Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-07

\ rs,br"ok hotel is called III,
White House.
a lodge OF t;"od T-mplars has been
organized ut Warren.
There are indications Of IA revival IL
Eastport Of the old time roller skating
craze
\ vessel oWirr lately g:tv. a fii.n
in Belfast 4 barrel of flour taken from
Il sunken wreck that had been undn.
water six months. The flour lcar the
heads of III. barrel was soaked but tn.
greater part was as good as ever. ana
made excellent bread.
Conspicuously posted near the Exit o:
a Rumford Falls dry goods store is the
query in bold print, Have YOU forgot
ten anything" In the half dozen odd
Years that the sign has hung ther'. it
has saved innunerdhle return trips for
forgotten parcels AMI done away with
/ months of worry on the part Of custo-
mers with short memories.
The people of Brunswick and Tops
ham get their regular weekly supply of
Harpswell way and peddes from a
and tails of the Holsters he doesn't
stand in fear of being raolestel by Off
cials as he has no bodies in his pos
session t. b.. measured The lobster
dealer does Il good business among the
mill and factory hands and others.
The claws and :ail sell for six cents.
j. +. Toothak-i. Esq. OF Phillips.
planted some black walnuts in the fail
| of l>>5 and last wear raised several
| quarts of nuts. but they We're not Well
| filled. This Year Il" hcd Il considerably
increased crop of we'll filled nuts as thu.
season was a little longer. Mr. TooJh-
akcr has given away Il good manr To
those who wanted to PLANT them. lie
says his trees haE" stood the winters
| all right and he does not see y ny the
nuts could not II" raised here success
| fully.
| Geo. Powell Of Phillips. has a unique
lash. whip which vas mad- from lace
wood, which grows on the bermuda
islands tn" main stock of the whip Is
about two feet in length and looks very
muCn like any CoInmon stick. Tn,
had Of the stock is daintily frirgcI
by tearing apart ;he line layers OF tn,
N'''-'r I's IiIIIS Il ipS'lt'' III Il lttt- III -
substance. From the stock the layers
have beer torn apart and braided for
about FIVE feet this forming the lash
| The entire whip iS III one piece ana is
very strolg ami durable. These whips
ar. sometimes used by the natives OF
tn" Bermudas for driving their oxen.
ThiS one was presented to Mr.. Powell
| bv Nj. II. \. Haskell, VIII" has spent
the last few winters at tho bermuda
islands.
Mrs. NJ. +. Glllispi. 81 Lewiston. il
! the owner Of an old ana valued piece.
OF china. It is 4 pitcher about 5l-
inches tall and Il inches III circumfer-
en,e. covered with effective designs i'll
colors. 1t commentaries the buldi'ig
OF cast iron bridge over the rive.
Wear. begun Sept. 26. 1898. ana finished
lug. .. 1886. FhcS.. dates are upon il
and also the length Of th. span is givrA
as 236 feet and me height 100 feet Tn
builder was 4. n1lrdon, Esq on onr
sid. is che vest view Of the bridge"
and on the other, 4 parting scene BE-
tween a sailor ana his family with
ocean scenery Tor a BACKGROUND Their,
are several verses also upon it relative
to the Sailor $ Farewell" The pitcher
is at least lo5 years old and was owne!
by Mrs. Gillispie's father, who brought
il from EngiarL.
The Machias high school boys havc
prescribed the length OF hair to be worn
by the male attendants and woe to tn,
lad who tares to let his locks exceeds
! these bounds, as was e>emplified on Il
certain day this week. The case in
question concerned lad Of good breed
ing and influential parentage. but that
made not the least bit OF difference
When he refused to obey the command
go and have thy locks shorn" he was
seized by half 4 dozen sturdy fellows
VINO picked him up and toted him to
the nearest barber shop while the bal
ance OF the youths of the school fol-
lowed in procession. hov'ling like mad
After h" was placed in the chair n hat
was passed and 2 collection, sufficient
for 4 tirst-class cut, was taken. After
| his crown had been disiigurcd bv s,v-
eral unbecOming hicks it is useless TO
say that he remained quiet through
the balance Of the operation.
The business of Brunswick and TOPS
ham has undergone nearly an entire
'idiSe Wltnin the past half century.
sixty years ago there We're twenty-six
up-and-d0wn saws for saving long
lunlher and fourteen circular saws f0l.
! the manufactures Of ,laphoards
shingles. sugar AMI orange box shocks.
| fence picketS iaths, banistcrS hog
| heah heading. etc. ON the upper dam
were three double saw mills. . grist
mill, and mill for hulling barley. ON
the middle or factory dam We're two
cotton factories wooden factory. =
carpet factory, a cardng mill and
! dressing ClOtn mill one double saw anI
one slnSle saw mill. On the lower dam
We're four double saw mills. a grist mill
OH the T"psham side. ard in the cove
one gang saw mill running six saws.
/ two double saw mills and one single
saw MIL, three circular saws. n rrist
mill, a cardine wool mill and a pail
anf mustard mill. on Stad Island was
a large mill for saving long lumber
box shook and orange boxes and match
] biockS. At the present time there is
only one saw mill on the falls. and that
VIII ne taken down another season to
I rtnilpaI nv ln,