Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-13

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the mind Of the growing boy or gil, and
are especially useful 10 farming con-
mUlisy where fewer opportunities i0f
outside recreation offer themselves The
addition Of wisely selected volumes 10
our town or Sunday school libraries
would be a worthy deed and enable tne
giyer to impress any desired lesson upon
the rising generasion.
Bath Times: Although L. w. 3. mao
| another Bit Of raying In the Argus oat-
urday morning over the slovenly appear
arce Of Bovdoin's campus. he shows the
good effects Of his newspaper druooins
| In a milder tone The principal charges
/ he makes are that the campus lawn Il
not 90 neatly clipped as 1t might De
and tbar the studeots do not dress In
the height Of fashion when on duty.
Both OF these charges II put IN
rational way would not be offensive.
They are probably true Of all the Maine
and smaller colleges 10 degree BOW
doin's campus looks always neat, al
though ifg decorations are not costly,
and iis students dress Ike the average
youug men of ordinary means. The Ar
gus which IA editorially silent on the
matter, Is doing great injustice TO the
college Of which It's acting editor is
graduate, in letting this maniae's charg
e. 20 out unexplained to the prejudice
Of the colleges interests among young
men choosing college.
The Bath Times gives an account of
quick round trip passage from Boston to
liverpool and return made in 1850 by
Capt. s. T. Woodward. Capt Wood
ward was then In command Of the ship
Cham plain, a nearly new craft of about
$50 tons-a big ship for those days. On
this particular voyage he went from
Boston to Savannah, in ballast, in four
DAYS; partly removed ballast and loaded
a cargo of cotton in 20 days, sailed
from Savannah to Liverpool In IS days
discharged there and loaded general
cargo in 20 days and came over from
Liverpool TO Boston 10 IS days, making
the round trip including loading and
discharxing In 30 days. Freights were
very good at that time and In these so
days the ship half paid for herself
The Free Baptist society in Lyman is
meeting with encouraging success IN
raising funds TO purchase parsonage.
There are 1870 900 young fish being fed
NJ the United States fish hatchery on
Mann's Brook, Green lake, In throughs
and tubs, under the superintendent OF
Mr.. d. E. Wight of Bucksport, The
first eggs were taken in 1889, from Sal
mon caught at Green brook. four miles
from the head OF the lake. and conveyed
10 Mann's brook and Matched there and
put into the lake in June, 1890. The es-
timated number then was 10000. This
was done by Prof Chas. G Atkins to
see if il would be successful, and 1t
proved to be go, and Congress appropri
ated $50 600 to build apermanent hatch
ery there. The government purchased
about three hundred acres on the east
side of the lake. There has Just been
completed cottage and stable for the
superintendent. Also the farm house
has been remodelled for the fireman.
rhe hatchery house is IS by u feet, and
is tine building.
It has been decided to have the dedi-
catory exercises of the Portland Soldiers
Monument take place at City Hall on the
evening of Wednesday, Oct 2S Owing
to the lateness of the season il was de
cided not to hold the exercises out Of
doors, and the formal transfer of the
monument to the city will take place at
that time. Appropriate exercises will
be observed and distinguished citizens
will take part in the same.
The Bath Iron Works has just contract
ed with the Portland and Machias
steamship Co for large sidewheel pas
senger steamer with compound engines
The hull will be constructed by the
New England Co. and the steamer must
be off June LIST of next year The steam
err will be about the size of the kennebec,
but being passenger boat will Of course
differ in many respects from her 10 ar
engagements This will be good news to
the carpenters for big crew will be put
on to complete the vessel as rapidly as
possible
Portland Press: The march of pros
perity and Improvement has at last
reached that beautiful and ancient land
mark of kennebunk, the old Storer place,
No visitor or native of kennebunk ever
forgets the magnificent elms of the es-
tate, some of them among the largest in
the State, and oge growing through the
roof of the Old barn 1t was on this es
tate that the first schoolhouse in kenne-
bunk was built, ard here that Colonel
Joseph Storer-a famous man in the an
nails of old York county-huilt his man
sion 10 l75S. Not much of mansion it
would seem in these days, but it
deserved the title then, for it was
the first painted house in kennebunk
Colonel SCorer seems to have felt duly
elaied over this fact, for he painted it
red. When Colonel Storer died in l1ll
the estate fell to his son, Joseph Storer,
the old Squire of kennebunk, postmas-
ter and afterwards collector of the port.
Mr.. Storer was a hospitable gentleman
of the Old school and his mansion was
celebrated for its grand dinners and
other stately social functions. Mrs
Storer was an accomplished lady, wei!
versed," according to the historian of
Wells and kennebunk, sin the fashion
able etiquette of high rank By her
in 1877 President Monroe was enter
tanned with an elaborate dinner;
and seven years later the same
stately dame entertained Lafayette
Ia 1893 Squire Storer died, and the old
estate went out of the name. But the
buildings stood aud the great elms went
on increasing in size and stateliness, un'
til one Of them has attained circumier'
cree Of over fifteen feet, and covers
u it'll It's shape more than quarter of an
acre, space enough to contain quite
portion of Alexander's army. The old
buildings remsin, but streets have been
run through the land, which has been
cut up into house lots.
At the regular meeting of the Sagada-
hoe Historical Society held at its rooms
in the Patten Free Library building,
Bath, Friday evening. many contribu'
lions to the cabinet OF the society were
acknowledged and Rev. A. II Dunnells
read an interesting paper on historic
Stage Island and vicinity. 1t was voted
that the society subscribe for the Popham
Colony volume Of the Gorges Society
which contains much matter Of especial
interest regarding that part of Maine
Late Magazines.
One of the most entertaining articles
In the last issue of the American Natur
| alist. that for September-is on The
Problem of the Soaring Birds" by Prof.
I. Lancaster. illustrated. DR.. Sturte-
want continues his history of Garden
| Vegetables there is an article on the
| Hemiock and Parsley, and one on Mes
OF bic Mammalia, by Prof II. F. Osborn
But the most valuable features of the
| Naturalist are those facts which give a
review Of the progress and discovery in
all departments Of the patural sciences,
and which there fore keep the reader In