Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-11

caretakers or those in charge forget
occasionally to see that it is flying
from the f1agpole. The last to secure
a flag is the school at East Sumner,
where the pupils. assisted by the
teacher, Miss Esther Eastman, have
bought and thrown to the breeze
Wednesday a large and as ever hand
some Old Glory, with appropriate exer
cises.
Caribou proposes to celebrate the
Fourth of July in a proper manner this
in vigorous shape. The scenes around
the new trotting park are very lively,
a big crew being engaged in rushing
the track to completion. A grandstand
and several buildings are being built
and the grounds being fenced in
Here is an item of 80 years ago:
"Stevon Spear" of Braintree, VT, ad
.vertised in the Montpelier Matchman
that he wished to Sc secure place to
supply a pulpit, as practical preacher
of the Gospel, and his wife wanted
chance to do homework, or work at the
The longing to see active service
led Willis H. Carson, Jr., of ST. Adams,
who was at home on furlough, to re-
turn to Newport, r. l., before the fur
Tough had expired. He is radio
electrician, having had considerable
experience in installing wireless out
fits on WarshipS.
Captain Ezekiel Alexander of Oak
land, Cal, a native of North Haven.
Me, has just retired as commodore of
the Pacific Coast steamship Co.'S fleet
after 40 years in its employ and sea-
faring term of so years. Capt. Alex
ander is one of if not the best known
captains on the Pacific coast He re-
tires only on medical advice fearing
trouble from blood pressure if he re-
mains longer in active service. Cap
tain Cousins, also a Maine man, being
a native of Mt. Desert, will succeed
Capt Alexander as commodore. He
was taken from the forecastle a few
years ago by Capt. Alexander and Civ
en- a chance to work upward, an OPP
portunity which he was prompt to
grasp.
Jay is to have a new bridge, having
already appropriated the sum of $4,000
for that purpose and the selectmen at
a special townmeeting last Wednes-
day were authorized to investigate as
to the proper kind and style bridge
is best suited for that place.
An amusing little incident, one of
those likely to occur at any time where
there is small child, took place re-
Gently in kingfield home, where one
of the members Of the family was a
two year old girl The pastor called
and read the Scripture with the fam
liz, but when he came to offer prayer,
although there were four people in the
room. on account of inf1rmity or hav-
ing babies in their arms, none were
able to kneel with the elder. Without
a word from anyone the two-year old
miss ran to the minister and kneeling
beside him. repeated the prayer after
him; but her patience was not quite
equal to the prolonged task and after
a time she said abruptly, God bless
this family. Amen" and jumping up,
ran to her chair and sat down.
The Mars Hill View publishes group
of pictures showing a few remnants
of the monster 12- and 15-feet snow
drifts of the past winter, some on the
mountain, some in the fields and some
il. the streets of the village. One in
the yard Of the editors home was four
feet high and so feet long. 1t was II
feet high at times during the winter.
Another on a village street shows
drift still above lady's waist. The
drift had measured Is feet in the real
winter days and INSTRUCTED the view
from the end of the house.
A membership of 1927 makes Houl-
ton Grange the largest in Maine, the
United States and probably the largest
in the world. skowhegan Grange is
second with 4S9 members.
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Martin l.. Keith, the lapidary OF Au-
burn, is having great run of work.
| SO many gems are being sent to him
for cutting that he and his son are al
| most sWamped In addition he has
just received a quantity of California
tourmalines, which he says are Of re-
| markable beauty. Mr.. Keith has a
] word to the Maine owners of and deal
| ers in gems as follows: Maine pro-
| duces the green tourmahne in several
different shades and also pure white
/ as we'll as pink and blue. This latter
| is very rare and is known as in0ecilite,
| although il is pure tourmaline The
California tourmalines are wine color
and golden but they have little or none
of the green colors in which Maine
SO excells. The California crystals can
| be bought very much cheaper than
those produced in Maine, and this is
| cutting into our Maine gems very
heavily For this no one is to blame
but our own mine owners. They have
held. the Maine tourmaline at such
| high figures that the California stock
Is coming in to take its plaza .Anoth-