Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-05-11
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iiA'iHANp1 NAY . nele iiiA i"i many
years been good deal of business busfie
about this village, but the visitor who comes
ho-,. ro,, ,f,e,, an .,h.a,c.. of q f.vr y..srs
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VIII see some h"laIie ih'pioi en'eu's'
The most important perhaps, looking at
il from a business anil industrial point. is
the enIaryrm,nt of the shawl mill about 4
.,.,r 40, frnm fiy,. Tn eiyl,t set. nf n,achin
.rv. and the general Improvement of the
xhoIr plant. Thi, enlargement increased
,i,f number Of hau,l. .nnloyed Iv abopt 20
the total number nov, being Ijo This mill
never has auv shutdown periods. except
when il i. necessary to- make renairs. lis
manufactures always being in pood demand.
Fhey, i. .ou,,. tbo,ipht of still further en-
lr.,s,,,e,,t TN. .,,,sn,, b,,t tlis has not h.en
decided onusyqt The fuunder of thi. i'm
portsut ipdusfry her,, Hon 4 Linn. died
N 1859. and the bIsine., is now carried On
nv the trustee of the Linn estate. G.. ],
shaw r.n Mr. II. G. Fullrr has b..n
.upcrin,en,lent Of the mill, for II or II
Years
I'M. of t;r cryino ne.J. of the TOWN for
,nanv vnar. and in fact cvpr since there
h,s Gaon ;,ny. consid.r,lIe william bnra has
l,ar, Fl, ,,nnd nubti,. hslI mn. ,ra,lenv has
hui tn do dutv in til. c,ua,itv mn ,lI oc-
.a.iops uotwiti,.fapJinn its entire nntirnes.
both in mint of siz,. AMI fnrnishiro. Al
The. last I.eO1,l,tpr, q SupeiaI nc, WA. ra.sed
nrovidinn far thu. iocnrror,tion of a hall
.,ssoci,tinn aud .,utbnrizing tba town ,o
take .tock in the SAM. Under this act
nnt tn orcnn, tn,, much sn,,.., in the story =
6ne huildin@ was erected last vear with
.,l,uIi, b,ll ,f ahnrt loo saotinG canat.itv
bavinp ran,cinus ,alierias rir. .tage fuIly
.nujnncd with scenery an th, first hoor and
bau for olI F.llows with aU the neces-
>ary antgroon,s han,iuet hail. etc, ON the
rhir,I t,oor In line basement. which is also
to br ,Iscd as :, ti,,ins, room. is the furnace
which heat, the hall above. The. design of
th, whole establishment i rxrrIlent and ;ts
cns, at nres.nt il s-Goo The handsome
.up, of over $1,000 wa. realized from the
fair. with~w hich il was opened last ,Jnnuart
and which was proiee,ed and carried ont
Inv the building committee. 50 that the real
cost nf tbe propertv To the Stockholders i,
o,,I, St;G0o of this sGooOwa. raised before
the work on the building was commenced.
the town taking - 900 tl,r odd Fellows
81 5,o ,hr Linn estate. ~ 600. and cjti-
gen. ~ 5no prohably there is no either
nInrr in fine statc where there has been
secured so much for the money as in the
case of This hall. and the rconl, are surely
m bc r,ngratuIatad an their good fortune
I, ia .;nnle ;rsti,o to saw that the moving
spirit in mis- hall pnterprise has been G.. j.
Shaw. E.o.. without whose earnest and
rntirinr work if il altorctber likely that
u,rtlond woulJ still IN, using the old
sr,demv as in the ,lavs of vore
Tbr IIartland Cornet band was Organized
tn. latter ,,,rt nf last January and have
hpan industriou.lv robcarsiuu ever since.
na4,ino tvica a work Non,loys and Fri.
,I,ys ,t the ar,d.ux + + iatty is tbc
Ipa,Irr aud the oryanization at prrsent com
nr;ses T. members about Laif of whom
hayp haI ryrarience The band has AN en-
,,,,,,.r,rn. i, ,,,,v Nemori,I dav Mt Hart
land and II ,ibar. lhnut The first nf
INN an entertainment; * cnntemnlatrd for
III, hnnctit ,f the bupl and os tb,. citizens
ara all Interested in lis success. il is spr,. Ia
h. wnu n.trnpized
The nII FplIo,y. have ordered the FAR
nor and furniture for their ncv hall. and
are cxnec,ing to il receive very soon. Its
,ost viii ba aLort sGun .nJ chen IL il all