Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-13

nouncementS which are being sent to
members of the association which was
| formed TO perpetuate the traditions and
memories of this battery. which served
with the ath Division. There will be
meeting in City hall, Portland, in the
| morning. after which the outfit will
move to the wharf to embark for Peaks
! Island. The 16lst Trench Mortar
Battery was made up of the largest part
of the Dingley battery of the Milliken
regiment and was taken to France by
| Captain Roger A. Greene When Capt
Greene was promoted to major, his place
was taken by Capt. James A. Walsh.
Both are of Lewiston.
| A Generation ago the first shad caught
on the Kennebec was commonly sold for
! 60 or 40 cents and little or no account
was made of the roes. as people had not
got into the habit of cooking them,
says the Bath Times.
| Even up 10 a dozen years ago the dain-
" roes, and they certainly are dainty.
when fried in bacon fat with the slices
Of bacon served with the roe, were sold
for dime. Along with all things the
| high cost of living has struck the Ken
nebec shad and seven at Sydes caught
Monday noon in the weir of Wilbur
Howe at West Woolwich, brought 10
..cents the pound. They were all roes
AS the shad averaged five pounds each
this was an increase of 800 per cent.
over the old time prices: One of them
would cost a s. bill. Speaking of the
IN NO
called the facts above. Apropos of the
cost. he remarked that in New York one
day in Reyolutionary times. friend
casually met Gen. George Washington
and asked him what he had for dinner
| The first shad caught in the Potomac. -
replied the father Of his country and l
paid 3. for that fish Further aren't
shad, i'll the times of their cheapnes :
and plenty on the kennebec, house
wives would. as the season advanced
and shad could be obtained for less
than nickel a pound, pot the shad
after boiling it IN vinegar, adding all
spice. small peppers. cloves and other
spices and condiments. The boiling in
the acid softened the bones, SO that all
Of the fish could be eaten. They were
and served as wanted. They would
keep for a long time thus preserved AMI
were uncommonly good
The Presumpscot river in Westbrook
is 10 have a new steel bridge, to cost
about $4,000, according to the plans of
the Highway Commission.
The civilian crack shots Of Maine will
be permitted, if they SO wish. to enter
the rife shooting contests from Aug.
% to Sept. %. at Perry. Ohio. The only
requirement is that they shall be mem
bers of the National Rifle Association
or some affiliated organization.
| Did you ever hear tell of a slime eel
asks the Rockland c. G.'s Waterman S
Beach correspondent. They are about
Is inches long, nearly always caught
from clay bottoms in deep water. If
! you put them into q pail Of water they
will turn to slime, like piece of soar
if left in the water too long
| ne bar FarUor correspondent of tbs
Bangor News records the arrival at that
burg of a beaver, which was captured
in the streets of Augusta referring to
the beaver that was captured in Mon.
mouth and shipped to Bar Harbor by
the Department of Inland Fisheries and
Game TO be placed in the National park,
where an effort is being made TO estab-
iish colony. The beaver was taken
TO Eagle lake, where a house and dam
was constructed last fall by one of the
beavers sent here al that time, and after
passing glance at the scenery, disap-
peared into the cold waters of the lake.
The beaver, which built his winter quar-
terS at Ottercreek has not been located
this spring and it is not vet known
whether he is out on an exploring expe-
dition or whether he persisted within the
remote recesses of his solidly construct
ed mansion In case he does not appea +
soon 1t may be decided to tear down his
house. but so we'll was the work done
that charge of dynamite will be neces-
sary to start proceedings. The ingenui
ty and foresight shown in building these
houses and dams is almost incredita Bile
and they will doubtless prove of great
interest to many who visit the park this
summer