Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-10-21

William T. Loud. proprietor of the
Wiscasset Inn, has been elected
president and H. Chandler Reed of
the Oak Grove house. West Harbor.
Boothbay. secretary of the new
Lincoln county Chamber of Com
merce.
The Bath Times says some of the
local firemen recall that at the Hilton
House fire II years ago, at Wiscasset,
the women manned the brakes of the
fire engine when the men became ex-
hausted. Older residents of Rich
mond will recall that at the big" fire
of about 1872 in that town, the women
not only manned the brakes when the
men gave out, but took off their
skirts to wind around bursted fire
hose and soundly berated a few men
who were too lazy or Indifferent to
do their share of the work.
Joseph Y. Stetson Of Damariscotta
had an experience last week with a
small flock Of wild geese that he
would like to duplicate with a more
powerful gun. He saw five Canadian
geese in the river above Johnny Orr"
and walked up the hank on the oppo-
site side as they proceeded up the
river till on the shell heaps he came
out above them and not 80 feet away.
He opened fire with a small caliber
Parker gun, a light bush gun and the
geese flew across the river. Again
they allowed him to get within easy
, range. Mr.. Stetson could hear the
shot as they hit the feathers of the
birds, and the geese expressed strong
disapproval by loud cackling, but
! would not leave the spot for long
time. Next day they returned and 50
did Mr.. Stetson and again he resumed
guerilla warfare on them. Mr.. Stet-
! son is an experienced hunter, expert
with rifle and shotgun. But so we'll
protected at this season of the year
are wild geese that out of a score
of volleys he got one bird. That was
good one and dressed about eight
pounds.-Lincoln County News.
1t was estimated that on Sunday
over three thousand persons attended
the annual pilgrimage to the French
cemetery at Lewiston, says the Jour-
nal 1t is a custom every year to
| hold this service at the cemetery il,
honor of the dead of all three parishes.
Rev. FIR. Huot of St. Louis parish
sang the Liberia and was assisted by
a choir composed of male voices OF
the three parishes. Rev. Fir. Deziel of
the Dominican order delivered the SER
mon. 1t is estimated that over $4,000
have been buried in the cemetery.
During the year of the influenza cpl
demic, some 800 were buried there.
No accident was reported Sunday.
The police were on duty and handled
the stream of automobile traffic ex-
peditiously.
The Moose River Plantation people
did not announce their Centennial
celebration exercises of last Friday
by large display of printed matter,
nor did they have large number of
their homemade posters-but, they
were certainly works of art. Captain
Lester u. Hart, private secretary to
Governor Milliken. who accompanied
the Governor to the celebration, was
SO struck by the artistic work of
these posters. that he expressed in
the hearing Of one of the lady man
ayers of the affair a desire to have
one. His appreciation was rewarded
by since receiving through the mail,
one of the posters.
The poster is a full sheet size, but
not the usual poster paper, but some
kind Of manila. The words are all
hand printed, and painted with oil
paint, green, light and dark blue, red.
black, and orange being used for
colors. The wording is well arranged
and balanced and the whole appear
ance is pleasing to the-eye.
Captain Hart said that he observed
two Of these posters, fully a mile
apart and they seemed to have done
the work of telling the people what
was to occur and what to do as well
as though there had been q hundred