Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-29

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THE Flag That Made Us Free
The kiss good night at candle light
My mother gave to me.
His relatives in Belfast have at last
received word from Walter Everett
| Condor of that city, who disappeared
Is years ago, after attending the
Bluehill fair. A badly decomposed
body found at Greenbush sometime
afterwards was thought to be that of
! Condor. A letter was received few
days ago, written by his young wife,
| "a bride Of month, in which she
states that Everett had kept silent so
long that he was ashamed to write
and she was doing so for him. The
letter states that he is living in Lou
isiana, where he is interested in oil
| wells.
| The Lewiston Journal reports an
other great discovery of crystal tour
malihes within a few miles of Auburn.
The lucky man was F. l.. Havev Of
IS Ash street, Lewiston, who only a
| few weeks ago came upon Il pocket
in his feldspar mine in Poland from
|
| OF pure tourmaine crystals. His lat
est discovery in a new pocket not far
from the old one includes 1000 carats
| of tOurmaline valued cOnservatively at
| $i5 900 and $1,000 worth of herderite, one
| of tho rareSt gems and in Maine prac-
ticailv unknown. Mr.. Havey pur-
chased the Poland farm upon which all
| this mineral treasure is located only
-
| Miss Gertrude Lane a former Saco
girl and a graduate of Thornton
| Academy, has lately been promoted to
| the responsible position of editOr-in-
chief of the Woman's Home Compan-
J ion, a New York publication. Miss
Lane has been employed upon this
| magazine for several years and her
promotion indicates not only ability
| but recognition by the owners of the
| paper of the young Woman's worth.
| Miss Lane was prominent in literary
| circles when student at SacO and
was also an accomplished pianist, talk
| ing part in many local entertainments.
| The new trunkline road between
| Rockland and Rockport has now prog
| rassed as far as Oakland siding anu
| will be continued as far toward the
| Rockport iron bridge this season as
the weather will permit, The road
| from Maverick square to the Rockport
! line will not be built until next season
| When the contractors began work last
| summer the sewage system in this sec
ton of the road had not been COM
| pleted.
| The Paris Manufacturing Co. has
| purchased the stumpage on tract OF
land near Crystal Station on the line
| Of the Grand Trunk Railway in New
/ Hampshire and has been allowed 10
years in which to take off the lumber
| A mill and camps will be put in OPP
GRAFTON there this winter, saving the
| lumber for shipment to the factories
| of the companies at South and West
! Paris. The tract purchased is val
| ley four or five miles square and 1t IS
| said to have on it some of the nand-
soonest hard wood growth to be found
anywhere.
| George Austin of Norway has intro
| duced new variety of hen. 1.-THE But
| tercup' from Easton. Md. He has 10
p,llets of this remarkable breed, which
| lie says has record of 300 eggs a year.
For production of eggs there is"no
| other breed that touches then.' says
Mr. Austin. "Leghorns, Hamburgs,
| Wyandottes and even Rhode Island
! Reds are not equal to them, both for
| their laying qualities and the fact that
| they are non-setters and lay practic-
ally all the time. They lay large pure
! white eggs"
| Mrs. Thomas Bailey AldriCh of Bos-
| ton recently paid a visit to the AID
rich cottage, "The Crags'' on the South
| Side, Tenants Harbor. The place will
be again put in condition for occupancy
this winter many improvements beins
made and will be occupied next sum
mer by Mrs. Aldrich and her son. Ma.
jor Talbut Aldrch. and family. 1.-The
| Crags" and "Seawoods. the summer
place Of w. S. Richardson near the
| Aldrich cottage have been closed for
| five years and all in that neighbOrhood
will be glad to See them in commission
again
| Tie Portland Cadets, the famous
drill squad of that city of 40 years ago.
are planning to hold a reunion some
time in October 1t is proposed to de
vote the afternoon and evening of the
day selected to the reunion and supper
and "a of the 20 living members are
expected to be in attendance. One
member, Edward Carpenter who lives
in Minneapolis, has written signifying
| his Intention to be present and others
| from distant points are planning to
| attend.
| Charles F.. Bicknell of Rockland Is
| harvesting 1000 bushels of potatoes this
| fall upon his farm in Thomaston. The
| potatoes are Irish Ccbhlers, the seed
for which cost Mr.. Bicknell 81 per
bushel. His work of harvesting the
| potatoes is greatly expedited by the
| use Of modern digging apparatus.
Huge whales, sometimes three or four