Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-25

ginning of dog days.
The Lewiston merchants locked up
Yesterday and went on their annual ex-
cursion.
Everybody in eastern and northern
Maine is proud of that new Bangor
station.
The Old Orchard pickpockets are
getting a big share Of the Maine sum
lner resort prosperity.
Harrison is recovering nobly. from
the blow of the big fire and building
operations are lively there.
Bath is doing a lot Of cleaning up in
preparation for the Shipping celcbra-
ton, but it is not a circumstance to
the cleaning up that will be necessary
when the big week is over.
Sword fish are more plenty. Seventy
fish were brought to Portland Monday
and 95 Of the big fish caught off the
Maine COAST were Solu Ill the IpStoii
market Seventeen barrels of shad we've
landed in Portland Monday.
Winthrop will miss Elliott Wood. He
was a good citizen and a loyal friend
and in all parts of the county and
State there is sorrow at his death.
1t is a peculiar coincidence that while
ROc!sland has just elected a'younS man
from Randolph, Mass. as superinten-
| den of schools. the latter city has
called a Rockland boy to the same
position there. Teachers. like prophets
| are not without honor save in their
| home towns.
Robhinston believes it has the honor
of sheltering the bravest and anartest
liam Goulding. who is 50 years old
lately had his leg removed at the
Chapman hospital in st. Stephen, n. y.
and his wonderful vitality and indom-
liable will carried him through the diff
ficult operation. which few men Of his
| age could be expected to survive. He is
recovering rapidly.
| a good deacon of one of our Maine
Baptist churches has his own ideas
about some things. as most deacons-
and some other folks-havc. He has
been a subscriber to Zion's Advocate
for more than half century. yet he
| said one day to DIR. Burrage. the long
time editor and proprietor of the
| paper. Il never read a copy of YOU
paper in my life" GLOW is that
was the somewhat astonished ques.
ton. 81 read my own" quoth the
| deacon. Il always pay for it il
| advance. and it's mine when I rea(
it," Not bad idea. that. What {
fine thing it would be if all newspaper
subscribers read only their own papers
A family now spending the summer
| in Unity drove there from Haverhill
Mass, in a team. coming by cas-!
stages to enjoy the scenery and visi
places of interest, and camping by tn,
roadside in gypsy fashion when nigh
came on. The camping places on Tn,
journey were Rockingham Junctiou
Wells. KennebunkpCrt. ScarborO Gray
Lewiston, East Readleld and Benton
After their visit at the old home il
Unity they will sell the team and re-
turn to Massachusetts by train.
One place in Maine where Old HON,
week is not neglected is at Weeks
Mills in the good old town of New
Sharon. The association there doc
business every year and is planning I,
make this years reunion larger an,
lbetter than ever before. 1t will b.
held Wednesday, August IA, or. if tina
is stormy. upon the next fair day On,
feature of the literary exercises vii
be poem by Hon. T. II. McLain O
Rockland.
| The historians are trying to find on
what became of the old ship Wis
casset which had the double dstinctio,
Of being the only Pacific whaling shi1
that ever hailed from Wiscasset and o
being the vessel in which Andrew
Carnegie came to this country from
Scotland in 1913. The WiScasset wa
built at Damariscotta in 1893 and wa
of ESQ tons. The ship was fitted out a
Wiscasset. where she was owned, an,
on her first whaling voyage. which wa
of 40 months duration, she clcare,
enough to pay the cost of construc
ton and equipment. She sailed on
second very successful voyage in 1S3
and these two voyages constitute tn
whole story Of the connection of tn
town of Wiscasset with the whalin
business. The Wiscasset was sold Il
1871 to Sag Harbor, Long Island, par
ties and on two voyages to tn
Pacific. each about 30 months Ions
brought her new owners oil and bon
to value of 100000 Later the Wis
casset was in the Atlantic merchan
trade. but her end is a mystery and
seems impossible to determine whethe
she was finally broken up or lost a
sea. An earlier ship Wiscasset, owne
in the town of the same name, wa
built at Bristol in 1891 Of 1872 tons, an
was in the Atlantic trade until 1870
when she was lost