Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-27
TINE MAINE Press.
ICon.iaaca from Sd page.

Kennebc bridge viii ia all pro-
liability be erected AZ the same
time. These important objects when
accomplished. must AT once decide on the
decline of the increasing Importance of the
Hook village below We however eonioIe
With the founder of the buildings at the
place, viz. tie hrc~ery snl Juniper berry
siistiiiery: bat bciiere. while the county -
congenisi 10 the gry~ta of spruce the sea-
sous favorable TO the production OF juniper
berries. his exertioas i'll meet with that
reeompense which he has heretofore expert
encel.
We agree with the editors of the Tocsin
that the passage of fifteen Or twenty vessels
for Fort Western in week was not worthy
of notice to his readers while they did not
think proper 10 stop AT their village We
learn that one vessel dropped anchor the
last week at the Hook village, and finding
no purchasers Tor her cargo, and that moth
ing conll be obtained al that place but
spruce beer and juniper berries, immediate
" weighed anchor and proceeded to Fort
Western. where she is now nearly loaded
with fish and lumber
note 10 italics describes the sboai where
the Betsy grounded;
"A bar between Boubahook and small
village about mile above, which derives
its name from the place. Bombaiook Is
the place where the merchants at Fort
Western and others situated above them
usually load large coasters.
The Tocs;n ends the sparring May Goth,
| BY briefly alluding to the matter in piece
| the language of which would shock the ears
polite of this generation.
n. n,l.o al 20 civ idea of
what constituted these early papers, to show
| you what was read for news, three genera
tons ago, what was relied on then. You
can without my aid mark the great contrast
| hetween the news of then and today. and
| the vast progress that has been made in its
collection and dissemination how different
| the character of the work, the news itself,
and the newspaper methods of today
| Crude as these papers seem to us IN our
present light, they were beloved and be-
lieved in as but few papers are today
Their coming was watched for day by day,
| longingly and lovingly. Great was the JOY
of the household when they came. still
greater the disappointment when they failed
| These little papers were the link which con-
nected these isolated hamlets with the great
world beyond, and which gave to our faith
| eIs Thai ln1OIuldliUI VI Int mo'ihS oiAus q
craving for which is instructive in every
| Yankee breast.
| Let me close this paper with one more
glance at these early friends, by reading to
you the highly appropriate lines written by
PALMYRA to the memory of the amlable
Miss Betsey Wood, in the Tocsin of May
20, 1856:
| Tn Almighty spake' pale death appeared
| Shook his cold wings, and sought his prey
| When 10 from iieav' Il voice he heard
'tio, fetch the lovely nymph away
| Again the voice rehearsal the cry,
| "Laura's too pure TO dwell in dust
| s.Qnick snatch her 10 her native sky.
| ITO join til assembly OF the just"
| Obedient then the monarch drew
Ills fatal brow with vissage keen--
| When 10 the barbed arrow flew
| And sudden pierced the bcauteoas Queen.
| The fair one groan'd but to expire.
In arms of mercy was forgiven
| Then mounted on the Seraph's lire.
| She sweetly limguished into heaven.
Mr.. Stnson was followed by the poet of