Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-21

The reunion Of the 21st Maine Reg
iment will be held in Bath, Sept. 10.
A Bath society OF Sons and Daugh
tiers Of the Revolution is being agitated
Theannual reunion Of the Thorndik
family will be held at Ballard POinr
Rockport. "Wednesday, Aug. 25.
Hundreds Of empty barrels are bein,
shipped from Bath on steamers t.
Pafker's Head. where they are use.
for shipping clans to Boston.
A Biddeford paper reports that 1t /,
hard to get good home grown po:atOe,
In that section. A sort of rot has al
tackled them. ard as rule they can
not be kept longer than a few days.
As Mrs. Fl. X. Griggs of westbrook
was walking In the woods near hel
house one day recently, she was some.
what startled by seeing young dee,
run past her. followed by several dog.
in close pursuit.
Mr.. and Mrs. William George OF Mer-
Ger. who We're married 81 years ago
last February, are still strong in mind
and body. and both expect to see many
more anniversaries of their wedding
day.
A. II. Porter, a potato buyer Of Houl-
ton, is having 1900 boxes made that will
hold one bushel each OF potatoes.
These boxes will be filed by the farm
ers and the potatoes shipped in them.
This way Of sending potatoes to market
prevents bruising.
The Red Men conducted an impressive
burial ceremony over a deceased member
in Westbrook this week. At the conclu-
sion of the service the Red Men all filed
past the grave each dropping in a sprig
of evergreen. At the same time a white
dove was liberated from box. The dove
slowly rose and as slowly flew away to-
ward the east. The flowers We're most
beautiful and in great profusion.
NJ. c. Hutchinson of Portland. owns a
veteran horse of which he is very
proud. The animal is % years old, bu.
is able to travel a mile for every year
of his life. One day last week Mrs.
Hutchinson and daughter started at .
A. NJ. and drove through to Buckfield,
arriving there at p. NJ. The horse
was all ready to go on further had it
been necessary.
The lodges of the New England Order
of Protection in Springvale, South
WATERFORD. West Buxton. North
Windham and South Wind
ham have been formed into
a district to be known as Distric.
No. 3, of the Grand Lodge Jurisdiction
of Maine. and Leroy A. Wentworth OF
Springvale, has been appointed district
deputy grand warden.
Deer and other large game are fire.
quently seen at Moosehead. and one
party had a sensation in having moose
come to the tent and push his nose
against it in evident desire to see what
was inside. H. X. Tetsuko, who with
his wife, We're the occupants, was Igno-
rant of the nature of their caller, and
struck his nose through the cloth with a
club but he fingered about for three
hours and in the morning the moose
tracks were thick about the tent.
parrot in a cage on Main street in
the vicinity Of the Bangor EXCHANGE
furnished amusement one day recently
to people who happened to STOP The
birds kept up a chatter and whistling
and just as car was passing at
good rate the bird whistled sharply 10
such good purpose that the conductor
jumped for the bell cord and stopped
the car. He was mad when, nobody
got on, and then the crowd "got on"
to him.
George A. Quimby of Belfast, mas
gone out Of the clothing business and
closed his shop. He is the last of the
vest manufacturers to retire, and does
SO because Of the change in the BUSH
ness. Vests are no longer sent out in
large quantities to be manufactured as
formerly, but are made in the cities.
Mr.. Quimby had been in the business
26 years at the same stand and Miss
Annie L. Wildes has been with him all
that time.
The geological survey in Woodland
and New Sweden has been completed
by Prof. Henry s. Williams Of Yale
college and Prof. Olof Nylander Of Car
ibou, and they have been found to be
of much interest in scientific point
of view. H. E. Gregory Of the United
States geological survey, is in Mars
quite extensively in that locality. He
has already done some on the noun
tain and reports finding traces of cop
per and iron.
John, the 4-years-old son of Charles
Tarr OF Biddeford, Tuesday, night, swal-
lowed one of those buttons with a pin
attached given with a box of cigarettes.
He has not felt any effect OF the accident.
The proposal to compel the use OF wide
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