Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-27
snow" says a Belfast correspondent.
Thought the Klondike fever was about

Thought the Klondike fever was about
over.
Howard Gould of Portland, recently
sent by mail to a sister who is visiting
in London a package of miniature
American nag badges. similar to those
SO generally worn here. A short time
ago he received the package in u new
wrapper. From London it had been
forwarded to her at Paris and there
had been opened. It's contents not be
ing agreeable to the French authOri-
ties, they reinailed it to his address.
We will give the delegates a warm
reception-m this weather holds on--at
least.
Poor Bucksport. No Fourth of July
celebration. A Bangor Commercial
correspondent thus reports the decis-
i've speech at the fateful town meeting:
LAS the Hon. Chas. Boutelle has sue
ceeded in having the troops at Fort
Knox ordered to Bangor on the Fourth,
the outlook for Bucksport's celebration
is rather dubious. To be sure Bucks
port can have the soldiers at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon after they have been
to Bangor and marched for half of the
forenoon, but as we don't like things
here second-handed, if we can't have
them all to ourselves. better not have
them at alSc
Boston Herald: Manager Porter of
the kite track at Old Orchard was at
Readville and Mystic, and received
ample guarantee for his race meeting
to be held the week of July 4" SO far
so good. What promises the hoodoo
made iYeres' us.
The patriots are not all matured
"One evening recently" says an .eX-
change, "a neighbor of ours after put
ting her children to bed was reading
to them about raisins, how cured.
where grown, etc. After a time they
became so quiet that she concluded
they We're asleep, when her little
daughter surprised her by suddenly
eXclaiming, Well. mamma. / don't
want any more raisns if they are rails
ed in Spain.''
Castine claims Il larger representa-
ton in Uncle Sans navy than any
other Hancock town. She has on
man, Eben Mills. who is a gunner on
the "TcXaS." another. Roland Mills. on
the "Baltmorc." three boys Walter
Norbert ana Joseph Morey on th" ma
chine boat "Nulr2n." ana one Charles
Morey on the San Francisco" while
on tn cutter Manning is Jerry
Wcscott. Who. when the cutter Wus Of
dered south at the beginning of tn"
war. was on account of his age, offer
ed his discharge, but refused to take
il and is now doing his duty on the
Manning" as carpenter.
a Dexter CORES ondcnt of the Lew
ston Journal thus chronicles the lie
of Il newspaper man of the old school,
Rev.J. +. Witherel: The UnVcrsajist
denomination in Maine has lost its old
est minister, and the town a citizen
whose career has been Of unusual inn
portance in the development of its bust
ness interests. The business he estab-
lIshud IN Dexter was anorH notable for
its character than for its amount or the
profit resulting from it. In 49,. al
most Immediately after setting up a
book store in company with a brother
in-laW. Rev. Mr.. Cilley, pastor of tn"
UniVersaliSt society in Dexter h" be-
gan the publication of the Dexter Gem.
which later became the Gem and Ga
Zettr. With several regular contributors
whose names We're known throughout
New England and as far as the Great
West The Little Joker wac another
of his publications. 4 speciality in
Dexter manufactures Introduced by
him, was the making of valentines.
He was something of a poet, and
touching and pretty things adorned
his valentines. His products in this
line We're of the delicate. lace-edged,
artistic variety and he did a consider
able business in this branch at one
time. In 1869 the railroad was opened
connecting Dexter With tn" outside
world. and new men came in and pur-
chased Mr.. Witherell's interest in the
paper. Since that date it has been the
Dexter Gazette and is now the East
ern Gazette AS clergyman since he
lived in Dexter, Mr.. Witherells work
was mostly confined to occasional ser
mons and funeral occasions. Since the
sale of his newspaper in 1869. Mr.
Witherell had lived quietly on his farm.
called the island" in Lake Wasso-
keag, just north of the village.
A Dexter correspondent writes: -Four
years ago there was no church at all
here, all the meetings being held in Il
small hall over the schoolhouse. Now
We have two as fine churches as YOU will
find anywhere. The Congregational
church was built during the summer Of
1894, at cost of about 5000 and dedicated