Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-12

ciety at the closing session of it's an
nual conference in Auburn, Saturday
passed some interesting resolutions.
one of them denounced in strong terms
the use of tobacco and recommended
| that the conference refuse 10 license n,
ordain any person addicted to the to-
| bacco ha bit. The same sort of n dec
laration was made touching the use of
liquor. one or the resolutions declared
that the signs of the times point to an
early realization of the hope Of the
second advent Of the Lord The. east
ern question" was mentioned as one of
the omcns of the approach of the
| wished-for event
| one day recently a Dexter gentleman.
| who Is spending Il short time in the vicin-
ity of Brownvile, accompanied by his
wife wrote to his little son at home and
| as The boy could not read his father 5
| writing readily he took the letter Ia his
grandmother and asked her 10 read II 10
him. The grandmother took the missive.
read down the page and being somewhat
| interested III the ietter herself she forgot
| that she was to read Ii aloud so she
stopped reading II got buck" and con-
tinued TO herself The boy waited 70 hear
no more He made his way down street
ut an astonishing pace and spread the
news that his father had got buck. and
| as the gentleman was to put in lot OF
| time hunting there was great interest
| among his friends over his success. The
| grandfather came down. He heard 1t and
| asked where the report originated. Ex-
| plantations followed and. unfortunately
| for the peace Of mind Of the alleged lucky
| hunter IL seems that the boy made the
| mistake Of not hearing the whole of the
| sentence from papa 5 letter which read.
Il got buck board and took the party
out 10 ride.
| There is to be fun in Monmouth, one
OF these days. says on exchange. George
| Gilman of that town is building fish
hatchery To rival the one now nearly
| completed by the fish and game COM
,lissioners Both are on the same
stream. though Gilman's is above that
belonging to the State. and on his land.
! fie claims the right to fish when and
how he pleases on his own land. the
state laws to the contrary notwith-
| standing. and promises TO give the
commissioners a chance to make a test
case. Commissioner Stanley says the
| trouble all arises from the fact that
| Gilman tried to sell them his hatch
| cry and they refused to buy. How
Fever when Mr. Gilman throws down
| the gauntlet, in the form of casting a
| fly in close time. he will wish his of
fence was TO worse than selling cigar
or a Sunday paper in the adjoining
town.
| The Boston Post OF Monday says:
An effort is being made to repair hy
| private subscription the tomb of Sir
| William Pepperen at kittery Point.
| the leader Of the expedition against
| .,,;et,,,po u,h- fo,,,ii,, l. ,.;,a. \,
| 4 Stafford of the Maine Historical
society is also endeaVoring to raise a
! fund for the erection of a monument
10 Peppereu on Appledore island. one
ri the Isles of Shoals. which was his
| birthplace" Sir William PeppereN is
| The only native of New England who
| & as ever raised to the rank of baronet
7 & Great Britain. He was not born on
| The Isle Of Shoals as stated in the
| Posts extract. but was horn in Kjttery
| although at the age % he settled on
! tho Isle of Shoals and engaged in trade
| In June, 1745. at the head Of an army
Z, f 1000 he CAPTURED I.ouisburc c r
| then the strongest fortress on tho
coast of America He lived in graat
style in his colonial n,ansionat I<ittarv
was said 10 have been worth c9oo 0oo
visited England in 174e ard diad in
1853. His grandson. William the second
son of his dauphrAr Nrs S,arhau.l.
Gropped this name and took thar If
pepnereIl nv act of tho lagislstura If
| massachusetts and succeeded ia tho
estate and title of Sir William. His
son William died 50 late as 1909 az
which time the baronetcv became ax-
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