Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

Death is doubt;
Men may be dead
While they're walking about
Love is needful
To being as breath
| Love is dreaming
And waking is death.
John Boyle OReilly.
Exhibits of dairy and creamery but
ter and cheese will be a feature of the
annual convention of the Maine Dairy
mems Association, which is to be held
next week at Augusta. The object
of the exhibit is educational and it
will undoubtedly prove of great bene-
fit tC the dairy interests of the state.
Bangor Lodge of Elks has recently
completed alterations and improve
ments on its quarters in the COe
nronerty on Main street, which causes
them to rank favorably with the best
in New England. Several thousand
dollars have been expended and a
great many changes have been made,
| which are appreciated by the MEM
bers.
One of the historic landmarks OF the
town OF Freeport is the old blockhouse
located on Torrey's hill. This block
house was built by the late William
Bartoll about 1866 years ago to defend
himself against the Indians. The
blockhouse was built from masts cut
from Freeport pines and rejected by
the English government as not good
| enough for use. The corner posts are
| large oak posts with grooves cut i'll
them ana the logs have tongues that
| fit into the grooves to hold them IN
place. In these logs may be seen the
holes through which one could shoot
or watch fer the Indians. The house
is located on a high hill and gives a
| fine view of the surrounding country
and the river towards South Freeport.
No one has lived in it for more than
90 years and it is just beginning to
decay. Its present owner is Mrs. Lena
| Coffin OF Freeport.
| A plan is under way in Western
| penobscot county to have legislative
bill presented asking for the abolish
ment Of the municipal courts in Dex-
ter and Newport and the establishment
| in their place of a superior court Tor
Penobscot county at Bangor. The pro-
motors of the plan claim that the
/ small courts have not been profitable
investments for the county.
| The auxiliary schooner Seafarer,
which was built at the yard of w.
| Irving Adams e. Son of East Booth
| bay, has reached San Francisco after
! a cruise of over 10000 miles. The little
vessel. fresh from the yard of her
| builders, arrived at Boston April IL
| and after taking on supplies left there
six DAYS later. The course was laid
for the Azores. She sailed from there
! through the Mediterranean sea, visit
| ing all the principal coast cities, ana
passed through the SueZ canal The
yachting party included the owner, l..
| A. Norris Of san Francisco. his wife
| and little daughter, and Miss Helen
Wylde of Seattle, who is niece of
| John Wylde, the well-known Hoothbay
| lIarbor steamship man.
| An old Boothbay Harbor landmark
| has gone. This is the brick chimney
| that mas stood for more than 30 years
| on the site of the cumberland Bone
| Co.'S plant and was recently pur
! chased by Hon. Luther Maddocks, UNI
der whose supervision it was removed.
This chimney was visible for miles
| around ana presented a picturesque
appearance. The bricks from it, which
are of fine quality, will be used in the
| construction of the ovens and fur
naces Of large sardine factory that
is being built at the village.
The Portland police Sunday evening
surprised 90 young men in resort
| on Middle street apparently gambling
| with dominoes. The young men beat
| a nasty retreat upon the arrival OF the
police officers, but Abraham +. Dia-
| mon, who was believed to be the pro
| prietor of the place. was held to an
| swer to the charge of maintaining
| gambling nuisance.
\ Slick young man, who appears to
know something about the laudry
machine and supply business. has
been touring Maine and picking up
/
| there The returns are not all in, but
the stung delegation appears to be
scattered from Portland to Bangor, in
Guiding Lewiston and Belfast The
| odd part Of the reported transactions
| is that those who gave up to him
We're hotel and travelling men, who
are supposed to be hard to separate
from money by any such old game as
cashing worthless checks. The slick
man, who gave his name as James
Wilson, at the psychological moment
produced check signed by tirm of
| fictitious name, saying that he was
| going to leave town and wanted the
! money. In the course of time the
checks came back from the bank to
| those who accepted them marked mo
such account
| Chester I. Orr of Portland is in cor
| rospondcnce with people in Eastern
| Maine relative to conducting a series
| of nvanseliStic meetings during the
| next few weeks. He has decided to
| conduct n series of meetings in the
town of West Appleton commencing
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