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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20
REMEMBERED WASHINGTON.
The Visit of Thorsau to a Cape Cod
Octogenarian.

The Visit of Thoreau to a Cape Cod
octogenarian.
In 1919 Henry ID. ThOreau visited
Cape Cod, walking from Eastman to
Provincetown on the Atlantic side, and
crossing the Cape half dozen times on
his way. In his book, Cape Cod" he
describes an interesting settler who re.
membered George Washington.
He knocked at the door of the first
house, but its inhabitants had all gone
away. In the meanwhile we saw the
occupants of the next one looking ont
the window at us, and before we reach
ed 1t an old woman came out and fas-
tened the door of her bulkhead and
went in again. Nevertheless we did not
hesitate to knock at her door, when
a grizzly-looking man appeared, whom
we took to be sixty or seventy years
old. He asked us, at first susplciously,
what our business was, to which we re-
turned plain answers.
How far is Concord from Bostonf''
he inquired.
Twenty miles by railroad"
Twenty miles by railroad" he re-
peated.
Didn't you ever hear Of Concord Of
Revolutionary fame?"
Didn't ever hear of Concord? Why.
| heard the guns fire at the Battle Of
Bunker Hill! I am almost ninety;
am eighty-eight years old. | was four
teen years old at the time of the Con-
cord fight and where were you theng'
This was the merriest old man that
we had ever seen, and one of the best
preserved. There was a strange ming
ling of the past and present in his con-
versation, for be had lived under King
George. and might have remembered
when Napoleon and the mOderns gen.
orally were born. He said that one day,
when the troubles between the colo
nles and the mother country first broke
out, as he, boy of fifteen. was Pitch
Ing hay out Of a cart, one Doane, an
old Tory, VINO was talking with his
father, good Whig, said to him. why
Uncle Bill, you might as well under.
take to pitch that pond into the ocean
with a pitehfork as for the colonies
to undertake to gain their lndepend-
ence!"
He remembered well General Wash.
ington, and now he rode his horse along
the streets Of Boston. and he stood
up TO show us how lie looked.
He was a rather large and portlv.
looking man, manly and resolute-
looking officer. with a pretty good leg
as he sat on his horse. There. IN
tell you; this was the way with Wash
ington." Then he jumped I'D arain.
and bowed gracefully to right and left
making show as Il be were waving bl,
hat Said. he, That was Washington
He told us many anecdotes OF the
Revolution, and was much pleased
when we told him that we had read
the same in history and that his account
agreed with the written one.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20
onnr Iusr rwEnTY YEARs.
Farmer Returns After Going out "a
Feed the Chickens.

Farmer Returns After Going out 20
Feed the Chickens.
Ablel Patch was a soldier ia the
Civil War aud when the war end 4
he returned to his native place. Hut
land, VT. There he was married few
years later. lie bought good farm
and with his wife lived there happily
nearly fifteen years. BY industry be
acquired a goOdly amount-of property.
Patch took n pan OF corn at D. ;n.
Dec. 27. 1882. and started FOR The poEl-
Try house TO feed bis hens. When he
did not return for supper bis wife
hunted all over the place for him. but
in vain. The next day a searching
party was formed by the neIghbOrs
and the forests for miles around were
secured. but without finding a trace
of the missing man. After few days
the search was abandoned. No letter
ever came nor was any lnkllDg OF the
whereabouts Of Patch ever received.
While Mrs. Patch was preparing for
supper the other evening there was
rap at the door. She opened the door.
and an old man with n long. gray
beard stepped In. There was nothing
about his face or figure that looked
familiar to Mrs. Patch. and when the
old man told her he was Ablel Patch
she thought he was playing a prank
on her. When ae showed her a pc
culiar finger ring which her husband
had always worn and the scar Of a Sc
we're bullet wound on the side OF his
head which he received at Cold Har-
Dor In the Civil War there was no fur
ther doubt of his identity.
81 left home because wanted ex-
citement," said Patch later In explain
ing his long absence. L got tired Of
farming and started out Into the
woods. | have been all over the for
ests of Northern Vermont. New Hamp-
shire and Maine. and have killed hun.
dreds of deer and moose. | didn't
intend ever to come back. and hoped
my wife would marry again. but
heard a little while ago that she
hadn't. l thought l would see her
once more before died. The winters
have been pretty cold lately and |
couldn't stand It much longer in the
woods"
Patch did not think his wife would
welcome him home. but. as she has
done 80, he says he wal remain.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20
(To be continued.)
TRADES FOR LONG LIVES.
Callin.s that Are Likely to Make Yo


Ca1Iin.s that Are Likely to Make You
live Over Your Allotted Time,
No trade in the world is better and
healthier than dye-making from coal
tar. There is no manual work that
comes near it, for tar. and the smell Of
1t, Is the finest of all tonics and tissue
builders; so much so that the average
life of a tar-worker comes out at 88
years. The mortality is 80 per cent low
er, too, than in any other factory
trades.
Distilling saccharin from the tar is
equally good, and the bony framework
and circulation of worker in tar is
always first-class. Malignant diseases
are almost unknown In aniline-dye fac
tories, and even In epidemics the work
ers suffer little. And there is nothing
like a tarworks for keeping off infu-
enza. Yet the work Of actually making
the tar, which falls to gas and coke
works, Is virtually unhealthy, because
Of the sulphur fumes; but when the
finished tar is passed on to dyeworks
1t brims with health and strength, and
the weakliest men improve when work
ing it.
Eighty-six years is marvellous aver
age, by the way, for the average of the
population is forty-nine.
Still better, although not a factory
trade, like tar-wOrking, is cOw-keeping.
Not herding COWS in the country, for
that is neither more nor less healthy
than any other farming work, but tend
Ing COW stables. Here the average
length of life is s., and scores Of stall
ed cowkeepers live over the age of 100.
This is because COW is the only ami
NAL whose presence is thoroughly
healthy for man-the very breath Of
COW is beneficial. Consumption and
kindred Ills are utter strangers in COW
stables, and the best thing a man can
do to lengthen his life is to look after
cows, and, II possible, sleep in a room
above the stable.
There is a very strange difference in
trades that go on side by side in the
way of life-lengthening. The labor of
wheeling barrow, In particular, has
such Strengthening effect on the
muscles and joints that confirmed bar
row-wheelers show the best average iu
all the building trades-nearly n years,
and a great many touch the 100. This
Is largely because, If man wheels
barrow properly, the wide-apart arms
open the chest, and help to strengthen
the lungs in wonderful way. Where
as, though welding pickax seems as
II 1t should be a fine exercise, 1t really
knocks the life-average down to 45, The
partly STOPPING position, and the bent
inwards position of the arms, contracts
the chest dangerously, cramplng the
lungs, till they are easy victims to
pneumonia.
Iron smelling puts ten years on to the
average life Of man, If he has good
lungs to start with; but If he is weak
lunged 1t is liable to cut him of alto
gether. Coal mining is not good, but
copper mining brings the average up to
50 years with a run, for the compost
ton of the ore, when powdered, has an
extremely strengthening effect on the
blood and nerves.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20
For the Benefit of IN. Hind.

One Of the interesting features Of
the Library of Congress Is the depart.
ment for the blind. where books ana
special Accommodations are furnished.
At frequent Intervals readings. rccita.
tions and music are given by pTomln.
ent society folk for the benefit OF the
blind who visit the library. Prominent
men and womep take pleasure In set.
ting aside 4 porien Of their time 10
read to the afflicted or to entertain
them. and It Is considered quite an
honor to receive an invitation from the
librarian.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20
CHAPTER VII.


Another week passed away, and moth
ing further occurred to mar the pleas
ures of the young people at the chateau,
or course. dark suspicion sometimes
threw cloud over their souls, but then
they saw nothing new to worry them,
and they had begun to hope that, after
all, their danger had its rise in the Gu
pidity of the Chickasaws. And during
this week, too, Simon Lobois had been
more sociable and agreeable than before,
and perhaps he was not an evil man at
all. AT any rate, they tried to hope so.
Tony had seen nothing yet, though he al
ways shook his head very obviously
when the dark cousins name was men
toned.
1t was pleasant afternoon, and Gou-
part had wandered off to where some
beautiful wild flowers were just peeping
into blossom down by the rivers bank
In the front garden. But he was not
alone Louise was with him. He had
not asked her to come with him, nor had
she asked him where he was going. They
walked on and came to seat where q
huge grapevine had been trailed up over
and about It. They stopped here and
sat down. The sun was already nearing
the distant tree tops, and the air was
soft and balmy,
Louise" spoke the young man, at
length. and his voice was very low aRd
tremulous, do you remember the great
garden back Of the old chateau in Cler-
month
20, yes; l remember 1t WELL" returned
the maiden, with a sparkling eye.
"And do you remember how we used
to 90 out there and pick flowers, and
how you used to weave long garlands
with your tiny fingers, and throw them
over my headT
"Yes, Goupart; remember very WELL"
"Ah, those were happy times. Louise!'
"Yes-yes. And yet, in all, they were
no happier than we find them here now,
for my father was not happy there"
II know-I know. And, after all, what
is happiness, but the offspring Of con-
tentl Those were happy hours there in
the old garden at Clermont. and have
seen some happy ones here"
"O-and Wen see a great many MORE"
Il hope SOL believe so. But tell me,
Louise. do you remember how We used
to laugh and talk there. In that old gar
den. and in the old chateau, aud how
you used to plague and poster met"
YES. remember very we'll And
how well you used to bear itg'
"And do you remember how you used
to pinch my cheek, and box my earsr'
"Yes."
"And why was iti Why did you do
those thingsr
"Because-becaass you used to pes
ter me-"
How did poster your Come-now
tell me-" And as GOupart thus spoke.
he reached out and took the fair girls
hand.
But she made no reply. Her eyes were
bent upon the ground, aud the warm.
rich blood mounted to her cheeks and
temples.
"If you viii not tell me, may l tell
your whispered the young man. tremu-
lousy.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20

strange to read that on his birthday an
niversary in 1T96 a motion was made in
Congress to adjourn in his honor hut
was lost because a few disaffected men,
bers declared that it would be bad
precedent" When the crowd outside
heard the news, such a shouting ensued
that the speakers could not he heard. and
an adjournment was forced. Washing
toms birthday is now a legal holiday in
the District of Columbia and in every
State in the Union except six.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20
Over a Century Ago.

On Feb. %, 1900. the obsequies of
George Washington were ofieially eele-
brated at the national capital and were
also observed in every city Of the nation.
The greatest American was also the sub
iect Of eulogies throughout the civilized
world. Washington died on Dec. "a.
l799. after a few hours of great suffer,
Ing. He passed away at half past 10
o'clock In the evening, and by his side
were his devoted wife, his secretary, Col.
Tobias Lear. and his two lifelong fs:cads
and physicians. Drs. Dick and Craik
The last words be spoke were. 1T is
wellg'
In these days. when Washington's
memory Is nevered BY every one, It seems
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20

A physician. writing 10 a London
medical Journal declares that the aras
peppermint water an efiicieut remedy
Tor sleeplessness The theory OF Its
action Is believed to be founded on rs
eneet In Withdrawing blood from the
brain BY attracting 4 fuller Cow 10
the stomach
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20
A Rerinuiux.

Resident-Think Of opening an office
in this neighborhood. ehI Seems to me
you are rather young for a family ply.
slcian.
Young Doctor-Y-e-s. but-er-I shall
only doctor children at hrst.-New York
Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-06
Reunion of Lord Family.

The ninth annual reunion of the sons
and daughters of Nathan Lord will be
held at Berwick, Thursday. Aug. 6. The
annual address will be delivered by
Capt John Clement Lord, L. S. N.
The officers of the associations are:
President, Rev. O. NJ. Lord, Antrim, N.
H.; vice presidents Hon. r. w. Lord,
Kennebunk, Me-; Prof. John. X. Lord,
Hanover, N. H.. Rev. Augustus M.
Lord, Providence, r. l.; Rev. Howard
F. Hill Concord, N. H.; Mrs. Annie
Lord Sawyer, Wiscasset, Me; Mrs.
Martha NJ. Lord Batchelder, Rye
Beach. n. H.; Capt. John c. Lord, New
Brighton, N. Y; David d. Lord, Som
erville, Mass; Miss Sarah J. Lord,
North Berwick, Me-; James Lord, Lee
banan, Me-; William NJ. Lord, Lowell,
Me-; F. d. Pierce, Lebanon, Me-; re-
cording secretary, Miss Edith Nj.
Haitt, Eliot, Me-; assistant secretary,
Miss Nellie F. Lord, Salmon Falls, N.
H.; corresponding secretary, C. G.
Lord, HopkintOn, N. H.; treasurer, j.
Everett Lord, North Berwick, Me-
Auditors-Wiliam c. Lord Bradford,
Mass; Mrs. Laura A. Goodwin, South
berwick. Me, hfS. Safdn Il. Gllud1n
Rochester, N. H.
Executive Committee-W. S. Lord
Portsmouth, N. H.; Miss Mary J. Lord
Eliot, Me-; Charles e. Lord, Salmon
Falls, n. H., Mrs. Mary r. Borthwick,
Portsmouth, N. H.; Mrs. Helen A.
Legro, Somersworth, N. H.: Miss Mel
lie F. Lord, Salmon Falls, N. H.; Wall
ter H. Lord South Berwick. Me-; Mrs
8. f. Sinnot, Kennebunkport, Me;
Wentworth w. Lord, Lebanon, Me-:
Mrs. F. II. Hargraves, West Buxton,
Me.
Historical Committee-C. c. Lord,
Hopkinton, N. H. Mrs. Annie Lord
Marston, Erie, Fla; Abram 7. Lord,
Saco, Me-; Mrs. Nora Grant Rice,
Gardiner, Me-; Miss Olive a. Alderman,
Portsmouth, N. H.; Mrs. Angie f. Lord
SpOffOrl RiddefOrd Me
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-06
Gave
Me UP to Die of Heart
Trouble.
Pain, Pa1pitation and
Headache.
Dr. Miles Heart Cure
Cured Me.

Do not despair Many have been cured of
dread heart disease after all hope was gone.
Watch your symptoms and write for free
medical advice.
my doctor gave me up to die. He said
could not live because of the severity of the
trouble which affected by heart. Words are
weak in describing my suffering. suffered
from indigestion, almost constant headache,
got little or no sleep or rest. was extreme
ly nervous, unable to do my own work and
when the attacks of pain around my heart
and violent palpitation came ON Inever knew
when my end might come. Shortness of
breath and smothering spells frequently
caused me to sit up in bed at night and Twas
in despair. As n last resor. began using DR..
Miles New Heart Cure and Neryne The
first few doses cured my nervousness and
enabled me to get sleep at night. after which
best results DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills and
Nerve and Liver Pills and Nerve Plasters.
Our local druggist sells more of your remc-
dies than any other kind because everyone
in our neighborhocd knows of my restor alton
to health. and that was cured by DR.. Miles
Heart Cure. l have personally induced
dozens of persons to give DR.. Miles Rene
dies trial and / DO not know of one who
has not been thoroughly satisfied with the
treatrnent."-MRs. L. E. PARKS. Swanton,
Vermont
All druggists sell and guarailtee first bottle
DIR. Miles Remedies Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-06
SUMMER FESTIVAL,
Nine BIauvelt Will Sing a! Old Or
chard in August.
Choruses from All Over State and St.
John, Will Sing.

Musical people in Augusta. partic-
ularly members of the Maine Music
festival chorus, will be interested in
the announcement of the midsummer
festival which William r. CHAPMAN
plans to hold at Old Orchard on August
Is and IL. and which, according to Mr..
Chapman, promises to be second only
to the October festival, which has be-
come the annual musical event of the
year, and will bring together many of
the musical people of New England.
All the chOruses that sing in the De-
tober cycle of festivals under the di-
rection of w. r. Chapman are invited
to attend and at least 1000 singers
will be present, representing choruses
from st. John, N. r., northern New
York, Vermont, New Hampshire. and
our own state of Maine. Great solo
artists and one Maine festival orchestra
will also be present
Nine. Lillian Blauvelt returns from
her recent hOnors in Covent Garden,
London to sing the opening night;
Nine Shanna Cumming, who is we'll
known for her powerful dramatic So
prano voice; Miss Isabelle Bouton the
favorite at the festivals; Mr.. Edward
p. Johnson, the tenor, who has taken
Evan Williams place in all the lead
ing festival engagements and Harry f.
Merrill, whose reputation both in Bos-
ton and Portland, places him in the
front rank of American baritones, will
be the quartet ito sing the solos in
Verdis Requiem, that magnificent
masterpiece of music, which will be
rendered On Sunday. Aug. 16.
Nature has done much to make the
larly adapted for such a festival, and
the oanlpmeeting association has made
the use OF this place possible and
practical as even in case of storm the
tabernacle offers shelter and protection.
The lcafy auditorium, with it's wonder
full acoustic properties, its seating cap
acity for hundreds of persons and the
glorious surroundings of forest and
ocean make an ideal place for such
festival.
At Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and at
Chautauqua similar festivals are held
each summer and although this is
new venture it is expected that it will
become an annual event Special ar
engagements have been made with
hotels, boarding houses, and cottages
for board and lodging during this
festival, so all will be we'll and reason
ably cared for, with every comfort and
convenience. The railroads will also
make special excursion rates good from
Friday to Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-06
THE FOURTH IN AUGUSTA.
Small Boys Had Good Time, Without
an Elaborate Celebration.

Augusta passed very quiet Fourth.
Had it not been for the occasional out
bursts of patriotism, one might have
Judged, from a glance about the city
streets, that it was Sunday. A few of
the business places were open in the
morning, but the most of these closed
at noon, and after that hour Water
street was practically in the possession
of the small boy and the occasional
policeman. Almost everyone who could
get out of town got out, some going
to Portland, some to North Augusta,
others to Maehias, Richmond, Togus.
and to other places where anything in
the nature of a celebration of the day
was offered And still others, who de-
sired a peaceful, restful day, went out
to Cobbosseecontee, and down to the
seashore. The monday sun looked down
on Water street and counted hardly a
score of people.
The day was ushered in with aDnro-
pirate ceremonies. They began, early
Friday evening, and continued in an
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intermittent sort Of way, until morn
ing, with occasional endorsements to
the ranks of the serenaders. The cere-
monies We're of the same general nature
which have long been popular with the
youth of the city on similar occasions
in the past, and which have been equal
ly unpopular with the older inhabitants
whose rest they have broken and who
once boys themselves.
But there was one variation. which
was new idea, and which added ma
terially to the racket. Some fertile
brain evolved the thought that by
placing the small torpedoes, which are
used in canes, on the track and letting
the electrics run over them, a noise
generator could be produced which
could not be duplicated for the same
amount of money.
The first demonstration of this idea
was made at 1870, The track was lined
with the little bits of explosion which
looked like cough loZengers, and when
the car rolled over them there was a
series of explosions as if a battery of
gattling guns was in action. This was
kept up as long as the electVics ran,
and then some of the boys went up
and laid for the night trains with
equally good results.
There was but little noise from the
church bells. Most of the churches
were guarded so that the boys could
get in, and after a few Intellectual at
tempts they abandoned the idea and
proceeded to raise q racket in other
ways.
When morning came. there was a
general exodus from town, and early
trains carried crowds of people to other
places. The electrics did as good bust
| ness on their trips to Togus and to the
lake, and in the evening hundreds Went
out to Togus, to see the fire works.
Taken all in all, it was n very quiet,
orderly day. There We're no arrests for
drunkenness, and no fires caused by
fireworks, and 10 those pcope who en-
joy celebrating the ever glorious
Fourth by keeping quiet and letting
the other fellow make the noise, it must
have been ideal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-06

OF Governor Burleigh, byron Boyd and
c. b. Burleigh, will be in full operation
the middle of next week. The tower
built for the water tank is of hard pine
the four posts resting upon bases of
solid granite which are sunk to the
depth of four feet. The tower is Is feet
high and will be surmounted by cyprus
tank holding $500 gallons. From this
the water is to be distributed to the
cottages. There will be ample force as
the bottom of the tank, in it's elevated
position. is about on n level with the
ridGepoles of the cottages. The well,
which Is about 100 feet from the tank,
is 20 feet deep, and after being stoned
is six feet in diameter. Pure spring
water is now in the well to the depth
of seven feet, and over the we'll is an
Imperial wind mill, which will do the
pumping. This. with the plumbing and
piping, was furnished by Malcolm &,
Dyer of Augusta. The carpenter work
was done by Frank r. Wellman of Au-
gusta.
The new hotel opened, today, under
the most suspicious circumstances. The
patrons We're enthusiastic over the fare
offered. AS the Electric Road lands it's
passengers close by the house, it cam
not fail to become popular with the
travelling public.
The Sargent Mission Band of Au-
gusta, took its annual outing, today,
going to one of the SISTER" islands for
a fish chowder. CThe fish We're pur-
chased in Augusta.) After fine sail
in the Hope Well" supper was par
taken of ut "Waldheim."
The small boys-and girls, as we'll
were enthusiastic in their celebration of
the Fourth. The East Winthrop church
bell was heard, occasionally.
This is an evening of supernal beauty,
when heaven comes down to meet the
earth. II. o.
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O.
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