Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-10
Maine GOSSIP

W11ne GOSSIP
II there is a man in the St t., who
ought to know a fish of almost any
species-almost with his eyes shut
1t is Benjamin +. Savage OF Bath. who
has hawled fish for AZ years in that
city. He is a native Of Woolwich,
went to sea at IS years. Mr.. Savage.
quit the sea and the fisherman's lot
IN 1865 and for year tried carpen-
tering in Boston. On his return to
Maine he worked in the pattern shop
for the old Hyde foundry and in II
started his fish market. He has
bought and sold few times. but new
err left off selling fish. save for one
weeks vacation in 80 years.
"One undesirable result of the mild
winter will probably be falling off
in supply of maple syrup and sugar."
remarks the Biddeford Journal. A
normal output is yet possible if we
can have just the right kind of wealth.
er. but the chances are heavily
against bumper CROP"
Mrs. Roxie Smith Gray, who is
teaching Emery 6. in Biddeford this
week. sent in her resignation, to take
effect at the end of this month. The
school board, however. voted to re.
quest her to complete the winter term
as it would doubtless, be more easy
| to secure satisfactory teachers at that
time than now.
The Maine Central Railroad has
inaug'lrated daily service for
freight in less than carload shipments
between Portland and the following
, points: Bigelow. Pennington, Phil
I lips. Oquossoc and Rangeley. This
, arrangement partially cancels the
sailing day schedule Of the Maine
/ Central Railroad adopted Oct. /, 1917.
! Uncle Manderville Paine of Jay
passed the DIST milestone Jan. 26. He
| has been remarkably we'll and smart
until recently but since the death of
Mrs. Paine two weeks ago has been
! failing and does not go out now. His
daughter. Mrs. w. E. Greenleaf, is
| caring for him. having closed her
home and with her husband gone
| there to live.
Things are moving very lively at
the Glencoe Mills in order to get
them started on the orders which
| they have received, and Superintend-
ent Omar F. Carr is getting more ca
! chinery started every day and though
| 1t takes time to start up So looms, be-
ginning at the dye house The Supt.
OF Construction Work. Mr.. Stanley,
has laid of quite a number of men
lately on account Of cleaning up the
construction work he wishes to do
before spring. The summer weather
will see the usual activity in finishing
the dams. installing water wheels,
etc.
Considerable repairing is going on
In different parts Of Eastport this
I month at the several large sardine
factories where additions and i'm
| provements are being made for the
, coming season to open April Is. and
! in few Of the plants the packing
capacity will be somewhat increased
with extra buildings being added and
| new machinery to be later installed.
| A crew or carpenters are at work on
the eastern end of the largo louble
rdina foNtnrNy
| street owned by Seacoast Canning
Company which is one Of the largest
of the eastern Maine canneries. A
building for the large crew of takers
is being added and other improve
, ments will be made at this plant as
we'll as others of the company. At
the independent sardine factory of L.
ID. Clark & Son also on Sea street two
new boilers of $50 h. p. each have
been set up within the week and a
larger boiler room is soon to be built.
Capt. Morrill, of the Aucocisco re-
ported that on the wa to Portland
Thursday morning he sighted sew
eral schools of porpoises cutting
up" just as porpoises are apt to do,
aroun' Harpswell and Baileys Is
| land. He says that just outside
Green Island Capt. Fred Fides We'd
nesday ran into a shark that was
between 80 and 40 feet long. The
shark got away, as Capt Fidcs was
| not equipped for such large game at
this time Of the year. This is the
first time in years that these warm
weather fish have been seen sporting
about in Maine waters in January.
Another sign for a mild winter. per.
haps.
The funeral Of aunt" Mary God
dard. the oldest person in Maine and
the Oldest Quaker preacher in the
world. whose death occurred Thurs
day at the age of 10s years and
nearly IL months was Sunday from
the old Friends meeting house in
South Durham. where she preached
for many years. The elders conduct
ing the service were Mrs. Laura Ell
lis and Albert Minott. and in con-
formity with the wishes Of the aged
preacher were of the old time sim
pie Friends custom. Burial was in
the Lunt Memorial cemetery in Dur
ham.