Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-25
and made matters lively for him, after
which he took to the woods.

and made matters lively for him, afte:
which he took to the woods.
At the recent town meeting in Web
ster it was voted to raise $1,000 to build
high schoolhouse in Sabattus and
there is talk of calling special town
meeting to reconsider the vote.
Wilbur F. Cate, the retiring first
selectman Of Dresden. has held Office in
this town since he was 81 years Of age
nine years on the board of selectmer
and six years as chairman of the board.
Kittery holds the honor of being the
oldest town in Maine. but where is the
oldest house? Bristol puts forward q
claim to that honor with the old Fort
House. at Pemaquid Beach, built by
Col. Dunbar in 1929.
The two-masted Portland schooner
Polly, built at Amesbury, Mass, in
1905, is still afioat and has made many
sea journey to Boston with cargoes
of lumber. The Calais schooner, Hiram
built at Biddeford in 1919. also brings
lumber to Boston from Maine ports
These two are supposed to be the Oldest
American schooners afloat now en-
gagged in legitimate trade.
A Winslow gentleman who was pres
ent at Sunday evenings mass meeting
in City hall said he could remember
very plainly attending church service
in the same hall Il years ago, and that
at that service the pastor had a bit OF
brandy handy on the desk and that he
partook of it before beginning the SER
vice, once during its progress, and
again at it's close. There has been
some change in the public estimate OF
the drink habit since those old days
Waterville Mail. 81,
BY curious coincidence Chairman
Dingley of the ways and means COM
mittee has as his seatmate in the
House of Representatives q former
constituent of the second Maine dis
trict. In the lottery by which repre-
sentatives obtain their seats Mr.. Fred
,rick c. Stevens, formerly of Rockland,
Me-, but now representing the st. Paul,
Mimi. district, drew the seat next to
the one that Mr.. Dingley finally OBJ
tained. Mr.. Stevens very generously
proposed to Mr.. Dingley that IL there
was any leader Of the House he would
like to have near him he, Mr.. Stevens,
would vacate hiss seat in favor of that
gentleman. Mr. Dingley preferred,
however, to have the enterprising
Young man near him and there be will
remain during the sessions Of this
Congress.
Chas. r. Buswell, proprietor of the
Dover House, was in court Saturday on
two different charges. One was q
search and seizure process, on which
ne pleaded not guilty. was convicted.
appealed, and furnished bonds for APP
oearance at the September term OF
court. The other was complaint
made by Geo. w Farris that Boswell
sold him drink Of whiskey for which
lie paid ten cents on March LIST. Farris
was the only government witness and
ne stated in his testimony that the
.eason he made the complaint was
that he wanted to get his wife away
from the Dover House where she is
employed. Col. J. B. Peaks. who was
counsel for the defendant, put Sheriff
Pool and the defendant on the stand.
Sheriff Pool, when asked II he knew
Farris' reputation for truth and
veracity, said he did and that It was
"darned poor" The defendant denied
having ever sold Farris any liquor. Col.
Peaks in his plea said he would go
'urther than Mr.. Pool and say Farris'
equation was d. poor. Judge Dur
gin said on the evidence submitted, he
didn't consider he could hold the re-
spondent, 30 on the second charge
sl3usWe1l was acquitted.