Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-01


ing erected in the village, this summer
There is work going on at present in
10 Bath shipyards and the big launch
ing of the fall will be that of the bat
tleship Georgia.
James Hartford of Smithfeld, age 80,
realizing that he may need n grave
stone sometime, took day off, last
week, and set one to his own liking.
Rockland firemen, having had some
narrow escapes from the falling of live
wires. are asking that the power be
shut off from the section where fire
alarm is rung in. 1t is reasonable re-
quest.
York Transcript: Maine still con-
tinues to build big ships, and the Gus
tom Of christening them with flowers
grows more popular. Christening
With champagne is wasteful custom
that ought not to be tolerated.
A WaldobOrO correspondent thinks
two citizens of that town made n pretty
good record in the haying season.
George II. Mathews and Joseph Phil
brook started into get Mr.. Philbrooks
hay which is in two fields, one of which
is Il acres and the other % acres, Il total
of 40 acres. In just eleven days these
two men, with one pair of horses, cut
made, and put in the barn the hay
from both fields, doing every bit of
the work, raking after and all, and put
in some Sc or 3S tons.
Much more building is being done in
Brunswick, than usual. The Captain
Curtis Memorial library is one of the
most important structures. Another
is the new auxiliary steam plant of the
Brunswick Electric Light & Power Co.
near the old gas house plant. A very
handsome building is the chapter house
1T the corner of Maine and Mckcen
street. being erected for the Theta
Delta chi fraternity. DR.. f. b. Mason
is building residence on College
street. George Cobb has a new house
on Mcclellan street. Two dwellings on
Harpswell street are being completed.
one for Simeon brigham and another
for Mrs. Orsmby. William Coffin
has erected a house on Coffin street. A
large stable has been built by Professor
Files in the rear of his residence on
Maine street. Besides these. cOnsid-
cradle work has been done in repairing
houses. The foundation is under way
| for the pumping station for the new
driven we'll water system.
The rllmor that one of the big hotels
1T Old Orchard was to close its doors
on account Of lack of patronage, is
denied emphatically. All the smaller
hotels are filled and some of them have
turned away guests during the last few
| days. The proprictOrs of the big
hostclries declare that they are salts
| fed with the amount of business done
| the past week. and say that it is about
all that they could expect in July. The
bookings for August, they say. were
never better and unless all signs fail
the resort will have fully as many
summer vacatiOnists this month, as it
| has seen for several years.
| The Piscataquis Observer tells this
story: Not long since n farmer in one
of our neighboring towns passed on to
the higher life and of course a minister
was called. In making arrangements
for the funeral, as was his custom, he
asked the bereaved wife if there was
any particular song of which the hus
| ch Un,I11 lilo n
have sung at the funeral. AT first she
said that she could think Of none but
later she called the reverend gentle
man to her and said there was song
which her hubsand particularly liked
and perhaps it would be Well to have It
sung, "Therell be a hot time i'm the old
town tonight" The minister thought
| it wasn't best.
| Ruel Smith of Washington. D. C..
| formerly of this city. is in Bangor for
a few days. lie is now employed by
the Spanish Treaty Claims commission.
Mr. Smith is accompanied by his son.
r. Perley Smith of New York. Mr..
Smith was tor many years stenog-
| raphcr to the late Chief Justice John
4. Peters of the Maine supreme court.
| and. in all probability. knew him much
| more Intimately than any other person
in Maine. outside the judges family.
| Not only was Mr.. Smith stenogra pher
to the honored chief justice but he was
his friend. confidant and companion.
Together they took pleasure trips and
at home in Bangor YOU We're as liable
to find the "Chief' as members of the
Maine bar always delighted in refer
| ring to Justice Peters in the office of
Smith in the Wheelwright and Clark
block as you We're tn find him in his
own office at the court house. To the
judge no event. whatever it was. was
fully complete unless Ruel was present.
Personally Mr.. Smith is a most COM
panionable man and has a fund OF
those ever enjoyable Peters stories
which we SO well like to hear. His SON.