Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-12

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tve has ben inposfans for thsss vhe sss
insssss>ed in nAazsfs RELAXING % ola Foss
Hahfsx. hhAving been given OFT quite
sxknass5y thst The membess u IL
Secsnsiy oeganissd Ken.ebec Hissoeiral
becisey vefs 70 come ap ffoa Angusas On
The lob. Rev. Timcshy o. Paine 81 En-
wood, Mase and Hon. Albert w. Paine
Of haagcs, tack special pains u Be present
q the ttns nansd, and wefs mech dissp-
pointed when they found out that the
meesina vas MOI 10 come Of O. announced.
Rev. Timothy o. Paine probsbly knows
more about the ancient Fort Halifax than
any other man living. Forty years s9o, or
la 1857. be vas pursuing his investigators
with srsAt eatLusiasm, and then made
excavations aad discovered the remains OF
the osken posts ihss formed ths
ssockade which was III square with
| the two block houses st opposite
corners. Ons Of them IL that which
now stands In . good state Of pre-.
sesvafion At the end Of the n. c. z. r.
~e-~8~ N>>~~ss SASsE-s ess1 D<S1btA~VD8- Al
1852. Mr.. Paine tells us that the fourda-
ton of the second house was plainly to be
seen, the location beiag about where the
electric light IL nov seen at the southern
end Of the platform which bas been built
By Edward Ware, E.q for ths ace ,mmo-
dsticn Of his lumber business. Many yeGrs
ago this block house vas tsAen DIVA, piece
BY piece, BY one Benz. Pettis, and set up
tho kark nt fka 81 r~xff. =.
half further down, and used BY him ~ q
barn. Mr.. Simeon Keith, one Of the old
residents OF this city. says that be re-
out Yesterday, about playing in this
old block hosse : seventy years ago.
Oae Of Pettis' daughters Afterwards mar
session Of the place and established his
next to the highway, and the old block
house went to decay.
Whea Mr.. Paine vas here Wednesday,
he sgsin dug into the earth at the same
points where he operated forty years ago,
and all along the linz. where, acc c,rding 70
his knowledgs, the oAken posts were To-
Gated. fragments OF ths oaken bark and
sons small pieces Of the wood were dis
in 1854, but IL vas found shortly after wafds
that it could be efectually covered from
the heights known as Fort Hill, and where
the soldiers monument 10 now located, aud
90 another stockade, with two block
location Of these has been clearly estsb-
lisbed by Mr.. Paine. who in 1859 found
traces OF the oaken posis that formed the
kaAa 80 90 Al
on the Heis hts 10 made in the history OF
Benedict AInoid's famous expedition, when
hs stopped at Fort Halifax on his way up
the Kennebec. On the ridge, a little fur
thef up there was stiil another fortification,
Gear where the schoolhouse 10 now located,
. point from which the Kennebec could be
commanded. and here cannon balls, bombs,
and other implements of warfare we're
found BY Mr.. Paine, ard they are now to
be seen in Massachusetts.
II has always been puzzle to Mr.. Paine
to know just bow the powder could have
been kepf in Fort Halifax aud this last visit
here has settled the matter to bis satisfac-
tlon, for he found q lady who said she hsd
repeatedly heard her grandfather say that is
was kept ia hole dug for that purpose in
the ground in the middle Of the stockade-
3 method at once so practical and sensible
that Mr.. Paine naturally wonders that he
never thought Of 1t before.
In 1852 there was An old lady living in
Winslow or vicinity 4. the sge Of 80 years,
who cav For. Halifax when she was quite
youogS She remembered the block houses
and the stockAde, and when plan Of the
place a. drawn by Mr.. Paine, was presented
TO her she expressed great delight, and
endorsed it as correct representation.
The we'll from whica the occupants Of
Fort Halifax used (, get their water can
now be seen in the cellar under Mr.. VIM.
Gullifef's house near by. II was made
with large bricks Of such shape
~ to make circle, and they
we're called moon bricks for this
reason. They were burned at Augusta and
brought to this place. Quite number Of
the upper courses had been carried o6 BY
relic hunters, when the owner Of the
premises had the well stoned up, in which
condition ii now remains Tue water which
is drawn from il is said to be OF excellent
q1sii'y.
Mr. Paine left this morning for his home
in MASSACHUSETTS, and though naturally dis
appointed at not seeing the society from
Augusts, 10 nevertheless we'll pleased with
hi, trip. He is an aiumnus Of Colby.
having graduated some time in,
the tosties. He 10 = clergyman BY
profession, and has been settled
over the same parish for thifty-six
years. or those who were identified with
the church when he took, Il but six now
remain, his congregation being composed
maiuly Of the children and grandchildren
Of the original members. He 10 yet com
prasively young looking man. and he
handles the spade with good deal Of energy
when digging up the earth in the pursuit Of
his antiquarian Investigations. He has
always been literary worker. and has
written number Of books which, We infer
from some remarks that he dropped, will
eventually find their way to the library Of
Colby Uaiversity.
HIS brother, Albert W. who came up from
Bangor yesterday On the morning train and
returned in the afternoon, 10 considerably
older ,han Timothy. He, too, is .
remarkably preserved man, and for great
many years. il we mistake not, has been
present at the opening Of every term Of
court in Penobscot county. He has
written s,me books, and has been
prominently identified with some
very important reforms in law and
legal practice. He graduated from
Colby. then Wstervilie College ia 1882, and
With two exceptions is the oldest alumnus
Of that institution now living. He is =
cousin of Hon. Henry W. Paine, the famous
Boston lawyer, and they were boys together
in Winslov