Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-23

ana me most important which caused
many "a laugh among the audience.
AndroscOggin county was described by
Mrs. Louis Riggs, formerly of Cumber-
land; Franklin by Miss Ella Merrill Of
Farmington; Hancock by Miss Annie
Haskell of Deer Isle; Kennebec by Miss
Louise Benson of Waterville; Knox by
Mrs. Walter Goodenough of Lincoln
Vile; Lincoln by Miss Alice Robinson
OF Newcastle; PenobscOt by Miss Caro-
lyn SWEET Of Brewer; Sagadahoc by
MISS Bertha Soule Of Bath; Somerset
by Miss bennett Of BridgtOn; WASH
ington by Mrs. GallisOn of Harrington;
York by Miss Elizabeth MeseEve of
Limerick. After the entertainment re-
freshments were served. Bangor was
well represented by Miss Snow. Miss
SWEET, Mrs. Mary Boston White, Mrs.
Louise Higgins Tarbox, Mrs. Bertha
Lord Sargent, Mrs. Mary NJ. Veazie,
Mrs. Emily Hodges Smith, Mrs Flor
ence Clark Lockwood, Mrs. Ruth Field
Brown and Miss Helena Smith. The
officers of the club this year are: Mrs.
Ada Bird keene, president, formerly of
Rockland; Mrs. Lotto Neal Pettigrew
or AUBURN, vice president; Miss Mary
bennett of BridgtOn, secretary; and
Mrs. Alice Merrill Riggs of Farming
ton, treasurer. Saturday evening, Jan.
Y. will be Gentlemen's night. when the
club entertain their friends at the
Aldine club, Ill Fifth avenue, Manhat-
tan. There is to be musical enter
tainment and an exceedingly agreeable
evening is expected. The club is now
nearly three years old.
At a recent meeting of Bodwell
grange, Phippsburg, the members
presented papers and bits of inform
alton regarding Ancient Augusta which
was the town once located at what is
now Small Point Harbor. The Bath
Independent prints a sketch which was
read at that session which gives some
information regarding the old time
town. There was a town laid out at
what is now called Small Point Harbor
as early as 1116. Provision was made
by the prOprietors in Boston for
grant of land in 50-acre lots to so
families who would build houses on
their lots and occupy and improve the
land for three years. A man by the
name Of Capt. John Penhallow was the
leader of this settlement and was
granted three times as much land as
the others if he would build a house ON
it and take charge of the settlement,
lay out the lots and arrange the vii
lage. which he accordingly did, and the
towrINgrew so rapidly that there were
enough to hold a town meeting on Nov.
&. I'LL. and the mOderatOrs name was
John Darrell. The name given to the
newly organized town was Augusta.
At this meeting it was voted to locate
a place for a church and burial ground
and the burial place is indicated by
few lonely graves which are to be
found there. The next year at town
meeting it was decided to lay out a
road from this place to the Kennebec
river for the purpose of access to
Georgetown. which at that time en-
braced the western shore of the Ken
ncbe.: river. The road was eight rods
wide and some traces of it are yet to
be seen. There were two streets laid
out from Capt. Penhallow's house run
ming to North Creek and several good
houses were built along the streets and
things looked prosperous. A stone fort
was built near the managers house by
Dr. Belcher Noyse. the secretary of the
Pejepscot company, who started this
town, at his own expense, which was
considered the best fort in the eastern
country. There was a nice well dug
near the fort which may be seen to this
day. DR.. Noysc also undertook a
fishery large enough to employ twenty
vessels at one time. A sloop called the
Pejepscot made regular voyages to
Boston from this place. The govern
ment of Massachusetts at first sup
ported the fort by a detachment of
soldiers under Capt. Penhallow but
after while they We're withdrawn and
the place. left unprotected. soon fell
prey to the Indians who We're plentiful
then. They burned all the houses but
the inhabitants managed to escape by
water"