunters with theil
| hounds, here, at the camp, this fall
| hunting them.
| Machias Union thus cheerfully size
| up the outlook in that busy town
| Whichever way the election goes
| happy days are in store for the beau
| tifui village on Narraguagus bay. Al
| though our summer visitors have lef
us, our three hotels are still doing ;
large business, and the many bushes
enterprises Of our hustling village ar
| in a fiourishing condition. The ncs
vessel building in Sawyer Bros. ship
4 yard will be launched in a few weeks
and it is probable that another YES
sci will also be built soon in the onl
II shipyard in Eastern Maine that is l
operation. Another saw mill will b
!, added to the three already here thi
i winter. When in this vicinity don
forget to give us call and you wi
receive hearty welcome from tn
J citizens of the iustline town of Yves
, Washington County.