Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-20
Itch n cid Locals.

Litchheld Locals.
This old town looks beautiful, IS it always does
at this season. with its grand hills, its forests, its
lakes, and its green fields now sprLkled lavshly
with daisies, vulgarly called white weed. This
flower, were it uncommon. would be considered
very handsome; and SO with very many of our
wild field and meadow flowers. such as the violet,
purple, yellow and white, made the fields like
gardens month ago. and then the bright dande-
lions IA corruption of dent de lion-French for
lions TOOTH which covers our fsrm-ysrds with a
carpet of gold. Next follows the but,ercup, with
its shining yellow petals, which thousands of
children delight to hold under each others chius
TO see If they love butter-a sure test that they
do. We 20 off into foreign lands, and are ecststic
over the wild flowers there. We have been eprap-
tured by the wild flowers of Califoi mia, bat after
Gil we cannot recall any more beautiful than our
commonest ones; it is so hard to properly appre-
ciate the humble beauties with which nature has
80 profusey decorated our everyday paths.
Wild strawberries are now in season, and are
small but quite abu ndant. After becoming accus.
toned to cultivated ones, it seems terrible hard
labor to pick and hull these dwarf specimens,
though when our uncles and aunts were bows and
girls they say they could lie down in a field and
gather ten quart pail full within the sweep of
their arms. We suspect that rather highly col
ored however, the farmers in this town are be-
ginning to cultivate straw berries, and the Chicks
found ready sale at 10 cents pound for ali they
could raise last year. Farmers annually paw
ing more attention to raising early fruits and
vegetables than when we were boys. II was not
so long ago that it was considered quite q feat to
have green peas on the 4th of July; now at that
time they are very abundant. We have not had
any yet, but we shall feast on them within week
We are sorry to chronicle the advent of the Col.
orado potato bug n town, not in great numbers
though, we believe. Caterpars have not been
quite as plenty as they were last year, and the
crop OF apples promises more fair The spring
was unusually early, and the growing corn, pota-
toes, etc look well but we need rain very much
TO give Ms an abundant hay harvest The last rain
gave the grass good start, but unless we have
considerable more of It within & week, hay will be
light compard with last years unusual yield.
The enlerprising people of the village in the
northern part of the town ("Pleasant Valley" on
the county map, but Familiarity known as "Pur-
gstory Mills') lately built good hall there on
land donated by Daniel Bartlett. 1t will accom-.
modae between three and four hundred people,
and has a commodious supper room above: Last
Thursday night, an entertainment, consisting of
an amateur drama, an orchestra from Richmond,
and dancing, was given there for the benefit of
the hall, which has not been entirely paid for
One hundred dollars were realized. The pieces
played were "Nick of the Woods" and the farce
"Tne Stage-Struck Yankee" and both were rem
dered in way creditabe to local talent. Leading
parts were taken by Miss Carrie Dunn Theodore
Dunn, George Blackwell, Fred Baker, and
otuefs' me eHort was decided success and the
hall was jammed, people coming loug distances.
We understand the programme is to be repeated
on Independence Day. On that day. also, the
Changers are TO have a grand turnout on Ltch-
held Plains. They are to be present from all the
surrounding towns, and knowing one, say it will
be the biggest time ever seen in this vicinity
There will be procession, oratory and music, aud
II will end up with ball in the fair grounds build
ing.
We are sorry to announce the serious and prob
al nf yha t.f th L..
Hancock. Her children have been summoned to
her bedside.
DR.. William Springer, formerly of this place
but who has lately been practising with success in
Yarmouth, Mass, has been compelled a SECOND
time to leave there on account OF the severe eli
mate.