Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-28
PERSONAL.
FerSOnAIs
John D. Smith, formerly Of Litchfeld, now the

Personal.
John D. Smith, formerly Of Litchfeld, now the
popular and efficient Principal of Worcester Acad-
envy, stopped few days to see friends in this CITY,
while on his way to Colby Commencement.
DR.. Fred. Quinby, young physician from Port
land, is now located at the Head of the Pond,
Jefferson.
Mr. Richardson of the Portland Advertiser, wa
in the city yesterday. lie is attending the Com
mencement 'exercises at Colby, where he grad
uated.
Mrs. Mary Liyermore is to deliver an address at
the temperance campmectng TO be held at Or
chard Beach.
N. w. Farwell, Esq, and family reached Lewig-
ton on their return from Europe, Saturday morn
ing.
The Jones-Brothers Hnying Controvsrsy.
Mr.. EDITOR If you will allow me a little
space in your paper once more. will n t trouble
you again, on this subject at least. The article
which wrote a few days ago, headed "1layng
under difficulties" brings out response from my
brother i'll this mornings paper; which, although
it contains a sprinkling of truth, needs little
sitting out.
In writing the article confined myself to facts,
(Which l shall endeavor to do in this in fact, net
wishing to be hard on the boy, did not even put
all the facts in.
lie says that the tools were old. and that lie
could not find them, and that my wife assisted him
in hunting them up, etc. A part of that Is true;
my wife did assist him, sticking by him as Ruth
of old did to Boaz when she gleane ed the field
after the reapers, administering fresh butter to
his biisteIed hands and sweet cream for his chafed
arms.
propose to take up the facts only, in his reply.
In regard to the grindstone the pork, the facts
are simply these, the grindstone set out near the
roll-way of the cellar, in his furry, he, like poor
Bessie Turner, "tripped and fell" over the grind
stone upscttlng ii, and the stone rolled down the
stairs into the cellar, which gave rise to his
sion OF the grindstone being in the pork barrel;
as to the stone being oval, Judg ing from the looks
of the scythe which he ground it must have been
anything but round He says he looked in both
my tool chests but found no tools; that is true,
niy VIE, having an eye to economy as soon as
she saw how things were going, went out and hid
all the tools she could fnd although she was
ready 10 act the part of good Samaritan, yet she
could not bear the idea of having all the tools
destroyed in single day.
He says after got home | took the scythe and
commenced to NOW, but not without great effort;
that is all true, more especially the effort for
would sooner think of moving with pair of
sheep shears than with a scythe in the condition in
which he had left that; had | hit the crab-apple
tree it would have done nothing more than bruse
the bark, It more in the shape Of spiral
sprlng than scythe.
La ard to turning the horse into the field,
that Is correct; was afraid some would 20 by
and see where ne mad moved my scythes
ruined and could not cut it over again, 30 con-
cludCd to turn the horses in and let them feed it
down. and they did improve the looks of it
amazingly. although it will take number of days
yet to feed it down where it ought to be.
Yet he is pleased to call this modern farming,
although am forced to admit he can Weld the
pen better than he can the scythe. and that be-
eve in progression, vet | am free to say that
like the old-fashioned way the best
Yours truly. D. A. JONES.
Augusta, July 26, 1875.