Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-17

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1t was very rough on the Kennebec
Friday afternoon. The Hockomock
found it pretty stiff crossing during
the latter part of the afternoon and
the WoOlwich residents who were
aboard with teams Embarrassed their
horses before making the trip, because
of the rough water.-Bath Times.
Boothbay Register, Oct. 13.-Capt e.
f.. Hahn, superintendent of the U. S.
Fish Hatchery here, has received or
ders to make up a shipment of 5000
Holsters to he transferred to Pacific
coast waters. Capt. Hahn will begin
at once to select the Holsters and they
will probably go forward as soon as
cooler weather comes this fall. When
asked how the earlier lots sent from
here and transplanted in Puget Sound
and Japan were doing, Capt. Hahn
said that his latest reports indicated
they were doing well, but he expected
to hear more soon, as the Holsters were
to be fished for to make certain they
were coming along all right.
c. A. Houghton, who lives In Water.
willie on the rural free delivery. No. 81,
visited US Saturday forenoon and told
US that he picked on Friday, Oct. 10,
four quarts Of green peas, which made
very fine dinner. That beats our
raspberry and strawberry stories we
must admit.
The Portland lightship which has
been in Portland harbor for the past
month undergoing repairs will start
for i1er station on Wednesday Of this
week it is expected. Her boilers, which
have been given thorough overhaul
ing. will be tested on Tuesday, and I'M
less something intervenes she will go
back to her old berth on the following
day, much to the relief of shipping men
in general.
L. H. worthley, Of Boston, Mass.
who Is in charge Of work being carried
on in the New England States, the
States of New York and Ohio, to exter-
inmate the gypsy and brown tail
InOINS, Is HOW VII a oSOutAh6 SoNA ~
New Brunswick with Mr.. ]. D. Tothill,
natural control investigator, and Mr..
william keenan,, assistant field officer
for New Brunswick. They are making
the tour in Mr.. Worthley's automobile,
having arrived here Wednesday from
Fredericton, n. B., after a tour of
Charlotte County. The party left for
Van Buren, and points along the up
per St. John river. and on their re-
turn will make a trip along the river to
st. John. This Is Mr.. Worthley's first
trip to this section, and he has been
greatly impressed with the country he
has seen thus far. He is one Of the
best entomologists in the United
States.-Times. Houlton.
The Star-Herald is informed that
Grover Harrison, Of Caribou. the
civil engineer will begin as soon as
the leaves are off the trees. prelim-
mary survey Of route to Squa Pan,
to determine whether it is feasible to
get supply Of water for Pressure Isle
from that source.
How would you like to be the Car
ibou farmer whose profits are estimat-
ed to be $4,000 from the crops raised
this year? asks the Aroostook Pioneer.
The sale Of a Maine or New Brunswick
horse for $500 is quite an event. but that
IL the price that w. Bert Lint Of Fred
ericton, N B., Is said to have received
from Walter Cox of Dover, n. H., the we'll
known trainer and driver, for his fine
PAGER, A Game Of Chance. 1t looks as If
Mr.. Cox considered Game Of Chance
pretty nearly q sure thing.
That band Of seals seem to be explor.
ing all branches Of the Kennebec,
lone one having been reported last
week sporting about in the Cathance
one tried to shoot it.
The name Of the post office at Riggs
Vile has been changed to Robinhood.
Several deer during the summer
made their camping place near the
home OF Mrs Nellie Perry Of Pea Cove,
Old Town and Mrs. Perry kept an eye
on them. One Of them recently VEN
tured too near and Mrs. Perry and her
rife soon secured deer meat for the
family. She is an expert with the rife.
The immense lobster which was
caught last summer and secured for
exhibit at the U. s. Fish Hatchery this
summer. has gone on another trip and
now forms part of the exhibit Of the
biological museum at University of
Maine. The lobster when caught off
Matinicus about August l weighed Is
pounds and measured 20 IL inches.
This il one of the largest crustaceans
caught OH the Maine coast in many
years. As the fine exhibit here has
been viewed by many hundreds Of
people, the lobster has been quite an
attraction already. Capt. Hahn says
the lobster Il, between 80 and 30 years
old.-Boothbay Register.
In the store Of the Rockland Hard
ware Co. is a composite picture OF the
Republican and Democratic Presiden-
tial nominees. The well-known North
rs~A rN>rnocrat v,ho svore he would new.