Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-23

couple Of branches Of pussy willow which
give every appearance Of spring weather
quite in. keeping with the many other
which proves that Maine weather 10 the
most remarkable on the earth.
The keel for the 26-knot ocean going
steam yacht for John North WHY'S of
the WHY'S Overland Co. Of Detroit was
stretched at the Bath Iron Works
Wednesday. The craft is to be 245 feet
long and the contract calls for delivery
August l, 1917. The craft will be named
Isabel and will be the fastest and fin
est cruising yacht afloat when COM
pleted.
Those supposed Indian hieroglyphics
on the surface of the Bath City park
ledge, to which the Times referred the
other day, were blasted into smither-
Gems unfortunately before an impress
sion had been secured Of them for his
torical use. The blast that destroyed
the part Of the ledge on which were
the chisellsd symbols. was set off Wed
nesday morning by the workmen who
are laying the extension of the grano-
lithic walk on Nichols Avenue. The
outcropping ledge on which were the
figures was opposite the umbrella tree.
the second tree from Washington
street entrance to the park on the
south line. There were two sets of the
1T ny,i nf
closed in a line that may have been
the outline Of a shield. 1t was yard
long by two feet wide.
Last week while engaged in dismantling
the Wiggin homestead den preparatory to
moving to the village, Fred Wiggin came
upon a cigar case with four cigars in it.
says the Pressure Isle Star-Herald. The
interesting history of this case and its
contents is that they were found in the
pocket of the late Senator Hannibal Ham,
lin, after he was stricken fatally Ill al
the Tarratine Club in Bangor. After his
death his widow sent the case and the
cigars to the late Hon. Edward Wiggin.
long a friend Of Mr.. Hamlin. Three OF
the cigars Mr.. Fred Wiggin has smoked
with friends. and the fourth. together
with the case, Mr.. Wiggin has added to
the relics and souvenirs in the custody OF
the Star-Herald.
Oscar A. Shepherd, for 16 years on the
staff Of the Bangor Daily News. has &C
cepted a position as city editor of the
Lewiston Journal, succeeding Sam E
Ccnnor. who has been appointed secretary
to Senator-elect Bert NJ Fernald, and
will take up his residence in Washington
shortly.
Most of US would consider it some job
to be obliged to have 100o-foot well sunk
in order to secure a supply of water, but
when that distance ia through solid rock.
the job looms up in a much more impor-
tant shape. A well of the latter descrip-
ton has just been completed at a Small
Point summer cottage and the flow of
four gallons per minute is considered good
returns for all the outlay.
Four short but spicy gales, each at
tanning 60 miles or more per hour. within
the past week Of october ought to be con-
sidered a very satisfactory substitute for
the usual September Line gale.
B. Pearson of New Sweden was in town
Wednesday. says the Caribou Republican.
which continues: Mr.. Pearson, who is
employed as clerk, does not like to wholly
lay aside manual labor. feeling that he
needs some physical exercise. According
ly. this past spring he leased couple OF
acres Of land, paid for blowing. and
planting. He has practically attended to
the farm ever since, and will realize
over $500 net from his little deal. He
states that getting such good wages for
taking necessary exercise Is perfectly
agreeable to his mind, as we'll as con-
venient to his bank account.
The same heavy gales loosened up some
Of the wreck of the steamer Bay State,
ashore at Cape Elizabeth, and consider
able was washed ashore. 1t Is the opin-
ion Of seafaring men that the wreck will
stand a vast amount of such pounding
before breaking up. The present owners
the engines and other valuable parts Of
the steamer, but they unquestionably
have a right to do as they see fit.
The boundary between the United
States and Canada along the st. John
River. fixed by the webster-Ashburton
treaty Of 1912, was in question in the case
argued last week in the United States
Court of Appeals at Boston. in the mat
ter of the Government against Hilair
D.Agle. which was taken from the United
States Court for this district on writ
Of error on exceptions. United States
District Attorney John F. A. Merrill of
Portland argued for the Government. and
William r. Pattangall of Augusta and A.
S. Crawford Of Fort Kent for the de-
PENDANT. The case also involved alleged
smuggling across the international bound
ary Arguments were heard by Judges
Putnam Of Portland. Dodge of Boston,
and Bingham of New Hampshire. sitting
as a court Of appeals.
Houlton man, who soon Is to enter
the happy realms of matrimony. Is said
to have fled his intentions Of marriage
in Houlton. Augusta and Boston-not as
yet decided where he would like-or per-
haps It is the happy bride to be-to have
the knot tied. Anyway perhaps it's