Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-01
MADISON.

The heavy rains OF the past few days
have raised The Kennebec river To al
most freshet pitch al this point. 0w-
ing To the high water the sorting gap
at the Doom house about a mile above
Madison was closed, Wednesday, and
jam of logs half a mile long and con-
tanning several million feet of lumber
has formed A crew Of river drivers
are busy strengthening the boom.
which it is thought will hold if the
water does not go much higher.
Charles Emery. an employee in the
wood room at the Great Northern Pa
per mill. received a bad scalp wound,
Friday forenoon, by coming in contact
with a pulley. Mr.. Emery~was taken
to a physicians office where several
stitches were required to close the
wound.
Selden Moody. a boy II years old,
was arrested, Thursday, for drunken
ness by Deputy Sheriff e. r. Walker,
and lodged in the Madison lookup AL
though Moody was searched by the
deputy he managed to conceal some
matches, and little later managed to
set some bedding afire in his cell but
was discovered in time so that no dam
age was done. Moody, tried before
Judge c. f. Newell at his home in An
son, Friday forenoon, said that he found
his whiskey in the log piles of the
Great Northern Paper Co. He was
fined S. and costs. amounting in all to
sl0.41 after promising the judge to be
have himself in the future.
Memorial day passed very quietly in
Madison All places of business, and
mills were closed, with the exception
of the plant of the Great Northern Pa
per Co. owing to the rain the
usual parade was omitted Following
half hour open-air concert by the
Lakewood Band in front of the /. o. o.
F. building a good sized audience
gathered in the Methodist church for
the program, under the direction of
Commander f. f. Gould of N. A. Wes-
ton Post, G. A. r. On the platform
with Commander Gould were the cler
gymen of the place and the order of
exercises was: Singing the "Doxology"
by the audience, led by the band:
Scripture, Rev. G. Il. Southwick, pas
tor of the Free Baptist church: music
by the chorus; prayer. Rev. f. II.
Means, pastor of the Congregational
church, vocal solo, "'fenting Tonight
on the Old Campground," Rev. j. A.
Beteher, pastor of the Methodist
church; recitation, sLincolns Gettys-
burg Speech Carroll Brown; reading
poem, "Our Ranks are Getting Thin"
Rev. L. w. Weber; recitation, Miss
Thelma Adams; singing, BE Loyal to
Your Colors," chorus: next came
brief speech of welcome by Mr.. Gould,
who introduced Rev. Elmer f. Pember
Of Bangor as the speaker of the day.
The program closed with the benedic
ton by MIR. Betcher and a selection by
the band.
Mrs. A. p. Foster, who has been the
guest of her daughter. Mrs Maud
Sampson, at her home In Arson for the
past three weeks, has returned to her
home in North Andover, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank p. Ladd of Low
ell. Mass. arrived in Madison, Thurs
day. to pass few weeks with relatives
and friends
Willard C. Williams of Fairfield was
the guest, Thursday. of his father. Or
rington Williams.
Freeman Wheaton, who has had
charge of the Arson railroad station
for the past few months, has been
transferred to Mosquito, and Clifford
Tlnkhsm of this place now has charge
of the station.
Daniel Lister who has been at the
Hebron Sanitorium for the past seven
monks, arrived home, Wednesday, for
brief visit with his family, and viii
return the last of the week. MIR Lister
is much improved in health and ex-
poets to be discharged as cured in
few months more.
Wiihert Brown of Portland is passing
q few days with his mother, Mrs. Cyrus
Brown. at her home on Park street.
Feel languid. weak, run down? Head
aehe? Stomach "off." A good remedy is
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