Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-25

Sing a song of ten cents.
Nothing will it buy.
Since the price of pork chops
Detroit Free Press.
The Searchlight club of Rumford
Falls is laying plans to have spring
housekeeping April 7. The ladies are
determined to clean the streets and
riverbank 50 that the town VIII stay
clean throughout the summer.
East port wants a soldiers and sail
ors monument and has taken steps to
got it. The town contributed more
than its quota to the forces which
fought in the Civil war, but has never
erected a suitable monument to these
who lost their lives.
The late Benjamin c. Gay Of West
brook was once close friend of Ahra-
ham Lincoln and numbered among his
acquaintance some of the most IA
nous men of his time.
This strange dog story comes from
Gorham. Don. a dog owned by Lewis
McLc!l broke it's right fore leg
several weeks ago. After the leg had
been set by one of GorhamS best
known physicians he was given the
best of care, his tender nursing includ-
ing all sorts of special dainties in diet,
an extra soft cushion for him to lie
upon and was petted to his heart
content A few days after -he acct
dent the splints came off and were au-
iusted a second time and when this
was being done the physician told MS
master they must be kept on for three
weeks Now comes the interesting
part of the story. Last Friday morn
ing when the family assembled in the
morning Don was found lying upon his
bed minus his splnts which he had
buried at the very bottom and acting
as though he wasn't sure whether he
was to be praised or blamed. This
was inst three weeks to day. accord
ing to the doctors orders, and it GER
tainly seems as though he had taken
affairs very efficiently into his hands
Cor paws and thoroughly understood
his case.
EIdSlDOEl uedleIS dlc SNlliiiE- wa
at S625 a ton as against $50 at Cal
ais. Does it cost S1.25 to carry ton
of coal 60 miles by sea?
A boy found a pair of gold bowed
spectacles on the shores of Newport
pond last summer and pat them into
his coat pocket He fully intended to
seek the owner, but forgot it. This
spring bis mother, in overhanling the
boys clothes found them and this
time an effort will be made to restore
them to the owner.
DR.. H. S. kilby, who was elected to
board last week, formerly lived i'll
Eastport.
oxford Democrat: This COW story
isn't stretched bit The COW belongs
- Franklin Maxim. Her recent calf
WIS allowed all he wanted to eat and
was sold for veal when five weeks
old for SIS. During those five weeks
the cow also furnished milk and butter
| to the amount of 50. thus making a
total of S27 in revenue produced from
one COW i'm five weeks.
John l.. Berry of Georgetown is be
wLo attended the first session of the
Supreme court held in Sasadahoc
| county in 1854. An effort is being
made to locate others who were in
attendance. if there are any.
PASSPORT Sentinel: A letter received
some time ago by City Treasurer.
| John 7. Hutchinson, from Dr.. A. IL
| Nichols of Boston. asking Information
regarding one OF our city bells. says
II am endeavoring to trace the bells
| cast by Paul Revere of Revolutionary
fame, complete list of which has
recently been found in an old stock
| book owned by Mr. Revere and in
| which ] find that in June. 1920. a Re
we're bell weighing 1913 pounds was
sold to the town of Eastport, Me-
| Upon investigation Mr.. Hutchinson dis
| covered that the bell referred to was
| that in the FIRST Congregational cum
tarianN church on Shackford street
Town records show that in 1873 the
bell which had by some means be-
come cracked was sent to Holbrook
s, Son of Z. Midway, Mass, where it
| was recast and returned in the same
year The old bell. still in daily ser
| vice, is one of the best hereabouts
| still preserving that mellow, musical
| tone peculiar to all the Revere bells
A more recent letter expresses Dr.
| Nichols gratitude to Mr.. Hutchinson
| fer service rendered. and says that he
| has already obtained accurate records
| of one hundred and thirty-five of the
| Paul Revere bells. and is on the track
| of score of others.