Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-18

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appear before his committee.
There is n surprising amount OF SICK
less in Hiddeford at the present lirhc
and L is seen in the mills as much II
not more than anywhere else. hd"r
enc overseer in the I.acOni:, there are
so textile operatives il"w on the SICK
| LIST.
| CLAIMS are 50 scarce. on account Oh
| tho ice on the fats. that the jokes
which prevailed during the coal fam
inc Of two Years ago are being revised
with the substitution of clam for
| coil.
| \ Sumner correspondent boasts that
Lis happy and prosperous town has
neither saloon. naupcr. town debt nor
| lawyer.
A little boy whose mother took him
/" old orchard beach IL few days ago
cried because ha thought the ice whirn
now covers the sand would never
melt anu that his summer playground
was spoiled for all time. Ii is indeed
hard 10 realize that the smooth stretch
OF white sand now covered with Il sea
wall Of ice six feet thick will in Il few
months be covered with happy Vaca-
tiOniStS clad in airy summer costumes
Belfast Journal: Despite the severe
weather birds have been more nuner-
have been seen occasionally. although
the briuStou News doubts that they
have put in AN appearance up Dld
Town way. and says: THE robin gen
orally has more sense than 10 fly
| nnrthw.trd when III" mercury is - be
low zero That may be, but il is an
established face that many robins do
| not iy southwark in the fall. and
Hence. like the poor. are always with
| rs. Woodpeckers have been in evil
dtnce and bluejayS also and last Fri
day q large flock of birds were on the
bushes ana trees at the corner of Court
| and Franklin streets. chipping merrily.
| They We're nearly as large as Il robin.
| hut an unknown species 10 the writer.
Waterville Sentinel: Some wicked
| person at West Minot has unearthed IL
letter which Il young man of that sac
| ;oiI wrote asking u young woman to
marry him. 80 years ago and the story
! has got in the !apclS. II dnyb"dy
| uses our private correspondence thai
| way after We are dead. We will haunt
| him.
nr la hi ct nf MliI
| is that of Mrs. Charles Gushing of
FreeEort. This house has been tn"
! 81 eI.e of many famous meetings, hut
one i'll particular should make it of in
| tereSt to every resident of the old Pine
| Tree State and Of pride Ia the town of
| Freeporr, for in it the commissioners
| I;Iet in 1870 and signed the final papers
| which set Maine OFF from MaSStchu-
| its and made il Il state by itself.
Many residents of the town do not
| even know that the house used to be Il
| tavern and Furthermore the best tavern
| east of Boston. 1t was for years used
US such and While it Was public house
| many of the best known men OF the
| time planned their journeys so that
| night might overtake them when they
| arrived III Freeport, as they wished
| To spend the night at the famous
| Jameson Tavern, noted for its good
beds it's cuisine and its excellent wines
and LIQUORS, for in those days Name
! was not Il prohibition State. This
| house was built about 130 years ago
for DR.. John Hyde Il practising llySl-
| clan at that time. 1t was afterwards
sold ard became well known as the
Jameson Tavern III was one of the
principal stopping places between
I.angor and EoSton and under its hos
| rit:ble roof hundreds have been shell
! tered in days gone by. What is now
| :, rOomy kitchen was in those days The
harroom with card tables set around to
| entice customers. The upper floor i'll
the ell was a large dance hall and here
the grandfathcrS and grand mothers CT
the old people OF the present day en-
loved their society dances ana recep-
tons During the last few years the
house has been remOdeled and now
looks quito modern. 1t is built upOn
q solid ledge and all its tirhnrs are Of
great size, which accounts for the eX
: celcnt preservation Of the house.
About 60 years ago ii was purchased
by the late Charles Gushing. Il former
|
town. whose family still occupies the
residence.
It is roin' ed out that Major Kelley o.
tile Bangor Commercial j. the latcs:
winner Of q monumental scoop. He ha+
been chosen to ride with General Chat
zee in The inaugural rar;,ie rs one Of
his official staff.
Tho ROokland opinion relates this
tragic story: "One of our populor Sc
cTet societies met. III" other night to
confer the strenuous Steeith degree on
some aspiring novices, and the candi-
Gates. for security and To make sure
mat they aid not get scared and fly the
track. we've placed in Il small rnnfi,
connected with the lodge apartemnts
and locked in. AL preparations wcr.
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