Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-08

Fred Kicker of that place. This sheep
Is now mother having given birth to
twin lambs the first day of March This
perhaps is nothing peculiar although
IT is slightly out of the ordinary. The
interesting part Of the tale, however,
is that March %, the same sheep gave
birth to a third lamb. and that at the
present time they are all as lively and
active as lambs of that age are wont
to be-including the mother.
Baths youngest merchant is Charles
Edgecomb, aged 10, who has been in
business for himself for about a year.
He is now planning to enlarge his store
ana put IN line of groceries.
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u. w. Walker of Chelsea, puts in a
claim for his flock of sheep that will be
hard to beat. He has Is sheep of the
Shropshire grade and they are the
mothers, this spring. of "a lambs, all
alive and full of freshness. Two of
his sheep had twins that weighed 20
pounds per pair.
Miss Grace Hodsdon Boutelle of
Bangor, will sail on April II, by the
American liner, Friesland, for England
where she will spend several months
as correspondent for the Boston Tran
script Miss Boutelle will be accom-
| panied by Miss Mildred Lane of Bos-
ton, who will be engaged in similar
work.
! ElGhty-four young men came up be-
| fore the Massachusetts board of den
tistry for examination, last week, and
of these 40 passed. Among them were
| these Maine boys: V. A. Kelley, Ban
croft; j. f. Pendleton, Searsport; c
| A. Porter, Auburn; and F. p. Simpson
| Brunswick
a lively rivalry is on between two
| neighboring towns away down in the
southeast corner of Maine concerning
grasshoppers. One town through the
| local press recently announced the dis
covery of grassphoppers-thi years
crop at that. In the next issue of the
same weekly the other town through
| letters from some of it's leading citi-
| Ltllo eSSeu d COHSlu6IdDie amount
of doubt about the presence of these
| animated guests in any part of Maine
so early as this. Then the town en-
tertaining the hoppers caught some OF
| them, bottled them up and sent them
| over the border as proof positive that
the grasshopper season had arrived
| But those who received tnem allowed
| they We're some left over from last
| year. We await with anxiety the next
| development in this contest, deploring
the fact that human nature can allow
| itself to get so upset when the fever
for being the first to discover signs of
spring is upon it.
A. E. Taught, Esq, of Sidney, who
has fondness for old relics and old
papers, has in his possession quite a
large and rare collection of old papers,
deeds, etc. that are valuable as re-
minders of the years long since passed
away He has two old deeds given by
the English, "PrOprietors of the Kenne-
bee Purchase" one to Philip Taught,
his great-grandfather; and the other to
Jacob Taught, Philip Faught's oldest
son. These deeds We're both executed
November Is. 1869. These lands We're
situated in Vassalboro and commence
on the east shore of the Kennebec
river and running easterly two miles
and containing about 250 acres, in each
division. The southern portion of this
tract of land has ever since been
owned by the Taught family and is
now owned by A. e. Taught of Sidney.
Mr.. Taught also has a will made by his
great-grandfather, Philip Taught, ana
dated January l, 1871, giving to his
youngest son, Anthony Taught all his
property; his son to pay out stated
sum to the other heirs, and caring for
the widow through life. The requests
were to be paid in Spanish milled dol
lars. He also has two tax lists which
were committed to Jacob Taught as
constable and collector of taxes for the