Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-29
Carl Ski|in Suffers Bad
Accident TO Hand.
Death Of Mrs Frances D. Field
-..Church Matters.
Close Of Picturesque HalIoweII"-.
Some Of the Features.

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Picturesque Hallowell' which has
been on exhibit in tfe City hall for
two days and evenings, came to
close last night all too soon for
many who only began to fully real
ize. as the closing moments drew
near what real treat, in more
ways than one, had been planned by
the people of the Old South church
for their enjoyment. Aside from the
social feature they were two days
educational in their character tn2c
will 'ot return for many days, prob
ably never to this generation.
The Illustrated lecture given by
Rev. Malcolm Dana, with Leigh Web
Der managing the stereopticOn, was
most thoughtfully prepared and We'll
delivered. Mr.. Dana mad tramped
the ground and made most of the
views thrown upon tn" canvas and
many of them are the best eyer tax
en- Of Hallowell and the hills sur
rounding.
The entertainment feature Of lest
night was entirely original and
unique in its charac,c- 7irs. Kate
B. Berry, Mrs. L. ". Payson. Misses
Ruth :. Written and Lottie NJ. john
son were in charge of this and their
re! reductions of some of the carl!
settlers of Hallowell IN figures o.
plaster Of paris, characters peculiar
to Hallowell Of the days gone by and
some Ct the products of the hills of
HallGwell, presented in tablcau%
were productions that would h" diff
cult to initiate. That thare shouid
be no dull moment in the evenings
program, for 'betwnon the acts" that
ever popular reader. Miss Agnes o.
Herscv, who never fails to delight her
audience, was occurred to make tho
occasion all the brighter Miss Her
sey's repertoire was Of her richest
fund and so delightfully."- given ihht
it was difficult for the accomplished
reader to escape too many encorra
Her full card was:
Glad to See You" Edmond Vance Cooke
The Madonna Of the Tubs"
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
THE Way of the World"
1.-The Tin Gee Gee"
"Three Little Chestnuts.''
Piano Accompaniment
THE Little God and Dicky," '"
Josephine Daskam Bacon
You Sabe Me-" VIII Irwin
bringing up the Children" WoStumel
Josiah Aliens VIE
A Journal reporter visited the gal
lery Of curiOs at his leisure yestcr-
day forenoon that he might make
special mention of all the many things
that had been brought from the
hooks and closets, garrets AMI cell
lars Of the old Hal!owell homesteads.
but the task was too great and the
space at the Scribe's command too
short to contain the half of the story
of the many remarkable CurioS on
exhibition. Some Of the more re
marxcble ;,lust not escape mention.
In the "Beeman collection there lis
Il china pitcher, of age no one knows
how old. owned by the late John
Beenan. ST.. 1t has all the Masonic
cmblcms burned on the outside and
bears the inscription in the form here
written:
THE WORLD is in PAIN
OUR SECRETS to GAIN.
But still let them wonder and gaze
For they ne'er can divine
THE WORD nor the SIGN
Of a Free and an Accepted Mason.
a wooden candle stick, standing
Is inches high, was once used in a
log cabin which stood on the lot
where the First Universalist church
now stands The cabin was then a
club house for the wings" in the
..Tiprecunoe and Tyler too" days. a
footstone carried every Sabbath for
many winters by Grandmother Bee
man" who attended church in the
old. Old South church. long before
the days of the present structure.
The reporter would scarcely dare
tell whose Bibles they are but they
bclonger to some OF the worthless ot
a hundred years or more ago and
bear evidences from thumb marks" |
of having been read oftener than the
good old Book is in this generation
by the children of their ancestors.
curiosity is a trunk known to be
125 years OLD, once the property of
Rufus X. Page. having in it many of
his priv ate papers. among them. as
the Journal man saw. some notes he
received for money loaned or otner-
wise due him, as far back as 1905.
There is little fortune in these
unpaid securities now outlawed by the
stretch Of time. J. w. White" loans
a trunk. made of wood century ago,
OF peculiar design so that it could be
strapped to the saddle on the horses
back, the common mode of travel in
those days. There is well pre-
served piece OF sampler" work on
linen done in the school OF Halo
we'll in 1899 by Nancy Cove. when
she was only II years old. Miss Cove
later mprried ard became the grand
mother of Henry L. Dole, who lives IN
Haverhill. Mass. but occupies the
old Dole homestead on Lincoln street
every summer. There can be seen
a handsome picture of one OF the
first ships: "Dana OF Hallcwell.
built at Beeman's Point and sailed to
Liverpool in 1915 bv Samuel Grant. |