Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-29

10 seated st the head Of tide ~ates. and be- |
iov fall in the bed Of the river Of small |
descent. but SUFFICIENT TO embsfrsss the I
further navigation. At the bead Of its tide |
vAi<r. tie river fo.rns basin exceedingly !
commodious for shipping; and in this - in |
all othsr respects. HslIovell 10 particularly |
favored, - . seat Of commerce for the sur |
rounding country"
"In Augusta 10 the only bridge hitherto
tIroxn across the Kennebec, which has been
built some years and 10 nov repairing. In
It's centre il draw bridge. by mesns If
which vessels may freely pass IT, just be-
low the foot of the bridge. on the ess. bank
are the re mains Of Fort Western, consisting
Of . barraek and four block houses Of
wood"
Five miles below the mouth Of the Cab
basssguntiqscke, is = ferry by which
crossed the river to Pittstown, on my way TO
Wiscssset AT . short distance from the
r.vef, l passed the house Of Doctor jewell
whose name vas conspicuous on Q sign
board of azure blue, swinging in the wind
But VIA. was the sign! A golden pestle
and mortar? No; but . punch bowl and
ladle The doctor keeps . tavern. II il
pleasant to see . doctor In bis bar mixing
toidy and giving . cordial to those that ask
it without vile label Take tro table
spoonfalls 5e."
ITO the south Of PittstOwn 10 Pownai-
borough. On the roadside 10 an old wos den
building, in part occupied BY = poor family.
which was once the C nrt-bouse. Among
stack Of farm buildings 10 also . block
house and some other remains Of fort
called Frankfort, erected BY the proprietors
OF the Plymouth fatent in 1884,"
POW alborough extends across PENN
sula, on the east side of which 10 an arm Of
the sea called from little river that falls
into it, Shespscot which 10 apparently .
corruption Of the same Indian word ~ tha,
| from which 10 obtsinsd PeJipseot, and which
may also be written PeJspsquoke.
Near Wiscasset the country ID cleared
and composed Of high hills. Few OF the
modern places of trade in New England
make . more f0urishing appearance than
| this. Wood 10 the ordinary building ma
terial; but many Of the dwelling houses Of
the merchants and lawyers, are OF ample
dimensions. and most imposing forms"
Bath iss fourishing seaport on the
west bank Of the Kennebec. The road
from Wiscasset lies along . neck of land,
and leads to ferry. In burying ground.
| on the road side had occasion to observe
some Of the numerous testimonies Of the
ravages Of consumption. OF the inscrip-
ton on ten grave stones bearing the names
Of married women. the ages on no less
than eight, we're between twenty two and
thirty. Bath covers . very wide extent Of
ground and contains many large buildings
Many large vessels now lay in the harbor,
and several were loading at the wharves
There are two Congregational Churches
here. The inhabitants Of federal politics
had taken the lead in beginning to build .
church. but this circumstance pqued the
anti federalists so much that they built and
finished church Of their own, procured =
clergyman and opened their church be-
fore the federalists had even finished their
building"
From Bath to Brunswick is about twenty
miles. The road lies at FIST on a narrow
isthmus round the head of = deep inlet of
CascO Bay, called Stevers' rivsr. The
is,hmus separates the inlet of Cssco Bay
from Merrymeeting Bay, which j. the COM
mon estuary Of the Kennebec and Andres-
coggin. II 10 an ancient carr, ing place Of
the Indians. One Stevens, had a trading
house here. Merry meeting Bay was pOssi-
bly, named from the meeting of the rivers.
but more probably from the meeting of the
Indian voyagers."
"Bru:swick occupies the western and
broader par. Of the peninsula lying between
Casco Bay and the Androscossil. I.s loca-
ton is favorable to the lumber trade and
it, Population 10 near three thousand souls.
1t has fine schools and . church lately
built. The subscribers hope to collect .
society and to establish clergy man, neither
Of which 10 yet in the town. At the mills
on the fails are forty saws A sax that 10
well attended will saw four thousand feet
of boards per day. An ordinary log gives
eight hundred feet. The mills to each
of which belong four men, are at.
tended night and day, one man at
tending all night. The men receive
twenty dollars per month besides board.
They commonly drink quart of the best
West India rum per day each. The rum
is worth two shillings currer cy per quart.
Logs are purchased as high up the river as
seventy miles, paying an average price of
three dollars per log. They lose, on the
whole, in various ways. about one fourth
of the logs they purchase. Mills above
appropriate some, and the scattered shingle-
makers also. Bath is the seaport of Bruins
wick whence the lumber is exported to the
West Indies. Vessels are built at Bruins
wick. but they sail only from Bath
THE river which I have here called
Amsriscoggan is vsriously written Amar-
iseoggan, Ameriseoggin, and even Andros-
coggin; and the latter is now the favorite
sound Of the word. At saint Francois,
from some Of Zsushe' darankiac, or peo-
pie from the mouth of this river, learned
that they call it, or rather its banks, ANIL
enngantiquoke, or banks Of the rtrer
aboundtng in dried meat, that is re ,ison.
THIS word is certainly the ETY. mon of Amaris
.cnggsn and the rest. As to Androscoggsn, it
probably originated in miss print; the d be-
Jog put for an a. and the ma changed to n to
accommodate the previous error. In the
Algonquin dialects, the letter l is convert
lble. several nations using in its place III,
orr. Hence the first syllabes in the
compound word or phrase, Amiieunganftz
quoke may be prone unced AmtreungGn or
Amiseuagan or Amariseungdn or Amiris
coggin, or Amiriscng gan. which last is per-
hsps the or.hoxrsphy that would best
f. concile the etymolosy with an English
and brief enunciation. Brunswick contains
the university of Maine recently establish
ed. and called Bowdoin College. A hand
some edifce of red brick is now building
on 3 SPOT cleared ouse Of the forest adjacent
to tn street. The present npm5er Of stu
dents is forty. The college is in daily ex-
peetation Of rec Giving it's first president
Its highest officers at present are two pro-
fessors, Messrs. Abbot and Freeman, to
both which gentlemen I am indebted for
many civilities.
"Portlard vas incorporated by his name
1886; better taste aud larger ambition.
would have procured for It, as think,
tie name of Caseo. The buildings cover
much ground. Many Of the houses
are of brick and built in compact
rows. On the ives side is = popuious
neighborbood Of the lower sort o., For.
Hill and IN iiuuous In rho For, Ia q huild