Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-09
HUSTLING POXCROFT.
The Place Is Alive With BQsi-
ness and Business Men.
Tho lev Opera House Would Bs q
Credit 10 lny Place.
FoXeroft MISREPRESENTATION La.
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special to the KExsxBEo JoUxsAL.J
FoxcEoFr, April The ladies Of the
Congregational church Of this place and
| Dover, are busy with the preparatory work
Sr grand two days fair, to be held ai
Central Hall. on the I'd and Sd OF May.
Toe object is to raise money for making
the changes which are contemplated this
season in the church edihce. There will
be booths about the hall, representing the
seven days Of the week, at which articles
viii be sold suggestive Of those days,
and these will be in charge OF able man
| ayers on the afternoon and evening of each
| day Of the fair, there will also be supper
served in the dining bali both nights, and
on tns lsst night there will be cake and ice
| cream. On the evening of the ID there
.ilI be play, The Cool Collexians," IN
which the seven characters will be repre-
santsd By veil known local talent. Tnere
| will also be Greek ststuafy represented,
under the direction Of Mrs. W. l. Parsons
| On the second night there will be farce,
| "A Box Of Monkeys" followed by The
Lsborer's Song which introduces musical
| snd other features, and calisiherics will be
| presented under direction Of Miss Lizzie
| Greeley. No pains will be spared by the
aides ia charge to make this affair one Of
The Dotable events Of its kind for the year.
and they..will reasonably anticipate that it
will prove very satisfactory financial sue
cess.
Mr.. C. d. Paine, for years known az one
Of the mcst extensive dealers in clothing in
ba. al frnp, h
I'D location in Dover to one of the new
stores In the Opera House Block in this
village. Next week Mr.. F. ID. Folsom,
for years one Of the leading dry goods
dealers Of Dover, will move into another
store in the same block. OF the other two
stores that fronting on Lincoln is not quite
fHished. but will soon be ready for bust
ness. when it will be occupied by Mr.. W.
s Ham, the grocer, and the fourth has
been engaged by Messrs. Barton & johnson,
Who will come from Augusta and carry on
the business Of candy making, On the
second floor there ls smsll hall, with 8
seating capacity for perhaps .200 persons,
~hiCh will be used for holding town meet
iD9s and let to such ss may desire
to use it for lectures, sccisbles. &c.
The selectmens office is also lc-
Gated on this floor, and the other apart
ments have been engaged for various pur-
poses, and some OF them are already occu-
pied. The main hall or opera house, is
upon the third floor, and approached by
4 broad stsircsse, with easy ascent. This
hall is beautifully finished and has q splen-
did gallery. The seating capacity will be
about 1000, and the stage opening lacks
but very little Of being as large as that Of
the Bangor opera house. The seats will be
Of the most approved style for such
places, and in the gallery they will be par.
msnent, and elaborated, those further to
the front being movable 10 case the floor IS
wanted for dancing or other purposes. In
the gallery the incline is such that from
each seat the view Of the stage will be per-
fectly clear. Those who have the enter
prise in charge ssy that the opers house
will be equipped as soon as it can con-
vsniently be brought about. and that in the
early part Of the coming fall when the
seats are in and scenery placed in position,
there will be grand opening Of the place.
The people here are proud of their new
block, and this is surely not to be wondered
al.
The copy for the forthcoming catalogue
Of FoxCroft Academy is now in the hands
Of the printers and the pamphlets will soon
be ready for distribution. This school is
uo~ in = very prosperous condition. and
shows a steady growth. The number Of
different pupils attending during the
academic year of l5909l was So; the
catalogue for the year now drawing to
close will show an attendance Of l20. and
there are l0l in the school this term. Last
year, the building was remudeled and prac-
ticslly rebuilt, at an expense Of about
$500 an annual appropriation OF $500 for
ten yesr was obtained from the last Lesis
lsture, s fine course Of study adopted, aud
the institution placed firmly on its feet az q
fitting school, This was just Whist was
needed, snd as soon as it was understood |,
that q pupil could enter upon course, and
follow il through without interruption, the
scholars began to come in from the outside
towns, and at present this element COM
prisss about half the entire number
IN attendance. Years ago, young
men and women. came to Foxcroft |
Academy from near and fsr-there is no
reason why they may not do j! again, for |
certainly there is no more desirable place
for such school anywhere in this State. |
Mr.. Z. L. Sampson, graduate Of Colby |
University, is the popular and successful
principal, and the preceptress is Miss f. |
F. Ames, Of South Thomaston, who took
special course at Boston University, with |
Miss Marion HodQkias as assistant. She |
comes from East BrookAeld. Mass and is
: grsduste OF Mt. Holyoke Seminary. |
rhe graduating class this year contains
nine, four Of them being in the college pre-
psrs,ory course.
Mr.. W. Z. Brown, for several years in
the employ Of Mr.. E. S. Favor, has opened
an establishment Of his own, at No. Is Lin
coin street, for tin plste. sheet iron and |
metal work. He is fine workman, and |
will doubtless do good business.
There were some Circumstance connect |
ed with the failure Of the Cooperative |
store in this town short time sirce which |
naturally exc.tsd considerable comment
and the talk has not yet ceased. The lsst
tepstt 10 regard 10 the affairs Of the bus
ed" ESTABLISHING NJ is that i. is thought there /,
is enough of collectsole bills TO make the |
payment of the stockholders il the sssoci- |
alton reasonably cure thing
good deal of unessiness was caused
here by the announcement that the Ameri |
can Bobbin Spool and Shuttle Co which |
owned between 20 and 30 mile among |
them those in this town and at Guilford. |
had assigned for the benefit of creditors. |
As has been reported ats ChmeLts smount- /