Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-02

Where hearts and Wills are weighed.
Than brightest transports. choicest
prayers,
Which bloom their hour, and fade.
John Henry Newman
The steamer which the Kelley. Spear
Co. "f Bath is building for the North
| Co. will be ready for launching in
| January 1911. The boat will take the
place of the steamer Merida Of the
| same line and will take the name
Merida II. The steamer Merida is to
| be dismantled and her engines will be
placed il the new craft. New boilers
| are being built for the slrrid i! at
| the Bath Iron Works. The rev boat
| is built expressly for service between
| Curacao. Danish West Indies and
Maracaiho. South America. in the cof-
| fee trade.
| Tie installation Of a water system
| in Stoningtom has given to that town
a much desired reduction in its insur-
ance rates. The new plant involved a
| cost of $500. the supply being taken
| from the Burnt Land Pond in that
| town. situated about a mile from the
village. The water is pumped into q
standpiDe, which gives il Very salts
factory pressure. Three hose compa-
| MES have been organized since the in
stallation of the water system
\ Lincoln man lost q valuable COW a
| few days lSo IN a somewhat peculiar
| l,.r t.,tn IN, bnt.
! throat and being unable to get the
vegetable up or down choked to death
| The owner had only recently paid $50
| tn" the animal
Col. :. y. Campbell Of CherrNticld
and Col. Frederick ROBBIE Of Gorham
| a"e the only two surviving IN. mbera
| of the Executive Council that figured
| in til, times When the father Of Gov
| ernor elect Plaistcd was enthroned in
| the State House The other members
of Ger Fl. NJ. Plaisted's Council We're:
| Roscoe l.. Bowers. Saco; Joseph +.
tinckley. Bluehll; William Wilson
Hailowcll; James G. Pendlcton. Sears
port; Lewis Barker. Bangor. Mr.
Hinckley. who was conspicuous in that
body for his repartee ana wit died
while Oh trip to southern California.
Mrs. Hannah Y. Moulton. ,6 years OF
I age. is the oldest person in Sanford
She is more active than a person is
| ordinarily found p years Younger and
| her only affliction is q Slight lameness
the result of q fall rec4ircd some
tinln The .Alnctric
[ Dassipg her doors for number of
years. hut she has never ridden in
them. Snc has also never ridden in
an automo! lie, although Size has been
asked a score oc times uy various
one Who call at her home
The Maritime Edge Tool 60. Of
PASSPORT is enlargini; its plant by !.
now building 32XSo feet and by raising
the dam across the Dennis stream
al out four feet. The company will
| employ about So or 10 skilled worklnen
| and will greatly increase the output
of edged tools.
= West Gardner farmer has raised
I freak potato OF very peculiar shape
y number of small potatoes have
which one can readily make out with
but little aid OF The imagination the
outlines of an infant in sitting posture
Will round fac and chubby arms.
Lieut.. Col. William l.. CraighiiI. sue
ctSSor t. Col. George a. linn as the
officer in charge Of the United States
FL SiEe"r office for the Maine and New
Hampshire district has arrived at the
dS'flct headquarters in Portland and
taken W his duties As vet he is u,,-
apIr to slNe out information in regard
20 'hc work to BE- done in the district.
Lieut.. Col. Craighill is now on a trip
OF inspection to familiarze himself
with conditions and requirements of
tho district
Lightning in a recent electrical
storm struck the srirc OF til" Central
Unitarian church in Yarmouth ANA
ran down into the upper Dart of the
binding, splitting a raftrr and dam
aging the electric light wires The
ooi' dittI StrIkllS the 81 'ctric light
wires burned ONT all the fuses IN the
chnfch ana in the nearby transformer
lhe tact that the lightning run out on
ire WWcS undoubtedly saved thc
church from burning
Auburn IS soon to have the dis.
tlnctlon Of having tn" largest Silo t;.c
tory in the ", rid. The Factory viii
be huIlt by TIN stevens Tank 4 Row
or 60. on their Center street Iot ana
work upon the plant has already hr-
Gun. lie new factory which will be
IN operation by March will contain
5000 square feet Of floor Spac. on one
floor. The root will be supported, BIZ
" trusSeS 50 that there Will be only
three posts to Interfere with tn" work
The frame will b" of steel aud the
walls of boards 50 that in case Of fire
The building Will not b. wholly de-
stroyed, The floor will be uf cement.
IN automatic electric block signal
Su idcnlN went to danger one. day
recently as Bangor 4 Aroostook