Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-01
Maine Gossip


| ings except a suit case, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Segler, who were for some time
| at Tampico, Mexico. have reached Gal
weston with other refugees, according
| 10 a telegram which came "Wednesday
20 Mrs. Segler's mother. Mrs Prime
of the English Tea rooms at Port
land. Mrs Segler stated in the tele-
gram that she and her husband came
TO Galveston on the Dixie, there being
500 refugees on the craft and alto
gether 2000 Americans ieIt the Next
can port at the same time they did
They received the best or treatment
by the men on the Dixie.
North Pennington has been hearing
Of poor yields of maple sap but thinks
that section cannot complain, accord
ing TO the following reports: W A
Titcomb has made $50 gallons, The US
uaI superior article, from 1850 trees
tapped: Manning Z. Titcomb & Son,
over 500 gallons from 1900 trees and
would have continued the season bit
longer had not the usual SUPPLY OF
dry fuel proven inadequate for the
greater flow of sap. Henry A. Tit
comb manufactured 400 pounds of
maple candy and sold besides right
around so gallons of syrup. {. NJ.
Williams maple orchard brought 165
gallons of the saccharine product and
he made something like 700 pounds
of candy. Mosher G. Luce made about
ITO gallons and John D. Venue 125
gallons.
1t is reported that the tests Of a new
spark arrester recently made by the
Maine Central have proved satisfac-
tory and that the road will probably
adopt the device. The invention was
designed primarily for the protection
of the forests and timberland through
which the road passes.
Arthur L. Frazier was driving into
Ellsworth early in the week from the
Hale camp near Nicoiin. when his
horse stopped in front of huge moose
which was standing quietly in the
middle of the road, about 100 yards
ahead. Mr.. Frazier drove within about
% yards of the moose, which then
started off on a 3-minute gait and
very pretty race took place for over
mile. the animal finely turning off in
to the woods The creatures horns
had not started but the bell on his
neck showed that it was bull.
Freak lambs were recently born to
a sheep owned by Thomas Horrocks
of Perkins plantation. The twins were
Joined together along their bellies, had
two. perfect heads facing. each other,
two tails, two bodies and eight legs
They were born alive but soon died.
Charles G. Atkins, who has been sue
ceeded as superintendent Of the Craig
Brook fish hatchery at East Orland
by James D. DeRocher, who has been
assistant at the Nashua, N. H, hatch
cry, has been appointed fish culturist
and will remain at the Orland hatch
cry.
A Maine boy, E. ]. Quinn Of Belling-
ham, Wash, a son of Geo. W. Quinn
of Lakewood, has patented a device
to reduce the cost of oil heating which
is expected to work wonders in that
line Quinn has charge of the me-
chaIlical department of the Belling-
ham federal building, and his inven-
ton atomizes with steam instead or
air, doing away entirely with LIZ
horsepower motor and an air-compres-
sor. 1t cost 800 to install the in
vention in the double boilers, and saw
ed SCI of this during the first months
operation, besides giving infinitely
more satisfaction in service.
ut Ea ct
Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Bucks
port are assigned by vote of the class
and by appointment. This years as
signments follow: Lewis e. Pendleton,
Camden, salutatory and grafton; Ad-
nil Barnard, of Bucksport, and e. Z.
Smith of Dixmont, orations; Stella
Bradeen of Alton and Evelyn Mich
OILS of Searsport, essays; Leonard
Hodgdon of OrlaEd, valedictory; Ivan
Perkins of Penohscot, presidents ad-
dress; Elmer Rideout of Bucksport,
history; Stanley Sawyer of Sebois,
prophecy; Josephine Mann of Bucks
port, presenter: Pearl Clay of Bucks
port, odist; John Lewis of Brockton,
Mass, marshall Muriei Gould or
B,icksport, class will.
The schooner Frances Hyde Is just
now attracting much attention at
Portland, because of her peculiar rig
| She was built in 1905 at Bath, being in
| tended for four-master, but the plans
were changed and she was made a
| three master, with an auxiliary steam
power, rendering her Independent of
| towing craft. She has been in the
coastwise trade and has made several
trips to the West Indies and South
| America She now brings 100000 feet
of lumber from Darien, Ga. for Port
land firm.
Housewives and others are warned
against parties now going about the
State selling certain articles or max
| ing agents for the same. A Portland
lady the other day was induced to
take the agency for an iron cleaner,
! giving up Sc to the solicitor, who was
| to deliver the stock. He did, but when
| the package was examined it was
| found to contain nothing but lot of
| parafine paper, worth about 10 cents
| ner Mound fhouEh of course an iron