Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-14

The fairies must have come and
got our busting done"
! Oh. just had TO tell her it was not
fairy mop
! But my little yellow buster that goes
flop, flop. iop
/ KATHERINE K. DAVIS in Maine
Farmer.
/ The parrot owned by Miss Italia
Lucarelli of Livermore Falls which
left home on July 4, has been found
eight miles away in Jay, where it sud-
denly appeared and astonished the
men at work in the hay field of W. w.
Eustis by alighting on the back of the
family horse. 1t had flown about
eight miles and was very hungry. 1t
also INDUCED in several flip-flops in it's
cage. when the party arrived TO take it
home.
! improvements will soon be made on
the court house at Pennington. The
witness stand in the court room is to
! be removed and a door cut through to
permit the attorneys entering the
room without passing through the
judges parlor. thus giving him more
of the privacy to which he is entitled.
/ The lavatory will also be connected
with the judges parlor, the present en-
trance being closed
| Roadside marketing is more popular
/ than ever this year in Maine. Hun
dreds of farmers have Joined the pro-
gressive few of a few years ago and
row display signs by the entrance to
/ their grounds telling the traveller that
farm produce may be purchased there
and the number of people availing
! themselves of the opportunity of OBJ
tanning fresh goods at reasonable
prices, is increasing by leaps and
bounds, 1t also saves many long
trip TO market for the farmer.
Spar buoy changes will be made
about Aug. in the Kennebec river,
the following being removed: Swan
Island, east channel, Nos. IS and 90;
Modoc channel, 33A; Tarbox channel
35C; South Gardiner channel, 2SB.
1t is announced that the new Coun-
try Club for Auburn and Lewiston will
/ be organized at meeting on July %
OF the Martindale Holding Co. Much
work has been done on the grounds.
tees being constructed, tennis courts
put rolled and put in order and tenn
porary greens built.
Timothy Elliott, for many years in
spector of immigration at Portland
and who recently resigned, is very i'll
at his home in Biddeford. His health
has long been poor and especially SO
since the death of his wife.
Mrs. Henry Richardson Of lockwood
street, Lewiston, has in her possession
an old Revolutionary relic that has
come down from the grandfather of
her husband 1t is a powder horn
fully I6 inches long, beautifully
carved. ON one side is the name
Henry Richardson, Pochmot. October
- 1870" On the other side is the
carving of a fish, with the initials H
X y red belt, faded and tat+ercd. is
still attached 20 the horn; and by this
It was probably slung over the sM1uI-
der.
( Thomaston has curious old sun
dial one of the Oldest in the State. II
was placed in position in 1894 BY Rev.
X. Woodruff, pastor Of the Congrega
tional church Of Thomaston. It bears
the information that it is located in
latitude 44d, ON and lbs This dial is
considerably larger than the usual
form and the Indicator is Of metal set
INTO stone base, instead of being all
metal
FRANK Spaulding. native Of
Frankfort. Me. and who has been
for years dressing as a girl and on
gagIng in theatricals, living in Bos-
ton and New York. arrived Monday
IN Bangor as Miss Mary Grant, en-
route to Frankfort and to visit a
sister living in Brewer. Some girls
In an auto, attracted by his appear-
/ etHNN anu DtldN lOE. 1OIlOWeQ him
about until he was angered and
threw big rock at the auto. He
was arrested and Chief Knaide soon
discovered that Miss Mary Grant of
. Boston and New York was Frank
Spaulding, formerly of Frankfort,
Me. He was given a 30-da SEN
tence, with sentence suspended. He
also promised Chief knaide not TO
appear again in girls clothing while
in Bangor.
One man about town, who works
out of doors mostly, has found way
to protect his head from the rays of
, July sun and keep it cool at the
same time, says the Lewiston Jour
nal. He first cut several pieces from
the side of the crown or a straw hat
: Then. in the openings. he carefully
! fitted pieces of wire screen cloth,
allowing the air to enter-but not
, mosquitoes, flies or any other dis
turbing insects.
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