Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-25
Maine Gossip
The Mechanical Toy.

| Mary had a little lamb;
| On wheels it ran around.
But father made its ratchets Jam
| And now it can't be wound.
| Kansas City Journal.
The Baptist church at Springvalt
| has been presented with handsome
| clock by an unknown donor. The clock
| is Of the thirty day model of the Seth
| Thomas make.
At special meeting of the ID. A. K. al
| the home of the regent, Mrs. Richard
! Elliot, in Thomaston, the chapter voted
| The fort has been leased for the paS'
two years by Hon. J. +. Moore. The
| government is willing to dispose OF
| such pieces of property, at Il nomIna
sum to historical societies, for thell
! preservation.
| Col. r. N. Dow of The Portland Ev-
eniEg Express Publishing Company
| has purchased six choice Ayrslurls
three of which We're ribbon winners al
| Brockton, for his model farm in West
CIsti OOI ". wi. III" 10 q iii>i'-'N-
! the Portland Farmers Club and prldes
| himself on having the best cattle II
| the county.
| Brig. General Henry Clay Wood, Z
S. A, retired, is passing severa
| months at Pennington. General
| Woods wife died in August and he
| goes to Pennington to be near ms SIS
| ter, Mrs. Henrietta w. Fairbanks
widow Of Joseph w. Fairbanks Gen
eral Wood was born in Winthrop,
May 26, 1892, his parents being General
Samuel and Florena (SweeD Wood
He received his education in the public
schools of that town, later attending
Yarmouth academy where he gradual
cd in 1S49. He completed his prepare
ton for college at Farlnlngtoh' alter
which he first took up the study of
medicine, but entered BoWdoln college.
JJpon graduating from college IN 1904
Gen. Wood later turned his attention
| TO law, being admitted to the kenne-
bee bar April 10, 1856. His father be
ing q military man, he took great
deal of interest in military life and
March 26, 1856, was appointed aide-de-
camp to his father. who was COM
mar ding the Maine militia. In that
office he had the rank of major. A'ler
| taking a course in tactics at the NOT
| witch, VT, Military academy, he was
commissioned a second lieutenant III
| the LIST L. S. infantry. When the civil
war broke out, he was attached to the
| command of Gen. Lyon of Missouri.
BY successive promotion he arose to a
| brigadiership. retiring in 1896.
John Ferguson of Clark's NILS
| without much doubt has the Oldest cat
| in York county, if not in Maine. he
is of good old Fashioned New England
| breed, none of the fancy variety anu
! was raised as a kitten in the fanny.
| If ne lives four months longer ne VIII
| be 90 years old. The cats appetite Is
not as robust as it once was ana ne
| isn't bothering much about rats ana
| mice, but his health is fairly good ana
no child in York county gets bettei
| care than the Ferguson family gives
| this venerable feline.
| Bath Times-The Kennebec is scarce
| ly appreciated. While the Delaware
| has been blockaded with ice, the chan
| mel between Bath and the sea has been
| entirely unObstructed; and While IL Is
| difficult for large vessels, even large
| Path sailing vessels, to get into or out
/ of the Delaware without touching DOT
! tom, there would not be the slightest
| danger of the same vessel finding bot
| tom in the Kennebec.
In August, 1908. Hildah Written, the
| eight-year-old daughter of Hubert
| Written of West Baldwin. broke off
the eye of needle in her finger. About
| two-thirds of the needle was left in
her finger close to the bone. She mad
the finger examined by a skilful ply
| sician, who gave the opinion OF no
needle in the finger One day last
week the eye of the needle showed it
self Hildah got it between her fin
gers and drew it out. The needle was
black. 1t had been there l year and
4 months. The finger is healing all
right.
| c. D. Jameson, son of the late c. d
Jameson. of Bangor who is now con-
sulting engineer for the Chinese gov
ernment and the American legation in
Picking, is spending his leave of alb
sence with Bangor friends Mr.. Jane
son is a graduate of Bowdoin college
class of '76. For some time after his
graduation he was engaged in engin-
eering work in this country, in Mexi-
GO and on the Isthmus. For the past
IA years he has been in China. at first
taking contracts for private work, af-
forwards having employment with an
English syndicate. and later about -four
years ago. receiving his appointment
as consulting engineer for the Chinese
government.
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