Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-13

but sun the furnace, hIho ~ "'i,
| m glad to crown,
You never have to put one up
Houston Post.
Miss TIlmira Quincy, VINO recently
died at Stroudwater, was one of the
last of Names Civil War nurses
Few of those who know OF Thomas &
Plant, the great shoe manufacturer OF
RCxhury know that he formerly lived
on Center street in Bath. he Is now
building an addition to MS factory
there which will make it the largest IN
the world.
Mrs. W. V. Hayden of WlnsloW
picked some lilacs last week from a
bush at her home. During the summer
the grasshCppers stripped the Tree ana
it was not until after the recent ram
when the leaves appeared ana are now
growing many blossoms, their ira
GRANGE being just as delicious as In the
early summer
DR.. James H. Baker, President OF
Colorado University, who is now visit
ing i'm this State was a graduate of
Bates College il the class OF :" ana Is
a native of Harmony.
as' IrffHV'fs III
John Massurc, OF the Portland ponce
force dabbles in fancy fruit raising
when off duty and this fall has harves-
~, saJ mol. l.
es from a seed which was planted sew
en- years ago.
Daniel Cough of Pembroke while
cunning for partridge recently came
upon bear and cubs. He retreated
at full speed with the bear at his heels
and climbed the nearest tree. Here he
was forced to remain for nearly an
hour until rescued by other gunners.
Few Maine towns have such rec
ord for longevity as the town OF
Wayne. At the present time there are
six people living in that town whose
ages aggregate 532 years. They arc
Hon r. f. Pike, 90 years old; Mrs.
JtTuSlli lA''NtJOy, % yNcio 'iN' ~ -
Elizabeth Besse, SO years old; Mrs. Mar
tina j. Riggs, Sc wears old; Mrs. Clara
w. Small, Sc; and l.. G. Leadbettei, 81
wears.
a heavily loaded truck wagon struck
a stone hitchlng post in Westbrook a
day or two ago and broke it. The blow
- ha which,
has withstcod many such attacks in
the 65 years of it's existence was brok-
en- near the ground. 1t was one OF
four which were placed in front OF the
old UpiVersaliSt church in 1882 Few OF
the old residents remember when they
were planted, ard the old church has
long since been given over to trade.
Capt. Andrew V. TarDoX of Alma has
returned from a trip TO New York.
When he was captain of sea going
vessel he had for one of his cabin boys a
New York lad who is now pilot in
New York Harbor. During the cap
tain's visit he enjoyed a three days
cruise in pilot boat as a guest Of his
former cabin boy.
The town of Larone is telling some
big potato stories. Forrest Farley of
that town is credited with having found
eight potatoes which weighed ten
pounds and one ounce; Ora Mitchell,
with one potato which weighed four
pounds and four ounces and another
which weighs three and one half
pounds; Clinton Luce, three potatoes
which weigh two pounds and six oun-
ces. two pounds and four ounces, and
four pounds and eight ounces: and Mr..
Luce has field of eight acres that is
yielding more than three hundred
bushels to the acre.
Mrs. Lydia A. Webster of So. Port
interesting and valuable relics of the
days gone by. One of them is an ole
mortar and pestle made by her great
grandfather, one Durham, who with
his family came to Scarboro and set
tied there, lie being the second man to
build in that town. Mrs. Durham one
day discovered that in their hurry to
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in England they had left their mortar
and pestle which they used to grind
and pound their coffee and so she asked
her husband to try ard get one. In
very short time he had taken his saw
ana cut off the but end of hardwood
log and had followed it out and had
taken a small cannon ball such as was
used in those days and with the aid of
the village blacksmith, who bored into
the ball and inserted a stick of iron
about seven inches long had q very
good .mortor and pestle These have
been handed down to Mrs. Webster to-
gether with other things of value to an
tique hunters. Another very interest
ing relic is a piece of ordinary bed tick
ing which was used on the feather bed
of the Durlans. The feathers had re-
manned in the bed so long that they
had worked into the ticking solidly and
have made as fine a piece of plush as
one could find in long time.
An eight year-old Auburn boy while
playing with tin whistle accidently
swallowed it. He ran home as rapidly
as possible but was strangling when he
reached the house In his excitement