Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-03
Early Piitston No. 8.

teu states TO take of part or the whole
OF the Embargo" and at this meeting
1t was voted not to make this petition.
Next are marriage intentions dated
1905 and 1909
Burnham Clark and Mary Davis:
Thomas Moors and Mary Atkins: Je-
dediah Jewett and Mrs. Elizabeth
Breed, of Gardiner; William Johnson
and Easter Stockbridge; Daniel Plum
mer of Gardiner and Lucy S. Freeman:
Henry Cooper and Eleanor Bailey.
A town meeting warrant November
1908 has this article viz I'D to see if
the town will except a powder house
built by Samuel Oakman, ESQ. & omit
building the one of brick which has
been voted to be built at our last an
nual meeting in April"
In voting, the house built by Mr. oak
man Nas accepted.
AT this meeting they also voted for
person to represent this district in
Congress of the United States The
Federal Representatives being Barzillia
Gannett, Esq, who received So votes
and Thomas Rice, Jun. Esq, who re-
ccived 80 votes
Voted that the meeting bee dissolved
by vote.
In the name of the commonwealth
of Massachusetts" "all the free holders
and other inhabitants were warned
TO assemble at the meeting house at
one of the clock in the afternoon on the
second day OF Jan'r'y 1902 to act ION
the following article to see if the Town
will petition the Legislature not t.
grant the prayer of a petition presented
them for separation of the County
Kennebec and to act on any other mat
ter that may legally come before said
meeting"
At this meeting it was voted ito re
monstrate against a petition of some
inhabitants from North East of the
County kennebec sent to the General
Court" The meeting was dissolved
and this page of town records con
cludes with an intention of marriage
between Nathl Harmon and Lettice
Wheeler and with the record of births
of eight children of Roger and Martha
Lapham at dates ranging from 1873 to
1888.
The next page records the births Of
George and Elizabeth, children OF
Jonathan and Hannah JeWett. dated
1901 ana 1903.
At a meeting held April 1909 town
officers We're chosen and votes wert
cast for Governor, Lieutenant Governor
and Senator Six hundred dollars were
voted for schooling.
Seven hundred dollars to defray town
charges and for support of poor.
Agreed that the price of labor or
highways be 'one Dollar per day for a
man and one ditto for oxen"
Agreed that u days work should be
left to the decision of the surveyors
of the Highways.
Voted that the Collection of Taxes
be put up at vandue and struck of at
the lowest bidder The lowest bidder
bid two and three-quarters per cent.
Rebelter D. and her child were
set up at Eandue and bid off by JOSEPH
Rawlings al one Dollar per week.
: meeting was held May 1899 and
David Young was chosen to represent
the town in the General Court.
And an alteration OF three rods
wide" was accepted in a road that hat
already been laid out leading from the
county road and beginning at the same
between the house Of Robert HALLOWEEN
ESD. and the house Of Mr.. John Gardi-
ner. thence easterly to the place where
F,henzer Church's old Mill stood of
Norromontosus Stream
There was also accepted a road be
ginning at the County road near to MI
Church's barn and leading 20 Jewett':
and GARDENERS Mill which is to b,
kept in repair by the owners of the mil
without any expense to the town."
Voted that the article to divide the