Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-09

A consignment of one hundred carloads OF
stock came to Portland Saturday night irun
Montreal via the mountain division of til,
Maine Central 10 be shipped to England VIA
the Dominion line.
The following named places and dates OF
'armers' Ins itutes have been arranged
Grange Hall, Dexter, Jan. ~; Grand Army
Hall, Sko~hegan "Wednesday, Jan. 23
Town Hall, Bosdoinham. Thursday, Jan.
"a; Grange Hall, Blddetor1, Jan %.
At the annual meeting of the Androscoggin
Agricultural and Horticultural Society lhe
following officers were elected President
ID. 2. Iields; vice presidents. II. B Bart
lett, W. Ii. Miles, secretary, + 4. Wood
-,de treasurer, David Farrar; agent, James
Clark trustees, VIM. ID. penucll Of Lewis
ton, James 4. Lowell o. Auburn, \. q
rhur'ow of Poland, Eiwh Woodside of
Webster, W. c. Whitman OF South rnrner
Eli Hodgkins OF Greene, f.. Z. ltue OF
Leeds Centre. The report of the treasurer
was read ani adopted and the amount IN the
treasury TO Jan 2. 1883, sS76 81. 1t was
voted TO assess one dollar on each member
for the year 1859.
The Patrons of Husbandry of Cherry field
passed recent evening very peasantl4 III
their hail in district No. ., where very
toothsome supper WAS prepared by the had,
members of the order, when was partaktn
of by large company OF out, ,ders. The
proceeds OF the occasion, amounting To $50
will be appropriated toward meeting the *
pense OF putting their hall IN a more Inviting
condition.
Probably the finest paper thus far issued
as bulletin from one OF the new asrIeu'-
tural Experiment. stations Is the January u,
letin from the experiment station at tn,
Mass ,cnusetts Agricultural College at Am-
herst. 1t is an exhaustive report on tuber
culosis and vas prepared at the special re
quest of the directors in response TO many
deman Is for information from all parts u
the State, BY Prot. Charles II. Fernald lat,
of the head of the Department of Natura
History at the Maine State College Mas
sachu sets farmers caunot fail to find it o
the utmost value aud Prof. Fernali is emit
tied to much warm praise for giving them =,
desirable a paper Trough such channel
| He has already won III Massachusetts III
same high reputati IN as an authority oI
Natural History subjects that he enjoyed il
Maine - Whtg
The following named officers of Mysti
| lie Grange of kenduskeag, were lately in
stalled by + A II. Srsckpole, the exercise
being public X. NJ Mason, M Jonn h
Cole, D VIM II. II. Cookson, l. Pete
Barker, s, A. l.. Sprat, A. s.; W.
Spratt, Chap j. F. B"ath, Treas. A. A
CooksoD, Sc; Mrs X. NJ. Mason, Ceres
Miss Addie Boyd, Flora; Mrs W. IL. II
Cookson, Pomona Hattie Cookson l.. A. 5
After the installation ceremonies were close
visitors were entertained by the members 0
the grange with musical aud literary enter
tainment consisting of select readings, iecis
nations, music BY the Grange choir, ais
quite extended remarks by X. NJ. Mason
| Master
The Center street creamery, Bangor, j
| now completed, and will soon begin opera
tions under charge of MIR. Berry as superiu
tendent. F. .. Bssl is president OF III
company. The creamery is to be conducte
on the cooperative plan. 1he location Is a
excellent one and the product of the cream
cry can easily be sent IN all directions in an
outside of the city. May of the farmer
have signiied their ~Illingness to take a par
in the enterprise and give supply OF cream
| Past Master c. T. Cobb installed the Off
GERS of China Grange on Wednesday eve
ning, Jan. 2, as follows Master, T..
| Dudley overseer, J T. Hammond he VI
or, Mrs. c. Is. Hammond steward, W. {
Mills; assistant steward. G. l.. Whittier
char lain. A. Fry; treasurer, Il White
house secretary. I. L Jones; gate keeper
A. Raynes; Pomona, Miss Nellie Rsyne-
Flora, Miss Bertha s. Cobb Ceres, Mr.
Josephine Dudley; L. A. steward Mrs. Ss
repts Mills.
The officers elect OF Litchie Grang
were publicly installed by Past Master. A