Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-21


has bees appointed nrss assistant to the
principal in the High School at Hartford.
Conn. . position which carries with ia
ssls-y Of e. 800. He viii be II the head
Of the Lain dsparsmens, and have neshisg
bn. Latin TO teach, ~ the faculty comprises
nine;eea members. and Mr.. Smilsy's num-
eroas friends ia this city viii be glad to
hezr % his p-emotioa-
Proctor G Flood are doias quite an ex-
te7.iSe % in reriaeiag the old foundsfion
aa'ler part If The block owned By L. W.
Rogers, corner Man snd Temple street.
Tscr are lsyirg rsil Of slate rock and
cement. eight feet high and ninety feet
lorg. being entirely se-ess one end and
partly aIorg the sides. This firm have Al
ready made fourteen cellars this season,
using the slaie rock which they quarry on
the Shores farm .o-eAlled. and they have
contracts for seven more. and sail they are
coming. They put the fires into their
bri * kiln on the Fairfield road last Tues
day. II contains about 40 900 bricks, all
OF which they will use themselves. An ex-
pert is here from Brewer TO burn the kiln.
Those people who have been ssiniled BY
agents canvassing the country and claim
ing to have book endorsed by the greA.
explorer Henry NJ. Stanley, are naturally
much cut up at the present time when the
agents for the only reliable Stanley book,
the one written by the great explorer him
self, are at work in all paris Of the coan-
try. The book, or rather books, for there
are two volumes, come higher than much
of the trashy stun now in the book mar
ket. but Of course there is no comparison
to be drawn. A book like this authorized
publication from the pen Of Stanley isa
work Of real and lasting value and should
be in the library of every person who de-
sires to keep up with the age in which he
lives. Mr.. Harry B. Hallock is now can
wasting this city, and is the sole agent here.
Agents representing different school-boo
publishing houses are persmbulating the
country in the interest of the houses which
they represent. There are no more fluent
takers. and to all appearances no more
earnest ones, than these same men. And
in this connection it may not b, out of
place 10 speak of the great advance that has
been made in the character Of school books
generally within the last score Of years
Of course some books have been published
and quite extensively introduced which were
not specially meritorious, to say the least,
but all who have investigated the subject
with any degree of thoroughness and i'm
Partially, will not hesitate to say that The
school book generally which are now Issued
by reliable houses are admirably adapted to
the purposes for which there were intended.
Miss olive Winslow of Dexter, teacher
of music in the public schools of that town,
was in the city saturday, and has gone to
Boston where she will for few weeks re-
ceive special Instruction with reference to
her duties as public musical instructor. In
addition to her work in the school, Miss
Winslow has fine class of private pupils
upon the piano and at recital given at
her residence one evening las. week. she
Was assisted by her niece, Mrs. Helen Win
slow Potter. the popular soprono of the
| ntarisn church in Bangor. and Miss
Mamie Bush of Foxcroft, who as a whist
ling solost, has few if any equals in this
State Re fra shments were served and the
whole occasion was a most successful one.
There are some very promising pupils in
Miss Winslow's class.