Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-06

| Then saddest thoughts revisit me
] sit and dream OF the oiden days.
When chestnut leaves lie yellow on
And brown nuts break the prickied
| And nests on naked boughs are found.
And swallows, shrill no more at dusk,
And folks are glad lin in hsrss sS BE-
Then climb my little boys nay knee
70 hear me tell OF the olden days.
Steamer John Wilson. coming here
| from New Orleans to load apples, and
which was expected to reach here to-
day, has not yet been reported as ar
irving at Newport News. where she is
to take on bunker coal, and is not
likely to arrive until the latter part of
the week. She 10 expected to take
about 5000 barrels OF apples for Liv-
erpool. Another steamer with a ca
pacity of 1900 barrels Is also expect
ed to arrive here about the 10th of
the month, also to load for Liverpool.
her name and whereabouts being at
present unknown. Rumor has it that
other steamers are coming shortly to
load apples. but the parties here who
are interested In the shipments have
no knowledge to that effect.-Portland
Argus. Nov. s.
The obnoxious dogfish have been re-
ported this week by Canadian usher
men and weirowners who have been
here, and it is probable that these raw
enous fish are responsible for the alb
sence OF suitable sized herring for
Nofn
les. ,Quoddy fishermen who have been
catching cod. pollock. and haddock
state that they frequently find a dog
fish on their trawl hooks, and occa-
sionaliy haul in a partly eaten fish
showing that after being caught on the
hook the cod, pollock and paddock was
attacked by a hungry dogfish. While
1t has been found by government ex-
perts that these ravenous fish can be
used for table food, 1t is probable that
not one fisherman In the Eastport Sec
ton has ever tried the experiment of
cooking one for meal.
Sheriff ]. Fred OConnell has enter
ed the University of Maine College of
Law, says the Bangor News. He in
tends to pass the bar examinations,
thus becoming fuli1edged attorney.
and It Is probable that he will prac-.
tice in Bangor. Already he has had
considerable experience in court work,
he having appeared sor the state in
many liquor cases; and then, again,
every Penotscot county sheriff, dur
ing his term Of office, picks up con-
siderable smattering of law. Sheriff
O'Connell is a keen and forceful speak
or, much quicker witted than the aver
age, and he should make a success
in the profession. The best wishes Of
many friends will follow him to his
new field
A local sardine brokerage concern
has just imported several carloads of
Norwegian sardines, a considerable
portion of which ara under the COM
pany's private hand. bearing pictures
OF the fishing of one of the Kendalls
Head weirs, reports the Eastport Sen
tinel. which remarks: aside from the
fact that PASSPORT Is thus making a
beginning as an importing city, it is a
matter of interest that American fish,
cries are leaving their imprint on their
Norwegian competitors.
A rumor was circulated here last
week that a woman living in rather
poor circumstances in Ward Four,
Eastport. had been left a fortune of
around $4,000. On investigation the
sum dwindled down to s24O0. still a
very sixeable windfall for the legatee,
but the latter was nowhere to be
found Her husband, when inter-
viewed. stated that only the day before
the news arrived, she had taken their
only child and left him, SO that he had
no special cause for rejoicing. He
admitted that misfortunes never come
singly, but thought the departure Of
his wife just before the receipt of her
fortune. to be a new and particularly
vexatious combination of bad luck.
Among the treasures Of the old
Longfellow Birthplace is q solid ma
hogany sideboard Of antique design
which dates back to before the Revo-
lutionary war. This bouffet sideboard
was the property Of Governor Robert
D. Wilmot, OF the Province Of New
Brunswick, who was the grandson of
Mater Lemuel Wilmot commanding
the Loyalist forces which came to New
Brunswick from the United States
after the outbreak Of the Revolution
of 177s.
Written by Rev. Caleb Bradley.
March 18th. 1897. Business dull.
breadstuff high: yellow corn s1.3a.
white $3.50: flour $3.50; beef steak II