Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-27
A Penobscot County Town

Lowell. Me, received its name from the
fact it is said, that the first male child born
here vas named Lowell. Others say that q
prominent business man from that great
and enterprising city, Lowell, in the Bay
State who once did business In this section
Of the country called this tom after the
cit. of his birth
This town va, originally Inhabited by
the Pages, now of the adjoining town OF
Bur.ng on, who we're mill owners. This
town having splendid milling privileges in
ducei several other enterpri ling firms to
cone, one after another, and work here.
When the Pages sold here Mr. Daniel Lord
If this town bought them out and built q
large steam mill. He. 10 the course Of
time. sold his steam mill property to Har-
rim yton, Russell & Co. Of this State. This
| firm failed, and chen Alley, Choate & Cum
mings of Massachusetts came here and
| bought and conducted the tannery business
Tor some years Tlen the business changed
hands and assn ned the name of Cummings
& Co. of the Bav State. They sold out at
last to Poor & Sons, also Of Massachusetts,
the present owners. The father of the
firm is d ad, but the sons continue to carry
on the concern with business t. t and
energy.
This ,annery gives work to from twenty
five to fifty men the whole year round, snd
some sixty teams during the beet part of
the winter months al - and S. . day for
them and their teams, hauling bark for this
tannery The writer made . visit to Mr..
J. T. Damm's home. This gentle man
is one of the oldest and most respectable
inhabitant Of this town. He can both en-
terrain with no raesn hos pitality and amuse
with his lively wit and with stories. Mr.
D. told how the Hrst elephant Jared that
visited he State of Maine. He said that
he lived in the tswn of Alfred not far from
Joe Davis, who liked "a little wine for the
stomach sake" There was . fellow who
Kept small general country store in the
town of Alfred. and he was down on ali
shows and their owners, because he though,
they were taking money out of town and
country. So he said 10 the loatng crowd tina,
was sucking round seeking whom they
may devour,' that he wolld pay the man
who would kill that id old ele phant. At
once Joe Davis stepped forward and said ;
IF YOU will give me y quart Of good whis-
key will tix him" The bargain was q,
once struck, and Joe did his work. There
was good sum of money offered BY the
show proprietor, an so Joe left Alfred and
came TO Lowell when it was nothing but a
wilderness, and became the father OF 4
family. The elephants name was "Old
Bess". the first that ever visited the "Pine
Tree State" Mr.. Damn having been
quite venture some and enierpri.ing. and
always successful. Hercules Damn went
to St. Paul, MINI when IL was called ST.
An,h,ney's Falls He, with Ave Others
went up in the spring and discovered the
famous Marie Prairie. In the course OF
SIX mon hs there we're no less than fifty
families, most OF them from Maine,
There is q strong religious and temper
ance sentiment in this town, and prohibi-
ton has It's sdvocates here, prominen,
among whom are Mr.. and Mrs. 8. NJ
Cabel. Mrs. Cabel has done . great deal
of work for the cause Of prohibition in this
tosn.
The genial Doctor F. II. Cole Is going to
remove to tn. State of Massachusetts to
practice medicine.
The people are glad here thst the enter
prising Mr.. +. A. Churchman has come to
do business at siabois on the c. p. X. They
have plenty of birch lumber which they
can sell to advantage. By the way, the c.
z. X. is doing q great work for the people.
Mr.. Churchmarl. Messrs. PerkiDs Bros. of
Medford. and another firm from Masaa-
ehuseus. have developed in . very short
space Of time small but entefprising milling
villages. Truly it is too marvellous &c
think Of A few years ago there was
no.hing but the forest primeval," where
nov there are great and growing enter
price developing very rapidly.
A. J. w. PKrEas.