Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-11-12
WINTER AT TOGUS.
Comfortable But Not So LiveIy
as in the Summer.
Still Further Improvements to be
Made in Kitchen.
Whole Number in Camp, Saturday. Hi
Number in Hospital, 267.

Togus, Nov. 11.-(Special. This is
fine place in summer. The grounds are
made beautiful by flowers, visitors are
coming and going on every train and car
riages with sightseers are numerous
Those of the members who desire quiet
and enjoy a stroll in the woods, are to be
seen in every direction, with book or paper
in hand, and, seated beneath the shade of
some convenient tree, can there read and
reflect. Away from smoke room confu-
sion and pension bill discussions, they
can spend an hour in thinking over the
days long gone by While these reflections
may not always be pleasant they are sooth-
ing to the mind and a welcome change
from the continual hustle and confusion
everywhere to be found while in camp.
But in winter these pleasant strolls are
impossible, and the hours of the day are
spent in an aimless manner by the larger
number of men. First an hour in the read
ing room in the morning, looking over
papers from home towns; second, u visit
to the billiard, card and smoke room all
in one, playing game OF two of pool, or
listening for awhile to the Munchausen
tales Of the man who put down the Rebel
lion; then back to the quarters where
there is more talk in one corner, a relig-
ious controversy in another, and some
fellow over there grumbling and growing
about everything in general and all things
in particular.
In the evening he goes down to the
Opera house, and there, under the sooth-
ing influence of Themes Orchestra, he
forgets the annoyances of the day and
finally turns in at O'Clock to dream of
all sorts of impossible and improbable
things with old soldiers as the principle
actors.
This is winter at Togus. Monoto-
nous? Well, l should say So
The performance of the Joshua Simp-
kins Co. here was considered fully up to
the average of plays that come here, and
upon the whole was quite enjoyable. One
unpleasant feature, however, and which
resulted in numerous colds to the mem
bers, who it must be remembered, are old
men, was the keeping open of both the
outside and inside doors at the main en-
trance, long after the main part of the
audience were seated. These old fellows
cannot stand the cold as they could when
younger.
Capt. Richard Goebell left, Friday, for
a 10 DAYS leave of absence and will visit
friends at different points. The cap
is one of the best story tellcrs in camp, land
always manages to be fully up to date in
whatever is going. Good luck to you,
cap" on your trip.
1t is not often that we have anything
as pleasant as wedding to record i'll con
nection with the Home but last Thursday,
Mr.. Charles A. Sherman of Wiscasset and
Miss Annie Ladd of Vienna, Me, were
made one by the Rev. Mr.. Bailey OF
Whitefield Mr.. Sherman is a young man
who has been connected with the carpen-
tering department here for quite long
time. and is one of our most reliable and
popular young men. He has embarked on
the somewhat uncertain and perilous sea
of matrimony under unusually favorable
circumstances and. under the guidance
of Capt Bill Davis, whose advice is al
most invaluable in such cases we have
every reason to believe that this new ven
ture cannot prove otherwise than a happy
one.
More improvements are to be made
here, and this time it is the main Kitchen.
AS it now is, there are three steps to go up
from the dining room. 1t is proposed to
lower the kitchen floor so that it will be
on n level with the dining room, thus max
ing it much more convenient for both
kitchen and dining room help. An ad-
dition is also to be made on the north
side of the kitchen, which will make its
dimensions 6Sx45 feet. Then the bakery
will be established on the ground floor an
Der the kitchen, thus saving the carriage
of all food cooked in the bakchouse which
is quite an item.
On account of the change in the
weather, severe colds are somewhat preva-
lent. o-
Number of members in hospital, 267;
whole number on morning report, l"I.
Died. Nov. s, Thomas James, late OF
~, r. 1lth Massachusetts,.