Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-20
A DELIGHTFUL VISIT
Made hv Mrs. Anna Sargent Hunt to
Caribou, Last Week.
~, ~ Rt,sra Amrrshs Storm was S"'"'"'
bss EnIsyatis.
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Augusta, Dec. ls. 1901

Editors kennebec Jourhai'
..,.o,,a 10 Caribou as the gues' u -.
Soois, t.lrb am, I'm sure we II ne,P -
=, have one of the best of Soou 'i, I'm"
90, wrote "A good club ana pe'
=, the above mentioned .oN"'
- moi, was the promise fuiii'ieu LIZ.
nnn.,,,et of Friday, evening iast, WY"
,,s privilege Of meeting so many o'ie
women of AroostOok county
" of Il church supper OH
.venins in private nome III ' ~
,,rhs reminded me strongly vi
fashion of my childhood days an" So
mother glimpse of loadeo tap'es w"
o,,fior charm I had never expec'eu
n see again-,he good iei'owsh'p
..o,osnial friends-the Sabpath SCI re
,r,,h hthe,fine sermon and singing VI ~
ua, sanford Mitchell. the AFTERNOON
mic, rendered more restfni os "
,.ta.d;,v falling rain brought us 10 'ne
,rs, decided change in our plaIs'
.rh. rain dashed IN torrents aea','s'
10 rindows. To attend the eNen,'s
.ar,ice VA. an impossibility. Nha'
seened evident during the day was nov
r6s,,,y. fact. The snow drifts ma"
;sahneared. the rields and the roa"H
hare. tNSIS was nv
u.,,,x,nc was Out of the question:
The timid prophets Of a few no"rs -
fore now come out boldly Win .i'e'
.J.told-you-so look. ara aSSer'e" ~
q, s,,retv that We should nave
christmas" Again came j '""'
,.,.,oe of affairs. At half past : ''''
t,. wind changed. the mercury ur"Pl''''
,,nidlv. the rain turned to snow "i'''
.oon the ground was covered Win II
,,.,,i,. mantl.. Monday morning tht
,,;thfuI horse "Eilly" struggled hii"
,brough the heavy snow I" take h'f :"
cIs ,,ain Arrived at Houltoh ~
>15 the LONG delay OF hours ''h'-
menced. .i,
pumors OF a washuut were in the AZ "
though nothing definite could De h'io" II
AZ the wires We're down. but At laS' -
10Y hours OF waiting the roiilhs ava.
.r a rrain heavily loaded WITH gray II.
railroad ties. ar1 all the paraphei h''''
nf q -yracking train. conhrHe" W
r.o,s ,hot n. home bound pilgrims
must No content 10 try other Shetter I'i
no night al least. and that the tah2h
..re,ertion' must proceed without Z
;o,,,. cornnanv OF ArCostook Changers
INJECTED 10 being enrolled in this order
from being taken in by force a~ ',''
,ronosed TO cali q meeting and mak'
good members Of all me uniti'''''V
passengers. !.
To their credit be it said, never ui'
my similar number OF travellers Sh""
more clearly the spirit to make the pes
Of everything.
Railroad delay, afford fine opportnh''
tics to discover the disposition OF one :
neighbors, to find mutual lines OF agree
rnent. and to make sudden iriendships
At last at go. after, as one has saio
he had almost forgotten where ne "a'
going. the train moved away. ana nE
n'clock We reached Milinocket. "
we're informed the train would retui'
at once to HOulton.
: gentleman travelling with ms WIZ
and a-vear-old child was told the ST"
ton would pe promptly closed. an
there was no ALTERNATIVE" bat to max
sur. Of some safe refuGr for the nigh'
'rh. keen wind, lack of preparation
nv way Of heavy wraps. for the iid
fr,no the station to the hotels. brough
>,,r,a discomfort hut the sense OF nov
r,tv was not lacking and n grim sort n
satisfaction was felt by those unac
,uainted with this it'll. town that Ia
y,ovn IN with such q Western ruSt
that there would BE- chance I" sec II
wonders. The next morning. old ka
tahdir. scanned and majestic. gave
Welcome. The great pulp mill with
its attractions was visited--a rev 'e'
,uresona ones climbing up the s3-fet
run of the "Digestor' building 70 100
down upon the accumulated homes.
pretty and neat-all eam-healeu-
Looking like SO many dainty summe
cottages the fine blocks of stores. u
churches and large schooihouse.
At II O'Clock was begun the fourne
which if all had been well. would nav
bcen taken "a hours before. Good We"
we're had Of the great havoc caused
many places by the severe ram OF
siding showing the sleepers broken
the middle ~ sticking up IN me a
like SO many t0othpicks. whcr' u
bank had washed away. ana sever
ears were on theh sides in the wate
Rapidly had the work on ihe ma
tracks been done To repair the damage
50 we could make slow hut SAKE pa
sage.
At4ocIoCk the crowd scattered ltse
through Bangor. Wednesday mornir
at $50, many Of this party reinforce
by the western bound travellers too
the train for Eucksport. From the st;
ton bucllboards and hacks We're us'
for transportation to Verona landin
about two miles distant The iitt
steamer NJ and NJ settled down in VIII
looked like an ice pack. TILED TO oNe
rCwine with men and women and ba
gage and great piles of mail sacks. h;
no special attractions. to say the lea'
for me- \ glance at the Jam Of ice. 10
aud general wrackage, roncernii
which the Bangor News Of that NOR
ing had furnished entertaining readin
ending with the information that TIL
had well-nigh capsiZed the steamer I
night before in her attempts To
through the blockade. was not reaSsu
ns-nor was the fact comforting tn
some. convinced that life is too she
to lSk much and the Bangor or Buck
port hotels are preferable tn the NJ a
NJ. today" had remained in the
pl;.ces. leaving the rest 10 go on To pC
Siblc danger.
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