Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-15

call from a lady who came to make her
acquaintance and also to thank her for
| a pleasant experience of ~ years ago.
| At that time she was living in Bonn
bay. her husband being engaged in
| business in that far Eastern city.
| They We're former residents of Port
| land, and sailor, whose ship had just
| arrived. being aware ot that fact
| brought TO them a number of papers
| published here. The sailor explained
| that these papers We're given to him
| by Miss LeaVitt, who was in the habit
| of supplying magazines and papers To
| sailors. Just now the Floating En-
| deaVor Society committee, of which
| Miss Leavitt is chairman. is getting
ready the comfort bags" for the
Marine hospital for Christmas. Each
| of these bags contains a Testament.
stockings, roll of plaster, old linen.
| pins and needles, and bandages, and
many other articles which the recipi-
ents will find useful.
| In home like the one for Friend
less Boys. on Forest avenue. Morrils
| where children are taken from the
| lowest classes. and where they have
| received not a particle of education
| they are very apt to have strange
|
| ideas of the things of earth, and their
| meanings and uses, Thanksgiving
at the home is always a feature looked
| forward to by the boys. many of
| whom do not know its meaning until
they have entered this school. After
the dinner is over. the president gen.
| orally spends few moments in ask
| ing the boys questions concerning the
| day and some of their answers are
remarkable. if not amusing. The
| other day she asked one of the little
boys what Thanksgiving meant and
she was somewhat surprised to have
him reply that it meant a real good
| dinner Another little boy said that
| it was day when people killed tur-
| keys and ate them. Another little boy
| got so far off the track as to say that
| it simply meant turkey" OF course
| they do not give these answers long
after they have been at the home, for
| they are taught the meanings of the
| different days and the way to OBJ
| serve them.
| Bangor has its little failings but she
| has a regular Jim F'iske heart. Here's
a cheerful Christmas story that is
| told by the Bangor Commercial: For
| SOME years Il mortgage ol DetNeti
| 81 300 and 81 400 has been hanging over
the home of u family on the east side,
| the debt having been incurred when
| the house was purchased by its pres
ent owner. While the family. which is
not large, has lived by no means ex-
travagantly. the salary of the head of
the house is by no means sufficient to
much more than cover the ordinary
|
be made to lessen the debt. This same
citizen. however. is one of the most re
spected and beloved in the city and
his whole life is filled with kindly
deeds to others. AS an evidence of the
| esteem in which he is held by those
| with whom he comes in contact. the
plan was proposed and carried out for
lifting the mortgage from his home.
On Thanksgiving morning. therefore.
he was presented with the mortgage
properly receipted and all obligations
against him cancelled. The bene-
factors included some of the prom-
nent wealthy and influential citizens
of the city whose deeds of beneVolence
are numerous and far reaching. 1t
was a kindly act most worthily be
slowed. ana consequently highly APP
preciated.
Another season will see great
changes at Kineo Point. Moosehead
lake. The foundation and first two
stories of the big addition to the hotel
are up though not closed in, but they
give some idea of what the size of
the whole house is to be. Contra ctor
Russell says that owing to the very
severe weather he may take his
| G nlN, nff 10,
Job soon and set them at work on the
new hotel this firm is building at
Millinocket for the Great Northern
Paper Company. Back Of the hotel
there has been erected, since the last
summers season, large and com
modous laundry building. An era of
cottages seems to be dawning there.
A short distance beyond the Kineo log
club house, Bgney & Shaw of Green
vile are building a nice cottage for
the Kineo Company. that will cost
something like $4,000. probably. and
still further back. cottage situated
Just at the entrance of the woods is
being extensively remodeled by the
same firm. Manager Judkins says that
he will have built either two or four
elaborate log camps costing $1,000 or
$4,000 apiece. They will have all mod
ern improvements such as hot and
cold water. private baths. etc, and
will be furnished in splendid style.
Their location will be one of the finest
on the point. it being planned to
erect them on the rising ground at
the base of the mountain.
Owls seem to be just the thing 1T
the present time. The Argus recently
told how Il big brown owl, incorrectly
described as screech owl, was cap
tured by Motorman Hartshorn
of the Portland Railroad Com
pany. Yesterday morning two
brown owls We're found in
trees near the Morrills Corner car
house and they stayed there nearly all