Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-28

been intcrfcrtd with in the least. 1t
means something when q harbor way
up i'll cold Name keeps open while
those hundreds Of miles to the South
are ice bound Sunday Trle-
gram.
An interesting thing about this Port
kinl boast is :hat Saith ana PASSPORT
harburs have Lcen open all winter.
There are oth"r Maine ports to b.
heard from. but evidently it has been
a mild and OPEN winter 1.'"nS the shore.
The Maine Historical Society pro-
poses celebrating next June the 3Ooth
anniversary of the landing of Ney-
mouth at Monhegan and Georges IS
lnl.d. and sailing up the Georges river
the first t,nglishman to land Oh these
Shores This celebration is Of special
interest to ThomaStcn and almost as
much to the city of ltockland ana inc
towns of South ThomaS,on. ~. '''"'S''
Friendship. Gushing aud Warren. y
is oroposed to make it like that ~ -
John last summer, celebrating 'h'
laucir. IT De Mont at AcIdlh. Ld"'
fan SEQ. Prince of Tlnmaston l;'h
Soma correspondence with Mayor ban
tor about il and recently Dr.. Henry =.
R,rrayc has written Hon. }. +. Moore
about il. l. is expected that the citl-
zens nf that rr@ion will act rs i gen
erul committee to take general ch;trS.'
here, ana with proper subcommittee
;,,n .nI.
bration. The L. 5. government takes
gr.at interest in these celebrations
and will furnish a war vessel if the
anrhor:lrc is suitable. and revenue
cutter anyway The Historical Society
thinks Il tablet. Ting Inc ar
rival nj Weymouth should hr plarc'i
somcN here. There are only Il few
m"mbcrs of the Historical Society III
that region and ii will hr necessary Cor
the citizens generally to take hold OF
the matter if II is To be Il success At
st John the citizens took hold with
the committee ln,. had :, Vessel I*cl
up in imitation of the one De Mont
cane i'll. and il is hoped something of
the Kind can be done at Tnonastnn.
NJ. Moore has not been able To give
inns ilu' IL HtttEiNnl ana u course GILL |
i. sumo The whole burden. but hopes to
call the citizens attention to it ami
have a general interest. Ii MAS men
toned in the l,apers las, wall. one
reason Why this is of great interest to
PEOPLE of this ettiOn is that until 1873
Which, Geo. Prince took uD the matter
and ;naiyzed Rivers narrative. it was
almost conceded that Weymouth went
up the kenenbec river. Since then the
subject has been carefully studied and
the Georges river is generally conceded
to be the river. Rev. Mr.. Burrage. Of
the Historical Society. has taken great
interest in the ratter, and says he
wants this celebration to fix the matter
solid. The mountains Weymouth saw
We're Camden mountains. They land
cd at where Fort wharf now is, and
went tbout three miles up toward the
mountains. Rivers account is most
interesting. For celebration ii has
been suggested that there be a basket
riCnic or clam bake at Georges island.
Roy. Dr.. Burage will deliver one adj
dress either at the islands OF at TGont-
aston or where thought best, and it is
hoped n poem will be written for the
occasion. At Acadia last year the citi-
Zens issued a book of quite Sizeabe
proport ions. No defiaitC place has
been mapped out. 1t is hoped the D.
4. r. will take an interest and 81 the
whole community will take hold of it.