Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-07


kin to the club made famous by the
"Colonel''-held its annual jollification
meeting and banquet at the regular meet
ing place on the Haynesville road. on
Thursday of last week. chronicles the
Aroostook Pioneer Of Houton. This club
| is made up Of some Is members of Houl-
toms legal talent, the president being
Hon. Edwin L. Vail. No member of the
press was invited But it is said that this
years meeting was a most successful
gathering. while the chicken stew-the
official dish of the club-was up to its
usual standard. At the after-dinner ex-
ercises Hon. r. w. Shaw presided, and
the genial "Ranse" uncorked choice
lot of new witty, entertaining stories,
for the edihcation of his brothers.
The watering trough in East Market
square at Bangor has been recut and
the concrete base has been finished,
making a decided improvement. An
iron trolley pole penetrates' the centre
Of the trough. The base is paneled
and has a step which makes a fine rest
ing place for a horses foot. like the
brass rail in front of what would be
known in other states as a bar. 1t
| was suggested on Wednesday by a
wag that of course none but Bangor
bhorses would know what the step was
intended for.
| Portland is seemingly happy over
the fact that 539 Of the 996 deaths in
that city from April /, 1914. to April l.,
1915, were Of people over so years of
age. We will await with interest the
comment from Bangor.
! Speaking about Holsters, some men
can find money in lobster cars even
| when they are hauled out for repairs.
One of the n. F. Trefethen cars was
taken out on the blocks back of the
Thomas block at Portland Wednesday
afternoon to have the accumulation of
! seaweed scraped off, as is done every
| once in so often. and while the men
were at work scraping, somebody saw
| what looked like a coin mixed in
| with the kelp and other kinds of ma
rine vegetation. He got down to where
it was and sure enough it was a cent
bedded in amongst the barnacles and
seaWeed. The side that was exposed
to the action Of the water had turned
dark green. but the other side that
| had been against the wood was as
bright and copper-cent looking as one
could wish. The cent might be spent
| without any trouble, but it is the in
tention of the finder to have it mounted
for a souvenir of the things they find
| at the bottom of the sea.
Waldohoro is noted for it's chickens.
| but the number in that town is rap
idly decreasing. owing to the high price
OF grain and no indications of any re-
| lief IN that regard Some idea of the
business done in the poultry, line may
! be gained from the statement that
| nearly five tons Of Hive chickens and
hens were shipped last Monday from
that station to Boston. One dealer
in poultry shipped $500 pounds.
Two 16year-old Passport boys
thought it would be fun to rush upon
three younger boys who were berrying
on the cliff near Shackfords Head
| and frighten them by shouting and
did SO, with the result that the lads
ran blindly away and little S-year-old
Richard Call went over the cliff to the
rocks 20 feet below. He was rushed to
the hospital where it was found that he
had sustained lacerated scalp. left
eye injured. shoulder dislocated and
several bones broken. Last reports
said his condition was very serious
though he was holding his own.
steam heat in August is a rarity
IN Maine but some Of the Maine Cen
trail trains had 1t Thursday and the
passengers enjoyed it.
The schooner NV. B. Chase. which
foundered early this week of Scotland
lishtship with the loss Of Capt. futile
and one Of the crew, was named for
the late NJ. v. B. Chase Of Augusta.
She was built in 1882 by the late
James B. Drake at Bath, being man.
aged by him until 1882 when she was
sold to Harry Weston Of Jacksonville,
Fla, and BY him to McQueston & Co.
OF Boston. They sold to Capt. Geo.
Gilchrist, who sold to Pendletons. Bos-
ton. the owners at the time she was
lost 1t Is remembered that on her
maiden trip. carrying ice out of the
Kennebec, she misstayed and went
ashore at Popham. She was foated
by part Of her cago being jettisoned
ana the space filled with empty bar
rels. Since that time she had been
one Of the busiest and best known
vessels in our coasting trade.
The difference between haying in
Aroostook county and in the central and
western parts Of the State this week
IL well illustrated in the following lit
tie item from Fort Fairfield:
1T has been estimated that about
90 per cent OF the hap crop is now I'M
der cover. The weather has been fine
Tor haying this year.
Il 10 said that about 1900 pareel post
eseksgee are handled every day in the
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