Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-16
Maine Gossip
Every Authors Wife.

| NuOCOlAlC CiCAIuo QItu 6ih8Vi "ihS'
What did YOU take as an appstizer?".
did they give. you any syeet?'
| Hard boiled eggs and whiskey neat
And your fruit. ! trust was over
"DouEhnuts five with pound of tripe.'
Have you had nothing at all since
Lobster and stout" "Then here's your
| pen,
You must do a chapter or two tonight;
| Have a banana and start to write"
| Fur statesmen have been travelling
throughout the state taking advantage
Of the ignorance Of the people of the
real value Of furs, says Maine Woods.
| A Lewiston fur dealer says: We have
| had many inquiries as to the value OF
furs bought, coming from outside
towns In some instances these sales
men offered to allow the prospective
customers to send the merchandise to
US for valuation, relying on the fact
that this offer Con account of distance
out of the question would win the GUS
toners. and in some instances it
proved successful
| These fur statesmen offer wonder
| full bargains" it is said, leading
their customers to believe they are
buying choice pieces of fur, at low
prices when in reality they are pay
| ing twice the value Of cheap imita-
| tions.
| It fs said that several of these
fur statesmen have been working in
New England since the opening Of
the fur season and have shown coats.
muffs and scarfs. at prices which
they claimed We're less than half the
regular retail prices for the same arti-
| cles. They. have specialized in i'm
itation lynx and Far Eastern mink
furs and have sold at prices far be-
low the wholesale prices for the gen.
une articles in this line. The Far
Eastern mink, so-called, is said to
| be a Japanese mink, one of the cheap
est kinds of mink, while in some in
stances the imitation lynx is a practi-
cally worthless dyed fur. Prices on
| these articles have been quoted at
about double their real value, but way
below the value Of genuine.
Harry H. Roche. who has been act
ing as United States weather observer
at PASSPORT since the death of D. C..
| Murphy. has received instructions that
w. D. Fuller Of Los Angeles has been
ordered to Eastpoft as permanent OBJ.
server and that he will probably ar.
! rive and take the station the latter
part Of the month, when Mr.. Roche
| will return to Portland and resume his
duties there.
The impression that Buffalo nickels
would some day command a fat
premium has led one Rockland man
| to lay by $2s worth. The practice is
commended even il the premiums
never materialize. remarks the
Courier Gazette. t*
Twenty-Five years ago, or about that
length of time, the G. A. r. men Of
Dennysville started to raise money to
erect soldiers monument in that
place. AS the members Of the Post
were residents of three towns, Dem
nysville, Edmunds and Marion, the
monument vas to be in memory of the
men who went to the Civil war from
those towns. as each sent a very large
number of men in proportion to its
population. Quite a sum Of money
was raised, but not enough for the re-
Quired purpose. and for many years
| nothing was done, but within the last
few years several attempts have been
made to do something about it, and now
the erection Of the monument seems
| to be an assured fact. o. s. Tarbox Of
Red Beach has the contract for maxi
ing it, while the town is to provide
the foundation which is already being
built. 1t Is to stand on the so-called
"vestry lot" which Is q public place.
and where it will be seen by every
one who passes through the village.
1t Is on quite high ground overlooking
the river. The church, which owns the
land but cannot sell 1t, has leased it to
the Monument Association for an ex-
tended period Of time. Almost every
one II pleased with the location and
glad, that after 30 many years. they are
/ to have the monument while . few OF
the veterans are alive to see It.
Steps were taken Thursday, Oct. 10
ct the meeting Of the Bar Harbor
Cadet Corps for the formation Of q