Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-25
Portland steamboat men are


Washington Star.
Portland steamboat men are to
petition the U. S. Lighthouse depart
ment to have a gas bouy placed off
the old wharf at House Island, Casco
Bay Such a buoy would mark bad
ledge which at present endangers a
traffic serving 100000 people an
nually.
A worthy candidate for a Carnegie
medal is James w. Rouse, IA year
old lad who lives at the Owls Nest,
Cape Elizabeth. Last week. the young
man by his promptness. agility and
courage saved three soldiers of Fort
Williams from drowning in the waters
of the harbor.
A young man 10 years OF age who is
employed in the Office of a well known
Rockland firm had never seen circus
not even an elephant or a camel UNI
til yesterday. Learning these facts
in advance his employer told him to
put in the entire day at the circus
grounds and see the whole entertain
ment from sideshow to concert. In
Justice to the young man it should be
said that his life had been spent on an
island where the circus is unknown
save through the flashing posters.
The boys are joking Jim ONeil of
Rockland who walked across Wiscas-
sets mile bridge and back to see how
long it would take. Returning to the
hotel he was asked by his associates
how quick he made the trip. "Cussit."
said Jim, Il forgot to look at my
watch when l got back"
copy of the PASSPORT Sentinel.
published Aug. 81, 1918, one Of the
first edition, is to be framed for
preservation. The paper is 18x22
inches and was edited by Benjamin
Folsom. 1t was largely devoted to the
restoration of PASSPORT to the United
States and other matters pertaining
to the evacuation of the town by the
English. The paper was sent by e.
Moves. Passports auctioneer at that
time, to Miss Emma A. Shaw of
Bucksport. Among the items appears
the following unique marriage notice:
"At Southbury, Mr.. Barlow Russell.
aged 16, to Miss Caroline Castle, aged
only AZ, after an anxious courtShip of
three days" Everett l.. Capen has a
copy of the Sentinel, printed July 80.
1926, the paper being in a remarkable
state of preservation for it's extreme
age, SO years.
The coming of the real warm
weather has caused an exceptionally
heavy demand for ice from the large
cities and the American Ice Co., is
being pressed to fill the orders.
Practically all the ice in the possess
sion Of the company this year has
been cut on the Kennebec and Penob-
scot rivers and all the orders will be
filled at the storehouses maintained
along the river banks. The Hudson
yielded but an insignificant amount
but enough was harvested on the two
Maine rivers to supply whatever is
required.
Orrington bog to convert peat into
fuel at short notice. In describing the
machinery and it's use dispatch to
the Bangor News es:-"The ma
chine may be described as a double
ended, horizontal hydraulic press,
driving plungers in SO-inch cylinders
at each end The ends of the
cylinders open much like a breech
loading cannon. The cylinders were
ISoI hoy 80
directly from the bog, resembling soft
and slushy brown mud. The cylinder
heads were closed and bolted and The
hydraulic pump started. The pressure
was run UP to 1900 pounds to the
square inch. the water running in
streams from the cylinders.
1.-THE cylinder-heads were then
opened and from one a solid disc, 80
inches in diameter and about one and
one half inches in thickness. was
taken out. 1t was so hard that it could
be walked on without leaving a mark
and,-the main point of it all-free
enough of water for all purposes as
d commercial fuel. In the other
cylinder was an iron mould which
divided the charge" into cubes or
briquettes
although the pressed peat is sup
posed to be stacked and dried for a
short time, a portion of the product
of the test was placed in the fire
under the steam boiler and was soon
in blaze. although but a short time
before it was not much more than
mud"
Capt. Granville Fernald of Harri-
son, civil war veteran is at four
score, doing deal of literary work
and seems disposed to keep everlast-
ingly at it, Since the death of
Alphonso MOulton he has taken up
the work of experimenting the pub
LEGATION of the Harrison town history,
about ready for issue, and involving
deal of work. The volume makes
700 pages.
Charles E. Knowlton arrived in Bel
fast from Boston last week in his tour
ing car. When asked as to reads, he
said the best roads were those in
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