Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-14
MAINE GOSSIP.


MAINE GOSSIP.
Land Ia the viciriy If Bar HsrCor ls
reported to be steadily rising In value.
here Is Ia this nothing 10 the nature Of
the mushroom boom that grew. several
years ago, out Of local speculation. IL
Il simply and purely the effects OF
healthy growth and therefore its results
will be Of Il permanent character. !
There Is something unacc0untably
strange shout the large number OF Maine
peopie-vouDg and Old, male aud female
that are now missing from their
hom, +.
Star Herald: Nothing can have a
more helpful effect on the work Of
raising r. X subscriptions 10 Bangor
and elsewhere than the con fidence Aroos-
took people show In the value Of the
enterprise by subscribing them
selves individually for the pre-
ferred stock. An ounce OF prae
tical example here in this direction
IA worth pound Of argument aud ap
peal. Aroostook will get the road be-
cause she is willing to put her hand in
her pocket snd purchase the great boon
and advantage Of a railroad wiki ARGOS
took cash: she will induce other sections
| to help her cause because she leads 20
actively, literally, aud zealou,ly In It's
| ehalf- she will reap good harvest
because she s9ws generously. she Will
succeed because her grit, enterprise and
lIbersllty deserve success.
IT - k,a D,rH,lia
Library building, which is to be built
for PASSPORT nc the expense OF Mr.
FRA k IL. Peavy Of Minneapolis, IL on
xhibiLion In that down east town and
the people are more than delighted with
il, But aren't they playing In the great
eat kind of luck to get it, thought
At the meeting OF the Maine Histori-
cal Society held at Portland, Thursday,
Mr. Fl W Bryant. the librarian, reported
chat four hundred and seventy. five bound
volumes aud two hundred and twenty
i've pamphlets have been received since
the annual meeting In June.
Almost the middle of the frat win er
month and no snow, ground frozen but
slightly and Just q little thin ice formed
IN the shores of the rivers and ponds.
Weather delightful and yet we are not
happy. We want snow TO make sleigh
ing for the Christmas trade.
The fair In aid of the Norway Pablic
Library was grand success.
The Bangor Whlg says the reports
given In pagers throughout the state
regarding the amount OF sis knesS in that
city have been greatly exaggerated
Mr. u Z. King. head painter of the
Maine { entril and crew are engaged
II painting the railro ID buildings.
uine in nuu.be at Yanceboro, aud he
work viii take about q month. All OF
the buildings ( the company along the
entire lice are always kept in neat state
Of decoration and the painters are con
tiuually engaged at the different stations.
The port of Bangor is still open 10
navigation.
The library building at Northeast Hsr
Dor is nearly G. mpleted. This building |
is about 40xI2 feet, has one large room
and two smaller oge'. Directly opposite |
the entrance Is large stone fire place
and msniel extending TO the ceiling. be |
ing made entirely OF rough stone black |
ened with sge and spotted with lIchens, !
The msntal has two shelves, the upper
one little smaller than the first, seem /
ingly held in position by one upright
stone bracket. hls novel lire place VAS
les gned by Mr. FEED Savage, architect
Of The building AID constructed by
Graves Brothers,
The Belfast Age saf Mr.. W. B Swan
Of that cit7. has Just returned from visit
70 Colorado While vlesscd with some
parts of rhe West he says the people in
New England live better than they do
there, and he was satis tied that Maine
WIS as good a state 20 live In as any in
the Unioa,
Apple shippers are hay lag s.ples now
for 81 50 per barrel ti'at thew psid 80 so
for, a year ago Very fair apples are
selling at 81 per barrel in The Maine
markets. Orchardists aIe hoping for n!
good export demand this winter.
On Thursday last there were six ocean
steamers sc he wharves in Portland. the
Austrian Of the Allan line, and the
Toronto. Texas, Ontsrio, Oregon and
Sarnia of the Dominion line. Ii is said
that so many of these steamers were
never before at Portland docks at one
time.
About d. zen trees have been cut
down in the Mall, Brunswick. as the
Telegraph says much to the Improved
appearance of the place, as they caused
TOO much shade and muddy roads and
paths. Two large elms in the n idle of
the brick sidewalk in front OF the resi-
sepce OF Capt |. l.. Skolfield sere re- |
showed last week These trees were set |
out by the late Hon Beri Orr In 1875 !
and the rings one inch from the heart of |
the trees numbered sixty-five. One |
of the trees showing dtsneeer OF
two feet. three incht :. two feet from the |
ground At d two feet in diameter, four |
teen feet above ground. The body OF
the tree makes an excellent meat block |
for the meat stores, he 4sh OF March, !
ls2s, upon the Inauguration of Gen |
jackson, his T. nds celebrated the ocea- |
sion BY a public dinner st the ToHtine |
Hall and his opponents hung his efligy, |
dressed in military uniform on one Of
these trees.
Bar Hsrbor Record: Day by day it be
comes more evident that Maize is grow |
ing In importance The new ships built
in her ock-yards would alone raise her
fame in the estimation of, outsiders.
Besides this trade Of various sorts
Is reyiyins In her various old sea-
port towns. and there Is hopeful promise
that something Of old time prestige
may be restored to them. We have
no desire that Maine should lose
aught as = summer resort region,
and with her unique advantages
1t Is not likely abe ever will. but she is
too noble State in her natural endow-
ments to dwindie into merely a summer
resort No state In the Union has his
tory more remarkable; few have any at /
all compared with hers. Her old ports |
had q world wide fame before newer |
ones were thought Of, and their water
capacity still remains unequalied. These
cannot hope TO win again anything like |
their aneicns East Indis trade fame, but
much In the modern line can still be
theirs.