Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-29
A Fable for Local NinirOds.

by Jove." remarked one partridge to an
other, as he alighted upon a small gray birch
and began to pick his teeth with a straw,
ave got just the richest thing"
"What is it?" languidly inquired the
o Their.
s'Why, you see, this very morning I've
stumbled on no less than a dozen members
of the Augusta Gun Club who were out with
dogs and guns; but l remained perfectly
still, let them take deliberate aim and fire at
me, and then flew away unhurt. He, he he :"
poking the other partridge in the ribs, what
do you think of that?"
"Egad. That wasn't bad"
Then the two foolish birds went into con-
vulsions over the joke, and made so much
noise that young man who works in Al
lens, who was out for a days sport. over
heard their examinations, crept up behind
them, knocked them from the limb on which
they were perched, with fence rail, and
then, tying them to tree, dispatched both
at one shot.
This fable teaches that doubtful things are
uncertain.
New Mill OF the Kennebec Fibre Company
at Benton Falls.
A recent visit to the new mill just
built at Benton Falls by the kennebee Fibre
Company, shows it to be one OF the nnest
structures in the State, and rejecting great
credit upon the superintendent Of the works,
Mr.. ]. G.. Dodge of Gorham. This mill Is
for the purpose of manufacturing pulp Tor
manor stock and box board. The building is
POP bv IS feet and is supplied with ten OF the
new patent Holyoke water wheels, which
give a capacity to the machinery OF tweie
hundred horse power. Every wheei mas
sonorate or individual gate which can be shut
wben necessary and still not interfere with
Tho running ofthe rest of the machinery. The
nonstock or canal through which the water
aows from the head gate to the lower wheei,
i a3O feet in length, and is "Hoosac luh-
nol,, on a small scale. 1t is built In two COM
partments, meeting in the MAN nune' anu
,ho water flows from the gateway through II
into the wheels with a pressure OF lo'ooo
ems This main flume is thoroughly braceu
wifi two-inch iron rods and bolts hr'iiy
hoited m the solid ledge under the noor'hs
and also to the sides of the ledge ne u''',
0;yes n head of % feet of water. ana the ua'''
and bulkhead are so constructed tiat Tue!
maintain full control of the entire amount
of water under all circumstances. mere i
.iso . sluice-way through the dam nl'ide lo'
It, nurrose of conveying the wood TO the
III, afler # has been foated down the river
=. d. d,m where it may be loaded upon
- n,,de for the purpose. or hauled by teams
ga, ~ S.,,x whore il is sawed up into pieces
" wy foot long. After being sawed into
49, n;eces it is stripped of its bark oy
.,'sch;ne constructed for that purpose; a,'er
.nh;ch !, is split Nv machinery ana tHen
-, into a crusher where it is ground INTO
cts II is then run through large Na'
all nth water. from which 1t is carried i".o
narfo,ated cylinders, and drawn through tne.'
| nressure of water from tank whicn y
oi.oad in a tower sixty feet high. FROM
pc, ."s o,I;nders it travels through sluice-wa!s
= roce;ved into the vats-and when III :.
anu anu -. ~ manufacture it is called pup
TINS 1, S s hoard is made from this material oy
s;mply running it between ne ;h;oIness
which presses it to any uesn .Is and dried
ss,ar which it is placed on RACKS anu , ~ .ha
III Ont nv machine into any SIZE " SUI. IN
srsde The dam, mill and machinei e,no .
onn,nleted. will have cost upw arus y, 1907
900 and the whole is controlled .! nf
oomn.nv. of which Maj. J. 1: nicu"r Heath
Gardner is President, and Col, .ha mill
If Wateryille is Treasurer when on 20 ~
- ~, comnleted it will employ from 90 ~ ~
,,an and will have q capacity OF manuiA''1'
mo from % to 80 tons of pulp per Gas