Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-18
KENNEBEC.
MI. VERNON.


MT. VERNON.
WEST-No services were held. sun
day last, on account of the rain storm.
Sunday school, Jan. 10, will be at IL
! A. NJ.
The mercury, Mon6ay morning, reg
istered s below zero, fall of So de-
gress in 13 hours.
Timothy Currier has not pressed.
the hay at Prof. II. II. Lannigan's
misunderstanding.
Josephus Brown recently had two
fine hogs dressed.
READFlELD.
Mrs s H. Morrill,, before leaving
town for her home in California, gave
a motto from the Lords Prayer to
the Methodist Sabbath School, the size
of 164 %, formed it has been hung on
the wall of the chapel audience room,
back of the pulpit A vote of thanks
was unanimously given by the MEM
bers of the school,
Rev. Mr.. Bradley held services at
the vestry, Sabbath afternoon. Rev.
w. Wood gave an illustrated lecture
on Cuba in the evening.
w. A. Wrights horse, which he had
driven for more than u years. died
Monday from absess in the throat.
Mrs E. b. Smith is on the sick list.
George Black, who was one of the
shutins from sickness, is able to be
out
Mrs N S. Shurburn is one of those
on the sick list.
PlTTsToN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Houdlette of Man
chester made weekend visit with Mrs.
Houdlettes mother, Mrs. Benjamin
Baker @
Mrs Iva Rollins and Miss Annie left for
Watervile, Friday, where they passed a
few days with Mrs. Frank Patterson.
Pittston Grange held their installation
of officers and an all-day meeting,
Wednesday, Jan. Is.
Mrs. Alvin Cults left for Chelsea,
Mass, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. De Wolf have been pass
ing few days with Asbury Powers.
Miss Anna Newton Lewis, who has
been in Augusta and neighboring towns
while working for the Home Missionary
Society of the Congregational churches,
is now field worker in Utah and Colorado
for the Congregational Sunday School
and Publishing Society. She writes: IF
you have read Mr.. eShelton's booklet,
The Evolution of Chris tianity of Routt
County, Colorado, you know something
of the history of that county, which is
larger than the whole state of Massa-
chusetts
q wish l could picture to you the Won
derful fields of alfalfa and grain in the
a .f els tat,
the river valleys. One day, driving from
Pagoda, on the Williams river to Craig
on the Bear river. had a most lovely
view, of which | 50 mach wanted to get
picture to send you, but my camera
is too small for such vista as lay spread
before us. Below US. for 20 miles to the
west. and 10 or Is to the east, lay the
Yampa Valley with its vast fields Of
purple atlanta. green timothy and yellow
grain and the little village of Craig
nesting in group of trees in the center.
To the east, about 10 miles away began
the foothills of the Continental Divide,
and behind them tier after tier were the
mountains-those in the far distance COW
cred with everlasting snow. Just in
front of us, across the valley, stood
Bears Ears mountain its two points
rising, rocky and bare. Near by. was
Cypress mountain, almost covered with
evergreen trees Beyond this. lower
mountains faded away to the western
horizon.
The marvellous thing about Colorado
and Utah is the overwhelming surprise.
when, after a ride of many miles through
brown desert one suddenly comes upon
the vivid rich green of an oasis, made
possible by the means of irrigation.
At Craig, the church has a membership
of 1885,
From the 4th of June until the last of
August I journeyed throughout Routt
ard Hoffat counties.
Leaving the train at Price, Utah. /
boarded what the passengers, linen of
eight or 10 nationalities) termed pal
ace car. Two narrow and rickety steps
allowed one to enter by sliding door
usual on box car. Within, at the right
and left of the side doors. was a shelf
going entirely around the car, occupied
by Cinnamon, Swedes, Italians Syrians.
and plain Americans, nearly all or whom
used tobacco in some way or another.
They were lying full length on the bench,
creeping pedcelully between occasions,
when it was necessary to pick themselves
up from the floor, where they had been
thrown by the terrific jolts and jerks of
the train. Although / did not sleep,
was thrown off my seat when a partcu-
larry snappy jerk came. After putting
and grooming and iolting its way up the
side of the mountain for Is miles the
train came to a little widening in the
canyon, and East Hiawatha, a group of
40 or so houses, a schoolhouse and two or
| three stores. Many of these houses
are but tents with board floors. Here, in
the schoolhouse every Sunday afternoon,
has been held the Sunday school whose
superintendent was half of the teaching
| force, and his wife the other half. Be-
tween them they took care of about 30