Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-26

| The Castle Hill correspondent of
the Aroostook Republican reports that
| farmers in that neighborhood were
| blowing, Dec. Il and IA. This is prob
ably as late as blowing was ever
| done in this county, and goes to show
| what an open winter We have had so
! far. Until the thaw of last week,
| which took off pretty nearly all the
| snow. there was practically no frost
| in the ground 50 that the melting
| snow found its way into the earth and
| did not run off on the surface.
The Calais Times contains an inter-
esting account of the life of its oldest
| American resident, Ephraim Howe
who, at the age of two years, came in
| 1923 with his parents to Calais
| Mr.. Howe possesses sturdy con-
stitution and retains his faculties
| to a remarkable degree. In the
year 1889 he started for Bangor, where
| he worked as longshoreman until
1861 when he returned to Calais,
where with the exception of his army
career he has since lived. Mr.. Howe
enlisted in 1864 in the end Maine In
| fantry and later he joined the 9Th
Maine. He was AZ years of age when
ne started for the front where his
companions were all in the early twen-
ties. Mr.. Howe was engaged in siege
duty in the Southern States until the
close of the war. Mr.. Howe was for q
time in Co. f. of which the late VIM
r. Taylor of Calais was captain. His
work since coming home from the war
has been stevedore work and river
driving Mr.. Howe's family consists
of his sons, Samuel of Calais, William
of Duluth, Wis, two daughters, Mrs
Emma Drake of Duluth, and Maria
burlington of Minneapolis, MINI. For
a time during the war; Samuel was in
the same regiment with his father, en-
listing in the Ninth Maine. He was
wounded in the left shoulder at Ber-
muda Hundreds, on the James river,
and again in the left wrist at Chaplin
farm, Virginia.
MahIon r. Gerrish, son of l.. w.
Gerrish, superintendent of the public
schools of SkowheganM Madison dis
triet. is not only the latest boy III
Skowhegan High school at present but
| is the heaviest hoy of his age that is
or has ever been in the school. He is
but ID years old, yet he weighs within
but a few pounds of 200. He is in the
Sophomore class, the youngest boy OF
the class, and with his present prog
ress he will graduate younger than
any boy has been graduated from the
school for some time. He will be
member of the Junior class while he is
II years old Malon is a son after his
fathers pattern, for the parent himself
weighs about 200, though when he was
"a years old he weighed but 1874. Mr..
Gerrish with his family came here
from Aroostook county where he was
Superintendent of the Caribou Lime
stone district. What part potatoes
played in the condition of Mr.. Gerrish
and his son is not known.
The dedication of the new High
school building at Harmony will be
held, Wednesday afternoon and even
ing State Superintendent of Schools
Smith will be present and deliver an
address in the public hall, in the even
ing. The afternoon will be given up
to visiting the schools and examining
the building. Architect Lane will be
present and show all visitors through
the rooms and make explanations con-
corning the architecture. This Will be
an excellent opportunity for the citi-
zens of. Harmony to see the schools in
session in the new building which is
one of the best, if not the best three
room school building in the State.
, Somerset county has a new industry
| which made its advent. this week at
East Madison, when the Witham Man
ufacturing Co. was formed to manu-
| facture calks for river drivers shoes.
This is the only industry of its kind
| in the country. 1t will be carried on
| in the old shop that was formerly oc-
| cupied in the making of this product
| II years ago when e. Witham q Son
| manufactured calks The older men,
| Der of this firm had been in the bust
| ness over 20 years, he having invented