Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-27

I
on Linden's hillssbf stained SHOW
|And bloodicr yet tsthe torrent ffd%
of Iscr. rolling rapidly
cas T's %s1" nisrss i ssf y lss lci sgn dun
Where furious Frank and fiery Hun
Shout in their sulph'rous canopy.
The combat deepehs. ON, ye brave.
Who rush to glory. or the gravei
Wave, Munich. all thy banners wave.
And charge with all thy chvalry!
Few few shall part where many meet!
And every turf beneath their feet
Shall be soldiers sepulchre.
Thomas Campbell
Texas will receive more than one
half million bushels OF Irish seed po-
tatoes from Maine during the next
three months.
Word has been received from the
Macmillan Crocker Land expedition
which sailed from Boston July 4th, of
its safe arrival in Etah harbor. A
message from one of the party states
that the polar bear promised by ex-
pioref MacAlillan to the Bowdoin gym
has been shot and weighed in the
neighborhood of 700 pounds. The par
ty is now in Il degrees north latitude
on the Greenland coast. They have on
board 80 Eskimos and 100 dogs.
Emile Roy of Oquossoc will proba-
bly, be hereafter a firm believer in the
cunning of foxes. While out hunting
the other morning with a little rife
he saw a fox and fired at it. hitting 1t
in the body. The animal turned
around three or four times, then sat
calmly down and watched Mr.. Roy try
to reload. which he was unable to do
as either the empty shell jammed or
some other trouble occurred ana ne
could not get another cartridge in.
When the fox found nothing more vas
likely to happen, he went oftit.
With, clearing and colder weather
ideal bunting conditions are expected
in the northern Maine game regions, as
tho high winds have stripped the leaves
from the trees and the continued rams
have made good still hunting. YET
the ma iority feels confident only Wnen
there. is a soft blanket of snow To quiet
the leaves and show the tracks.
Rev George F. Durgin. ID. D., who
FOR the past year has been acting as
vice president and field agent for East
Maine Conference Seminary at Bucks
prrt. has been unanimously elected
nresident of Walden University, foeat-
ed at Nashville. Tenn. DR.. Durgin was
in no sense an active candidate Tor the
nositiou. DR.. Durgin is native .oi
Maine. While pastor of some OF th'
largest churches in and around Boston
his services were in constant demahe
for conventions in Maine. During thu
mast cummer, he WAS the successful
leader of the camp meeting at Little
ton.
Helm, Aid, Assistance! Suceor'
Is there no mercy? We're flooded
overwhelmed and showed in. What
oh. sure. Buttercups, dandeiion bios
SONS. oxeye daises, strawberry bios
SONS. raspberries and blackberrles, vi
yslets and Il dozen other varieties ol
early blooming flowers and vegetation
Here are q few of the latest contrip-
utcr.. Mrs r.. IL. Foss of w. Mt. Yer
non, Chas. Chesley of Waterville. MIS-
X. r. Tolman of an Augusta X. r. ID.
u. Z. B." of Augusta. Johnny o'
Augusta, Mrs. Clara Hartley of Au-
gusta. Miss Elizabeth lie Clair, Miss
Dora Cooney and Miss Frances Ma
bry of Waterville-and a score of 9th
ers.
At a meeting of the special light
committee composed of members oil
both branches of the Biddeford city
government, last week, it was practi-
eally decided that the much mooted
question, "Shall Biddeford have orna-
mental lightning on Main street and
more arc and incandescent lights III
the suburbs?" is to be submitted tc
the people through the referendum
for settlement. 1t appeared to be the
opinion of majority of the light com
mittee that this would be the best way
cut of the difficulty.
President II. l.. Keyser of Greene
says, The annual meeting of the
Maine State Pathological society, to be
held in Lewiston City hall, Nov
| 1920, will be the largest gathering oi
orchardists ever held in the state
Notwithstanding the short crop ol
apples, there will be fine display ol
fruit, and the executive committee has
| secured list of speakers to handle
| the various subjects which are of mos'
Importance to our growers at the pres
ent time So many good things, nc
| grower can afford to miss the meet
| ings. That ever presen- question, tint
high cost of living and the small per
| cent. of the consumers dollar which
eventually reaches the grower, is tt
be handled by the Hon. Charles )
Brand. Washington. D. c., the ne"
chief, office of markets. U, S. depart
ment of agriculture. The importanc'
of the birds in the orchard, DIR. sEs n
Forbush, the State ornitholpgist 0
| Massachusetts, will illustrate with
lecture, DR.. Forbush has a magntfi
| cent set of colored slides, This lee
ture win interest all lovers OF tn
feathered tribe. DIR. Donald Reddicl
of Cornell University. noted authof