Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-26

/ The dWeller in the CITY
Views the sidewalks with frown
' And says the life that's rural
! Is the life of joy profound
So they read the ads. that tell them
| How to change their homes around.
The man in the apartment
=, Wants dwelling house SO neat;
Wants a furnished fiat complete,
And so We'll fondly hasten
Our conditions to improve,
When the Autumn leaves are falling
And it's everybody's move.
New York Evening Sun.
George NJ. Whitaker, secretary of
the national dairy union, who recently
died at Fort Atkinson. Wis, was
Bewdoin College graduate. who had
led very useful life, the scene of his
activities being Massachusetts and
Washington. He will be remembered
as long in the service of the Massa-
chusetts board of agriculture, and
then head of the market milk section
in the department of agriculture. He
left the government service in Decem-
Der, 1911. to serve the allied dairy in
terests of the country. Mr.. Whitaker
was born in Southbridge. Mass, July
80. 1851. was graduated from Bowdoin
College in 1872, and then became edi-
tor of the Southbridge Journal, where
he continued until 1856, when he
| bought the New England Farmer,
which he greatly improved and con-
Quoted with success The farmers
came to know and trust Mr.. Whita-
ker. In 1891 he was appointed "assis-
tant to the secretary of the state
board of agriculture in the work of
the dairy bureau" and there he re-
manned until called to serve in the
same line of work in the federal de-
partment of agriculture.
Clinton 7. SWEET of the C. It. SWEET
Co, Portland, had on exhibition Mon
day, in the refrigerator room of his
Commercial street store a score of
plovers, the result of a few minutes
shooting on one of the islands of Cas-
co bay, George II. barton, the we'll
known crack Portland trap shot, hay
ing been his partner in making the
bag. The birds are what is known as
the Hudson curlew plover, which of
late have been exceedingly scarce on
the coast. the bag being the largest
made in that vicinity for 80 years.
They are of large size and the meat
is reported as being delicious, while
they are in great demand for mount
ing bringing good prices. They are
not, however. nearly as valuable as
the Esquemoult curlew plover, an ex-
ceedingly rare bird, a New York col
lector having recently paid 5000 for a
pair of them mounted.
According to the Rockland Courier
Gazette, ]. o. Packard of that city has
flock of Rhode Island Red pullets
that is going some in the way of lay
ing eggs, and setting quite stunt for
all the feathered bipeds of that sec
ton. Although only 20 weeks old they
had already laid two dozen eggs up to
last Saturday morning. As hens do
not usually begin laying until they
are six or seven months old, you can
readily understand why Mr.. Packard
chuckles every time his pullets cackle.
The stories which are now appear
ing in the papers of the northern coun-
ties of the State relative to the pre-
vaience of moose in those sections.
must create in the hearts of big game
hunters longing for the coming of
Oct Is. The latest tale that has found
its way out from gameland is that
told by the Dead River correspondents
of the Franklin Journal. and indicates
that the moose up in Somerset coun-
ty are becoming caviscacious. 1t was
only a few days ago that a big bull
moose put the telephone line to West
Carry pond out of business by pulling
down and carrying off about 100 feet
of the wire. When last seen the
moose had the wire still entangled
around his antlers and the line was
trailing along behind him. r. B. Tay-
lor the proprietor of the camps at
West Carry pond. discovered that his
telephone line was out of commission
and investigated He found that
bout 100 feet of the line had been bro
ken off and carried away. There was
plenty Of sign TO show that bull
moose had got the line entangled
about his antlers and had broken the
line in his efforts to free himself. La
ter, the moose was seen, with the tel
ephone wire still hitched to his antlers
and trailing behind. He was big
bull and had magnificent set OF ant
lers.
Reports indicate that the frosts OF
Saturday and Sunday nights were in