Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-27

Brewer confidently expects that shoe
, factory to materialize. The citizens
are thoroughly in earnest and are
ready TO talk business. they say, with
the investors behind the scheme. II is
believed local capitalists would put
their hands deep in their pockets-s12.-
! 600 II is said. could easily be raised
. thus-and already the traders are
counting On their profits from the in
fuX of families into Brewer who will
come If the shoe factory naterializes.
4 meeting of the citizens, interested
in the scheme. was held this week to
discuss the ACCESSIBILITY of forming il
stock company and building a factory
and inviting some shoe firm to occupy
ii. AT the meeting there We're about
so representative business men OF the
| city. These men say they have two
strings to their bow-that two shoe
companies ara making advances and
Ii all seems to be d mere matter OF
tine one man has even agreed to do
nate land for the proposed factory and
besides. subscribed literally.
! The Pennington Chronicle prints a
characteristic story of the good old
times in the rcd scnoolhouse long
years ago. It was in Il Franklin town
| and Benjamin Butler of Avon, was the
teacher. When the term opened the
| first thing was to register the pupils
names. That winter there was Il boy
stopping at Andrew J. Parkers to dc
the chores ana 20 to school. He was
a strapping fellow. by the name of AL
len Howard. Ben passed up the aisle
! to Aliens seat and said: Your name
please Andrew j. Parker" said
! Howard with grin around the room.
So Andrew J. Parker was registered.
At that time it was the custom to have
q fire list" that is, :, list was made
up Of the boys who We're big enough
TO build the lire and sweep the school
room. Andrew j. Parkers name was
placed Ut the head OF the list. In call
ling the roll. that night Andrew J.
ParkerS name was called three or
| four times. but no one answered
present" Then Ben said. Andrew j.
Parker will build the fire tomorrow
morning." and dismissed the school.
The next morning no one was or deck
tn build the FIRE. Al 8 o'clock. how
ever. Ben had the fire built and was
ready to begin the school. After the
usual morning exercises Ben passed
up the aisle and took Il young man by
the collar and fairly lifted him out OF
his seat. took him into the floor. laid
hlm-nOt very gently--across no
back chair, and with that famous old
black walnut ruler, took every mite of
dust from the seat of the young mans
pants. What is your name?" said
Ben. Allen Howard" was the very
prompt reply. "All right, take your
seat. and Allen Howard will build the
fire tomorrow morning." And the fire
was built accordingly.
Once at least In the memory of man
they had an enforcement campaign
over in Bangor, and Editor Dunning,
of the Portland Advertiser. who knows
all the traditions Of the Penobscot, has
| a chat about those old days. He tells
about the walters in the belfries with
spy-glasses. the disguised deputies, the
barrels concealed in pig-pen, the un-
| satisfied thirst that prevailed, and goes
on to tell this story: Toward the
last Of that Bangor campaign it be-
came nearly impossible to get liquor
into the city, and the rumsellers. or
some of them. resorted to small coast
| ing schoonerS as a means of trans
portation, arriving at night and I'M
| loading before day. On one of these
occasions, the owner of the cargo
| found it impossible to get his stuff
| ashore without attracting the atten-
ton of the deputies. He waited for
several nights in vain, his stock of in
toxicants getting lower and lower and
the art of diluting having been carried
to the danger point. Bangor was not
| the great metropolis which, thanks to
| her board of trade, she now is, and
| that suggestion gave the liquor man
an idea. He owned a small and un-
used barn in the suburbs. That night
| he caused it to be set on fire, and had
some OF his friends set up a great hull
| labaloo about the streets, to the effect
| that terrible confiagration had start
| ed. The police. deputies, small boys,
\ town dogs, members of the board of
| trade secret societies and citizens on
! foot and IN carriages turned out and
started for the fire. During the eX-
citement the clever liquor dealer ran
| his schooner up to the pier and got her
| cargo safely housed before the crowd
| came back.