Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-26

than about the coming election.
In one maple orchard of BoWdoinham
about 1900 trees are tapped this spring
and in another about 1000.
Rocl,land is to entertain two State
conventions this year, that of the Y. NJ.
c. A. in May and that of the w. c. T.
l.. in September.
Sanfords much advertised golden
harp which has been held up for sew
eral months at the Portland custom
house has this week been forwarded
to Shiloh.
The Is year old son of Gilbert
Schoppe of Sprague's Falls, has a re-
markable school record. This scholar
according to the teachers reports has
been attending school since his fourth
year and has never missed u day.
The Kendalls OF BOwdonham are
now right in their rush season and car
load after car load of fertilizer is being
an increased force of workers and con-
sequently more prosperity for this
thriving town which is one of the bust
est in Maine this spring.
Donald Is. Lord, famous designer
and constructor of salmon cannerics,
who died at Seattle, Wash, March Goth,
was Il native of Maine. His death re-
moves Il pioneer who maze a name for
himself in his peculiar line of business.
He went to Puget sound in 1874 and
built canneries all up and down the
coast. His age was 20 years.
The Old-Home Week Association, of
Rockland, which has been dormant for
several seasons has voted to have an
elaborate old-home week celebration
the week of Aug. 10 The details are
yet in embryo. but it is planned to have
Il number of warships here if they can
be obtained. E. L. McAllister prcsi
dent of the board of trade, was elected
president OF the Od-Home Week as
ISOLATION, and Mrs. E. S. Farwell was
elected secretary.
The SIND ANNUAL conference of the
Congregational churches of Maine and
the 101st annual meeting of the Maine
Missionary society will be held in Ban
gor at the Central Congregational
church May 5. c and Z. Delegates from
! oh, Of In Cn,,c do
lornination all over the State are ex-
pected to be present. Each church
is entitled to TWO delegates, the pastor
and one member. There are in the
State of Maine 262 Congregational
churches and from this number large
part will be represented. The dele
gates will be entertained by the four
churches in Bangor of the denolnina-
tion--the T;rs.. Hammond Street, Cen
trail and Forest Avenue
Says an Auburn lady: If this Whist
craze keeps on we shall have to give
up all our fraternal and charitable
organizations in these cities. 1t is now
quite impossible to get out decent
attendance at any of them. When we
want to have Il meeting to conSidc-
even the most important business the
word comes that the members are at
tending a whist party. When we want
to use the telephone we are answered
that the line is busy, and it is usually
the case that it is being used to dis
cuss a whist party. This whole thing
is getting to be an intolerable nuisance
1t would certainly seem as if life ought
to contain Seine ideal a little higher
than 4 game of cards"
Many HoWdoinham people remember
the story OF the mysterious old bugls
which was once owned by a Bowdoin-
ham family of which one of the mem
ing the Civil War and VINO came back
home and hung the hugle on the wal
| Of the kitchen Later the owner diet
| and as the story goes the bugle was
sometimes blown by some mysterious
| force which many declared was tho
spirit Of the dead bugler The story
| may be believed or not, that does MOI
matter, but it made good deal 81
| talk at the time and some of the Older
residents who will remember how mucl
| excitement the tale created will be in
| terested in knowing that Caleb W
! Sedgeley now owns the bugle and ha:
| it at nome but it has not had an!
mysterious blow ing since Mr.. Sedge!e.
! has Owned it.