Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-07-10

III every iilOlltH ana l,oOo ptdHulS ptl
year. During the two years that you
have been in business | have taken
without permission 2,136 peanuts,
amounting to fifty-four bags of fifty
to the bag, at 5 cents each, making
$40. OF course there We're days when
| missed, but l generally make that
time up when l come to town." The
groc aryman took the money and the
farmer went his way rejoicing. How
nice it would be if everyone were
honest,
The Weymouth celebration at Them
aston, last week, called renewed atten-
ton to the many historic spots in that
section. Sailing dOwn The river by
Montpelier" the baronidl home OF
Gen. Knox, the next object of interes.
is the killeran house, the Oldest build
ing on the river. 1t was erected i'm 1880,
and is noted for having been the hiding
place of the fugitive slave AtticuS, who
escaped from Georgia on Capt. Kill
lerai,'s ship in 1897, and Was given
friendly shelter at the Killcran home
stead. On Jacob RoDinsor:'s farm is
a cellar discovered in 1,3J, and still in
fairly good condition. 1T is nine feet
deep and 80 feet wide, being walled
with hewn timbers and covered level
with the surface of the ground. The
timberS We're decayed Whea the cellar
was discovered. An underground pas
sage leading to the creek, and large
enough originally to at colrmodate a
small boat ana its o. 'urantS. leads to
| b.. h.li..f ,-.,.. r.tr fnr
pirates. Many parties have searched in
the vicinity for buried treasures.
About mile. below the Robinson
farm is the Waw"norN Tl,rartine bat
tleficld, the scene of 4 i;"rr4 conflict be-
tween the Indian tribes IN 1915. Tha
st. Georges river was The dividing line
between the tribes until the Tarratines,
seized with the spirit of conquest. de-
scended upon the Wlwen6 OK village
and practically annihilated it. Grim
reminders of this bloody tattle have
been found in moda:n times in the
shape of skulls, Indian arrOwheads.
pieces of flint and othe- evidences of
primeval warfare. In i;s Immediate
neighborhood is located the graveyard
and log meeting house 'ot, marking tn.
burial place of the early settlers of st.
George and Gushing. The cemetery is
thick with underbrush and the stranger
would scarcely suspect it's presence.
The meeting house, which was built in
1876, was burned near the close of the
18th century. Then there is the Old
garrison house on the farm now Occu-
pied by John F. Burton, n descendant
of the builder. Here are the battle
al An
contended for the mastery and every
inch of the soil has some historic fact
or legend to connect it with the past
On Bird point is an underground pass
age leading inland from the river to the
nigh ground. 1t is several rods long,
and when in use was large enough for
persons to pass from tho river to the
log house built at tn" end o. the pass
age. This house was The home of
Andrew Bird, an early settler, and the
grandfather of Francis w. Bird of
BroOkline. who was the democratic
candidate for governor of MaSsachu-
setts about 80 years ago. Tho passage
was discovered and explored i'm 1880 by
Rev. A. w. Burr. nov president of the
BelOit, Wis, COlleg" academy. 1t was
hidden by a very thick growth of un-
derbrush. and was discovered purely by
accident. Henderson; block house at
Pleasant point was built in 1853 as Il
protection against In1ians and nations
hostile to England. and was command
ed by Capt. Dunbar Henderson. 1t dis
appeared years ago. but hear its site
is the Pleasant Point burying ground,
where lie the remains of Jane Ruther-
ford daughter of Rev. Robert Ruther-
ford. who preached IN Thomaston and
Gushing about 1750- The frs: Presby-
terian pastor in Maine. The farm that
vas cleared by John Brown i'm 1885 is
still productive while jast opposite is
the site of ST. Georges fort, built in
1909, under the superi,ite ndence of
Thomas Vose of Thomaston. A portion
of the earthworks remains.