Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-30
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Naturally the change in the manage
ment OF the TOgus Home suggests the
probability Of changes in some Of the
other official positions there-though
just how extensive these may be,or the
nature of them. can as yet be merely q
matter of surmise. Even the guesses
conflict here. It Is said that Captain
| H. L. Pishon Of this city, who has
served efficiently as head clerk, has re-
signed and that George A. Mitchell. the
son-in-law and private secretary Of
Governor Stephenson will be appointed
as his successor. Others who claim to
have inside information" express the
opinion that Mr.. Mitchell will not be
retained in the employ Of the Home.
This also Is one of the questions that
must be finally settled by the board Of
managers.
Governor Stephenson-with all his
genial qualities-appears to have had a
considerable amount of friction with
the officials associated with him, at
various times, in the work Of the Home.
Col. Andy Smith, Capt. H. A. Cobaugh
and Major John D. Anderson who
served in turn as treasurer, all Of them
fine men, with host Of warm personal
friends in the cities of the Kennebec,
successfully came and went in the off,
cial life Of the home-leaving behind
them rumors of differences unrecon-
cf1ad md ra1a tiorS uupor6ia1
COmmissaries Ray p. Eaton and S.
]. Gallagher are also said to have en-
tertained at times views that did not
coincide with those of Governor Steph-
enson.
In place of this character whose in
ternal workings are more or less Sc
cluded from public knowledge and OBJ
servation it is not always easy to Sc
cure complete and accurate informa-
ton, and there is always danger that
popular judgment may be hasty and
unjust.
The fact remains, however, that in
the course Of the past decade a well-de-
fined suspicion has assumed shape in
the public mind that there have occa-
sionally been hot times" on the Togus
reservation.
There are philanthropists of the
practical and hustling variety in the
good town of Searsport. Some of them
recently gave timely assistance to two
ladies who had lost their home by fire. |
In less than week these good neigh |
bors had purchased a house. cleared the |
ruins and moved it on to the site OF |
the first one. The teamsters of the town |
turned out in force and an old fash
toned hauling bee was the method Of
the moving. During the operation sew
eral snap shots were made of the long
strings of horses attached.
spirit that gives character to a CONF
munity and makes it a pleasant abid-
ing place. Wherever the sons and
daughters of such a place may roam
they always look back to it with af-
lection and cherish its memory
life. '7i'
d Il .v sal
W A practical joker created consider
able amusement in Lewiston one eve
ming recently by dressing the wooden
Indian in front of a cigar store in a be-
night rbbe. The proprietor of
the red man now has the robe which
the owner may have by proving pro-
perty and paying costs.
Citizens of Portland and Deering are
now discussing again the question of
the consolidation Of the two cities. The
act provides that fifty citizens of Port
land and fifty citizens of Deering shall
petition to Hon. John A. Peters, chief
Justice of the supreme court. to appoint
three commissioners who shall be dis
interested parties residents of neither
nor Deering, to formulate
plan of consolidation. These three shall
make their report not earlier than Dec.
|, 1897, and not later than Jan. l, 1898.
The municipal officers of the respective
cities shall then incorporate the question I
n the call for the elections next March
and if a majority of voters in both cit
les vote yes the cities are CONSOLE ,
lated.
A we'll known church worker thinks S
ne detects growing tendency in New
England churches to call as pastor ,,
either men from the west or foreigners.
He called attention to the fact that in
It least one prominent association but :
! small percentage of the ministers are
natives of New England and said the
'ame thing prevailed all through these
states the result being that such of
our young men as are already in the
are being driven west for a {
living and young men who are in COL
eye are choosing other professions,
lust the cause of this tendency in the
churches is hard to determine. 1T
would seem that our own young men =
ought to be favored as much as any
,ody, but it may be only another case
# "a prophet without honor in his own
p.