Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-30

sliced bananas, berries or
other fruits, and milk. Made
at Niagara Fails. n. Y.
shot one night last week, but it is doubt
full IL he will be placed on the pension
list on account of his injuries He was
gun from his pistol pocket, as he began
to disrobe for retiring. The weapon fell
to the floor. was discharged and the bull
let hit one little finger. running across
and soaring the palm of that hand. The
wound was painful. though not serious.
1t Is not known that the prophecies
mentioned in the following dispatch from
Everett, Wash, to the Seattle Post-In-
than her own section, or even ever heard
of Maine, but here is what she says about
the coming winter:
Heap big snow is the warning of Pill
chuck Julia, the Snohomish Indian pro-
phetess. whose ability to forecast the sea-
son has long been recognized locally.
Julia has seen the warning signs wher-
ever she looks for them and is spreading
the prophecy Of heap big snow this win
ter. She says.
"Snow-um two squaw high"
And, come to think about 1t, after copy
ing the above. 1t seems to US that we
have seen about the same thing given out
as coming from Julia for 80, these many
years" 1t must be one Of those cold
storage Items from the West and like
much of that kind Of Western products
is bad.
An accident. which would. doubtless
have teen fatal, was averted by the
merest chance in Georgetown recently
when MIR. and Mrs. Basil Bryant and
party were barely saved from wild
plunge into Back river at the foot Of
Back river bridge. The hill on the Ar
rowsic side Of the bridge had been rem
dered almost impossible by loading on Of
quantities of clay which was wet, rutted
and slippery from the recent rain. On
Its passage down the dangerous incline
the car which Mr. Bryant was driving
becar2e unmanageable owing to it's brakes
refusing to work. In the lower section Of
the hill there is a slight turn which the
car did not make and the machine was
heading straight for the river at its mar
rowest part where the tide runs deep and
swiftly when the driver perceived a rock
at the side of the track and by good for
tune struck the rock by the wheel thereby
veering the car back into roadway and
enabling them to make the bridge IN
safety.
Border folks will be little benefited by
the scale of coal prices set by the gov
eminent, owing to the high freights be-
tween coal shipping Iorts and the border
towns, writes Calais correspondent
Vessel owners are asking from s425 TO
$3.50 per ton, and even at these figures
charters are hard to make owing to the
scarcity of vessels. Twelve dollars ap-
pears to be about as sure a thing for To-
cal householders as the alienation of
day and night unless something unexpect-
ed brings about reduction of freights
Owing to the long haul from the mining
districts to Calais coal by rail freight Of
Fort Fairfield authorities are getting
after violators of the speed law in and
about the town Many Fort Fairfield
citizens have recently had their licenses
revoked on account of this fact. Consid-
ering the penalty of three years attached
to this revocation, the action against the
violators OF these laws ought to be les
son to others who are endangering fellow
citizens lives with speedy driving in and
about the town.
Automobiles are asking, and not
without cause, says the Aroostook Re-
publican, why the simple split-log
drag has been practically discarded
this summer. There is nothing so in
expensive for the maintenance of roads
as the road plane, and nothing which
gives better returns or more satisfac-
ton. nothing which keeps highways in
better condition.
A white pup porpoise was brought to
this city Aug. 20. says the PASSPORT
ASShIAhSA III lhc large pOWST
Sylvina Beale Of the Seacoast Canning
Co. by Capt. Frank Pendleton. He
gave the same to Louis Mitchell Of
Pleasant Point. The porpoise was
caught in weir from which Captain
Pendleton took fish.
A Portland correspondent writes thus
regarding the summer tourist business
Of the recent season:
Ebb and flow of Summer tourists
about offset this week, and the maxi
mum food has been reached. 1t is not
up to banner years and will figure out
as about an average Summer. a dull
July being followed by a big business
in August. Seldom has September
business been heavy and there Is con-
siderable speculation as to what will
happen this year, with schools and COL
leges delaying the opening dates until
late in the month or even into October.
Lots Of people come here, but they
don't stay. Motorists from western