Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-26

Efforts are being made to form an or
of Associated Charities in Ft.
Fairfield.
Register of Probate Webber has found
at the court house Bath, a collection OF
calendars from 1866 to the present year.
When there's nothing else doing these
winter evenings in Bath, the boys and
girls start a new club and give it an odi
name.
A Bath lady very generously presented
recently each OF the ten inmates of the
old ladies' home with "A purse, EACH purse
containing a two dollar bill.
One good turn deserves another" The
friends of Henry Moore of Hartland.
who was injured while helping a needy
neighbor. met recently and eat ana
hauled his years supply of wood.
Mrs. Flora +. Hawes of Temple, has
knit and sold to c. +. I1odgkins this Win
ter twenty pairs of mittenS and six pairs
of stockings besides doing as much more
for others. and spun. doubled and twisted
all the yarn that all We're knit from.
Salem has met with the loss Of one
bla ksmith shop on account of the recent
fire, but as there are five more left ana
one more will be built in the early spring
no serious Inconvenience is anticipated as
4 result of the fire.
Someone recently entered the Episcopal
church at Presque Isle and turned off the
steam heat. with the result that the pipes
! froze and burst. A reward has been Of
| fcred for information that will lead to
| the conviction OF the offender.
| Whist has revived again in Richmond.
Recently a club has been formed consist :
ing of forty-eight members, nearly all
among the married people. This club
| meets every Tuesday evening. having
| been organized for the social adantages
| as well as for the enjoyment of the game.
| On January 3lst the National Guard Of
| fcers of Portland and vicinity are to give
a complimentary banquet to Lieut.. Frank
| Lang. 9th Infantry, I. 5. \. Lieut. l.anG
| is rapidly recovering from the wounds .ie
received in China.
| Mrs Sarah Matthews OF Eastport, who
is 81 years old. has living within a ra-
| aus of 80 miles. six children "A grand
children. and u great grandchildren: Her
| oldest child is lifty-nine years OF age
and the youngest grandchild aged siN
months
Down in Camden the enterprisins young
ladies are holding dinner parties anc
having the guests respond to up-to-da te
ltoastS. Camden'S water charter came vi
for consideration and a Boston young
lady who was present was on Tor .
Ispeech on Shirt Waist Reform. Wher
her turn came she was gowned in tho
latest shirt waist, and presented big
slice of dry toast.
Talk about "hazing at West Point
they are not in it with the boys of the
south school, Westport. who took Il new
scholar to the woods the other day. ad
iusted a rope around his neck, swung the
other end over the limb of a tree "a Ia
COWBOY" and We're about to string hin
up when n young man hearing the out
cry of the victim. arrived just in time t
jsave the boys neck from being stretched
Flint McCrea OF Blaine. who is stu.
dent at the Allison Academy, \. B.. OF
his return to that institution. met witt
an unusual experience. AT the junction
of the railroad a doctor boarded the
train, and the smallpox being prevalent
in that section, all who had not been vac.
cinated were compelled Ia be. and Nc
Crea among the rest was initiated in the
mysteries of the first degree of vaccina-
ton.
| w. S. Averill of Dexter. has in his pos
session Il map of the United States which
is IA very handy piece of work and which
lmoney cannot buy. 1t is map drawn by
Mr.. Averills mother who was Miss Su-
san Hasey Webster, and at the time ol
the drawing of the map. 1882. she was
but = years of age. 1t is a remarkable
piece Of work. 1t is drawn to scale and
has many things of interest, including i
table showing the distance from Wash
ington, d. g., to the largest cities and
towns. California at that time was put
down upon the map as unexplored terri
| tory.