Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-10-15


or more bushels They are Of good
size. finely colored and taste like the
real goods-we lost no time in trying
'em.
A caller Saturday morning at the.
Journal Office was Dwight Turner OF
Jefferson, who had with him fine
specimen of the bluet. found by him
on Friday by the side of brook IN
Jefferson, covered with sleet and snow
but determined to live. Mr.. Turner
thawed away the sleet and the pretty
little flowers kept on blossoming just
as though it was it's blossoming time,
in May, instead Of the chilly fall. He
also had a fine Twin flower. picked
on Oct. II in a field. Other and larger
specimens of the bluet were found by
Mr.. Turner on Sept 20 and 26. but
he considers the blossoming of-ene in
the middle Of October a very unusual
performance
The newly launched schooer, Annie c.
Ross, launched from the Percy Small
yard few days ago and which may
clear from the river by Monday is get
ting charter to carry coal from New
port News to Porto Rico at SO ton, is
considered by shipping agents to be play
ing in right good luck says the Bath
Times. The demands for freight carry
ing bottoms is lessening, New York ad-
vices say and whole days pass even in
the busy port of New York without
charter being made out. Transatlantic
Sta h,,S
ished to a very small quantity.
Many Bath people have been pleased to
renew old acquaintance with Mrs Char
lotte Francis of Waltham, now lady of
80 years but who up to the time she was
Is, lived in Bath, and whose father, Hen
ry Donnell, was a Bath business man,
jeweler and matchmaker With his
family he moved to Waltham, Mass, ana
entered the employ of the Waltham
Watch Company and where he afterward
died, his children growing up in that city
and marrying. Mrs. Francis has been
widow for a number of years and has
lived in Waltham s. years. She has also
visited in Brunswick and Castine.
The crates for the 5000 seed Holsters to
be taken TO the Pacific Coast this year for
liberation in Puget Sound are being made
up at the United States hatchery at
Boothbay Harbor and the shipment will
go forward in refrigerator cars in charge
of Capt f. + Hahn. the superintendent
the first week of November, going again
over the Northern Pacific route. This
will make the sixth transcontinental trin
on this duty for Capt. Hahn. 1t is
planned for Mrs. Hahn to meet the cap
tain at Seattle after the fish are liberated
near Anacortes, and the two will visit
along the coast going to California and
returning by southern route. They plan
to arrive back about New Years, Capt.
Hahn having been granted leave for that
period. Mrs. Hahn has brother in Seat
tie, who is the superintendent of all the
Pacific Coast fisheries stations, including
Alaska.
John and Lewis Tewksbury of this
place made trip last week that few,
if any Camden people ever under
took says the Camden Herald They
climbed the difficult trail to Mt.
Katakdin, going through from Stacy
Vile, trip of q miles through the
forest with only hlazed trees as a
guide Though they struck cold
rainy weather and found the 'ravel-
ing al times very difficult. they say
the trip was q grand one md well
orth the hard work
Even the trees feel the stir Of patriot
ism. Many people, riding by trolley from
Mechanic Falls to Lewiston the past
week have observed with interest a large
tree whose leaves have turned to display
perfect red cross against the green
foliage.
An old-fashioned spelling match re-
Gently held by West Bath Grange was
thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present
The fual contest remained between two
ladies. Miss Dickinson, who is a school
teacher, finished by correctly spelling the
word miniature. She was awarded a
pocket edition of Webster's dictionary for
her ability as a speller. There was quite
a tendency to get stuck on 'shellac.' To
William Fields belongs the honor of get
ting the most words out Of the word
"Grangers"