Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-28
BU(CKT EY 81 GOODRICH

Work is to begin at once, it is under
stood, on hose tower on the Freeport
engine house. The fire department
owns 290O feet or 50 of rubber hose
but has never had suitable facilities
for drying it. The tower will be 90 feet
high to the bell deck, thus allowing the
| hose to be hung up in 5O-foot lengths
The bell used for alarms will be trans
| ferred to this tower when built.
Frank NJ Dodge of Edgecomb. while
in his pasture recently, found several
| dead sheep from his flock. and also 1t
missing. the carcasses of which were
found later. scattered all over the pas
ture Howard o. Cunningham lost five
sheep by dogs and Jackson Dodge five,
| all of which were killed since haying
| and not over half a mile apart. 1t is
thought they were all killed by the
same dog.
| The Little Togus" prepared by the
| Portland overseers Of the poor for the
| reception Of needy veterans OF the
| Civil War who are exempt by statute
from being taken TO municipal aims
| house, is nearly ready for occupancy
| 1t is the building adjoining the Deer
| ing almshouse and has been arranged
to accommodate about 40 people
| There are now l. veterans who desire
| support f. A. Champlin has been ap-
| pointed superintendent.
| Mrs. l.. S. Lombard Of South Port
| land. is the fortunate possessor of a
| clock which an enthusiastic collector
of the antique would give a small
4 E.lD CT .
| about seven feet high and is a dark
red with gilt trimmings. The hands
| are lead and il is wound every night
| by a weight. a large piece of iron Is
| on one end of string and as the hours
90 by the iron gradually falls until the
"A hours are gone. This splendid clock
which stands in the reception hall il
over 100 years old.
The question is frequently asked
| How many falls are there on the Pre-
sumpscot river above Westbrook?' II
| is stated with authority that there are
| IS on the whole river; above West
brook the following: --.,tle Falls,
Gambo, Loveitts. Dundy, Island. Whit
neys. Great Falls. Hardings, Steep,
Hubble. Eelwier and Wescotts. The
water in the river is supplied from the
following sources: Basin pond. Seba-
go lake Brandy pond totherwise known
as Bay of Naples, Long Pond, Panth-
ers pond and Big and Little Rattle
snake, as we'll as other tributaries.
George f. Orcutt of South Thomas
ton, while saving wood. the other day.
sawed through spruce stick in which
was imbedded very solidly leaaen
bullet The saw passed directly
through the middle of the bullet which
was some two inches from the surface
of the stick The wood had grown
about it solidly. but its path in it can be
traced by the disturbance in the regu-
larity of the yearly formations by
which the age of the tree is determin-
ed, there being a depression at the sur
face of considerable extent. Those
who profess to know, say the bullet
has been in the tree 80 years.
1t appears that Portland people will
next summer have new pleasure re-
sort, when Merrymeeting park in
Brunswick is opened to easy access
from that city. The Lewiston. Bruins
wick and Bath Electric Road intend to
build an extension of their line from
lTuUSMlCk ~ tolliltNtiHS
there with the Portland and Yarmouth
Railroad. When that is done passen-
gers will be taken from Monument
square to Merrymeeting park without
change of cars, for the two roads Will
work together as one. The ride to Var
mouth is well known for it's attractive
ness and the route from Yarmouth to
Brunswick is no less beautiful.
The last of the shipments of chicory
have been made from Corinna, and
from the office of the company in New
York have come the returns from it.
The reports show that the crop raised
in Maine is not hardly up to the re
quired size. but this is accounted for
by the fact that the farmers in this
section did not fully understand the
proper mode of cultivation of the root,
as well as the extremely dry season.
The raising of the crop in this section
has been purely an experiment this
season, and it is not known whether
or not they will try it again. The roots
from here are now in the process of
manufacture and many people are
anxiousy waiting to see the result Of
the crop,
speaking about nleanneSS tne SmOk-
er was told the other day of a man
who will come pretty near bearing
away the palm, and worse and more of
it. it is a Gardiner man, too. A few
years ago a member of his family dis
appeared and it was finally concluded
that she had committed suicide by
drowning. The man grieved awfully,
but not about the drowning, oh, no.
What then? 1t would make such a
mess on the carpet, bringing the drip
ping body in over it. And he actually
took up that portion of it, where the
supposed suicide would pass over, to
save the fabric from the moisture
How is that Monumental picayunness?
1t isn't recorded anywhere that this
man died from enlargement of the
heart.-Gardiner Independent.
In speaking of the death of Joshua
Davis Of Portland, the Portland Press
recalls touching incident in connec-
ton with the meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows in 1896 Thronpb