Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03

that while at Grand Manan last week
he saw a large specimen swimming
about at Seal Cove, near the moorlnS
at that place. The large sardine boat
"Ouida" owned by VIM. Russell and
Grover Cook, was tied up for the WIN
ter with a six-inch and a four-lnch
bride to the mooring. In playing about
the vessel, which is of some IA tons
burden, the sea monster either acct
dentally or by way of sport took the
two large ropes in his mouth and star
ted to swim to bottom. The vessel
heeled over and took in water, the
checks were torn completely off her
deck, and finally both ropes were part
ed by the terrific strain setting the YES
sci adrift. She was tied up again with
out damage, but it shows what whale
could do if he was really enthusiastic.
| Citizens of Saco point with great
pride to what they consider the most
| wonderful set of buildings IN the world.
Wonderful from the fact that they
| We're designed and built in 1879 by Aar-
| on Mckinney when he was in the 1929
year of his life. Although the builder
has passed away the house stands to-
day as one of the largest, best, and
most costly farm buildings in the Pine
Tree State. The builder drew the
plans, personally bought the material
and directed the carpenters, paid them
oft, and himself worked daily with
them until the buildings were COM
pleted. Mckinney was born in 1777
on the 21st OF December when Wash
i,,rr on, OF Vol
| ley Forge. When young man he
bought So acres of wild land and felled
the first tree i'll this section of Maine.
With his own hands he built unaided
his first home on the site of the pres
ent one. This burned and he built
a second and larger one in which he
and his family lived until April 10,
1879. Although Mckenney was four
| months past his 101st birthday he
| worked harder than anyone in saving
furniture from this house which the
| fire fiend also consumed. At 100 I'm
Gle Aaron gave birthday party. The
oldest guest was Uncle Jacob Milliken
who lacked a few months of 100. After
dinner Uncle Aaron and Uncle Jacob
participated in a wood saving contest
for exercise. Uncle Aaron Won and
when the other "old boys" laughed, he
| stopped them with: "You shouldn't
laugh. I ought to saw more wood than
Jacob because | am older" When past
| 80 Uncle Aaron used to think nothing
| of riding five miles each day and now
ing with the other men on the famous
Scarboro salt marshes He died Feb g.
| 1850, without ever having a doctor. His
i death was free from pain and. as one
of his neighbors expressed it, he simply
ceased to live. The stately old farm
mansion is undoubtedly, as Saco citi-
zens claim. the only one in the United
States built by man who had long
since passed the century mark.
Brunswick is much interested in the
announcement that it is to be the home
of Helen Keller and her friends, NJ.
| and Mrs. Macy. Pennellville, where
the house which the Mays and Miss
Keller have bought, is located four
miles from the village and is named
from Capt. William Pennell, a ship
builder who made his home there early
| in the 18th century. He sold his place
J to his brother, Jacob Pencil, and in
1884 it began passing down into the
| family. The place was famous for
shipbuildlng and during the war of 1872
Jacob Pencil built a full-rigged ship
of 200 tons. After it was launched the
owners did not send for it, and it laid
at the old wharf, a portion of which
| still stands This wharf was a landing
place for freight until the railroad was
built through Brunswick I'm all 16 YES
sells were built in Pennellville The
| residence purchased by Mr.. Macy is
somewhat back from the Shore but il
| commands fine view of the upper
part of the bay. 1t is called Linden
| Grove farm, and was purchased by Mr.
| Macy from William M. McFadden of
| Brunswick, who owned it a number of
years The house was built in 1889 by
| Charles 5. Pencil and IN 1862 it was
rebuilt and enlarged at an expense Of
$4,000. The Pencil heirs sold the place
TO the Misses Herrick of Lewiston, who
occupied it for 20 years, and they in
| turn disposed Of it to Mr.. McFadden in
| 1902. 1T is one of the finest seashore
| estates and the residence of Elijah KEEL
| iogg can plainly be seen from it, Mr..
Macy has had the place somewhat i'm
| proved and renovated, and tine two
| large front rooms will be converted
into studies, one for Miss Keller and
| no of hal for. NJ