Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-24
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South Windham's venerable historian
>. I. Dole, recently called attention to q
tax book Of the town OF Windham for the
year year l1 I. !. Some very peculiar things ars
for their faculty. II man was smarte,
than his neighbor he was taxed for 1t
Both Richard and Thomas Mayberry
owned. Several other startling thing.
are included in the book.
Mrs VIM. p. Frye, wife of Senator
Frye. says that on the door of their camp
a. nan ,fa they keep record Of every
have q visitor they put down with the
date. that Mr.. or Miss So-and-So came
today, and when he goes away they put
down the date of leaving. They have
Kept these records since 1875. and they
are very interesting. vi always read
them every time go there she says
At the WalkAr art buildingsat Bowdoin
college Is a large collection OF arms and
armor; including Saracen armor of the
tWeHth century. old Moorish armor, Jap
anese trophy knives. The Japanese
weapons We're taken from the followers
OF Gen. Saigo az the end of the "Satsuma
Rebellion" All are old, of fine workman
ship, and give to the steel and gold sill
yer and bronze decorations very fine ex-
amples OF old Japanese metal work. and.
lacquer work.
w. X. Prescott of Knox county. for the
wear ending Nov. l, has been Completed.
The following IS a summary of the prose
curlons 'n Whn ana the offences in the
s. as follows: Compound larceny. To-.
larceny, o. assault and battery. q; Of
fences against chastity and morality 5:
nuisances, A: violations of the liuuor
law. Is; other offences, 6. The costs and
expenses of prosecution were s2II3 IL
fines and costs imposed 1866 SO: fines and
costs collected, si495s3.
During the past season some of the
largest and best vessels Of the coastinp
fleet have been engaged in bringing coal
to Portland from Cape Breton. and con-
siderable rivalry has existed between the
different masters as to the sailing otlali-
ties of their vessels. The schooner Wm
Il. Palmer. Capt. Dyer. has, until last
week held the record on a passage be-
tween the two ports in 80 hours. but the
schooner. Sarah f. Palmer. Capt. Whit
tier. which arrived at Louisburg. c. b..
on Monday last. has broken all records
making the run down. n distance of about
100 miles In IS hours from Portland.
On Thanksgiving day there viii be held
on the Belcher intervale In front of the
Hotel Willows. Pennington. an all-day
shoot open to the sportsmen of Franklin
county. 1t will be the largest shoot ever
held in the county and will consist of
sweepstake. team and individual mate hes
There are about % prizes Offered for the
individual match. several of the big
sporting goods houses making cont rjbu-
tons TO the list. The interest III trap
growing fast during the past summer AM
II Will not be long before there ire more
gun clubs than in any other section Ct
Maine.
Pressure Isle IS original set of the
plates of iudubon's Birds OF America
This set of plates is one of the rarest as
well as most interesting possessions in
hA tvt .tvN.v at he tSre-t of
issued from 1929 TO 1882. Besides being a
work of art OF the rarest merit these
plates reproduce every species of Ameri-
con birds in life size. and with a vivid
ness as to form. color. and habits. which
is an absolute reflection of nature. 1t is
proposed to have this collection on exhi-
bition so as to enable people to study 1t
at leisure and in detail and it is needless
to say that such an opportunity will not
only be full of interest and pleasure but
highly profitable as educational enter
tainment.
Mrs. Henry Richards. known to the
literary world as Laura f. Richards.
has made her home in Gardiner for the
last twelve or fourteen years. She is a
daughter of Julia Ward Howe and is
named for Laura Bridgman. 1t is we'll
known to Maine women that her Non
sense Rhymes" have made her the
friend of children far and wide. A
well known Lewiston man of literary
tendency told the writer the other day
that he had fairly brought up his
children on Laura Richards rhymes
Il have had to read them aloud so
often to my little ones that l have
learned them all by heart" he said
The most popular of Mrs. Richards
published works in book form are
Five Mice in a Mouse Trap "Th6
Joyous Story of Toto" "Toto's Merry
Winter Sketches and Scraps"
These have had an enormous sale.and
many writer for adults has wished
when he heard of the returns which
this Maine woman got for her writings
for children. that he. too. could inter-
est the little folks. Luckily for her
Mrs. Richards can write both for old
folks and for young folks. DR.. Leo
pold Damrosch set her Valentine" to
music. while 'Batt-i-john" has been set
to the melodies of six or seven diff
ferent composers. and Sebastian
Sch,esinger has written music for
many of her words.