Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-24

BoWCoin VI.
A Durham man who was in Lewis
ton last week told the Sun that ser-
Gus conditions exist at Shiloh at the
present time. He said: 81 am told that
they don't have enough to eat, and that
what food they do have is very poor
| quality. There is also much dissatis-
| faction expressed among the members
| of the society who are beginning to lose
| faith in their leader Elijah Sanford.
am told that the farm products at
| Shiloh OF at the farms owned by Sand
| ford are very inferior. There are some
| who feel deeply concerned as to the
| comforts of the Shiloh colony during
the winter months unless some radical
| change is enacted"
| In the 13 years that it has been a
city Portland has had 80 mayors and
of them only seven survive. They are
William l.. Putnam. Francis Fessenden,
| Charles f.. Libby, Darius mgraham.
| Charles II. Randall, Frank W. Robin
son. all Frederick +. I;oothby. This
uo,s not count Mayor Baxter, who for
4 time was on the list of CX-mayorS.
| An Passport bridegroom named w.
| s. Alexander got about IN" limit in
rough treatment lest week ana if sncn
things happened very often few sane
or sober men could BE- rntic,.d to tn"
| altar. oar sympathy for The victim,
| however is much lcssrn"d in this case
| from tn. fact that he had long been
| Il leadc. in FRANKS upon his friends
| when thcv had been married. The
| Bangor News thus tells the story:
| 1t was during the reception that the
| popular young groom was seized by. n
number Of his friends without cerc
| mony, handcuffed and his feet shack
| led and quickly hustled out the back
| OF the residence where q large crowd
Of friends We're in waiting for another
reception not down on the program.
He WAS placed irto an inpr0mptu cage
| made OF two watermelon crates which
| had been erected on a dump-cart and
| drawn by u horse and on top sat Will
| liam Banks as keeper" The process
sion was quickly formed including
Scott 2. Bradish on horseback, as mar
| shall; hack driver Andrew Stephenson
| With Il gayly trimmed hack, the horse
wearing colored overalls and the ma
| tionaI colors; PASSPORT cornet band:
| a merry gO-round organ on wheels
which was heard frequently. the hap
ply groom bound hand and foot" in the
cage and ON the outside of the cage
several verv noticeable signs tackled UP
which attract d considerable attention,
| one of which read. Man sits in gloom
and don't know what is coming next: ("
| then followed several hacks ana teams,
| while in the rear was fully two thou
sand people who had turned ont to wit
ness the novel demonstration. which
| was without question ''thr limit at
| a wedding in this city. The strange
procession moved to all parts Of the
| island city. along the business part Of
| PASSPORT past the home where the re-
| ception had been held ana later halted
| in front "f Mr.. .tlcxander's home in
| Key street. where II" was released.
| Along the line Of march he had been
! greeted with many bags Of flour, rice
and paper while the streams OF water
| from numerous hose had been turned
| on the cage so that the groom not
| only received the flour and other mis-
| siles but plenty of water and his lot for
la short time was not cnvled by many,
| hut he came out Of the cage with a
smile and handshake to his many
| friends and the odd reception was at
IN end with great cheering. ii was
| only Il short time later in the after
noon when the crowd collected ut the
| train TO bid the happy couple farewell
and fully one thousand of the residents
| were at the station at $40 rs Mr.. and
| .rS. Alexander drove up in the hack
and with shower of rice and cOlored
paper took their seat on the train
Will. many friends crowded about
them to say gool bye