Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-20

~ SOAsSHs0uc& Is We'll a. cQx04O1ts SW0
1t is said that some have already been
engaged. With frontage on Park
street, and q rear view on the terrace
back Of French. there viii b NO In
tferruption to the circulation Of air or
restriction to the view.
| Mrs. W.. A.. Shepherd Of Litchfiesd
sends to the. Kennebec Journal In mid
October bouquet OF midsummer now
l-ers-magniacent tea roses, crimson
ramblers. marigolds. pansies. verbenas.
Thus autumn requites fer weepins
June.
MI. Luce had an apple and it grew
| upon his farm. and 1t grew. and It
grew and the apple did no harm-but
in the course Of time 1t became most
enormous specimen Of the favortte
Maine fruh, measuring 5h inches in
height. 1eA inches in circumference.
Weighing Is ounces. This apple.
raised by G. W. Luce on his Belfast
farm. ID OF the Wolf variety and ID
both perfect in formation and heauti-
ful to behold in its wealth Of deep red.
Seven thousand. two hundred and
Atty sightseers from practically every
quarter Of the globe have waited the
Longfellow house in Portland this
summer. In this number there has
been sprinkling Of Portland people
who either have not hitherto seen the
home OF the poet or have visited It
with guests from away, but for the
most part these more than 1000 visit
ors have been tourists from all parts
OF the country. from Europe, and from
the Orient. Like the various other
amusement places the Longfellow
house has not had as successful sea
son as usual on account Of the in
between the time Of opening in June
and the day of closing in October $500
or more visitors came to view the
iiearly habitat of the poet. The rains
and fogs of this summer, however, in
terfered somewhat with business at
the Longfellow house. as they did with
business elsewhere. However the sea
sons record has been far from an I'M
satisfactory, one. There have beer
seven guides employed at the house
this summer. while Miss Margaret
4 Harding and Mrs. Lydia Pitcher have
been in charge. The seasons pro-
/ ceeds. will, as is customary, be turned
into the treasuryof the Maine Histori.
Zeal society, and portion Of them will
be devoted to the upkeep of the house
4 The house closed Thursday evening
Oct. IA, having remained. open during
the Festival SO that Festival visitors
might have the opportunity Of viewing
lit. :rss
F. W. Aver Of Bangor is formulating
plans for a great dairy farm on 1ot
acres of land lying north Of Howard
street and near Mt. Hope avenue ant
the Bangor State Hospital grounds
Mr.. Aver is having. it is understood
plans drawn for a number Of buildings
and four silos, with the intention O
having model dairy farm in Bangor
on the same lines as those which have
been created in other states and which
produce great. results by the modern
scientific methods employed. TIL,
stock stable or barn will be about ~
feel in length, with walls feet higE
and a slipping roof. There will also, bi
. a dairy barn, calf barn, and foul
silos. The building material to b,
used for the barns and the silos viii
! be the Cuozzo cast stone. which ii
!, hollow cement blocks with granite fac
t. LIT
Stone Products Co.'s plant is located il
East Hampden and the Office in Ban
J gor, it being entirely a Bangor indus
! try and enterprise. The hollow blocks
are especially we'll fitted for such pur
poses as those outlined and the build
Eings will present handsome appear
ance, besides being most durable
Work will be begun as soon as posi-
Bile on the construction of the barns
but the silos will not be built unit
next spring. the cast stone for tina
purpose being made the coming win
ter from specially constructed molds.
Aroostook folks are fairly well sat
isfied with the gifts they have receiv
ed this year from Dame Nature in tn
harvest fields. A Caribou writer de
clares the Aroostook Viewpoint as fol
lows.
View it in any way you wish, analyz
} the situation most thoroughly, look a
} it from any standpoint. and there l
but one verdict. one decision, and tina
Is that the great county of Aroostook
a favored land this season. Its Gro
Of hay while not the largest ever, i
an average crop. and housed unde
ideal conditions. giving the finest kin
of hay possible to gather. Its crop q
grain is by far the largest ever har
vested and most of it gathered In tn
best of condition ~@
The yield per acre Of wheat in tn
country as whole is between Is an
, 16 bushels, but beautiful and bounti
full ArOOstoOk has a crop which wi
average more than thirty bushels. TIL
oat crop was an immense one. Their
is no poor crop of grain this year /
this county. In regard to potatoe,
the crop is by no means up to the Nv
erage yield: on the contrary, the mum
Der of barrels .per acre is considerable
below the average, but of the bes
possible kind. There is no rot.
And strange as it may seem. whA
two years ago we were supposed I
J be SO inoculated with the powdery sea
disease that our stock had to &
through all sorts of unnecessary ex