Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Yes, that is true. and something more
You'll find Where'er you roam
That marble floors and gilded walls
| Can never make nome.
But every house where love abides
| And friendship is guest
| Is surely home, and home, sweet nome,
| For there the heart can rest
| Henry van Dyke.
| Bad weather for seaside inns so far
this August.
| Editor Curtis of the Ladies Home
journal and Saturday Evening Post
has further proved his good judgment
by wedding Maine woman, Mrs. Kate
Pillsbury, daughter of the late VIM.
Cutter of Bangor. Editor curtis is
Portland, Me-, boy himself.
Simon McDougall of East Boothbay,
81 years of age goes to his store in
the morning and remains there until 9
P NJ. day in and day out.
H. A. Wentworth of Bangor has
curiosity in the shape of an English
silver five shilling or one dollar piece,
dated 1904. 1t was taken at the ticket
office, in the railroad station for sill
yer dollar, being presented in payment
for tickets. Mr.. Wentworth was the
first to notice and Immediately took it
out of circulation. The coin bears the
head Of George III and the date 1904,
on the diverse and has. Bank of Eng
land, five shilling, dollar" on the re-
verse.
Pigeon Brook school. Baldwin. was
taught by Mrs. Lucinda Meserve of
Cornish at the last term. Among
many who have taught III this district
with success may be mentioned the late
Sheriff Leander f. Cram of Portland.
formerly of Baldwin; Miss Mary Man
of Cornish, and Jordan Stacy of Kezar
Fails. Others who have gained promi-
nence are Prof. NJ c. Dow of Lodi.
| Col: Rev. M. K Mabry of Madison:
DR.. w. l.. Gatchell of Colorado. and DR..
10. f. Chadbourne of Syracuse, n. Y.
A London dentist who is seeking an
American location with a good climate
happened to strike Maine and Augusta
this week and nearly froze to death
He saws London has six months Of
good to middling weather and six
months of bad but Names seems to
him all bad!
A. J. Hutchinson has purchased of
IL. P. Booker the lot on the corner of
Federal and Franklin streets. says the
Brunswick Record occupied by the Old
Ichurch building and will use it as the
site of a new residence The old church
which for years has been used as a
storage place. was built in 1929 by the
Federal street Baptist society. In 1886
it was sold to the Methodists for $1,000
land an additional $50 for the lot. In
l1S66 it was sold to the Catholics who
used it until the new Catholic church
was built. Thus three religious denom-
Iinations' have occupied this edihce,
which now will be torn down or re-
moved The building was sold by the
Catholic church to Samuel Knight. Jr..
who used it as a sales stable. He sold
it in 1892 to Mrs. l. P. Booker.
The Journal Gossiper met Civil war
veteran Wednesday in Augusta who
had travelled several thousand miles to
shake Cen Selden Connor's hand once
Imore. The veteran, wounded in his
shelter tent at Gettysburg received
icall from the late Genl. T. w. Hyde.
80 they got you this time. did they"
inquired Genl. Hyde. The soldier no.
ticed that Genl Hydes coat front. was
badly soiled and learned that a shell
Exploding had smashed a Union SOL
Il, ,,,I cnof
General Hydes coat front.
Mrs. Samuel Buck and her mother,
Mrs. Ramsey. have moved into the A
B. Thwing house at Days Ferry for
the summer. This is the house which
was recently occupied by the Boys
Brigade of Somervile. Mr.. Buck who
was here a while ago has returned to
Boston. He is now steward at the Ho-
tel Touraine in Boston. He is a native
of Woolwich and attended the high
school in Bath for several years and
also Bowdoin College.
| Fred w. Trowbridge is conducting
farming operations on rather extern
sive scale. this season, and plans to
enlarge them materially in the future.
He owns six large farms in Waldoboro.
and one in Union, and is carrying them
on according to the most approved
modern methods.
Years ago the town of Phippsburg
was known far and wide tor the size of
| it's families. Race suicide was never
limited at in Phippsburg and families
with ten or dozen children were moth
ing unusual. Among some of the fami-
lies of former days which were promi-
nent in the town were the divers,
Wallaces, Perrys, Spinneys. Morses.
Percys. Harringtons and others. At one
time when the Cornelius Pond Ice COM
pany was operated at Horse Island