Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-27

| OHtlI L learned TO cease to Sf1eVe
| Because some other won success,
| But StrOVe the harder to achieve
| The fair rewards of worthness.
S f. kiser.
| A Bath gardener. E. c. Dunning, has
raised about 1000 bushels OF onions
| this season.
| The Biddeford Free Baptists are
planning to raise their church debt OF
several hundred dollars and they are
| quite likely to succeed. for at meet
| ing = few nights ago instead of ap-
pointing male collectors as in the past
| a board of collectors was selected COM
| posed entirely of ladies. Few of the
business rlen of the city will be able
TO withstand the appeals of the fair
| collectors when they start out on their
soliciting tour.
| The extension of the macadam road
on South Maine street, Brunswick,
| is nearly completed and makes a
| stretch of about 1850 feet The grade
gives a drainage southerly and in Or
der to. provide for it a section of the
old street railway track was removed.
| Howard b. Berry, well known Bar
Harbor young man, has accepted the
position Of general secretary of the
| Y. M. G. A. at Rockport ana assumes
his duties this week. Mr.. Berry has
| just completed several years as boys
| secretary of the association at Bing-
| hampton, n. Y. He was prominent
merber of the Bar Harbor Associa-
ton in past years and has d host of
friends in that place
| Capt Howard of the steamer Comet,
running between Portland and the
| Gurnet landed 500 passengers at Cur
net during the past season, gain of
| 1860 over last year. New machinery
| will be installed before the next season
| opens so that the Comet will be able
to reach Gurnet u half hour earlier and
| thus give better service.
| The Madrid correspondent of the
Maine Woods writes that Robert
E'rcsby, a fireman on the Sandy River
& Rangeley Lakes Railroad. who runs
on the new branch through Madrid
village. shot Il hawk on Sandy River
Poultry Farm, near Weymouth bridge,
d few days ago that measured so inches
| from tip to tip OF wings. The bird
| seemed unlike the common hen hawk
and resembled more the falcon. 1t was
an especially fine specimen of its type.
| Rockland patrons , of the Western
Union and the many personal friends
of Manager Joseph ]. Flanagan are
| glad to hear of his promotion to the
management of the Bangor office of
the Western Union. Mr.. Flanagan
takes the place at Bangor OF j. Fl.
Fahey. VINO was lately transferred to
! Boston. and like Mr.. Fahey he is a
prime favoritc with newspaper men.
| The Maine newspaper men and those
| from out of the State who were in
RockIand during the sensational pur-
| suit and capture of Minot St. Clair
| Francis, the escaped ThomastOn con-
vict. still remember the excellent ser
| vice given by Manager Flanagan at
| that time.
| The new three-masted schooner Will
liam E. Litchield now under con-
| struction in the yard of Frank S:
Bowker in Pnippsburg. has been pur-
chased by Roger & Webb of Boston.
who will use the Litchfield in the gem
eral coasting trade after the schooner
| is placed in commission. The work of
| building is progressing rapidly and it
| is planned to launch the schooner
| about the middle of next month.
The Pejepscot National and Topsham
& Brunswick 25-cent Savings Banks
now have handsome and commodiouS
quarters in the Perry block. Bruins
wick. The first floor of that building
| has been completely remodeied and
now constitutes very handsome bank
| ing rooms. A large and modern vault,
which affords practically absolute pro-
lection is placed on cement tounda-
ton Independent OF the building it
self ana besides giving ample accom-
modations for funds and securities has
an extra apartment IN the basement
for storage purposes. The banking
rooms are finished in mahogany and
bevelled plate glass and the directors
rooms in quartercd oak.
An ri yyat ic On in Maine and for