Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-24
SKOWHECAN
The Municipal Christmas Tree
The Center of Attraction
Farmers Realizing a Good
Profit on Their Apples
MARYLAND TO HAVE NEW
SKIRT FACTORY

The municipal Christmas tree in Rail-
road square with its hundreds of twink
ling lights of varied colors and the
lighted star at the top was the scene
of the first of the series of Christmas
concerts Wednesday evening, when the
school children under the direction of
Musical Instructor E. f. Towne sang
patriotic selections, including Joy to the
World" My Old Kentucky Home.
Battle Hymn of the Republic Home
Sweet Home Come Thou Almighty
King" and others On Thursday eve
ming the English residents of the town
will sing the carols of their country, and
on Friday night the combined choirs of
the Bethany Baptist, First Baptist, st.
Mary's Catholic, Congregational and
Methodist churches will render carols.
Saturday evening the children of the pa
reehial school will sing. Sunday eve
ming there will be no speaking, but sing
irg by all choirs The people of the
town are giving generously toward the
benefit of needy children and families of
the town and the headquarters at the
Judkins store on Water street is the re-
pository of many eatablAs and toys as
Rell as much clothing.
As the town of Fairfield failed to pros
eeute the case Arthur F. Wardwell VS..
the Inhabitants of Fairfield after it had
fled exceptions and taken the case to
the law court. it has now been dropped
and the plaintiff is to receive payment
o. damages accordingato the jury's YER
dict at the last term of the supreme
court. Wardwell claimed that his fed
had been damaged by road being cut
down near Hinckley. The jury returned
a verdict of 1890
What is practically new industry is
to be started at Hartland, the manufac-
ture of skirts This skirt factory is to
occupy a section of the Linn Wooden Co.
mills. The new company is to be known
as The Fuller-Osborn Co. A certificate
of organization was filed at the register
OF deeds office Wednesday which gives
as the object Ito trade and deal in all
kinds of cotton and wooden goods" The
capital stock is $4,000, preferred stock
being sic, 600 Isadore N Cohen is pres
ident and treasury and Percy Butterfeld
clerk. The number of shares subscribed
is 1000. A similar industry was carried
on in this town a few years ago but the
company disbanded.
This town had taste of cold wealth
er Wednesday morning, the thermom-
eter registering "a degrees elbow zero.
Everybody in town excepting Angus
tine Wyman had on their warmest
overcoats. Mr.. Wyman. never wears
an overcoat and he is now nearly so
years old, never suffers with the cold,
and wears through the coolest wealth
er only medium weight understands
and a light undercoat. He never has
a cold and is never sick. He says it's
all habit, this wearing an overcoat.
The farmers in this part of the
county who in the fall thought that
apples weren't worth picking because
of the low prices are now kicking
themselves" Nearly every apple
grower here has lately sold his entire
crop of all varieties for 81 per barrel.
Most farmers claim that a barrel of
apples can be picked for 10 cents and
sorted for five cents per barrel, thus
giving practically a profit of SIS.
Farmers neglected to pick their apples
are the ones now that are crying hard
times.
AS a result of the gift bringing of
members of the w. C. T. u. at its
meeting Tuesday afternoon IL boxes
were packed for the inmates of the
Poor farm and one box was prepared
for the superintendent of the farm and
his wife. The boxes were packed by
Mrs Eta LaCasce and Mrs Marilla
Harmon.
Very pretty Christmas exercises
were held at the Methodist vestry
Tuesday night. Following the march
ing in of the children led by Norman
Watson drumming, came the program
Prayer Rev H. G. McGlauf1in; song
Merry Christmas" Primary depart
ment recitation, Esther Viles; exer-
else, Barbara Chase, Gladys Dutton
Dorothy Gaylord Fern Bishop, Doro-
thy Thompson; recitation, Phyllis
Weston; exercise by nine Junior child
rem who spelled Christmas; song
Marion Robinson; recitations, Gordon
Grundy and Dorothy Merry; exercise
Ruby Gilbert Mary Merrill, Dorothy
Smith, Ruby Burkhart; recitations
| f1OWdIQ blSuOpl 4NoIlIldn watson, AT
dale Cross. Mahlon Greenleaf; cantats
IF All Who Keep Christmas" opening
with a song by Primary department
| entrance of Santa Claus who sings
and recites. then song by children
''Hurrah for Old Santa" The conclud
ing number was an exercise by child
rem in costume representing Germany
Russia, Armenia, Holland Ireland
France. Belgium and Spain in which
each told of the customs of observin,
| Christmas in his country. SAINT,
| Claus then invited these foreign visi
tors to help him in distributing tn
gifts of the Christmas tree
Mrs. Albert Bowman of Charleston
VT, is here with her son Lee visiting