Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-28

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probate of kennebec county. Lack
| ing, at that time but a few days of so
years. the ease and agility with which
he went through the evolutions as
| tonished the onlookcrs. In his early
| days the judge was one of the most
accomplished dancers in his county
and at the ball he proved that he
possessed much of his old-timc skill
| y diary which probably cannot be
| duplicated i'll this STATE is owned by
| Thomas McLain of Rockland With
| the exception of few months in 1856,
| when he was i'll With fever, Mr.. Nc
Lam has faithfully kept daily entries
| since 1891. During the Civil War
period the principal battles were
noted. Marriages. deaths. births and
| Important local events as well as the
| weather and matters of unusual ma
uonal interest also We're recorded Mr.
McLain is retired school teacher and
| banker
| y hents Hill correspondent tells of
a farmer George A. Smith Of Fayette
! Ridge, who has sheep that has raised
| four pairs of twin lambs and on Feb
| ruary u started the season with three
! lambs. two weighing 81. pounds each
| anu the otlIer 9 pounds.
| Phillips and kingfleld hold the cups
| given in the prize speaking contest at
| Phillips. Representatives from schools
| III these two towns and from Rangeley
anu Strong were the contestants. One
| trophy was given for the best speaker
among the girls and one for the best
among tho boys. Estelle W. Barker
| and Orren Tufts being the winners.
| Special trains were provided for those
| interested and the hall was crowded to
| the doors.
Sailing from Portland to Liverpool,
Saturday. the Cornlslman carried a
cargo consisting of 400 cattle, 1900
sheep. 10 cars of general freight, %
| cars Of lumber, 1000 barrels of apples.
~ cars Of provisions. 25o tons of hay
and 10000 bushels of grain
Another Julius Caesar is making his
| tory-in d paper mill at Bangor for $40
| month. He is the son of a German
| millionaire and his apartments at the
| best hotel cost him several times his
| salary. The Caesars live at Elbertield.
Germany. where the father has a big
pulp mill. Julius inhcrits this property
some day and he proposes to learn the
business from \ TO H.. He says Ameri-
cans having better machinery mako
paper much faster than do his coun-
trymen.
Portland's biggest event of this
week and the promoters state that
| anyway one looks at it they are as
suIed of a "crowd''-will be the bail OF
the New England fat mems club. Ar
thur MOulton. of that city, Al pounds,
will lead the march and his partner
will be n woman proportionately as
small as he is large.
\ severe blow to the financial inter
ests OF Bath is the vote OF the con-
trolling interests of the steamship lines
IN which Charles w Morse was once
the guiding spirit. to transfer their
taxable propery from Bath to Eliot.
Clyde and New York & Porto Rico
steamship lines. This means a total
loss to. the city Of about $4,000.
Plans are under way to complete the
organization Of club of the motor
boat owners on the New Meadows
river. 1t IS proposed to build club
house this summer, maintain landing
float near the car line and in other
ways promote the interests of the pow
er boat enthusiasts.
A stone cutter and lifelong resident
of Saco claims the distinction of being
the first soldier to enlist from that city
in the Civil War. He says: II enlist
ed April Is, 1861. in Co. G.. 9Th Me.
regt., and was in the field until the re-
bcilion came to an end. 1 never had a
furlough and all the lay off I ever had
was when they were patching up the
four wounds | got at Spottsylvania. I
was wounded in the arm at Antietam.
At Gettysburg rebel bullet plowed
its way across my neck and shall
carry the scar tc the grave. At Spott-
sylvania, May 16, 1864, one bullet went
through my right arm, a second hit me
in the right breast and plowed its way
up over my right shoulder, third
splintered my breast bone, and the
fourth struck me under my right
breast, and I am carrying that bunch
OF lead today. l guess We saw as
much fighting as any company that
went from Maine. Our company was
with the army of the Potomac and
they kept US on the go all the time.
When the regiment left Portland in
81 We had 1910. men; we were recruited
eight times. and when we were mus
tered out Of the service we numbered
22i,ssdas 80. aLag.a-.