Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-17

q couldn't begin to touch IT.
BY Brigadier General Herbert Lord,
Director Of the Budget.
They're tryin' to take leetle peek
Into the black fox farmin'.
The way them foxes multiply
Is gittin' quite alarmin.
An now they want to ketch the tides
Down in the Bay O. Fundy,
Harness 'em up an make 'em work
From Monday clean to Sunday!
Lou Milton. d.
Miss Harriet Pratt of Bath holds
the palm for digging the first mess
Of dandelion greens this year. On Fri
day, March 10, she dug mess which
her mother cooked and they Were
pronounced delicious"
A check for $4,000 in memory of
Harold M. Sewall was presented to
the trustees of the Bath City hos
pital Friday by the members Of the
family and will be used as an endow-
ment fund, bearing Mr.. Sewall's
name.
Mrs. Emma Payson was the repre-
sentative from Portland at the Florida
East Coast Woman's Golf Champion
tournament at ST. Augustine. March
13, and won the honors of the second
sixteen by defeating Mrs. Il. d. In
man, of Portland. Oregon. The score
was up and three to play.
In the Portland directory for 1875
the names of 20 physicians are re-
corded as in active practice. Only
four of the whole number are living
today. These are DR.. Charles o.
Files. DIR. Augustus S. Thayer. DR..
Charles w. Foster, and DR.. James y.
Spalding.
For the first time in years an In
ventory of the property of the school
department in Rumford is to be
taken and everything from the school
building to the pens, pencils, etc, are
to be listed so that the School Board
will have q detailed list of all its
properties.
The home of Frank Tucker of New
Sharon was the scene of an old FASH
toned spinning bee, Wednesday after
noon. In the kitchen were two spin
ming wheels, one to SPIN and the
other to twist the yarn, also swift
and reel. Neighbors came in to see
Mr.. fuckers housekeeper, Mrs. Clara
Blake and daughter. Miss Faith Blake
of Mount Vernon, and Mrs. Harvey NJ.
Hardison spin.
\ memorial clock is to be installed
in the tower to be erected on the roof
of the Morrison Memorial building,
formerly the Eastern Trust & Bank
ing building. in the town of Dexter.
1t is given by John L. Morrison in
memory of his wife, Mrs. Nancy Nor
rison. The clock will he the latest
thing in the town clock style. and will
be an hour striking tmepiece with
four illuminated dials. 1t will be
operated by electricity and will be
automatically wound. The bell will
weigh approximately 500 pounds.
A letter received at Biddeford was
directed to the Roadside Eating
House, between Biddeford and Ken
nebunk." There was also crude
drawing of house and large pazZa
on one side of the highway and
barn on the other. The drawing was
so correct, the rural carrier was able
to deliver the letter to the desired
destination. The writer had evidently
passed through in an auto last sum-
mer and stopped at the place and not
knowing the name of the proprietor
had used this method Of commune
eating with him.
During the last three years it has
cost the average farmer in the State
of Maine about s11.00 to lime an
acre of land, declares A. X.
Gardner. Crops Specialist of the Ex-
tension Service in discussing the
necessity of lime on Maine farms.
This includes the cost of the lime.
hauling to the farm and applying"
continued Mr.. Gardner. The in
crea sed return per acre due to the
greater production of clover for two
years has been about $1,000 per acre
! over the cost. In other words, an
application of ton of lime per acre
has been c. profitable practice on the
| average Maine farm.