Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-22

dangerous seem, q
But light and airy as the visions OF
dream,
And dying day grows beautiful with sun
set CLEAN,
And when the autumn days of age are
drawing near.
And we look out upon Lies sea SO DARK
and drear, .
Through haze of falling tears now uiiiei-
ent things appear.
The grief so dark blessing bright now
The failure made, by touch of love, vic
tory,
The dying days the gateway to eternity.
john f. Hurlbut.
a, Intelligent old mother bear is
reported around Bownantown, where
she is at present with two cubs max
ing her home. \ few nights recently
she made her way into the cook house
at a lumber camp and managed to
relieve the tall cupboard of all its beef
and pork, without doing any damage
to other things. The following night
the cook house was occupied by sew
eral Canadians, who chose the place
for its warmth in preference TO the
regular camp. The bear and her cues,
remembering the banquet Of the night
before again appeared and nearly
frightened the life out of the fr6lch
woodsmen. Traps have been set for
Nine. Bruin but she refuses to let
her offspring go near them, though
she herself will calmly reach over and
around the stakes which protect 60
the bait, pull off the cover and help
l.; 49,
The contract for the new one-span
concrete bridge over the river at
Kingfield has been let, calling for the
completion of the structure by Aug. l..
1916, at an expense of $4,000, which
includes retaining wall. bridge and
grading. The only extra expense viii
he abouH $500 for inspection and plans,
about $500 less than was estimated.
An Au3uStan was recently asked by
his son. q student in the High school,
the meaning and workings of the in
itiaiive and referendum and the re
call" The father knew-Ee told his
son. My boy, after supper III say
to Your mother: I guess I'll go down
town for 4 little while THAI is the
initiative. Then she will mention in
that tone YOU no doubt remember and
! will recognize, Is that so"' That is
the referendum. Then Your respected
and beloved mother will quietly place
my slippers beside my chair, will
light my pipe and read the paper.
That is the recall. For further in
formation apply to Your mother.
| The youngster looked admiringly. SYM
pathetically and rosuishly at his sire
and murmured: Gee, dad, you're
. we'll posted, amt yer
Reports from New York state that
William II. Reid of Portland is to re-
ceive s3S,9SS from the estate Of Au-
gustus Cleveland Brown, who died in
the metropolis last January after prac-
ticing law there for 80 years. Efforts
on the part of The Press to locate any
man by the name of William II. Reid
in Portland have been almost fruitless.
about five years ago there was a
shipbuildcr in this city by that name
who built ;Wo ships. the William II.
Reid and the independence. Since the
time of their building no trace of him
has been found here. Mr.. Reid. so the
New York report states. was Il nephew
of Mr.. Brown
Revision of the forms and rules of
probate procedure is the aim of "A spe-
cial legislative committee which was in
session last week in Portland. The COM
mittee was appointed by Gov. Haines.
Those in charge of the revision are:
Hon. John A. Morrill, of Auburn. judge
of probate of Androscoggin county.
Hon. Charles O. Small of Madison
judge of probate of Somerset county:
Hon. Nicholas Fessenden of Fort Fair
field. judge of probate of Aroostook
county: Harry +. Aver of Biddeford
registrar of probate of York county
and S. S. Thornton of Houlton, regis
trar OF probate of Aroostook county
Judge Morrill, is chairman of the COM
mittee. and Harry B. Aver of Biddeford
is secretary.
The coast guard cutter Ossipee is
back at her Portland station from the
cart al u dlleI II SUott stop DIT ROCK
land where 4 class of applicants for
seamen's certificates were given OK
aminationS, about three fourths of
those visiting the cutter being given
their papers. The cutter is now lying
at Browns wharf where she will clean
boilers and do some little painting
preparatory to starting out on Dec l
on the regular winter cruising season
ordered for all the cutters orders haV-
ing just been received from the de-
partment at Washington to go on duty
on that date, the service to continue
until April l, the cutters during those
four months being supposed to be con-
Stantly at sea except when forced to
return to port to procure supplies Of
coal and provisions. In all probability
the service to be maintained the COM
ing winter by the Ossipee will be more
strenuous in some particulars than her
predecessor. the Woodbury., has been
able to carry out in recent years, as
owing to defective boilers, which re-
quired constant nursing, the latter was
often obliged to remain in port in I'M
usually rough weather which would
prove no obstacle to the new cutter.
which has shown herself the finest kind
OF sea boat. The cruising radius of
the Ossipee has also been extended and