Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-25

reports that a 15-year-cld boy recently
caught a bass which weighed seven
pounds When you stop to think OF IT,
that is some bass.
Lightning entered the bath room OF
house in Pressure Isle, took all the qukk-
silver from a large mirror and blackened
some Of the fixtures around 1t. without
| cracking the glass
West Gouldsboro harbor, with its
| broad expanse Of water at high TIDE,
and its broad expanse Of mud fats at
lew tide, was an unlucky visiting place
| the other day for a 3o-foot whale,
which chose the wrong time and be-
| came entangled in the mud, after
which the men with some 40 rifle shots,
succeeded in making it a permanent
resting place for the unusual visitor.
| Percy White had bur a short time to
serve to complete his sentence a: the
State prison, but the opportunity to
secure freedom was too much for him
and he ran away. He now occupies
his old cell and faces the new charges
Of larceny Of a horse and wagon. lar
ceny of an automobile and breaking
and entering in the night The profit
in his investment is hard to find, I'M
less he likes his abode and planned a
! longer stay.
One of the curios shown at the recent
reunion at Glencove, near Rockland, Of
the descendants of Ebenezer Hall, who
was killed about 1749 at Matinicus by
the Indians, was an iron kettle used
by Ebenezer's family, shown by Capt.
Charles S. Hall. 1t has been handed
! Gown through the family, coming from
the original Ebenezer to his son Eben-
ozer, to his son John, from John to
Hiram, from Hiram to Hiram. Jr., and
from the latter to his son, the present
owner, Charles S. 1t is a three-legged
affair, with a well-worn bail, holds
about three gallons and still ready for
! use.
The following is from the editorial
column of the Springfield Republican
of Thursday Aug. 49,
| The Quakers of Maine, who have
several societies in the southwestern
part Of the State. have probably lost
their wealthiest member in the death
of Dea. Charles M. Bailey. famous
as an oilcloth manufacturer at Win
throp. This picturesque man. who
has died at the great age of 81, started
his manufacturing career in an aban-
doned barn and left at his death a
plant covering "a acres of floor space
| Religion was the chief interest of his
life, apart from business. His bene-
factions to the Moody schools in this
| State and to the well-known Quaker
| school, Oak Grove Seminary at Vas
salboro. Me-. were considerable. and
for 16 yeras he maintained "Bailey's
praying band" group Of evangelists
who toured the State annually from
kittery to Caribou. Compared with
many wealthy Quakers, particularly
In England. who give freely of their
wealth for disinterested objects, he
was content to remain a provincial
figure, but he was true to his own in
depreciation of the inner light"
The first shipment Of new potatoes
from Houlton to Boston has been made,
carload Of 506 bushels. 1t is expected
S'iht bSt"GSH SocuU,pU ana 0V,UU,UU DUSn-
els will be ready later.
The Dominion government at Ottawa
has passed an order in council the ef-
feet of which will be watched with in
terest by our Maine lobster fishermen
The open season for lobster fishing on
the northern New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island coasts has been
from May % to July 10 and the new
order will permit fishing this year from
Aug. II TO Sept. Is, both inclusive, the
| special and additional season being to
test the theory that better results as to
quality and character of the catch will
he obtained
The LIMERICK street woman, who
vas mentioned in our Friday issue as
having heard sounds like the operation
Of wireless plant. is very indignant
because the aforesaid sounds were
attributed TO cricket, says the Rock
land Courier Gazette. Further in
quiry on the part of the reporter
shows that the sounds have been
heard by many neighbors, and at a
| distance SO remote as to make it seem
ingly impossible for any bug or in
sect-much less a cricket-to have
made them. Men from the Naval Sta
| ton "cornered" the sound within
| space Of five feet in field near
Lindsey Grove, but when the flash
| lights were turned on there was
rothing but grass to be seen and no
| further sound was to be heard Wire
less men in the investigating party
say that the sounds were like the let
tiers 20. S." but are inclined to believe
the CALI was made by some mysteri-
Gus animal or insect