The Portland daily press., 1875-11-29
Business Notes.

The Waterville Mail says that the dam age
done to the Lockwood mill by the recent acct
dent will not exceed $4,000. 1t will be re
paired at once.
The survey of the B. & P. railroad from Alb
b0tt to Moosehead Lake, was completed few
days ago by Engineer Hilton. The distance is
22a miles, the route being through Monson,
Blanchard and Shirley, ihto Greenvilo, the
station being at West Cove.
The Observer says that the hearth of the
Katahdin Iron Works has been repaired and
the furnace started this week with a stock of
100000 bushels of coal and 5000 tons of roasted
ore. Contracts have been made for cutting
and hauling 10, 900 cords Of wood for the COM
pany, at prices from 10 to 15 per cent. lower
than last year.
Sanborn Bros of Denmark, are building
mill in Baldwin, on what is known as Pigeon
Brook. The power is to be supplied by an
overshot wheel, which is being built at the
shop of Potter & Ordway, of this village, by
Albert Berry of South Bridg ton. 1t is six feet
thick and "a feet in circumference. The ma
chinery to set is a staVe machine and board
and shingle machine. G. w. Gray of Denmark
is doing the job.
The Observer says that the suspension Of
business in the lumber mills and pulp mill of
Messrs Gray & Pollard at East Dover, some
months ago, owing to a pecuniary difficulty,
threw quite number of operatives out of en-
ploymeut. The officially has been adjusted,
and the mills go into operation again. The
making of cardboard from poplar wood is a
new business in this part of the State. The
product of this mill finds ready market owing
to its superior quality.
The Fort Fairfield branch of the New Bruins
wick Rail way will be opened this week.
EDUCATION AT THE CENTENNIAL.-A. p.
Marble Superintendent of the Worcester
schools. read paper at the Augusta educa.
tional meeting last week, on Education at the
Centennial, of which the following is brief
abstract:
The contrast of the present of this country,
Internationally as well as industrially, was point
ed out, the kind of men who worked here aud
gave US the opportunity to make the exhibition
was referred to, and the duty we owe 10 our
selves as we'll as the duty OF concentrating
the achievements of the fathers was pointed
out; for by putting on record what we can now
do, we lay the best possible foundation for do
ing better i'll every department. The system
of classification was described. The mind de-
partment is that of education and chiefly con-
Germs u.s. No more important department
than this The whole exhibition is but rep
resentation of what the education of the people
is, and the educational progress of any people
is an index of what they can do. Mr.. Marble
then explained in detail what may be done in
the representation of schools. First material
appliances: second, scholars work third, re-
ports and Statistics especially the kind of work
that may be done by scholars. He then alud-
ed to the advantages to be derived from this
exhibition, both to the visitor and to those who
| make the preparatiop-to the former by the
comparison-to the latter by the knowledge
which teachers and scholars acquire what they
can do and what they cannot do. The best
thing for school is to study with reference to
the future use of their knowledge. The use of
this exhibition educatonaly will be great in
| furnishing material for future history of edu-
cation, so much needed The educational sys.
tenn also needs to be put forward so that its
friends can see what it is and correct its errors
preparatory to the opposition which that sys-
tenn is sure to meet from the arstocratc ele.
ments that are gradually coming to light, and
that do not believe in the people nor in popular
education. The paper closed with reference
to the future men and women to we ought to
transmitlthe good 2hat we have received, and
no better way to benefit them than to make
the best possible provision for their education
which the exh btion will help to do.