The Republican journal., 1913-12-18

18th, Prescott Haxeltine, James Gam
mons and Abram N. Noyes were chosen
Selectmen, Nathaniel Patterson, Clerk,
and Daniel Haraden, Treasurer. The
monies raised were 81, 10000 for schools.
81. 0OO, 90 for paupers and insane. 81 10000
for incidental expenses and 100000 for
payment of debts. At an adjourned
meeting held April I'd the sum of $4.-
500. 90 in cash was raised for making and
repairing highways and bridges, and for
the first time Road Commissioners were
chosen in lieu of surveyors. The COM
missioners chosen were Hiram o. Alden,
James White and Thomas Marshall.
They made contract with the late Isaac
Allard to keep all the highways in town,
with the exception of those in the viii
lage district, in repair for the term of
five years for the sum of $2,25O.0O per
year. According to the Report submit
ted to the Meeting. there were than
fifty-six miles of highways in the town.
The steamers began to make their ap-
pearance this month. They were the W.
]. Pease, Capt. William Flowers, the
Admiral, Capt. William Hutchins, the
Governor, Capt. Thomas Rogers, and
the Penobscot. Capt. Samuel Seymour,
which ran until July when she was sold
to run on the route between New York
and Philadelphia. She was succeeded
by the Kennebec, Capt. Asa M. San
ford. The Secor, Capt. Thomas B. San
ford, piled between this place and Sedge-
wick. We missed the State OF Maine
and the pleasant face of her gentleman
ly commander, Capt. Samuel H. Howes.
He had been on our waters about fifteen
years, commanding successfully the Ban
gor. Telegraph, Charter Oak, Governor
and State of Maine steamers. He died
at Cambridge, Mass, on the 23d of
March.
The first gun from Washington under
the new administration heard in this To-
cality was before the close of the first
month of it's existence. Our postmaster.
Mr.. William 7. Colburn, was the victim;
his brother-in-faw, Mr.. Charles Giles,
came manfully forward and occupied the
post of danger. He removed the post
Office to the room now occupied by Doc
tor Sylvester, at the junction of Main
and Beaver streets, early in May; it con-
tinued there during his official term. Mr..
Giles, it will be remembered, fell at the
battle of Baton Rouge, August 5th, 1862.
The earth that covers him in his last
sleep once belonged to President Taylor;
the same from whose hand he received
his appointment as postmaster.
About noon of April 5th George A.
Durham, son of the late Jonathan Dur
ham, was found dead in his barn sus-
pended by rope from one of the big
beams. 1t was supposed from the fact
that his neck was dislocated, that after
adjusting the rope he leaped from the
beam. He was about % years of age,
unmarried, in easy circumstances pecu-
niarily, intelligent, exemplary in conduct
and highly esteemed among his acquaint-
ances. No cause for the act could be
surnised save sudden mental derange-
ment.
The musical season was opened by
Thayer's Minstrels, who gave several
concerts at Washington Hall early in
A pril. Mr.. Howard, the American
Ole Bull, talked with his violin at the
Court House on the goth of May to a
small audience; he deserved a larger one
but she was only a fiddler" The
SaXonian Orchestra performed at the
same place on the 18th of June. The
celebrated Hutchinson Family sang at
the North Church in the evening of
4th of July-In the evening of the 9th
Mr.. Mooney, the Irish vocalist" gave
a musical entertainment consisting of
Irish songs and ballads at the Court
House. The Elenas, two Italian boys,
Annibale aged fourteen and Lucini eight,
gave two concerts this month; the eldest
played on the piano, the youngest on the
violin. Charles Currier and Company
gave several musical entertainments,
connected with the drama, atWashington
Hall. The dramatic preponderated over
the musical-the spirit over the under
standing. The Riley Family, consisting
of three sisters, aged respectively eight,
twelve and sixteen, and one brother,
gave vocal and instrumental concert at
the Court House on the first of Novem-
ber.-"Dr. Ness's Oratorio and Concert
Company" gaze zone of their inimitable
and unique entertainments" at Washing
ton Hall on the evening of the 4th of Oc-
tober. There are some living, probably,
who remember the attitude struck by
the principal female artistic preparatory
to commencing her "Fancy Hornpipe, !"
and the uncertain sound" given forth
by the well-greased fddle-strings on the
occasion. The man who furnished evil
dence of his identity by the transfer of
the black wig is not forgotten, probably;
nor the rise in the market value of hen
fruit which succeeded the entertain
ment." 1t was unique" certainly, be-
fore and behind the curtain, and would
be 'inimitable." it is to be hoped. in