Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-27

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money SO that it would not be neces-
sary for his wife to again enter this
nefarious business. IF your honor
saw At to be lenient with this man."
said the attorney ut might save this
woman's SOUL" His Honor sentenced
Guileo to pay fine Of 5000 and costs
Jail.
Reports from Jackman says that
the Piper drive is now passing the
village bound for the Kennebec The
bursting Of the Little Big Wood dam
whole the drive has gone along very
we'll. A smaller cut is recorded for
this years work. owing to the scar
city of snow, only about 100000 feet
being cut for 1915. against 25.00O,OO0 to
100000 for the year 1914. Water in
the Moose river is falling and the
drive from Big Wood pond to Long
pond is having hard time.
The Bath Times after repeating the
Boston Posts story Of Netties Haskell
Of Lynn, who ran away rather than
marry Guy Wardwel of WaItham. the
choice Of her family. and who declared
she loved and wanted to marry one
John K. Smith. the son of a Bath
lumberman, simply remarks:
Investigations into the above story
hui ~ 70 "a crvnt
a man as John X. Smith has made
many trips to Bath and that he, or a
man Of the same name, is a man of
prominence in business circles in
Brockton, Mass, from which city he
has made many visits to Bath with
reference to timberlands and he S
now or was recently operating in
lumber manufacture outside of Wa
terville, Me. This Mr.. Smith is not
now doing, nor has he done any saw
ing in Bath or vicinity so far as can
he learned, nor has he yet purchased
any Of the timber tracts that he has
looked at in this locality. so far as
known. He is. that is this lumber
man Of the same name, saving for
New York parties.
Falmouth is to have a special town
meeting on June to see what the
town will do about rebuilding the
Lambert bridge, so-called. and how
much money shall be appropriated.
The legend Of the Indians Last
Lean has.been recalled at Sanford by
the proposition Of a picture film COM
pany to have it enacted into picture
story. The legend, which is genera
lions old. is that an Indian chief liv-
ing in what is now Cornish, seeking
revenge for the death Of his father,
fell to his death in attempting to
jump the river at the precipice on the
Mousam river above Springvale. while
pursuing the white man who had
killed his father.
One night last week there were
seven tramps in the police station at
Bath, four being heavily built and
rugged DULLES. Capt. Wallace had d
demand for four just such men to
work in the portable mill crew III
North Bath, so at $50 A. NJ. he went
into the cell room where the tramps
were sleeping on the floor and. kick
ing the first, walked him and Informed
him Of his chance to get work I'm
going to Rockland," replied the man.
The captain kicked the next husky
and told him Of the job. I'm bound
tc Rockland," likewise replied he.
The third hobo. showing a Scared
hand, said MY work has always been
among bosses, Cap'n, and this hand
makes me shy of chopping jobs"
The fourth hobo answered that he
was a shoemaker and he was bount
to Hallowell. Not one Of the four
would work; the other three were
too understood to fill the bill The
captain drove out the four loafers
with instructions to go on their way
and not come into Bath again.