The Portland daily press., 1872-02-10
Letter from Wiscasset.
MOLLUSKS.
WISCASsET, Feb. 6, 49,

MoLLUsKS.
WIsCAssET, Feb. 6, 1872.
To the Editor of the Press:
The jewellers about the Sheepscot waters are
not little moved by frequent rumors of a "mo-
lusk" at Augusta this winter. Theirinterest in
the ''molusk" family is of long standing. As
early as 1907, the Pophamites from their forti-
fled village and ship yard at 'Sabino'' of Saga
dahoc, wrote back to England, that they found
oystere on the "Tonscat (Damarcotta) 8 inches
long, and were told that on the Sheepscot,
they were found twice as big" Indeed these
monstrous Sheepscot members of the family of
late have shown themselves at the table of mine
host Erskine, to the great delighto of his guests.
1t is now surmised one of these big fellows, in
the days of ignorance and shallow waters, must
have lost his way in some of the Lakewood
streamlets of the upper Sheepscot and startled
and crazed with the novelties and dim of rail-
roading has run mad to Augusta, and by some
freak of nature has been taken short at the
State House in an unnatural fit of spawning.
The Sheepscot oysters are really very decent,
modest, and sensible race. They usually keep
in deep waters and avoid all shallow and Shiny
appearances. We therefore protest in the name
of the ancient family against the Augusta in
uendos, as libel on the very rare and vener-
able, delicate and sensible tribe, inhabiting
the head waters of the Sheepscot
LECTURES AT wIscAssET
l. L. A. This Association with considerable
zeal and laudable purposes, have inaugurated a
lecture season here The first of the course was
given by your citizen, w. W. Thomas, Jr.,
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ciative audience 1t was regarded with interest,
received with favor as novel and instructive
and able lecture. President General Chamber
lain of Bowdoin College, followed ON Friday
evening last with the Surrender of Lee" The
lecture was classic and thrilling detail of this
great climacteric event in the life and history
of the United States. The large church was
well filled and listeners gathered from all the
surrounding towns, who went away delighted.
The general description and details of incidents
of the appearance and bearing of the quodam
Hon. H. A. Wise of Virginia, in taking his
place among the mouners of the 'lost cause"
was most trenchent. Wise's attempts to brave
it out in crest fallen pride by application of
his pedantry in murdered Latin with his "uer-
bum spargere" flying right and left out of his
mouth as he slouched down ON the captive's
pile, made him the hero of the secession farce,
ON that occasion.
DEDICATION OF A MASONIC HALL.
On Wednesday evening last the new and
magnifcently furnished hall, in "Rundlett's
block" was appropriately set apart to the mys-
teries of the craft, by H. HI. Dickey, leading
the representatives of the Grand Lodge of
Maine on the occasion, with the symbolic corn,
Dine and OIL" The installation of officers fol-
lowed, and the description of the philosophy of
this institution showed how it arose out of
the conflicts of pure, traditional Theism
with the inovations and corruptions of Pa
gan and idol worship in Asia, at the time
''chen man began to call on the name of the
Lord'' in the age of Seth, Masonry in principle
being an organization to preserve and perpe-
tuate pure Theisn in the world and the doctrine
of the eternal existence of man, in the fruition
of a resurrection state.
And by the way, Lincoln Lodge will contest
the honor of originating the temperance refor-
nation in Maine, with the "69' of your city as
described in your last issue. May IA, 1918,
brother Moses Shaw of this town, delivered an
address ON the subject of temperance, in pursu-
ance of previous arrangement for Masonic
lectures for improvement in moral subjects
r. r. SCHEMES.
The Eastern system of railroad projects
seems to be developing well from Wiscasset as
seaside approach from the interior and it is
now thought the three foot gauge will stretch
an iron way some sixty miles directly into the
interior toward Quebec and the valleys of the
upper st. John in the course of another twelve
month.
It, with the Knox & Lincoln will be compel