Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-25
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| A Toast.
Her to the man Whose hand
| Is firm when he clasps your OWL
Like a grip of steel
That makes you feel
| You're not in the world alone.
| Here's to the man whose laugh
Puts the sombcr clouds to rout-
| The man WHO'S fair
| And kind and square
| To the one that's down and out
| milwaukee, Sentinel
\ busy week for the milliners and
the church chors.
This is the 18th and last week Of the
73d Legislature.
| New Meadows Inn, now in process OF
struck by lightning in last Fridays
shower.
The Boston boats on The Bangor line
begin today to make four trips d week.
but they will not tie up at the Bangor
lwharves just yet.
| York, which recently burned up
pile of 10000 brown-tail moth nests.
ship claims of a Knox county town
which destroyed 5,372 nests.
New chapters of the Order Of East
fern Star we're organized last week in
Blaine and Cherryfeld. Grand Patron
\. II. Newbert of ROckland states that
ldispcnsations for organizing II new
chapters have been issued during the
year ending this week. In @nly one
previous year has this record been eX-
lccllCd.
| An unusual incident, even for the
wilderness village of Milinochct. oc-
Cured last Tuesday morning \ large
deer ran across the bridge from Little
Italy and started to cross near the
upper Office at the mill, but the high
fence turned it aside and the animal
ran across the mill yard over the road
between the two portions of the mill
and disappeared over the HILL followed
by shouting crowd Of men. The am
lmal appeared worry tired but 50 far as
is known, was not pursued by dogs.
There is a good deal Of talk at
Machias about the probability Of the
electric road being built between that
village and Shawmut this spring 1t
iS: hut I., Il
will be commenced just as soon as the
snow is off the ground. The roadbcd
has been surveyed and everything is in
readiness to begin work at once. There
is also rumor that the road is Ger
tain Of being built and that it will H.
all completed within 30 days from this
date. If the road is built and the
| building of the new mills at Shawmu'
is under way business should bc fairly
good in that part during the next few
lycars.
Mrs Julia Wendell Butler. Of Farm
ington, the daughter of soldier in TIC
Revolutionary War, who was recent"
admitted as q member of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution, ha.
been presented a handsome gold spoon
by the National Society of the d. A. +
Mrs. Butler is 81 years of age and is
the only known real daughter mem
Der from Harrington. Her father.
Thomas Wendell. was in service of the
COLONIES on board Il privateer from
1850 to 1882. Mrs Butler is the widow
IOf +. G. Butler prominent business
Imam and banker of Franklin county
and wrote the history of Pennington
Cutters history. Mrs. Butler is
honorary president of several organize
tions in Pennington and always has
been interested in all good work and
rare honor of being a real daughter
of the American Revolution.
Hancock county reader Of the
Journal sends us this letter:
Il saw in the kennebec Journal OF a
queer find deep in the heart of an OLD
tree i'll Portsmouth, n. H.-a tress 81
hair and finger nail clippings. Perhaps
may throw some light on the subject
as to why they were placed there. II
the long ago when as a little girl
I'would be crying with the toothache
have heard my mother say. There. a;
soon AS I can get any one to do it
VIII nave Soine VI your Hair anu iiilSel
nails and toe nails put in a tree anC
plugged up. Then you won't have the
toothache.' And again my HUSBAND
says that at one time both he and q
sister had the toothache and hi.
father told an older brother to take
some of their hair and nail clipping.
and go and bore hole in tree. Tht
Twas done, and they were put in an Gal