The Republican journal., 1913-06-19

Houston, Esq. Mr.. Houston was for a
long series of years the principal sur
veyor of land in this locality. "Accord-
ing to survey and plan of Robert Hous-
ton" and according to Houston's sur
vey" are familiar as household words to
those who have had occasion to trace
titles in the Registry of Deeds in this
and Hancock county; there is no name
found more frequently than his on the
records of the last quarter of the last
century and the first of this, unless it be
the name of Noah Prescott. He was
often elected to offices of trust by his
fellow townsmen and never failed to per-
form the duties devoved upon him faith
fully and acceptably.
Zaccheus Porter, ESQ.,, a lawyer by
profession, who came here to reside in
1913, died in November this year, aged
forty-four. He was native of Dan
yers, Mass. Soon after coming here he
formed co-partnership with Hon. John
Wilson, under the style of Wilson and
Porter, which continued while he lived.
He built in 1922 the house on High street
now occupied by DR.. Lewis w. Pendle-
ton. He was man of interchangeable in
dustry in the practice OF his profession
and of unf1inching fidelity to his clients.
One of his two daughters became the
wife of Hon. Albert Pisbury, the Demo
cratic candidate for the office of Cover
nor of the State in 1858, now deceased,
the other the wife of our late fellow citi-
zen William H. Conner.
At the annual Spring meeting, held at
the Conference Room, George Watson,
James McCrillis and Salathiel Nickerson
were chosen Se!ectmen, Herman Abbott,
Clerk, Thomas Marshall, Treasurer
The annual Fall meeting was held at
the Academy. The number of ballots
thrown on the gubernatorial ticket was
100; all but two of them were for Cover
nor Paris. James McCrillis was elected
Representative.
Church street was accepted this year
from Spring street to Academy Square.
The number of deaths in the town during
the year was fifty-seven; of this number
twenty eight were young children; the
prevailing disease which occasioned this
unusual mortality was dysentery.
In February, 1925, the Eagle Hotel
was opened by John W. Appleton, who
came to this place from Portland He
was very attentive, gentlemanly land
lord. While he kept the house he made
repeated attempts to establish reading
room in one of its apartments but with
out success. He left here in the fall of
1927 to take charge of the Elm Hotel at
Portland.
There was tavern kept at this time,
and had been for several years, by Col
Nathan Stanley, in the valley between
HemIock and Hayford's Hill on the
premises now occupied by Mr.. Rufus P.
Hill; it was then known as Stanley s
Tavern; after it came into the occupation
of the owner, Mr.. Joseph P. Laid, it
was known as "the Spa 1t was a
famous pla>e in its day for Shooting
Matches;' where a sportsman, as he
was then designated. was permitted FOR
an adequate consideration to fire at a
turkey, goose, or some other feathered
biped placed at stipulated distance; if
he hit he won the bird if hn missed he
lost his money. The fashion Of that day
has passed away; at least in this locality
1t was, for awhile. place where young
men saw visions and old men dreamed
Dreams" Itwas not always that 1.-The
vision was made plain upon tables that
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