Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-11
Mr.. FRANK KELLAR.

tcrd,y. as being decidedly on the gaining
hand.
Mrs Anna NJ. Tobey and Mrs Carrie
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Otis Sylvester and daughter Doro-
thy. We're calling on friends. yesterday.
The storm Of Jan. was, something
Tor nearly 10 hours 1t filled up the ponds
and wells and was welcomed by all.
The funeral of the late Mrs. c. =. Mo.
ID Jan. 6. Rev. III. w. Abbott officiating.
She leaves, besides a husband and six
children q brother and sister to mourn
and beautiful. lniermerLt was made in
Sand Hill cemetery.
Everyone in this vicinity was pleased to
sec tie smiling face of the r. F. ID. mar.
once more.
PALERMO CENTER.
Ed. Brann's wife who is critically III.
was no better at last reports.
The apples that were sold in this vicin-
lily. recently. We're hauled to Palermo sta
tiun last Week, for shipment
Tn" mail carrier on Route ! was not
storms which biocladed the roads DAD, to 20 such ih
an extent that they were rot all opened
until sunday night.
The c. f. meetings are being held at the
dwelling houses on Turner Ridge. this
winter The next IS appointed III the
EAST PALERMO.
Miss Jane Whitaker Of this place. about
a var aeo was taken with that dread
disease Consumption. Nom sh en- ct vlm
dlseaLe, ccns'iinption, and has been tax
Viii ker lived curt out of V doors sn nsry MiT
summer. and this fall and winter she has
her hed out on the veranda. where she
ileWe cold weather OF last week. sh. ex-
i'.iiaI ced no ill effects from the cold and
was rot Obliged TO keep her head GOV
cred during those cold nights when the
mercury stood at IS below zero. She says
81 tather enjoys the cool night air ana
.nc may fully recover.
W $ !nne. ESQ; Of Rockland. for
| relly q i'alGrmo Center, who is super
visor Of schools. visited all the schools III
mis- TART Of the town Friday.
Nearly everybody in this part of TN.
town was showed under. Wednestla". and
Saturday the long looked for rain came
something doing here. Nern BrddStrec.
no some lime casks IN front of his shol.
and the wind carried them nearly half
feet and lodged ir a SNOW drift. We think
both storms the worst We have seen II.
Scnic years in this place.
'rhrrS.on Brothers Of China. recently
bought what is called the Robert Buyulu.,
timber lot of Mrs. Albert Turner
HALLDALE.
Last Week was a record breaker for bad
weather The roads were so badly ilifteu
that our +. +. d. man found ii impossible.
to make his trip, Wednesday anu Satur-
day.
y. Y. Stevens died. last Saturday. aftc,
an illness OF Il few weeks. the funeral
wd! at his late home. Tuesday forenoon.
Miss Ellen F. Gowan is in very poor
he;i h.
Grace White returned home from Nc.
Fari1Gd'S Corner. where isne has been
teaching school, last Monday.
a. r. Ra%ncs has sold his apples to f.
+. Ham az Lewiston. Many are holding
their apples, hoping for a higher price.
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Visitors to n quaint little church In Eng
land observe II curious relic in the shape
III 4 high stool with a leather top like a
saddle. The parish clerk shows not lit
tie pride III this relic and tells its story
With relish. During the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries the country parsons
were accustomed to spend much of their
time hunting with their country squires
Oftentimes the fox got more attention
than the sermon on the following Sunday
Such was the case with the parscn who
left the saddle stool behind him rs a relic
of the days Of hunting parsons He
was good deal more Mt home in the sad
die than in the pulpit. 50 in order to in
trodnce some OF the life and spirit into
his discourses which he felt while in the
hunting neld, the reverend gentleman had
this saddle stool made 1t was placed
in the pulpit before the parson mounted
the steps. Once aStride this hobby, the
carson was able to reach n much higher
degree of enthusiasm and eloquence thar.
ne could have rnmounted.