Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-01
A Happy New Year to all.

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Browning.
A Happy New Year to all.
Wipe off the slate and begin things
anew.
There will be lot of trouble today
in writing that %"
Don't make too many resolutions
that is if you expect TO keep them.
Let US all join hands to make 1909
the best year that Maine ever knew.
Begin the year right by paying your
bills. II makes your creditor happy,
helps business and assures you peace
Of mind
Maine musical people do not forget
that one of the good things which 1909
has in store is the opportunity to hear
the great Yaw again.
There are some people who will lay
everything which goes wrong during
the next l. months to the fact that the
year negins on Friday
a short time ago the cats of South
Portland were weighed in with view
Of locating the heaviest pussy. Some
citizen owned an IS FOUNDER as a maxi
mum. Mrs. Charles Lewis has a Bos-
ton born cat that evens the scales at y
pounds. He is a cat with a pedigree,
too. His mother was a Filipino. raised
in Manila, and came to the states as 4
mascot of one of the companies of the
First United states Infantry. Mr..
Lewis. who is discharged soldier
from that regiment. obtained one of the
Filipino cats kittens. The kitten now
weighs y pounds and is still growing.
Chambers band of Portland has just
passed its SD anniversary. At its an
nual meeting plates Were laid for 80
A tribute TO the memory of F. c.
Webb and Ira NJ. Davis, who died this
year. was observed. appropriate music
being furnished by sextet of brass
instruments. DR.. Frank w. Searle
read an interesting and instructive
paper on the subject of music. r. l.
Whitcomb read a poem. specially writ
ten for tho occasion. and dedicated to
Chambers Band. entitled THE
Boys of the Band" by Charles Mitchell.
ore Of tie original members of 80 years
ago. Maj. j. j. Dooley made one OF
his customary spicy little after-dinner
hon
members who favored the boys With
remarks We're NJ. L. Eldridge. Frank
|. Moore. W. l.. Corey. J. F. Horne and
Fred Corliss, formerly of the Lewiston
Brigade band The regular member
shin of the band now numbers "a and
the honorary association numbers -.
Mr.. Fred A. Packard Of Rockland
whose artistic wood carving has been
50 much admired by our people, has
recently completed an ornamental
piece of wnitewood. The subject IS
a griffin involved in mass Of grace
full scroll-work A single small piece
of redwood. of which the birds tongue
is made, relieves the general effect.
Mr.. Packard was four days doing the
work. and he intends to make a COM
panicn and use them to ornament
a chimney-piecr. one on each side. MI.
Packard is strictly an amateur, ana
carves for the amusement he finds in IT.
One of the finest pieces OF carving ne
has ever done. is his milking-stood. the
seat Of which he has irreverently or
namented with the head and face Of q
nf Of the
"nld masters" His only tool in doing
this work, is a knife, not using a jig
saw even in r0ughing out
While digging a trench near Gleason
street in Thomaston, not long ago. no
land ]. Hahn unearthed an interesting
r. lie of the days when Gen Henry
Knox, first secretary of war. occupied
his mansion. "Montpelier." IN that
town. The relic was in the form oil a
pine log. through the center Of which
extended a hole about IA inches in
diameter. 1t was part of the aqueduct
which was built by Cen Knox in 1875
for the purpose of conveying water TO
the mansion from spring. some Zoeo
rcct distant. The spring has its eXlS-
tcnce in field now owned by Charles
Rcdnian. There were two aqneducts.
the second supplying the farm house
which is the present station of the
Maine Central railroad. The logs
comprising the aqueducts We're in sec
tions about 10 feet long. and measured
about seven inches in diameter. They
were laid at the depth OF three feet
and were so carefully jcinted that they
were practically watertight. me
sectio,, found by Mr.. Hahn was almost
as sound as the day when it was put
in the ground.
An Old Orchard lady had series OF
nishaps on a recent stormy day. she
ct ,rted for Portland and as she ilves
near The campground station she
thought it best to start from there. III
order to stop the cars through the WIN
ter months. there is an arrangement
for fiaging the local runs from hicoe-
ford to Portland. SO the good lazy
ATTEMPTED to flag it, After SeVeral
trials. to pull something that nlsn'
| hoist signal. she gave up IN despair
| ADD started for the lower station some
ouarter of mile below. After get
two there she found she had left hel