Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-02-10
STATE NEWS.

Most of those people who left off their bad
habits the first of January, have returned to
the old vice again. We hear, however, OF
one gentlemen who disused tobacco New
Years day, chewed gum for two weeks, can
dy for one month and still fights the world,
the flesh and the devil with stick of licor-
ice.-Lewiston Journal.
The Introductory lecture to the course of
lectures in the Maine Medical school at
Brunswick, 1872 will be delivered on Thurs
day afternoon 18th. at the Chemical Lecture
room, by DIR. Alfred Mitchell Assistant Lee
turer on Pathology and Therapeutics, Of this
town.
The Camden Herald says that railroad
meeting was held at Warren on the 9th ult.,
to awaken the people to the importance Of
subscribing for and building the Georges
point on the Knox & Lincoln, in the town oil
Warren, through Warren, Union, Appleton
and Searsmont, to Belfast, by the most FEAST
BILE route. Several speeches were made on
the subject, and it was voted to adjourn to
meet at the town house in Union, Feb. 10th.
The editor of the Pscataquis Observer
says that his old townsman, Capt. Abram
Fuller and son, together with their families,
have purchased farm. Capt. +. is about
seventy years of age, and neither he nor his
wife had ridden in rail car before, and ap-
peared highly pleased.
As Mr.. O'Neil Irish of Lowell was saving
shingles in Thompson's mill, in Fryeburg,
last Friday lie caught his hand on a circular
saw, tearing it in fearful manner from the
wrist to the end Of the middle finger.
Prof Paine of the Theological Seminary
is quite recovered from his injuries received
about ten days ago, when on sleighine
party.
The Belfast Age says that the next meet.
ing of the Board of Agriculture will be held
in that city if suitable arrangements can be
made for its accommodation.
The Reporter says that at the annual meet
ing Of Somerset Central Agricultural So
cety holden at Skewhegan Feb Sd, the fol-
ensuing year: President, Abner Coburn
Vice Presidents, L. c. Emery, w. d. Hay
den; Secretary, w. B. Snow; Treasurer,
w. b. Snow; Trustees, Warren Russell, d.
Snow, Albion McIntire; Standing Commit
tee on Stock, A. Crawford, L. c. Emery, H.
c. Burleigh Standing Committee on Crops,
Peter Malbon, Joshua Burns, B. NJ. Hight.
The Bangor Wing says that Mr.. John Con
ley, baggage master on the mixed train be.
tween Bangor and Waterville, met with ar
accident on Wednesday which came near be
ing serious. He was pulling q shackle-pr
between two loaded fiat cars on steep grade
at Detroit, when the train started back sud
denly and he was caught and jammed between
some stakes which projected through the
sockets in the end of the cars. He was bad.
ly bruised, but fortunately was able to escape
quickly enough to prevent serious injury
Had he been larger man it would have Jared
hard with him.
Mr.. Lancaster Hodges of BrownAeld,
reached his one hundred and first birth day
the last day of last month. Another warning
to all tobacco chewers and smokers!
The editor of the Rockland Free Press re
Gently saw at the Warden's dwelling at tn,
StatOPrison a high backed wooden chair
with cane bottom, which bore the date l64l-
the year in which it was made. The chat
which was present to Mrs. Rice, is not ia
from the present style of cabinet work, hav
ing straight high back and arm in form nc
unlike those wrought in walnut and ros
wood in the fashionably furnished parlors o
the present time. 1t is low seated, and {
generous size, and has doubtless held in j,
capacious arms rich freights of hope and 10
and love sin the days OF suld lang syne."
A few days ago Mr.. ]. T. Lewis's barn i
Kittery was entirely consumed by FIRE. Wit
it two hogs, over ninety fowls, ten or twelv
tons of hay. carriages and farming tools. In
surance small.
James Sawyer, one Of the aged merchant
of Boston, who died recently at the age o
II, was born in Saco, in this State. :, re
moved at an early age to Newcastle, and VA
among the earliest to begin and prosecute the
business of shipbuilding on the Damarisco"a
| river.