Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-09

povarpmept and was armed with one
gun and sent to the Gulf of Mexico,
where she served as dispatch boat for
Admiral Farragut. At that time the
Geranium was reckoned a very fast
steamer. She was with the neet or
Admiral Farragut when the attack on
the forts at Mobile was made. and is
probably the only vessel of that great
fleet which is today in active service.
She has been the station ship in every
lighthouse district on the Atlantic
coast, from the gulf ports to Maine,
and for many years stationed in Bos-
ton until a larger and more modern
vessel was built to take her place.
Since then she has been assigned to
the 1st lighthouse district, when en-
braces the coast of Maine, one of the
most important and hardest stations
on the entire coast. Today the gallant
old ship divides the work with the Ii
lac. and is frequent visitor to all
Maine ports.
Hon. Ralph Henry Cameron, Repup-
lcan, the new territorial delegate from
Arizona, is Maine man having been
born at Southport, Me-, Oct. Il, 1868.
He received a common school educa-
ton, which was later supplemented by
work in night schools and private
study. He is interested in mining and
stock raising, and is the locator and
builder of the Bright Angel Trail into
the Arizona, which he is still main
tanning. He moved to Arizona in 1883;
was sheriff of Conconimo County,
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chairman of the board of supervisors
of the county. He is married.
Rowdoinham boasts a veritable ghost
house where it is said the chairs re-
fuse to stay quietly in their places,
but in the middle of the night walk
out and draw together in groups just
as if guided by visible hands. Then
there is a spirit cane that goes walk
ing all by itself just at midnight, tap
ping it's way along from room to room
and finally taking up it's abode in the
chamber where member of the family
sleeps. That this statement is true
is affirmed by those who have seen the
phenomena and who are not at all
afraid of the ghosts. At another house
shines each night no matter whether
it be moonlight or darkness, just above
the closet door in an upper chamber.
For years this light has disturbed the
people who at different times have oc-
cupied the room, and some have been
much afraid of it's Pickering CLEAN.
From time to time different explana-
lions have been offered but none has
proved satisfactory. The light con-
tinues to shine and no one can account
for the mystery. Down at Lazy o
camp is a spook woodchuck which
every evening, just at the sunset hour,
comes out of an old family tomb, half
way between the camp and the home
farm There on the tomb he sits quiet
ly, watching the sunset lights on the
waters of Merrymeeting. Just as the
sun sinks below the horizon he disap-
pears. The tomb swallows him up
and he is seen no more until the sun
set hour comes round again.
Two new habitat groups of birds
have been recently acquired by Frank
M. Chaplin, Curator of Ornthology at
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, and will be added to the series
of bird groups now installed at the
Museum, says the New York World.
Mr.. Chaplin returned from Maine
last week, where he went to study
the loon and the haunts in the region
of Lake Ungabob. He was accom-
panied on his trip by Hobart Nichols,
who will paint the settings for the
habitat groups arranged by Mr.. Chap
in The looms in the Maine region
represent different type than any
heretofore obtained by the Museum