Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-02
Maine Gossip
A Maine ldyI.

A Maine IdyI.
There was young woman in Me.
Who once of her features was ve.;
But her big brother Jas.
Would call her rude mas,
And said that she gave him pc.
Exchange.
The oldest married people of Bangor
are Mr.. and Mrs. William Bryant who
celebrated the 63d anniversary Of their
wedding, last week.
Machias and Machiasport will re-
build the bridge between them if the
State will appropriate half of the $4,000
required Tor the work.
BiddefOrd merchants to the number
Of 11t have formed a protective associ-
alton to fight the trading stamp evil,
to guard against bad debtors, to regu-
late hours of closing, etc.
a new r. F. D. route has just been
opened from Sabattus postoffice in
| which the mail carrier enjoys the
unique experience of driving into four
towns and three counties in his circle
of about twenty-five miles. The
towns are Webster, Bowdoin, Itch
field and Wales. and the counties are
| Androscoggin. SagadahOc and kenne-
| bee. Can this be duplicated by any
other office in Maine?
Bath Times: A contemporary COM
pares the case of the Augusta drug
| siat who. convicted of violating the
| DrohihitOry law, asked for clemency
| on the ground that his eyes were
| weak, to that of the treasurer of a GER
tain organization who found that his
own money and that of the organiZa-
ton looked SO much alike that he could
not tell the difference, and SO came out
| short in his accounts. The druggist
couldn't See the difference between
violation and observance, probably.
There appears to be stir in Kenne-
bee Pomona circles at it's next meeting
which is to be held at Augusta during
the winter. Judging from what has
been dropped here and there. num-
Der of patrons who think their chances
Of getting county offices are rather
slim so long as there are so many
oranges in the Pomona grange and
these have decided to make an effort
at the next meeting to divide the Ken
| neHec Pomona Grange, making the
Kenenebc river the dividing line. There
is some opposition to this plan. chief
| ly because there would be an unequal
division. there being fourteen oranges
on the west side of the river and but
eleven on the east side. However
there will be spirited contest over
the matter at the next meeting.
Ernest W. Hamilton of Chebeag que
Island, who has the reputation of be-
ing a great trial to his parents. is said
to have added new feature to the list
of his past achievements. Some time
ago he went to Brewer, where his
folks supposed he was engaged in
| some business. About a week or so
ago they received a letter stating that
he was very sick and requested that
they send him s. to defray some ex
| pense. The five was sent and the rel
| atives at the islands became very anx-
ious about him. The latter part of
last week a telegram was received
stating that the young man had died
and that SIS was required to defray
the expense of sending the body on to
| this city. The telegram was signed by
| some one unknown to the parents. In
stead Of sending the money two of the
relatives went on to Brewer to take
charge of the remains and bring them
on here for burial at the island. The
| father remained in Portland to COM
pletc arrangements for the funeral
which was set for last Sunday. The
| flowers were ordered, an undertaken
was engaged to transport the body
from the depot to the tug Ben Hur
which was also engaged to take the
body to the island. In fact all ar
rangements were complete for receiv-
ing the remains at the depot upon the
| arrival of the train and for the funeral.
| T:ut this was all for naught. as when
| the relatives arrived at Brewer they
learned that the young man was alive
| and well and that it was all a scheme
to get some money. They. with some
trouble. persuaded the young man to
| accompany them to his home. where it
| is said that he found great amusement
in watching the people arriving to az
tend his funeral last Sunday.
| Few rlen have taught in one school
as long as the late William f. Frost of
Westford. Mass, whose sudden death
was announced in the Journals tele-
graph columns yesterday. For 81
year Professor Frost had been the
principal of Westford Academy where
he was highly successful in his work
and was beloved by all. He was
native of Norway. Maine. and after
graduating from Bowdon in 1870 he
taught the High school in Gardiner for
a year The friendships he formed in
that time have endured and only last
summer he visited the city and was
warmly greeted by many of his old
pupils. Judge Webster of Gardiner
was college friend and spent Thanks
giving With him At Westford. only a
week ago. Before entering Bowdoin.
Mr.. Frost served in the Civil War. be-
ing a member of Co. II. I'D Me. Inf.
In college his chum was D. S. Alexan-
der. Richmond boy now of Buffalo,
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