Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-01-06
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STATE NEWS.

E. S. Colburn of Wilton, has shown us
| fgnres showing the production of twenty
hens owned by him, but managed and looked
after by bis wife. We doubt if man could
coax poultry to do as well, and advise ladies,
| hereafter, to manage their fowls. Mr.. Col
burn sold 1888 worth of eggs, and Sl2. IS
of poultry, as the production of the hens for
the year 1871. Nearly thirty dozen of eggs
were used besides for various purposes.
When poultry makes so favorable an exhibit
it is strange why more attention is not given
to raising it.-Farmington Chronicle.
There are thirty dwelling houses in Carl
bou village, a saw mill, gristmill, sash and
door factory, with planning machine, tan
merry, two shoe shops, two black smith shops,
harness maker, hotel, five stores and a
church.
At the recent annual meeting of the Saga
dahoc Agricultural Society, at Topsham, the
following officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year.
President, Wides +. Walker; Vice Pres
idents, Angler ii. Curtis, Harpswell, S. A.
Perkins, Topsham; Elk. Committee, w. f
Graves, Topsham, Isaiah Jordan, Brunswick,
James Purinton, Bowdoin, Adoniram j. Ho-
gan, Bowdoin, Benz. Marble, Woolwich !;
Recording Secretary, G. A. Rogers, Tops
ham; Corresponding Secretary s. f. Dixie
Baths Treasurer, A. G. Poland, Brunswick !:
Auditing Committee, a. G. Teuney, Bruins
wick, G. A. Rogers. l. L. MalIett. Topsham.
Hon. I. s. Lang was unanimously elected an
Honorary member of the Society, and vote
OF thanks of the Society was extended to him
for his very able and excellent address at the
late Fair
The Brunswick Telegraph says that if the
"Air-Powef" does what is claimed and hoped
for it. it may work reeolution in that place,
the effect OF which cannot now be estimated.
The lively lttle local paper, just started at
Caribou, says that the town OF Fort Fairfe Id
is the SECOND in respect to population, in the
county of Aroostook. Ii has almost 2 600
inhabitants. The village has over sixty
dwelling houses, ten stores, three blacksmith
shops, several shoe makers, n harness maker,
two lawyers, two doctors, surgeon dentist,
sawml, grstnill, sash, blind and door fac
tory, graded school, an Episcopal church.
and, last ut not least, custom-house Office
The cost of the Penobscot Bay and Rock
land Railroad will be at the rate of abou,
S25, 600 a mile leaving SIS 900 mile to be.
raised by the sale of the balance of the bonds,
-by town and private Subscriptions. The
route is divided into six sections. and rs
each is completed the Knox and Lincoln will
take lease and put on rolling stook.-Bath
Times
Mr.. Eben Humphrey, Of Jay, cut a pine
tree in Rumiord, last week, which scaled
$500 feet clear lumber. A II feet stick from
the butt OF the tree scaled 739. feet.
\ correspondent of the Lewiston journal
writes: Not lar from Phillips a few years
since, there lived a man with his family, a
wife and three or four small children, and
during cold, clustering time in the winter
one child sickened and died, and as the snow
was deep and the ground froze hard, the little
remains were allowed to freeze and then
packed away IN an old beehive with some
straw packed about it and left in the old barn
10 await for warm weather.
DeMolay Commandery of Skowhegan, is
otiicered for the year 1872 as follows: Benz.
F. Eaton, Z. c.; Isaac Dyer. Gen; Russell
b. Shepard, G. g.. Charles w. Snow, Pre-
late; William Tucker, S. w; Levi {. En-
cry, j. W.; VIM. NJ. Il. Brown, Treas. w.
II. G. Estes, Rec.
The Ellsworth American will be published
hereafter by N. X. Sawyer and Augustus f.
Sawyer, under the firm of n. X. SAWYER &
Son. The junior member of the firm has had
charge of the local department of the paper
for the last year and half and in the future
will take more active and prominent part in
its entire management.
The house and ell of Mr.. James Gale, to-
gether with their contents were destroyed by
fire on the morning of the Sd instant The
fire occurred about five O'Clock in the morn
ing. Mr.. Gale who is quite an old man and
the wealthiest in that section, was away at
the time on VISIT with his wife. His house
was stored with provisions-corn, potatoes,
and vegetables of every kind, all of which
were cOnsumpd