Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-06

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Tenements are scarce in Warren.and
the demand exceeds the supply.
Snow fences already are going up
along some of the Maine roads.
Camden will celebrate the opening
of the new public library Dec. l.
Mrs. E. G.. Wilson of Bath, raised
this season in her garden from one
bean 273.
Daniel Andrews of West Rockport,
who is 9S years old. has voted for 10
Presidential candidates.
Deacon Loring of Auburn who is 90
years old, voted last Tuesday, which
was the Goth consecutive presidential
election in which he has voted.
The residents of Blaine are yet cali
ing on those of Mars Hill to finish that
sidewalk between the two villages
which Blaine built to its town line sew
eral months ago, and which isn't COM
pleted yet.
William C. Chapman, an old and re-
spected Methodist, has made the Meth
odist church in Camden a present of
valuable Bible which was given him
in 1875 by the North Etna Sunday
school of which school he was super
intendent.
AS usual Manager O. A. Dennen Of
the kineo house, Moosehead lake. has
"aised big lot of vegetables on Deer
head farm and the garden attached to
the hotel Among them were a lot ce
splendid carrots, specimens of which
weighed two and two and one-hai
pounds each.
An interesting relic which has long beoa
harbored in Maine is the war club once
used by King Phillip, the celebrated In
dian chief. This has been in the posses
sion of a South Warren family. and there
seems little chance to doubt that it was
Puritan soldiery by the red-faced cap
tain. 1t is somewhat fiat in shape with a
curve at its outer end, terminating in a
20 be % inches long, two inches wide an
less than an inch thick. on the handle
are four parallel grooves, partly filled with
white and colored pebbles And these are
said to be the old chiefs tally of the mum
Der of white men and of Indians killed
with the club.
The late DR.. +. T.. Hitchcock of Rock
land, probably had made during his
residence in that city one of the larg-
est and best collections of relics of
General Knox to be found anywhere.
His professional visits throughout
Knox county enabled him to collect
many rare articles that otherwise
would have been lost. The doctor used
to keep in his office the library chair
Of General Knox. a rather crude affair
with a small board on the right side to
be used as sort of writing desk He
had, also. two small but very ancient
engravings about two hundred years
old.
A man who recently made trip to
the top of Mt kineo, kept a record of
the time consumed in the different
stages of the journey. with the fol-
lowing result: From hotel to stairs.
Is minutes; to end of chain, 5 minutes:
to spring, 10 minutes; to summit. of
mountain, % minutes: total IS minutes.
After a stop of three quarters of an
hour the return trip was made in Is
minutes less than the upward one, o.
43 minutes. Estimating from this an
excursionist to Kineo can tell just how
much time he has to spare while on top
of the mountain, taking in the broad
and beautiful view to be obtained there
A literary curiosity was left at the office
of the Aroostook Pioneer few days
since, it being no less than a copy of The
Political and Commercial Register of
November &c. 1872. daily paper published
in Philadelphia at that time. 1t is a six
column, four-page sheet. printed on good
paper, in clear type, which can De read
MS easily as type in any paper of today.
The first and fourth pages are entirely
given to advertisements while the second
and third pages are mainly devoted to
Britain. usually styled the War of 1872.
had commenced when this copy of the
paper was published, and in it We find
full account of the naval battle. in which
the United States slOop OF war Wasp cap
tured the British brig Frolic. also an
born towards Canada. at the head of a
large force. Among the advertisements
we find the announcement Of several
lotteries. these being authorized in many
of the states at that time. The paper
which is a rare CURIOSITY Is the property
of George Mcintyre. OF Houlton
1t seems altogether probable from the
account given by the late William Gould
shaw, that inspired DR.. Holmes famous
noem. passed most of its existence in
Maine Rev. Peter Thatcher Smith. who
was for a long lifetime the parson settled
over a Windham parish. was a graduate
of Harvard college. ana soon aIter he Was
settled at Windham, married Miss
Wendall of Boston, a family closely. re-
,atad r. the Uolmses The lady had lived
in injury in Boston. and on her marriage
was presented with a horse and chaise.
The chaise became an institution IN
Windham community. carrying me g1od
narson everywhere among his flock. me
Pnston relatives and friends made fire.
n,lent visits to Windham and the patri-