Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-29

worth American.
! Saturday morning, between and
o'clock, the residents here were
treated to an unusual sight-four
moose feeding near the houses, writes
the North Sedgwick correspondent of
the Ellsworth American. There were
two cows and two bulls. and. they
were very tame. They were impair
tial in their visits. going through the
community and feeding near every
house. Sunday morning one was seen
at G. M. Aliens pasture trying 20
make friends with his horses.
The submarine" reported as being
off West Quoddy last Monday turned
out to be floating rockwell with a
tide walker" sticking UP in it. 1t
doesn't need anything in the line OF
"Reelfoot" to make these here, now,
fishermen see things.-Eastport Sen
tineL
G. w. Stephens has invented steel
trap for catching animals in the win
ter. and which will not freeze, writes
the Rumford correspondent of the
oxford County Citizen. 1t is espe-
cially designed for trapping weas-
els and other small animals. He has
applied for patent.
! M. H. Nickerson, the lobster king,
has planned out mode Of operating
the lobster laws which he seems TO
think would work we'll for all con-
cerned, says the Portland Press. In
brief his plan includes the following
items: First, that Holsters shall be
taken only when above 10 inches in
| length from Barnegat to Bay Cheleur.
Second, that there shall be close sea-
sons varying in length and time Tor
the different sections, the seasons for
Nova Scotia being open from Nov. l
to Dec. 81 and again from March ! to
May 81 The lobster fishery to be
under federal supervision by both the
United States and Canada; also that
there shall be government super
/ vision of the shipment of Holsters
from Nova Scotia to Boston. the
for the purpose with cold storage and
other facilities to make the losses
much lighter than they now are;
also that beam trawlers be forbidden
to set their nets within IL miles from
| the shore at any point as the lobster
traps cannot be set to advantage in
the same waters where trawlers work.
The following neurology Of Bangor
! Theological Seminary for the past year
| has been prepared for the alumni asso-
citation: Edward Buck. class of 1855;
! Edward Payson Tenney, class of 1858.
| died in Lynn. Mass, July "A, 1916; Mar
! tin Luther Richardson, class of 1859,
! died in Montague, June 9, 1916; Smith
Baker class of 1867 died in Portland,
Nov. 10, 1917; Henry l.. Griffin, class of
1850; Minot Judson Savage, class OF
! 1884 died May q, 1918; Charles Henry
Pope, class of 1855; Baman Nelson Stone.
class of 1869, died in Fryeburg, April I,
1915; Charles Albion Conant. class OF
! 1863; Edward Payson Eastman, class Of
! 1871, died Jan. %. 1918; John Thomas
| Rea, class OF 1872; Arthur Henry Teb-
/ belts. class of 1872, died in Minneapolis
| Nov %. 1917; Simeon Coffin Whitcomb,
| class of 1875, died Feb. %, 1918; Robert
NJ Peacock, class of 1878. died Jan 30.
| 1918: William Gleason Shoppe, class of
! 1879, died Sept 10. 1917; Robert Fowla
! True, class of 1880, died May A. 1917:
! Frank Simmons HunnewelI. class of 1888,
! died April 5, 1918; Malcolm Mackay.
! class of 1911.
| Good luck is reported for Hillside
avenue, Harrison, in large quantities,
| for Doris Knight recently found "a
four-leaf clovers and five five-leaf.
while Ida Harmon found 40 four
l,af and five five-leaf.
! Fly Rod, writing to Maine Woods,
speaks Of kennebago, which has been
called THE gem of Maine lakes,".and
tells of the origin of the name
Stockholders Point, where Harry f..
! Converse of Boston has his summer
home. Fly Rod says:
"Skedaddler's Point" How did
you get the name is often asked the
owner and again and again Mr.. Con-
verse tells the story how in war
times long ago there were "slackers"
and If they did not want to fight
they skedaddled in the direction of
canada and camped on this point in
the lake where they could keen a
good look out if any one came up or
down the lake. They knew the trail
through to Canada following a SPOT
ted line through the woods across
the mountains and the name has not
been changed.
! Ihey say in East Paris that the
crows are busy in the cornfields. but
| they seem to prefer the yellow or field
corn to any other.