Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-18

pital in memory of her father. The
vote was yes. 524; no. 131.
This week promises plenty of fun
with the famous Monroe Fair, Piscat-
aauis County Fair at Foxcroft. Show
hogan, Machias. South Windsor and
others. The racing season Is over IN
Aroostook, as every one is too busy
with the harvests.
The homeless eat is much in evil
dence throughout the State. where in
many--too many-cases, the summer
visitors have returned to their homes,
abandoning tabby to her own devices
for living or to depend on the kindli-
ness of better hearted. yes, better
people. Nearly every Maine paper
during the past week or 10 days has
contained a paragraph about some
poor cat, hungry and homeless. left by
its former owners to forage or starve.
Quer yarns start and quickly
spread over the country. Two young
men arrived by automobile last week
in Houlton from New York, expecting
to begin at once on a potato picking
job at not less than 81 per day. They
are still looking.
Henry Rankine of Calais having
been on the other side of the Maine
New Brunswick line when he had an
encounter with a moose, escapes any
liability under the Maine law, even if
Mr.. Moose did start the trouble. Mr.
Rankine was driving his automobile
between Stephens and st. Andrews in
the evening, when a big moose faced
him, apparently looking for any kind
of a mixup. He found it and when the
first round was over, Mr.. Nj
limped away and Mr.. Rankine drove
into town to repair the auto.
There was a time when the Times
city room had many vessel owners
call daily to look over the n. Y. Mar
thine Register. which gives a list of
all vessels af1oat and their move
mcnts, but it has been three weeks
since a vessel owner has been in to
look at this valuable paper and a
Times man inquired of two former
regular customers" the reason, says
the Bath Times. "Sold everything I
had" said one II only have one Saith
of schooner now. l owned IL two
years ago, but could not resist the
fancy prices. so I sold" said another,
and he added: I'D sell that saith, If it
was not a matter Of sentiment. The
schooner is named for dear friend of
mine"
Mrs. Irene Huchns, one of the
smart young old ladies Of the town of
Marion, recently picked and sold $500
worth of blueberries. Mrs. Huchins is
81 years old and thinks nothing of
doing things like the above mentioned
work and frequently walks two Or
three miles a day visiting relatives ana
friends.
The potato affection seems to hit all
parts OF the State, as witness the fol-
lowing from the correspondent of the
Boothbay Register at Damariscove Is
land:
Poole Brothers are busy digging DO
~NNSN1 cAAo a. AiiiulHS VI IOJten
ones. They found turkey in the po-
tato patch setting on IL eggs. The tur-
key crop has been poor this year.
Joseph Dubois, who attaches La
Verne Van Meter" and "Achdfield Rks
Honolulu. H. L." to his signature.
writes the Kennebec Journal as fol-
lows:
Although Hawaii is generally
known throughout the states as the
garden spot Of the world, the duskv
hawaiian maidens do not annual 70
! us. We would like to correspond with
some real, live American girls from
Inc good Old L. S. A Girls, please
nave pity on some very lonesome SOL
diers and write to us sometimes /"
Yes" said the veteran bota, o,ox,.
the Old practice Of registering Mr.
SC and So and wife or lady has gone
by. Nowadays it is Mr.. and Mrs 81
ana So and sometimes among the
ne"lyWeds the fair bride takes a
whole line and writes her own name
NO more of the and Wife stuff for
the girls these rays. I reckon this
Suffrage business must have put that
style out"
when the High school building at
Bangor was erected in 1911 at a cost
OF 100000, it was supposed to be large
enough for the increase Of many years
10 come. but such is mot the case, as
1t is already filled to its capacity,
Rooms designed for other purposes
have been made into schoolrooms. The
general admitting Of out of town tu-
ition pupils has been discontinued ex-
cept from towns where there is no
Class High school. and those en-
rolled in the two upper classes will be
allowed to complete their courses.