Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-20

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| Sanford, Immediately upon his ar
rival announced that a school for
sailors had been conducted on the
| Coronet and that the yacht was
manned by able seamen of the Shiloh
faith. They proved it the next day by
| endeavoring to sail right across the
| end of Little Chebeague Island. For
tunately for the yacht the rocks were
upholstered with several feet of soft
mud.
Miss Gertrude l.. Mcdonald, an in
structor at the Castine Normal school,
has been elected principal of the Roby
school, Saugus, Mass, and will assume
charge at the opening of the fall term.
Miss Mcdonald is a native of Standish
and received her education in the
schools of her native town and West
brook Seminary. She then took two
years in observation work and also in
summer schools in Maine, after which
she became an instructor in the High
schools of Mechanic Falls, Richmond,
| Me-, Hudson and Westford Academy,
Mass She has also been principal OF
grade buildings at Windham and Do
yer, N. II.
Lewiston Sun: In the possession OF
C. +. Rollins of Oak street, Lewiston,
is a list of the voters of Ward One,
Lewiston, as prepared by the Aldermen
of the City of Lewiston On the 17th
day of August, 1869. The list is in an
excellent state of preservation and con-
tans many names of former residents
of the city who were we'll known at
the time and many of whose descend
ants are now living. Most of the men
whose names are on the list are now
dead but there are some who still live
in the ward at the present time. There
are the names of 1856 voters on the list
for that year. On the list of voters in
Ward One this year as prepared for
the election held the first Monday In
March there were 919 names, sos more
than 40 years ago.
Gorham, N. H., Mountaineer-1t is
reported on good authority that a fur
Their big reservoir on the Androscog
gin is contemplated as an auxiliary to
the one about to be constructed at
Aziscohos. This one is to be formed by
the rebuilding of the dam at Pom
toocook falls some distance this side of
the present structure. 1t is said the
new dam will be 40 feet high and flow
a large section of country, creating a
reservoir that will have a capacity of
about one half the Magalloway lake.
The work will necesSitate the pur-
chase of many valuable farms and the
rebuilding of many miles Of highway.
it is thought probable that both un-
dertakngs will be commenced next
year. With two such reserve lakes a
normal flow of water throughout the
year would seem to be assured on the
Androscoggin.
The citizens of Readfield We're much
surprised to learn that one of its sub
stantial, law-abiding residents had been
confined in the cooler recently. 1t
seems that this good man formed a
partnership with one of his neighborS
and put their supply of ice for the sum-
mer in the neighbours ice house. On
recent hot day, this good man
desired a piece of ice and went to
the ice house to get it, closing the door
after him. Shortly afterwards, the
neighbOr appeared and seeing the ice
house unlocked but not hearing or
thinking that there was any one with
in. locked the house and went his way.
The man inside, intent upon getting
some ice, did not notice that the door
was being locked and when he finally
started to go out, the door refused to
open and he literally found himself "on
ice" Finally his appeals to be let out
were heard and the gentleman was re-
leased from his unfortunate predica-
ment. 1t is alleged that the air within
the ice house was extremely torrid
when the aforesaid gentleman finally
succeeded in getting out and that in
consequence thereof the ice melted very
fast
Turf, Farm and Home-The political
papers are discussing the rivalry be-
tween the sheep and the dog The