Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-09-30

visit to his. sister, Mrs. Z. S. Percival, ant
other relatives in this city.
The Village of Weeks Mills-Local Indus.
| tries-S. 5. Convention.
The beautiful rural village of Weeks Mills
is one of the four villages that make up the
enterprising and thriving town of China, =
the other villages being South China, Branch
Mills and China village. An excellent road
of twelve miles from Augusta leads to Weeks
Mills. The village contains perhaps one
| hundred buildings and five hundred inhabi-
tants. There are three stores, the principal
one being kept by William Perciyal, Esq,
| who is one Of the leading men of the village
| and town. He is also postmaster i'll the viii
| lage. tannery employing six men, is run
| by John Reed grist mill by Brown Ham
lton; single mill by the same saw mill
| by Allen Malcomb; planning and lath mill
by VIM. IL. Goddard. The water power for
running these industries is furnished by an
outlet from the Branch Mills pond. We I'M
derstand that the power is constant and suffi-
cient for business purposes.
Besides these industries are the following
Carriage shop, by Edward Merrill; shoemak-
er's shop, by L. NJ. Clark harness shop, Just
| established; two blacksmith shops, by C. NJ.
Clark and Ambrose Trask A two.storv
commodious tavern is kept by Alden Nc.
Laughlin. The recently dedicated Masonic
building is neat and attractive, containing the
lodge room in the second story and hall for
public entertainments on the ground floor
the whole being owned by the brethren of the
| mys.ic lie, who ere now nnhly striving for the
removal of slight debt contracted while car
rying forward their enterprise. There is only
one physician, DR.. d. P. Bolster, and there
fore the people rejoice in a healthy commune
ty. The Free Baptists and Methodists Join in
| the support Of the gospel ministry, service be-
| ing held in the union church, Rev. j. p.
Simenton pastor. The sunday school is under
the supervision of VIM. Percival, Esq. The
schools in the village are graded. Mr.. A. l..
Brown, who is the Supervisor of all the
schools in town, instructs the high school,
OF course this village, like most country viii
lagos in Maine, depends mainly upon its ag-
ricultural productions. There are some ex-
cellent farms here, yielding large surplus
that finds its way to the Augusta market.
A goodly gathering of the friends of the
Sunday School was held at the church last
Sunday afternoon and evening. The exer-
cises were introduced by an appropriate ser
mon in the forenoon by Rev. 0. NJ. Cousens,
from the text Search the Scriptures" urging
| the diligent study of the bible. In the after
noon fifteen minutes were spent in devotion
al exercises. Mr.. A. Baker of Gardiner, was
chosen chairman, and A. l. Brown, Secreta-
| ry. Various topics relating to the Sunday
school were taken up and discussed at length,
| among them the following Encourage
| ment in Sunday School work." elbow to
| teach class in the Sunday School," ''Quali-
| ficaton of Teachers" Messrs. VIM Perci-
val, 0. M. Cousens, A. Baker, J. S. Turner,
Ii. Owen, John Reed, Barton, Chadwick and
| others, participated. So great was the inter-
est manifest, it was decided not to close the
| meetings in the evening, but continue them 10
Monday. We have no report of the meetings
| on Sunday evening and Monday, but have no
doubt that the convention will stimulate the
| friends of the Sunday School in the village to
greater interest and effort in the cause.