Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-03

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evening. Mr.. Lombard is one Of the
business men of his city who mas al
ways been prominent and his frlehdS
will miss him from his old stand
! Joseph W. Staples of Wytopltlock Is
well on toward his y3d birthday and is
active for man many years MS
junior. Mr. Staples was born IN
Windham and early in his young man
hood became Mason. He has been
busy this fall with odd jobs around
his home and has recently put on the
double windows
| The oldest resident of Pennington is
dead, Captain Peter Parker Tufts aged
81 years. The captain was Il de-
scendant of the first settlers of the
| town and he was always prominent in
the home affairs having been town
treasurer for more than 20 years. as
well as Selectman and an official OF
the Franklin county Agricultural So
ciety.
In a lot of 300 Holsters recently
landed at Portland was one brisk fell
low with pale pea green coat
HOLSTERS are as a rule green but sell
dom is one found with so pale shell
| as this one had
Just who the joke is on is what is
bothering the people of West Surry
The schooIhouse at the place was in
l..
were not funds enough to complete
the job. half Of the house was
shingled. When the work was fin
ished. it was discovered that the leaky
side was the one to which no attention
had been paid and the good side OF the
roof had a double coat.
Floral Grange in Bucksport Center
claims to be the first grange instituted
in Hancock county and the first and
banner grange to have a golden we'd
lding. At a recent meeting of the
grange the members held a reception
in honor of two of the most active
members, Mr.. and Mrs George r.
Robinson, both officers.
Rather a curious picture is on a big
window of |. W. Waites store at Nor
way. During a heavy wind recently
la pigeon flew against the glass with so
great force as to kill itself and the
distinct imprint of its body and wings
were left on the window
The recent death of John Mont
o. Ip,,pl hrir IN
the fact that he was for AZ years.
towboat man on the PenobscCt river.
For most of the time Mr.. Montgomery
was senior chief engineer and was one
of the best liked men along the river.
Mrs. Hannah Page aged 81 is active
and thoroughly enjoying life at her
Norridgewock home. Mrs. Page lived
in winthrop when Maine was a part of
Massachusetts.
The world is just d small place after
|all, go where one will he is sure to
find some of his friends there. A
Portland man recently in Denver,
Colo, went into d restaurant and sat
down to a table directly across from a
middle aged man. The man looked at
him a moment and then called him by
name and asked what he was doing
there. The Portland man did not
recognize the other for while, but
soon the two were talking over boy
hood days. The westerner went away
many years ago and is now an engi-
neer in his adopted state.
Wouldn't our great grand parents
have shouted "witchcraft" to have seen
gor an enterprising young man has just
completed wireless station and has
received several messages. The mast is
Is feet high ana it is expected that
everything will he in readiness to send
messages in a short time. Two boys
in Brewer have wireless station and
| others are taking up the study for
pleasure and profit.
The second oldest man in the city of
Westbrook is Moses X. cobb and he is
only SO. Mr.. cobb has a remarkable
memory and MS host of friends. both
OLD and young, like nothing better than
| TO hear him tell of days when there
| were but four houses in the village of
| Cumberland Mills. The oldest man i'm
Westbrook is James H. Gowen and
there are many men there in good
| health over so years of age.
Out in kcnnebunll is a younsster
who is full of mischief and he keeps
his mother busy most of the time. Re-
Gently he read something in a funny
paper about a pink pig and he pro-
ceeded to decorate a favorite "porker"
belonging to his father. There was
no pink paint handy 50 he used some
green instead, lavishly putting stripes
on the poor animal Needless to re-
mark that the pig has been killed and
the boy thoroughly whipped But
he will pop up again in a few days
with some other trick and his father
says he cannot help it either. for he
too was the bane Of his parents on ac-
count of his tricks