Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-08

lecdotes and stories of. Describe early
homes and home life, and give stories
of.
Early growth of settlement: First
school-date of estabishing-charac-
ter of-sketches of early teachers
character and experience Of
F'irch church: Date of organization
l-denomnation-fi meeting house
date of erection and description Of
first settled minister-sketch Of.
First mill or other mandatory:
When, where and by whom built
First road: When constructed-con-
Meeting What pOints-character of.
IncorpOratiOns: Dates of organiZa-
ton as plantation or incorporation as
town or city. Names of first asses
sors-irst selectmen-first mayor
sketches of same. If originally part of
another town, name of such towns,
and date of separation,
Present area in square miles and
acrtl;. Greatest average length and
width in miles.
Changes in population and valuation
I-tabulated in decades.
Changes in centres of population and
business-describe.
First pOstOffice: Tell where and
when stablished-present number
and location of postoffices.
| Important manufactures: Kind and
| llocatiOn-when stablished-capital in
vested in-number of persons employ
ed in-annual value of products.
| Farms: Number and value of those
occupied-number of those unoccupied
annual value of all farm products.
Other productive industries: Kind
-lOcatiOn-number of-persOnS en-
ployed manual value of products.
| Public schools: Number of graded
and ungraded-high. location of-when
| stablished-average tt e n a n Z
humber of teachers-scope of in
structiOn.
Number of persons of school age
annual average attendance in all pub
lie schools-annual expenditures made
for public schOols-amOunts voted by
town-received from state-derived
from local funds.
State school lots, so called: Present
condition Off sold, for what sum
how invested-yearly income there
from.
| Other permanent school funds:
Whence derived-hOw invested-in-
|
used.
| Private schools: Academies. semi
naries, colleges: Names of-locatiOn of
ca ch-number and description of build
ings occupied-scOpc of instruction
number of instructors-annual attend
| ance of students.
Public libraries: Name and location
lOf-number of vOlumes-cOnditions of
use by general publicity school chill
dren.
Churches: number OBLIGATION of:
denomination of each-number OF
| members i'm each-average attendance
upon service in EACH
Societies: Social, benevolent. liter
ary. etc. Names OBLIGATION of each
| character of buildings or halls owned
or occupied by each-number of men,
bers in each.
Other facts of Importance or inter-
est as showing the present individual.
business, educational, moral and social
condition of town.
Military: Early conflicts with IN
dians-events. incidents, and stories
Of
Colonial Wars: Part taken by the
town-number of persons serving in
lost in-names of persons killed or dy-
ing histories of.
Revolutionary War: Soldiers fur
nished fOr-Officers serving in-num-
Der of persons killed or dying in serv-
ice-local incidents and stories Of
War in 1872: Number of men furnished
tor-nafneS OF OffccrS-number of men
killed or dying in scrvcee-local events Of
Importance or interest-hHrdships result
ing from war-Stories relating to-
ArOostook War: Cause of-men fur
nished tor-results of-local incidents and
Mexican War: Part taken by town
men entering service-officers from town
humber killed "a dying in service.
Civil War: Number of volunteers en-
tering service-number of men drafted for
Officers entering service or made by pro-
motion during service-sketch of privatcs
and officers who won Observation-Disclosures
of men and officers killed or dying in ser
vice-numbcr who suffered in Southern
prisons-local incidents and stories.
Spanish War: Number entering ser
vice-numher killed or dying in service
anecdotes and stories
1t may he asked from what source can
the material for making such a history be
gained and in reply We can say that
enough for all practical purposes is held
in the town and church records, and in
the memories of the residents. One never
knows how. important the books of the
town clerk are until the yellOwcd pages
are opened ard the faded writing is de-
ciphered, There are scOrcs-yes. hun
dreds of ways to get at the home facts,
and to one who hunts and hunts earnest
ly. the search itself is an education. If
our teachers in the grammar schools
should give every member of their classes
some one subject to investigate, and
should fix date q few weeks ahead for
the presentation of the facts, it would
he surprising to realize what 4 wealth OF
local history and tradition could be ac-
cumulatcd. And what treasures these
school manuscripts would be for the fu-
ture annalSt and historian. Perhaps
several of the events related by the boys
and girls might prove of priceless value
to the entire town or city, determining its
future course as q component part of the
State or the nation. 1t is hoped that pa
rents and all friends of education will
think of these matters and think of them
so long and so earnestly that new inter-
est shall b. awakened.-Bangor News.