Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-14

WBHS- daZt1K ~ iks[t2N3t~@- 1890
nary! And in Maine. too
A North Boothbay boy lives so far
from the schoolhoase that he viii have
walked 40 miles in going and returning
this fall term.
A twelve hundred dollar tourmaiine
was found In pocket" on the Hatch
farm mineral mine, Auburn. on Wednes
day las,. Fine specimens Of other kinds
Of minerals were also found in the
pocket
A little band Of Kings Daughters a.
| Bar Hsrbor cleared forty dollars from
one supper last week. Then they held
little meeting and took ten dollars at &
collection.
[ Dexter schools are about closing foi
the annual Thanksgiving vacation Oh
two or three weeks.
How the great drought has been test.
ing the endurance OF the celebrated Mains
water powers
There are 10 be chicken pie sociables'
lin connection with church fairs and sew
ing circles in several Maine villages mex
WEEK. We AASt II o22A b's thcASF
Auburn has little hero 10 the person
Of eight.year-ol Brunnie Rogers. WHIT
took pity on number OF his schooimatel
who came to seho1l barefooted, after th'
October frosts had set in. and went abou
town soliciting money TIL he obtained
enough to fit out all the poor boys in tn
school with new shoes.
The town of Gorham met with a sell
Gus loss over twenty years ago. Aboa
1871 ii was discovered that n book con
tanning the earliest town records. from
It's incorporation In l754 to 1915, wei
missing The town offered reward TO
its return and many individuals jolnet
in the search, but hope of finding thes'
records WAS abandoned long ago. Las
week. however, the express brough
from Boston package containing thIe'
books in excellent preservation, withou
any explanation. One Of them. was tn
early records of Gorham- The othe
two books containing the marriages
births and deaths Of the Inhabitants o
the town from 1884 TO ls22
Where shall settle? is always a mo
Imentous question for the young NJ. d
The JOURNAL would be glad IL 1t wer
able to answer it; but this is beyond it
power IL does know, however, Of on
good opening in thriving little wiling
In Grafton county, New Hampshire
where q physician who has built up
practice worth $1,000 year is desirou
OF selling out and going elsewhere
This physician also owns a good set O
b,rHliroa Int
adapted for his work, which he is desiI
GUS Of selling with his practice. IL an
of our readers would like to investigat
this opening we will be glad to put theI
in communication with the physical
referred to
PASSPORT Sentinel Edssport is to b
congratulated upon the public improve
ments now in progress and prospective
The completion OF the stately an
massive granite custom house and pos
office. and grading of the adjacen
grounds the erection Of a handsom
public library building where tn
unsightly ruins Of the old Passa
maquoddy hotel now disfigure tn
most prominent site on our princips
street; and finally the clearing away tn
dilapidated buildings at Fort Sullivan
and the grading and grassing Of sps
clous military park with convenient az
cess to its splendid outlook upon tn
frontier landscape. will add greatly to tn
appearance Of the town, 1t is to be rt
membered that all of these improve
menfs come to us from outside agencies
and our people by keeping their ow
estates neat and ornamental and invit n
for the futherance of needed public in
provements ought to do their full shar
toward making Eastport an orderly an
attractive place of residence and resor