Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-12

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Covering dale and hillside and the wood
lands brown,
TIL the place has been transformed into
fairy town.
In purity descending from the heavens
above,
What "a: a beauteous emblem of saviour's
Beneath a snowy blanket now the flow
ers sleep,
While their guardian angels strictest
i Mary Tx L. kempfer, oxford Citizen.
Boothbay on Saturday launched the
largest mackerel fisherman ever built,
the Elizabeth Howard, 119 feet,
inches long, 25 feet beam, and II feet
and 4 inches draft. An addition to
! these real vessels, a Boothbay Harbor
man last year began making toy
yachts and now has orders for about
all he can make Of the little chaps,
from IL to % inches long.
The Boothbay Register in reporting
an egg measuring g by 81 inches and
weighing 4 ounces, laid by hen be-
longing to F. H. Burton of Southport
remarks: And although it Is an egg,
Can you beat it?'"
Capt. E. E. Hahn, superintendent of
the U. S. Fish Hatchery here. has re-
turned from his trip across the conti-
nent to Anacortcs, Washington, on
Puget sound. 1t was the most sue
cessful trip yet. Out of the 5000 lob
sters shipped out for propagation in
Pacific waters less than ten per cent
were lost on the trip. This is the best
record made in the eight years.
Ten applicants for enlistment In the
United States Navy were examined
last week at the Bangor recruiting
station. But three passed and these
were all Pittsfield boys and close
friends, Lionel F. Southland, Claude e.
Vining and Carroll Burton.
Roland N. Roberts of Pennington
was on Saturday appointed to a cadet
ship at West Point by United States
Senator Bert NJ Fernald. Roberts Is
49, graduated last June from the
Pennington High school, where he
took high rank and was prominent in
athletics. He served in Co. K, I'd
Maine Infantry through it's tour of
duty on the Mexican border. William
Bigelow, son of Managing Editor
Harry M. Bigelow of the Portland
Press has been named as first alter
nate. He is now q student at Hebron
Academy.
Camp T. w. Hyde. S. of ", Of Bath
on Saturday presented the new
Mitchell school of that city with q
handsome large American flag. County
Attorney Edward w. Brigham made
the presentation speech and Mayor
Small received the flag in behalf of the
city. The exercises were largely at
tended. delegations being present from
the Board of Education, city govern
ment and Sedgwick Post, G. A. X. The
committee from the Sons of Veterans
was Past Commanders Vernon w. Mil
tler and Arthur Stewart and Patriotic
Instructor Edward Pinkham.
The officials sent to Maine by the
| Federal government to determine what
has been devastating the Monroe Is
| ldNu SCdllOp GcuS, udN0 ICIuiACo ~
| Washington, and the dealers and fish
ermen are awaiting with much interest
their report. While they discussed the
matter but little during their brief stay,
it is known that they found the beds
to be inhabited by great quantities Of
starfsh, which some have declared ate
| the scallops. Meanwhile the fishermen
are having unexpectedly good luck in
| the eastern bay.
Rev. John c. Prince, for the past five
wears pastor Of the First Congregation-
al church at Rockland, on Sunday
rendered his resignation. He has &C
certed a call to the pastorate Of the
First Congregational Church Of Bel
lows Falls. VT, and will take up his
duties there the first of the year.
It is probably the ambition Of every
fox trapper to some day catch black
| fox and many are the vain efforts when
there is rumor Of one being seen, says
| Maine Woods Of Dec. 9. Cliff Moores
| of Long Pond, near Rangeley, had the
| same ambition, but he heard no rumors
! that there was black fox in his vicin-
ttv and was naturally very much sur
prised one morning this week to find
nice specimen OF the black fox family
in one of his traps. The animal was
hurt in no way and the trap had not
even bruised his leg. Moores succeeded
in capturing the animal alive. Many
visitors have been to view the animal
since it's capture and ]. Lewis York Of
| York Camps. Rangeley. who has a nice
| little fox farm of his own on his land
at the lake. and therefore knows some
thing of the prices Of these animals in |
tho market today, says that Moores