Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-09

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| was waiting for their pet and pride.
| Perhaps it was a folding bed,
| And ne, somehow, got shut inside:
| Washington Star.
| A wise old owl is the property of judi
son Curtis of Carroll. 1t measures
three feet and four inches from the tip
Of one wing to the other.
There is a gentleman in Belfast, more
than 81 years of age, who recently cut
his sons hair, doing a credtable job.
He always shaves himself and uses the
same razor he did when d young man.
| Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Hill who have
been in the Congo region for the past
13 years are visiting relatives and
friends in Aroostook county. 1t is
their first visit home from the mission
fields in many years and they have
many interesting stories of African
| life to tell.
| Although Mrs. Lavnia (Barrows)
Porter of Bangor is more than so
years old she attends church regular
! ly and keeps up large correspond
ence with her relatives in distant
states.
| The people of Mechanic Falls are
grateful to the members of the Study
Club for the colossal bust of Longfcl
low which has been placed in the pub
| lie library. 1t is the only piece of
statuary in the building and is only
one of a number of gifts of the club.
| The bust stands more than two feet
| high and is full face representing the
poet in his Doctors gown.
The Free Baptist church at Clifton
Corner was organized II years ago
and appropriate exercises were held
recently to commemorate the event.
An interesting letter was read from
one of the old members, James Hall of
| Deblois who is so years old. The old
est member of the church is Mrs. Olive
Penney aged SO and she was present
| at the celebration. She has belonged
| to the church for more than 60 years
Maine people will follow develop
ments with Nicaragua keenly for Will
| liam Writ Kimball, the commander
| in chief of the armed forces which
| would be likely to go there in the
| event of trouble, was born in Paris in
1S4S
One of the largest farm owners in
the State is William R. Chapman who
has recently purchased the Timothy
! Chapman farm in Bethel. 1t has been
in the Chapman family for three gen.
erations and the musician will use it
| for a summer home.
| With four homeless herring fac
tories going, a clam factory soon to
open and a likelihood of a straw fac
tory being started in the near future,
PASSPORT thinks that the coming win
ter will be fairly busy one.
| Uncle Sam Brigadier General NJ. Clay
| Wood. U. S. A., is likely to pass the
rest of his days in the State Of his
birth He will probably reside with
his sister. Mrs. Henrietta Lorena
Sweet Fairbanks in Pennington. She
is "a years old. General Wood was
born in Winthrop and is graduate
of Yarmouth Academy. Pennington
Academy and from Bowdoin College.
| Henry Tibbetts formerly of Wis
casset. has been appointed superin-
tendent OF the street railroad he has
been employed with. in San Francisco
Mr. T1bbetts has many friends in
MAINE VINO are pleased to learn of his
success and advancement.
| one or the best known physicians in
the whole State of Maine told a good
story last Sunday and it is really too
rich to Keep 1t seems that the good
man IN MS younger days did a lot of
| putterlng in the line of surgery just
for experiment, and so one day up in
New Hampshire when a poor cat got
badly cut up by coming in too close
contact Win moving machine, the
embryo doctor and friend proceed
ed 10 etherize pussy and sew up the
wound IN business like way. The
cat got well out we blinded her for
lie 1or we gave her too much ether
and got it in her eyes," said the doctor
and he laughed heartily at the re-
memorance. But he was sorry for the
cat just the same. and 80 was the
other fellow.
| J. J. Richardson Of Lewiston has
some splendid apples which were
raised in 1908 and which are in good
condition and color. Miss Abbie Cur
tbs OF curtis Corner gathered large
bunch OF pussy willows a few days
ago ana on sunday resident of South
Portland found a violet and several
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