Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-12

The Steamer Wistaria of the light
house tender service has been ordered
to Maine to take the place of the old
Geranium, which will be broken up.
| The Wistaria is one of the largest
vessels in that service and is built of
| steel.
| A remarkable record of continuous
employment for one concern has been
street, Lewiston, who has resigned
| from service with the Maine Central
| Railroad Mr.. Leader began work
with the road so years ago and worked
| steadily-not even stopping for va
| cation. The only time he was out dur
| ing his half century of labor was a
! few years ago when he met with an
accident and was forced to take a
rest. For number of years, Mr..
| Leader has been section foreman on
the lower road from Lewiston to Crow
| leys Junction, filling the position with
| unrelcnting devotion to his work. Dur
| ing these many years he has seen nu-
merous changes in the management
! and other departments of the Maine
! Central.
| On torn bit of old Pennington
Chronicle, yellow with age, but bearing
no date, was found the following:
written with chalk on the walls of
the old grist mill at Gibbs Mill, Oliver
more) in 1916 was this verse:
On the eighth of June a snow storm
fell,
And the water hard did freeze;
1t killed the beans, it killed the corn,
And injured the apple trees.
In overhauling the contents of the
old safety vault in Baths municipal
building description of proposed
fire ship was found. The document
which was dated 1S41, proposed tina;
such a ship be built by Congress and
asked that Bath urge action on the
| part of its congressman. The ship was
to be bomb proof, propelled by steam
and fitted to throw Liquid fire. onto
the enemy.
Mary \. Little has resigned from
her position as assistant in the
Lewiston public library after 81 years
service. Her first work was as libra
rian of the Manufacturers and Me-
chanics Library Association, when the
books were in the city building. she
) worked heroically to save the records
when the building burned and was
. with difficulty driven from the pulld-
: ing by the firemen. At that time the
library contained 1000 volumes. large
ly of Miss Little's selection When
the present city building was opened
she took charge of the new library ana
continued in office until separate
building was provided. Then she be-
, came assistant librarian, and has
l served faithfully until the present
: time. 1t is splendid record
The knights of the grip who belong
to the United Commercial Travellers in
Portland are planning for the produc-
5 ton of a minstrel show on February
+ -. They have secured the lease OF
2 Keiths theatre for that occasion and
will devote the proceeds obtained from
the show to their charity fund.
Bangor Commemorative station OF
| the United wireless GO. at the carry
: ing Place, is rapidly nearing compile
ton in temporary form, and soon the
credit "by wireless via Eastport," will
be common in the daily papers. The
| steel for the wireless mast could not
l be furnished until spring and the pres
| ent equipment. while only temporary
is expected to meet all the require
ments of the service. That PASSPORT
. has the distinction of having a wire
u | less station is due to it's energetic
board of trade. which lets no oppor-
! tunity affording advertising for the
escape.
Maine people may get fortune Out
:. of the Fitzherbert estate. A legacy Of
i $4,000 900 IS involved. Information has
come to Pressure Isle relatives thai
Miss Georgia A. Smyth of Boston is &
probable descendant of the FitZher
bert who was married to King Georgt
Nv. of EnglaIc. One family of thu
New Brunswick Fitzherberts settled il
what is now Fort Fairfield, Me, more
chan 20 years ago.