Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-03

If we had autos. too,
If all our luck We're always good.
If men were free from guile,
If people did just what they should,
If clothes would stay in style,
If ashes only burned like coal,
If maidens all were fair. @
If humorists were always droH,
If We We're each an heir
If rent day didn't come around,
If sirloin steaks were tHse,
If turkeys cost ten cents a pound
-Somerville journal.
Saturday, Nov. 80, was the closing
day of the sardine canning business
on the eastern Maine coast. Factory
No. and 5 of the Seacoast Canning
Co., one of the largest plants down
east, was the only one to remain open
up To the full limit, fish being taken all
during last week. 1t was not consld-
cred very prosperous season in this
section, for number of the plants
did not open until late in the summer
and closed several weeks ago. A few
ia ctories in Eastport and section did
not open at all as the market was
over-stocked when the canning season
opened iii April. Later in the year the
prices took a sudden drop and sardines
were reported selling on the markets
for less than they could be put up
here. Of course there is always a de-
mand for the special brands of fish
that are put up with care and many
thousands of. cases of this kind of Sar-
dimes are canned in PASSPORT every
year. The season was short and con-
trary to expectations the fish supply
was better than looked for and prices
not high for the hogshead of herring.
The pack on the coast is considerably
below that of past years which viii
be of value to the Gamers for next
year.
Boothbay Register, Nov. 80: Capt. A.
T. Wyman of the tug boat kappella
was in town today. Yesterday he
| brought down q raft of 1850 logs from
Halloweli for Spinney of Arrowsic.
This is the last of the season. The
Kappella went up river today to tow
Capt. Baileys scow Fay to Boothbay
for winter quarters and will go into
a winter berth at Southport next'week.
Capt. Wyman has seen over 40 years
service towing logs on the Kennebec.
| This is the 35th season in the tug Kap-
pella. He says he will enjoy life at
home in Gardiner this winter and
plans to continue work on the river
next season.
According to the South Bristol cor
| respondent of the Boothbay Register
the recent easterly storm stirred up
! that quiet hamlet in a manner most
unusual. He says: South Bristol nau
/ it's experience with the severe eastefiy
| storm of last Sunday night. No serious
! damage was done. People who We're
| expecting to be out in the eVenlhs
changed their plans and remained SAFE
| within doors. There are few IN
stances Of damages done but nothing
| very serious. A section of the brldSe
| connecting Gem Island with the mann
land was blown out. A sloop which
| MIR. Macy of Pemaquid brought over
| Sunday afternoon and anchored IN Inc
Eastern Harbor dragged her anchoi
| and went ashore on the rocks. hei
bow was badly smashed and she nleo
| and sunk. tree was blown over al
Christmas Cove and lastly the whifiei
in the vane on the Congregations
church which has whirled so mefrlis
for many years Whirled its last tWirl
and started on an aeropiane stun
which ended like so many more ampi'
/ tious avators in a smash on the
ground. In place OF this merry &c
round a vacancy remains in the Vane
giving it an especially peek-a boo Ell
feet.
Walter w. Crosby, who graduated
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