Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-30

deeds Of the property. only one point
could be located on the face Of the EARN,
that point being fixed by ring set into
. ledge. The Subsequent building OF 2
dam had flowed the ledge with several
feet Of water. but the ring was It last
found.
At its last meeting the Maine Baptist
Missionary Board authorized Judge Bon
rev and Rev. e. 8. Burrage to procure a
seal This they have doae and the re-
sult is handsome riece OF work Inc
dra wing Of this seal was made BY the
well known Portland architect. Mr. John
Calvin Stevens. The desiga-an ancien.
lamp whose supply OF oil Is not SLOWED
10 fsii-has reference TO an Important
feature OF the work Of the convention IN
keeping alive the weaker churches
Since 1924 this good work has been in
progress,and with results that have been
most gratifying. The present prosperity
of the Baptiss OF Maine ID due very
largely 70 the beneficent enterprise OF
the Maine Baptist Missionary Conven-
ton. e
The Houlton BoaId OF Trade Is hold
ing meetings 10 consider the Bangor q
Aroostook Railroad question and how
much stock the business men are willing
To take In the enterprise. No one doubts
that they will decide upon making a
most liberal response TO the call Aroos
took entire subscription under the COUP
w vote is but slight when one considers
the vast benefits which that section
will reap. Under the terms OF
the Aroostook vote the county
cannot fail to find that it has
made sn Investment upon which 1t Will
reap returns an hundred fold and no
business man In Houlton can afford rot
TO aid the enterprise personally TO the
full extent Of his business. One, without
solicitation, sent in a handsome $1,000
subscription to the preferred stock and
while some of his fellow citizens may
not have equal means at their command
they are fully as enterprising and il is
safe toexpect aid from them in that pro-
portion.
Bath Is city of banks. 1t has seven
The Journal is indebted to Mr. Ben
jannin C. Stone. Portland, Grand Scribe
for a copy of the Journal Of proceedings
Of the Grand Encampment Of Odd Fell
lows of Maine at its forty seventh annu
al session, held in August last.
The vigorous and caustic manner in
which Mr.. Z c. Plummer, the tall nted
city editor Of the Bath Times, recently
served UP certain al. W 5" who had
been making some newspaper criti
cisms upon Bowdoin College as
untrue as they we're malicious,
has furnished many hearty laugh
for his professional brethren who
know good thing when they see it. 1t
is thought that 1t would require
an exceedingly long range telescope
or very powerful microscope
to find any trace Of al. W.
s." Any man who endeayOrs to dis
credit any of the worthy educational
institutions Of his State is in mighty
poor business, and the people
of the State, irrespective OF college
preferences, will rejoice at the prompt
and effectual manner liz which the efier-
yescent IL W. S was squelehed
One hundred and fifty-five carloads
of produce and merchandise were
shipped from Houlton during the week
ending Oct. "a.
The travel over the Maine Central
from the Provinces is larger than ever
before. Frequently the trains bring into
Bangor 100 or more of these passengers
These people appreciate the advantages
OF living in the United States If some of
our own do not.
Mr.. T.. Putnam of Salem, Mass, is to
compile and publish history of the
town of Houlton.
Bangor Wing: A gentleman who has
lust returned from trip through Aroos-
took county expresses himself as greatly
pleased with the progressive spirit
shown by the Aroostook people They
believe in public improvements. and the
towns OF Houlton. Caribou, Fort Fair
field and Pressure Isle, have their electric
lights, water works, fine school build
ings and churches They are not fright.
ened a, the idea Of a public debt and
decently high taxes, but they are all
making money and want things that
other folks have in this progressive age.