Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-17

OF PIattSDurS, MO, Was eHiiouilSSu "
the Secret Service Saturday. The
counterfeit bears the portrait of Ben
iamin Harrison and is poorly exc
cuted. The lathe work, particular
lv on the back, also is not we'll de-
fined.
Sagadahoc county is suffering Sc
verely from the gypsy moths. The
pest is altogether too plentiful IN
Bath. M. S. Pur.ngton of West Bath
Monday notified the commissioner of
agriculture that many nests were
found in that town. The grove south
of New Meadows Inn was plastered
with them. Orchards are in bad
shape.
Five thousand sea shad were taken
in a weir last Friday night by Wallace
and Wyman, the Small Point hsher-
men. They sent 500 to Bath where
they quickly sold at % cents eaeh.
The balance were sent to Portland.
The 10-year- old son of VIM. Wyman
of Small Point, while walking from
boat to boat Monday noon at Bath
slipped and fell into the river. He
had gone down once when the mate OF
the steamer Virginia grabbed him by
the hair and saved him. The mate
was the only person near and mad the
bow gone under the boats or float ne
would have been drowned. The boy
escaped with a wetting, however anu
his father bought a new oalnt VI
clothing for him.
The staff which will edit the ora
Gle, the official school paper of the
Edward Little High school, for the
season of 1914-15 has been elected as
follows; Editor in Chief, Jeanette
Churchill, Is; assistant editors, .. n
Hammond, 10 and H. D. johnson, 10;
alumni editor, Robert Owen, ~; class
editors. Gladys Stetson, Is; Lucy Har-
ris .16. Blanche Lawless, II; exchange
editor. Shepley Paul, rs; athletic edl-
tor, Seth Stetson, Is; business man
aeer. Donald Tebbitts, Is; assistant
business manager. Raymond stephens
,16 The editor for the Freshman
class will be elected early in the school
year.
Stunt. Libby of the Camden hsh
hatchery is very proud of two baoy
deer born last week at the deer park at
the hatchery. They are cute little
fellows and are attracting great
deal of attention from the many
visitors at the hatchery.
There has been a stray turkey
around this place for over week.
but at present can't be located. IL
any one has it in their enclosure Will
they please notify Arthur Bennett py
phone as Mrs. Bennett was IN inns
place last Tuesday looking for II. She
viii come for it any time she can nnu
ont its whereabouts.-Ch ndler DIS
trict Correspondence in Presque Ssle
Star Herald.
Everett Knapp and Alger Pratt were
married last Saturday evening at the
home of the brides father in Philips
and as both are very popular young
people their many friends planned 10
give them a great send-off when they
departed on their bridal trip. Inc
friends thought they had done the cor
rect thing, too, until the supposed
bridal couple proved to be a brother Oh
the groom and sister of the priae'
cleverly disguised in the others
clothes. The crowd was not discour-
aged. however, and procured another
SUNNY of rice, hunted out the COUPE
and repeated the program to their own
satisfaction.
An unusual eruptive disturbance ap-
nears on Old Soils disc, according 10
the statement of Henry r. Sehulmaler
If Berwick. Mr.. schulmaier said that
during his observations Sunday with
his three-inch telescope he noteu three
groups of sun-spots. the largest
group. which did not appear at an op-
seryation on Friday, contained ~ as
tinct spots of various sizes, covering
an area of approximately 9oooo miles
in length and $1,000 in breadth. This
10 the largest number of spots seen IN
one group, according to his records,
since Sept. 80, 1910. The second group
contained three spots and was located
near the larger group. On the upper
left-hand limb of the sun was single
spot. the largest Of all. Penumbrae
and faculae were scarcely Vlsiule
around either disturbance, owing TO
the agitated state of the earth's at
mosphere.. Mr.. Schulmaier says that
this Ia the first observation of three
distinct groups Of spots on the sun,
according to his records, since April
4, 1911.
New pumps will be installed at the
Lewiston pumping station at a cost