Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-28
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One Weeks Winnowings OF News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

gage check carrier.
The large plants OF the Kenrick furni-
ture manufacturing company and the
Pratt & Purington furniture manufactur-
Ing company, at Fairfield, were burned
Friday, causing loss of about S75, 600.
The first number Of The Bohemian, a
monthly magazine Of unique stories, pub
iished at Boston, is out. F. Ernest Hol-
man, one Of the editors, Is Maine boy,
being the son OF Rev. w. o. Holman, OF
Rockland.
The steam yacht "Neckan", owned by
Hartley G. Baxter, of Brunswick. was
burned at her winter quarters near Bruins
wick Saturday. The "Neckan" was one
OF the finest pleasure craft owned in
Maine. She was built by the Herreshoffs
in 1888.
The Frontier steamboat company, Of
Calais, will have steamer built this win
ter for the river route, to replace the one
burned last summer. The new steamer
will cost about $2S, GOO. She will be 1876
feet long, aud have speed OF about If
teen knots. She will be ready for the
season OF 1901.
John T. Campbell, OF Princeton, aged
fifty. five, was drowned in Lewey's lake at
Calais, last Wednesday. He was coming
to Princeton in canoe with companion
when the craft capsized. His companion
got on the bottom OF the boat and was
rescued nearly an hour later. Campbell
leaves a wife and two sons.
The Maine board OF agriculture will
hold State dairy meeting in city hall,
Augusta, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, Dec. 5, and T. Reduced railroad
and hotel rates have been obtained.
There will be an exhibition Of dairy ap
planes, dairy products, dressed poultry,
eggs and poultry supplies. Dairy ma
chinery Of the most improved make will
be in operation.
The three INSISTED schooner "Pendleton
Sisters" was launched Thursday from the
yard OF Carter & Pendleton in Belfast.
The vessel registers 1913 gross tonnage and
704 net. The vessel is owned by Fields
Pendleton, OF Islesboro, who was one OF
the principal owners OF the four master
"Pendeton Bros" launched here about a
year ago. Like that vessel, the new one
will be managed by the Pendleton Bros,
Of Islesboro. The vessel measures IT'S feet
in length; length of keel 100 feet breadth
Of beam, 81 8; depth of hold, 1919. Capt.
John Davies, OF Brooklyn, N. V, will
command t he vessel.
Through the generosity Of Gen. Charles
Hamlin and DR.. Augustus Choate Hamiin,
| pf Rap ba of Ia hor hoG mat
received a new schoolhouse. Gen. Hsmiin
and his cousin, Dr. Hamlin, were in Blan-
chard recently, on visit to the slate quar-
ries, in which they are interested, when
DR.. Hamiin said: 'See here, there are
dozen children here who ought to have
schooihouse. There's no one nearer than
three miles on one side or six miles on the
other. Will you build half il l Wilt"
Gen. Hamlin agreed to pay half, and as a
consequence, in two more weeks the
schoolhouse will be ready for occupancy.
Lewiston is to have a new church edl-
flee OF almost cat hedral proportions. 1t
will be not only the finest ecclesiastical
structure in Maine, but, it is believed, the
finest in New England. The Dominican
fathers are the movers in this affair, and
it will replace the present church editice
connected with the monastery on Bartlett
street. Although the present church edi-
flee is one OF the largest in Maine, it is al
together too small to accommodate the
great and growing parish Of which these
| Dominican fathers are at the head. The
present St. Peters church will be torn
| down and the new one erected on the same
site. It will bear the name OF SITS. Peter
and Paul church.
"Uncle George" Kendall, Fairfield's
centenarian, died Friday. He was 100
years old on April 25 last. He was the
sole survivor Of a family Of eight sons and
three daughters, the children Of Gen.
William and AgebeIl Chase Kendall, who
were married on Christ mas day, 17S2-the
happy couple coming to Kendalls Mills
from Pishon's Ferry in an open boat, the
general taking his bride to log cabin on
the west bank Of the KenDebec. When
Gen. Kendall came to this section of he
world there was small sawmill and a
few log catins. After his marriage he
bought the sawmill and then erected a
grist mll on the same privilege. He at
forwards built a large general store, which
was the medium OF trade for the up-river
section for many years. A year after his
marriage, the general built the brick
house in which George was born, April %,
1900. The name of "Kendall's Mills" was
given to what is now Fairfield village
by the people Of the surrounding section,
who came here to trade in the early days.
When less than twenty years old George
Kendall was called "a good man on logs"
and WAS accounted the best man with a
scale rule in the State, which was then
| Massachusetts,. He did all the general
surveying in the Moosehead lake region
| for many years.
The SNew York" in Action.
The ship seemed to work and to fight