Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-10

| tons.
Thanks to the Portland city govern
| ment's appropriation Maine is not TO
| be wholly unrcpresented at the James
| town Exposition after all.
1t is not uncommon for the name Of
| the groom to be left out Of the account
of a wedding, for grooms are of small
account on such occasions. but a
| Sprague's Mills correspondent last
week left out the names of both groom
and bride.
Secretary Gorham n. Weymouth of
the Biddeford Board Of Trade has re-
ccived letter from W. Il. Seldom,
town clerk of Biddeford, Eng, asking
for Information concerning Blddeford
and inquiring whether the Maine city
took its name from Bddcford and also
how it comes that an extra "a Is
found in the name of the Maine city.
Early historians have always stated
that Biddeford. Maine. derived its
name from the English town. but no
one seems to know why double "a
came to be used in the spelling.
Hon. Edgar c. Smith of Dover is
collecting material for work which
takes up the history of the Revolution
airy soldiers of Piscataquis county.
Judge Smith. who is Well known as
historical writer of ability, has found
some interesting material and has dis
from % to 80 soldiers to fight for lib
erty. He has secured one or two
pictures Of soldiers while in other cases
he has taken views of the tomb stones
of the deceased. He plans now to pub
fish the book as soon as its completion
and it will doubtless be read with great
interest by those interested in the past
history of the county.
For the third time within three
months Sabastianello Teneriello of
Portland has filed her marriage inten-
tons at the city clerks office, the pro-
sprctive grooms in two instances being
men 40 years of age, while the last is
but %. The lady is So years old and
the first time her papers We're filed she
came in herself to attend to the mat
ter, the date being June Is. The mar
riaSe did not take place and July IS Il
friend of the young woman came in
with papers announcing her intention
to marry another man. Again the we'd
ding was declared off for some reason
and last Saturday a messenger APP
peared in the clerks office to file more
intentions of marriage for Miss Ten
ericllO.
Gerald Gardner Wilder, assistant
librarian of Bowdoin college and secre-
tary Of the Maine Library association,
gives notice that the annual meeting
of the association will be held at the
rooms of the Baxter free public library
in Portland, Oct. 17-1S, next. There
will be sessions on Thursday afternoon
and evening. oct II, and on Friday
morning Oct. IS. There are many at
fractions in Portland which will make
the coming meeting interesting, aside
from an interesting program. The
Baxter building of itself is worthy a
visit and then there is the new build
ing of the Maine historical society
with its rich collections, the Longfel-
statue and many places of historic in
terest. The attendance should be
large at the October meeting, pro-
gram of which will soon be made pub
lie.
The annual exclusion of the Maine
Press association will be held at BridE-
ton the week of September 23-2? 1eav-
ing Portland via the Maine Central r.
II. and the Bridgton and Saco River
Il. r. Monday noon, September ~.
Headquarters will be at BridgtOn, and
day trips will be taken during the week
by blackboard or launches to points OF
interest, such as Naples. Songo Lock.
Pleasant Mountain and Waterford
where is the grave Of Artemas ward
There are many beautiful drives around
Bridgton, affording fine views OF the
White Mountains. and if the foliage
has begun to show the autumn colors
the pleasure of the trip will he much
| enhanced. The secretary of the CON-
mittee in charge of the trip is r. w.
| Wardwell, II Exchange street. Port
land.
| Geo. NJ. Foster. one Of Winthrop's
selectmen. sends into the Journal Office
a six weeks potato that must have
| completed its growth as it weighs two
pounds and IS ounces Even in Ken
| nebec soil, which produces the best of
everything that grows. there are sell
dom found larger potatoes than this
1t was in Winthrop, by the way, that
they have raised corn for the past few
l a -o
papers could boast of.
A railroad will soon be completed
| which will eyfan6 from, p,rarfn Rarrioc