Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-30

the bull dog variety, SAYS the Norway
Advertiser The entire length of the
puppy is about six inches What breed
is your dog" asked an admiring youne
lady. "Holstein" was the prompt re-
| ply.
| The schools of Shiloh have been clos
ed for a week or so because of an cpl
demic of measles that is raging among
the children. The only odd feature
about that is that they have preached
to us SO long that sickness is unnec-
essarv." remarked a Durham citizen
to the Lewiston sun.
That life up in kingman is not
without its exciting moments is shown
by the Kinsman correspondent of the
| Lincoln Chronicle, who says: "A very
sharp electrical storm passed over this
| section Saturday afternoon, the most
severe electrical display we have wit
messed in years. Mrs. Peter Ashley was
knocked down and rendered uneonsei-
Gus for time She has not entirely
recovered from the shock at this writ
tending to duties in her kitchen. re-
ceived a severe shock.
Bath Times: West Bath is 10 have Il
new industry this coming season and
while it is probably that it will be
started on a small scale. it is some
thing which is likely to grow. A few
years ago l.. NJ. Litch of Lynn, Mass,
bought the George Schoppe farm which
is HI the corner bounded by the Bruins
wick and Fosters Point roads, and il Is
understood that here he will put up
building in which he will manufacture
arch supporters for shoes. Mr.. Litch is
expecting to arrive about July / and
work will then begin. For power he
will use a gasoline engine of % horse
power which has already arrived.
Rufus Tfussel Crane who was prob
ably the Oldest druggist in Maine died
at his home in Elm street, Machias
Thursday night. Mr. Crane had been
in failing health for three years, but
was seriously i'll only since last Tues
day. He was 81 years. , months and
of Gen. John Crane of Revolutionary
fame. He was the son of Abijah and
Lydia Fitzpatrick Crane, who removed
from Whiting to Machias in 1871, when
Abijah was appointed jailor there. He
was educated in the Machias public
schools and during the days of early
manhood worked in saw mills. Later
he started restaurant. and after
wards through DR.. j. w Murray's in
fuence, he entered the drug business
in which he saw 30 years of active SER
vice. He always voted the Democratic
ticket and had served several terms on
the board of selectmen.
The last block industry. which Il
quarter of century ago was an i'm
nortant one in Maine, has dwindled
down until at present little is known
about it. The decrease is due to mar
ket conditions, which make Maine |
competition impossible Until few
years ago camps of last block makers |
We're scattered all along the northern |
border OF Maine While a few blocks |
were shopped from Maine the past win
ter. the quantity was small compared |
with years in the past. The blocks are |
fashioned into lasts on which shoes
are made. Maple trees are cut into |
short lengths, after which men, armed
with short axes, which resemble d
meat cleaver. form them into rough
shape of last Then they are thrown
into p pile to dry in the open air
Westerners are able to furnish the
bloeks at a much cheaper figure than
the Maine dealers can, with the re-
suit that now nearly all the lasts are
made from western maple trees.
Conflicting statements, with more or
less semblance of being authoritative,
are given out regarding the brown-tail
and gypsy moth situation in Maine
Rather, il is correct to say that the
conflicting statements are with regard
to the brown-tai situation. Some say
that the pest may be under control
within comparatively few years,
while others declare it on the increase.
1t is not doubted by any intelligent OBJ
server that the brown-tails in this sec
ton of the State are as numerous as in
ANY previous year, and there is GER
tainly little ground for thinking that
the weather of the past winter was
severe enough to affect them at all. AS
to the gypsy moth situation. all reports
agree that that pest is spreading over
the State in spite of all that can be
done. and that it constitutes a serious
menace.
A fresh young thing from Crowley's
junction submits the following for the
| gaiety of newspapers:
| Crowleys Junction. Me (HonestD.
| April %. 1913
| Dear Editor:
| Your subscribers here are finding
| amusement in the following head relat-
ing 10 the Industrial Workers of the
| World.
HAYWOOD TAKEN
| Leader of l. /. w. Arrested at Passaic,
| New Jersey, Charged with Inciting
Riot of the Silk Mill Strikers