Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-09
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Now that we in Maine are being
reminded that after all we are a part
Of New England-an important part
IL you leave It to Maine-we ought
In New England. A help to this
may be found In the last issue OF the
Boston & Maine Employees Maya
zine. 1t Is chocls full Of interest. IN
GLIDING "reminiscences of New Eng
land railroading rs years ago.
The tale Of cat who can shin q
rope is true. A cat belonging to F.
L. Smithwick of Damariscetta. dis
appeared about two weeks ago and
proved the claim that cats have nine
lives. A passer-by saw the cat In
the window of an unused room in the
Philbrick block. James Barnes went
to bring the cat home but hunger
and isolation had made the animal
wild. Seeing an opening in q CHM
ney pussy jumped through 1t and
fell to the bottom. Mr.. Barnes got
a big rope and let down the CHM
AOys ACli tIC Cat CdtliS UdCh 6Lltu~
ming the rope, a blacker dirtier, but
wiser cat. At last accounts puss
was still eating.
An editorial signed Roland T. Pat
ten, in the Independent Reporter. and
headed, "For Representative to Con-
gress, Clyde H. Smith Of Skowile-
gan" begins with this sentence:
THAT the above will appear on your
ballot at the June primaries Of the
present year, or In 1928. now seems
to be certain. The writer adds:
with the statement, appearing
in the Lewiston Journal, Tuesday of
the present week, that Hodgdon c.
Buzzell of Belfast is to be candi-
date for that honor In competition
, with the present incumbent. John E.
Nelson, Mr.. Smiths relation to the
situation becomes clear. II Nelson is
unopposed in the coming primaries.
Senator Smith will wait until 1928
before entering the contest; il Sena-
tor Buzzell of Belfast comes In this
year, Somerset County's senator will
also participate and there will be a
very lively three-cornered fight"
Mr.. Patten predicted that IAN al
most undivided support from his
! town and county may be looked for
Talk about your Winter carnivals
and horse racing, many an old timer
will wonder if those will be faster or
more closely contested than those
which used to take place on WASH
ington street, north of Summer
street, 40 or so years ago, remarks a
writer in The Bath Independent.
There was no street car track in
those days and no automobiles and
every afternoon in Winter, after the
snow came, Bath horsemen congre-
| gated there with their steeds and
| great racing followed. To recall all
| of the owners of fast ones in those
days would be impossible now but
there were many fast and fine
horses owned here then. The late
Galen c.. Moses and the late Franklin
Reed had fine stables, each owning
a number of high blooded speedsters.
Then there were horses driven by
Ned Kennedy, Samuel and Charles
Jordan, Tom Dunning, Cyrus Peter
son and many others. There was a
great afternoons sport there on most
; any pleasant afternoon in Winter.
Mrs. I. W. Smith of Gardiner con-
! tributes the following: 1.-THE fish
story by Ralph Wentworth of Vinal-
/ haven reminds the writer of snake
story which is vouched for by a
| former correspondent of the Ken
/ nebec Journal and daughter of the
| late Elbridge Wills of Turner. Maine.
~, hN sfo ,s4t~ te,
as follows: When young girl of
about a dozen years of age l was
coming home from berrying I OBJ
, served my father. who had been at
work nearby, intently watching
something near to him. There was a
large milk" adder in the act of
swallowing a toad and the legs were
protuding from the snakes mouth.
Father asked me to go home and
bring him an axe. did so and
when got back the toad had entirely
! disappeared but the bunch in the
snakes body, was very plainly seen
The snake meanwhile remained very
quiet and father severed the snake a
| little ways below the bunch, then
with the axe squeezed the toad out.
The toad after blinking it's eyes a
few times hoped slowly away.
| Figures and statistics prepared
by the United States Census Bureau
disclosed facts about expenditures by
the various states that are of par
| ticular interest to Maine people.
| According to these figures, Names
per capita expenditures for the year
ending June 80. 1924, amounted to
$13.09. Only eight states pay larger
per capita than Maine. They are
Nevada, $26.32: Kansas. $22.17:
| Wyoming. $16.47; Delaware, $16.18:
California. s14.14: Utah, $3.50:
Arizona, $13.56; Washington, $13.17.
In New England Maine spends per
capita $4.31 more than Rhode ISL
and, $3.11 more than New Hamp-
shire, 1884 more than Massachusetts,.
S1.75 more than Connecticut and 56
cents more than Vermont. Kansas
offers the horrible example of an in
crease of SOFA per cent in 1924 over
1918, or from 1855 per capita to
s22.17 per capita, Illinois jumped 227
per cent, from $3.50 to $11.84, and
is still below Names figures. Flor.
ida, with all it's booming, gets along
on a per capita expenditure Of $5.55,
about AZ per cent of the expenditure
by Maine people,