Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-18


but she can't get over the idea that
such an arrangement contributes 10
both health and happiness. Hope she
secures both.
A Canadian recently visiting al
Veazie, asked to have the following
notice sent into the Bangor Daily
News: 81 lose my dog about two
week. his color about black, his tall
cut short to my body. if ind her,
keep him. I belong to 1t"
The Biddeford Journal smiles IRON
ically at the report about Maine get
ting eighteen million dollars worth
of war material and concludes the
battered German fame thrower which
Biddeford drew for her park was left
out of the accounting. Otherwise the
amount would have been $4,000, 000.3O
The Richmond and Dresden ferry
ceased operations Wednesday. the
ice in the Kennebec river having
been pronounced safe for both
teams and pedestrians and nc
further attempt will be made to keer
the ferry open during the present
winter.
The normal schools of the state are
full to overlooking. Pennington has
445 students, Gorham 401, Presque
Isle 1853, Machias 100 and Castine
1913. This does not include the en-
rollment at the Madawaska Train
ire Snh NH G a
200. Pennington and Gorham have q
maximum capacity of about 400
ANY additional numbers tend to de-
crease the efficiency. The maximum
number that can be accommodated
at Presque Isle is 200. Machais and
Castine have normal capacity Of
about $50.
1t Is nothing out of the ordinary
J to hear of cat catching a rat, bu
/ sometimes the rat, ali unconsciously
gains revenge on his killing enem,
! through poison meant for it. Her
! bert Lord tells of an incident of this
| kind, in which ithe cat objected t6
| dying and turned doctor to save hel
| life. Mr.. Lord had bought some rat
| poison and mixing up a nice dinner
| for the free boarders in his cellar
| had placed it at the entrance to one
| of their front doors. Unknown tt
Mr.. and Mrs. Lord, their two.
| months-old kitten ate the rats din.
! ner. Ordinarily this would complete
| the story. But not so in this case
| The kitten, with an instinct in
| herited through many generations o.
| cats, sought cure for the pains il
| her "tummy". She knew she mus
| have grass, but, alas, it was winter
| and no grass was to be had. Did SHE
| give up? Certainly not. She walk.
| ed into the parlor and calmly ate the
! biggest, juciest and greenest leave.
| of Mrs. Lords ivy-plant. And the
| cat still lives, with eight of her min,
| lives left.
A letter from Moxie in the In.
dependent Reporter, written by 6
woman who grew up surrounded b.
the wild life of the State, assert.
that this hfe is disappearing from
| Maine; that something should bt
! done about it. She insists thu
| beaver, the noblest of the wild life, i.
being annihilated; that the com.
| plants Of damage done by tina
animal are greatly exaggerated b,
| those who wish to trap them. Sh,
] quotes one Maine trapper as com.
planning that he has caught no mini
| this fall, that they must have movet
out OF the State. She concludes they
went away in the cruel Jaws of tn,
| steel trap. She adds: IF we are t.
| make Maine play ground for tn,
world we must save it's animal lif,
Tor OF what use are the wilds Of
| Maine without life in it. No sports
man is coming to Maine for just hi.
| deer and birds. He comes to ge
the thrill as a wild animal suddenl,
darts from beside him and make.
MS cover in the distance. This /.
what makes the sportsman long t.
come to Gods great out-of doors" -
we believe she is correct in her con.
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