Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-25
STATE NEWS
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April %: Pomona Grange was held at Fort
Fairfield in Hackers Hall Saturday A. NJ,
the fourteenth. A very interesting meeting
and what made if particularly 50 was the re-
port of Bro. Parkhurst who has lately re-
turned from Boston, where he has been to
look after the farmers and grangers potato
interests and which was very entertaining as
well as instructive. He said in two months
they had done business of $50 900 besides
establishing good name for the Aroostook
potato true to its kind as represented. In
the afternoon the meeting was public to give
all a chance to listen to Prof. o. S. Winslow
on the butter factory question and j, seemed
the farmers were awake to their interests for
the big hall was packed. The factory will
be in running order the first of June Be
tween five and six hundred cows were signed
and Mr. Winslow thought that about half OF
what he would get.-Mr Knox, an old soldier,
and Mrs McDougal of letter F were united
in marriage Thursday, April 18th The cere-
mony was performed by NJ. W Trafton'-
Mary, wife of Phineas Shorey, died April
18th. She leaves three little children 10
mourn their loss.
EAsros.-The reported marriage of Bion
White and Ruth A. kneeland of Easton,
has been denied and a correction made in the
paper which first published ii.
kESsEBEc.
RIVERSIDE. - Our correspondent writes
April "a Samuel Mitchell sowed some peas
last Friday.-W. +. Bailey and Arthur
Sawtelle have had their hay pressed and
hauled to the depot 10 be shipped TO Boston.
The snow has all disappeared from the
woods and the travelling will soon be good
and the roads dry.-John Fossett and his
. 81. in ,ha
+ is soon to take up his residence in Duluth
Minn.-The union school in district No. 4
will commence next Monday, Apr. 80. under
the instruction of Miss Carrie Merrill.-The
town assessors were on their annual muddy
tramp last Monday looking up the stock and
trade A person in this place who for several
years has made valuable communications TO
the New England Meteorological Society has
Just received the following:
PROVIDENCE, X. |.
Dear Sir: II gives me pleasure 10 COM
municate to YOU the following resolution
which was adopted at meeting of the New
England Meteorological Society held Oct Is.
1887. Very truly yours,
WINsLow UPToN.
Secretary.
| Voted, That the New England Meteorolog-
zeal society extends ITS grateful thanks 10 the
volunteer observers of thunder storms and of
sea breezes during the summer of 1887, for
/ the generous assistance rendered by them in
the special investigation undertaken by the
| society. That the secretary be instructed to
send copy of this vote to all volunteer OBJ
servers of the past summer.-Much complaint
is being made that the mice have entirely
eaten the bark from the small apple trees the
past winter and entirely ruined many of them
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the body of the tree in the fall before the
snow falls.-W. l. Robbins has contracted
with Mr.. Britton of Winslow for 10 900 cab
bage plants Mr.. r. is one of our
young enterprlsing farmers, and has
garden truck for market very early. =
| One man in this place has sawed and split
ready for use twenty-four cords of good
hard wood No billiards will trouble him
next winter-Charles Mason who went from
| this place to Kansas about two years ago is
on his way back to his old home There is
! plenty of room here for all that will work
with good prospect for success.-Families
who had boughs put around their houses,
last fall have had them removed ready for a
bonfire Ira b. Smiley has sweet corn
started in his house, that has sprouts one
inch long.-For several years past smelts
have made their way up the brook, near to
| Stewards Mills, at this time of year, in great
quantities. We learn that the catch this
season will be very large. As these fish
| have not been in these waters but a few wears
it is thought that men fishing for pickerel
through the ice put what live smelts they
did not want for bait into the pond and they
have increased by millions and millions.
! WEST PITTsToN-Our correspondent writes
| The Independent, Great Falls and Knck-
erbocker lee Companies all began shipping
ice last Friday, April goth. The Independ-
ent and Great Falls, both got their vessels
loaded Saturday, and they were towed
down the river that night, being the
first two cargoes from this vicinity
this season. The Knckerbocker Ice Co.
did not get their vessel loaded I'M
I'll Monday on account of little accident to
their machinery b. Church. wife and
child who have been making a several weeks
visit to relates and friends in Washington,
ID. c. arrived home last Friday Mr.. Frank
NJ. Lapham has taken the position as time
| keeper and weigh master for the knicker-
| booker Ice Co. this season, it being left
vacant by Alvin Cults who has gone to Ore
gon