Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-15
MAINE GOSSIP.

! MAINE GOSSIP.
People of Mechanic Falls are anxious to
have a new town formed of that portion of
the town of Mnot and Poland now occupied
by that village. The people are very entbu-
siastic in the matter and quite sum OF
money has been raised to present the mat
ter TO the Legislature in proper form.
Leonard GeteheIl of Winslow, carries
in daily use a wallet which is known to
have attained the age of ITO years. Sew
eral of the town collectors of WinslOw have
used the wallet to receive the taxpayers
| money and it has also often carried thous-
ands of dollars from the Brighton markets
back to Maine, The venerable pocket-book
is still in a very good state of preservation.
| The York Institute, SacO, is fitting up
reading room in its building. Racks and
tables will be put in and papers and maya
zines will be kept there for the use of all
who care to visit the place. 1t will be a
free reading room, a stride forward in the
| line of liberal education. A dozen or more
daily papers will be secured for the place
Illustrated and educational publications will
be secured also.
! MAYNARD Preble of West Charleston, is
one of the smart young Penobscot county
| BOYS with know ledge of wood craft. He
| lie only II years old and this fall has trapped
| g5 mink, "a skunks, coons and 10 musk
| rats, for the pets of which he has Just been
paid SIS. IL his good luck continues he
will make good seasons work with his
trap.
| Five vessels, with total tonnage of
1881 "a tons have been built in the Machias
district the present year.
The journal of proceedings of the Grand
Encampment of Odd Fellows, at the special
session July 10, 1892, compiled by B. c.
Stone, grand scribe, has been printed in a
neat pamphlet which will be priced by mem
bers of the order.
This fish story comes from Lewiston. and
is reported by an ardent and truthful dis
ciple Of dear old b" LEAK to the Journal
One day we were out cunning, and in 60
ing by Thompson brook | looked in and
saw pickerel. | jumped back and said
BY thunder. There is shot" We fired
and 1t made an awful splash. but we did
not get the fish. That was three years ago
last fall. The following winter we were
on Bird Flats and caught nine big pickerel.
0ne of them had scar torn right down BY
his neck. / could lay my finger into it. Ii
was cut almost into the backbone. think
that was the same pickerei that We shot at.
The library at Kent's Hill Seminary now
embraces six thousand voumes--many new
books having been added this fall.
The proposed electric railway from Bel
fast to Northport is again revived. The
Belfast Electric Company says the road
viii be built next season. If the road
should be constructed to Northport, it is
believed it would soon be extended to Cam
den. uniting with the Rockland- Camden
road Such a line would be one of great
convenience, thus placing Rockland aud
Belfast in closer relation.
The Bangor Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation building will be dedicated Monday
evening. Dec. 10, with appropriate and very
interesting exercises. The address will be
delivered by kew. DIR. g. W. Field, which
gives assurance of most satisfactory results
in this part of the programme. There will
be music during the evening and the entire
programme will be one of much interest.
The Bath Times in advocating the es-
tablishment of shirt factory in that city,
has the following to say Of its city, the
people, and the board of trade. which very
likely may have reasonable application in |
many places in Maine besides the one for |
which il was especially written "Our
board of trade is an excellent thing in its
way, but it has its fault and its limitations. |
A., f,,I a., d ftat Ia, ~ tba !
law 1t is a nice thing to do something |
with, an excellent agency, but it won't |
go ahead and work without somebody in |
the community takes the lead. 1t has COM
petent officials. 1t appoints efficient COM
mittees, but when they receive no response |
from outside they are powerless. Some
body must sacrifice something. Give it |
outright. 1t is better than homes for the |
inirm or bread for the needy. Give the
young folks Of Bath chance TO help them
selves, and keep them at home Now
we have been urging gymnasium !
for our boys and comfortable rooms where |
they may keep out of mischief. The very /
best gymnasium we can have is factory of |
our own! There viii be objections. There |
are more men in Bath who can find good /
objections for anything and everything than
in any place of its size in the world. II you /
can show Bath men that anything will pay |
or even fool them into believing it will ,your
money is ready. If you conid get power |
whereby manufactures could operate /
more cheaply than elsewhere, many believe |
the thing would be accomplished and any
number of small industries would start on
their own account. Many men have come
here poor and arc now rich. They didn't
ask help but pushed along in spite of
har,iships. We have got TO surmount oh
stacles and the quicker we set about it the /
quicker will il be done We believe we
have start why not keep on pushing till /
we get on level grouads
Citizens Of Rnmford Falls have organ
lied stock company for the purpose of /
clearing the Androscogyin river from that
place to Bethel, and a steamer will be put
in next summer to carry passengers.
Houlton Pioneer A superior quality Of /
slate has been found near the pumping sta
ton in this village. The roadbsd for the
Bangor & Aroostook is being laid through l
this slate deposit, and competent judges
state that. excepting the Monson quarry. |
there isn't 4 better colored slate in the
State.
Richmond Island in Caseo I3ay is 1 IA /
nous place for the growing Of eabbages.
whieh love salt and location near the sea /
in which to DO their best, 50 tons OF which |
were brought to Portland in one eek, and |
four tons sent b different points on the /
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