Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-21
SOME RECENT GIFTS "a
TO MUSEUM OF BAN
COR HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Bangor Commercial, Aug. 143

(Bangor Commercial, Aug. Al
Bangor citizens have generously re-
sponded to the appeal of the Bangor
Historical Society for gifts relating TO
the early history of this city and the
State OF Maine, and the nucleus of a
fine collection is now contained in the
fine new cases in the society's room at
the library.
Among the recent gifts which have
been received by the society. and
catalogued by Librarian Charles A.
Flagg of the public library are the fol-
lowing:
Miss Mary L. Webster, teacher in
the Bangor High school, has given a
large size Lone Star" flag of Texas, a.
yellow star in a red ground, with
blue and white stripes
The Misses Roberts, Boynton street,
have given copy of the last will and
testament of Mary Norton, bequeath-
Ing the property in Boston. now the
Old South church; three stereoscope
pictures taken in 1869, showing re-
speetively the old Howard House.
built in Ill. now a portion of A. II.
Thaxter's residence, and the oldest in
Bangor. The picture was taken when
the house was IS years of age: 1t is
now l43, and considerably altered.
Also picture of the old birch tree
near the hospital unoer which the
British dined when they invaded Ban
gor 100 years ago, in September, 1914,
and photograph of certain furnish
ings of the Howard house, including
grist mill and spinning wheel.
Another curio in this collection is a
policemans rattle. which was used
by inhabitants of Bangor to summon
Waterman in the night, before the
days of the useful telephone. 1t is said
to make terrific noise. This rattle
came from the Howard house and is
over 100 years old.
Mrs. Abby c. Philbrook has given a
dressing gown of John Hancock, gov
ernOr of Massachusetts,, which was
later the property of Hon. Daniel
Cony of Augusta: five pairs of silver
shoe and knee breeches belonging to
Mr.. Cony. probably 125 years old
copy of DR.. Watts Divine Songs for
Children" given TO Abigail Guild Cony
by her father. Hon. Daniel Cony in
1897.
Also newspaper, Herald of Liberty.
Augusta. July s. 1912. Vol l, No IS,
printed by Names first printer, Peter
Edes, and the Ulster County Gazette of
Jan. 4, 1900, with notice of Washing
tons death. manuscript map of the
world, drawn 1907. by Abigail ~. Cony,
when attending Miss Martins school in
Portland: beautifully decorated fan
from Havana, made in 1S49. and a
carved Chinese fan.
Frank S. Morse has presented the
society with a grape shot picked up at
Long wharf, Hampden, in May, 1913,
undoubtedly relic of the British at
tack. Mrs. Flora H. Haines has given
memorial card of Timothy ID. Sulli-
van.
Ancient relics. including the follow
Ing, have been loaned by the Bangor
Public library to the society:
Temple record. a small stone with in
scription. from Drehen. time of Rur-
Sin. King of Ur, about 1900 b. c. A
votiVe cone from Warka. the Biblical
Erich, cuneiform writing. about $500
z. c.. and one of the first books ever
printed, work of st. Thomas Aquin-
as, written in Latin and in good con-
dition printed at Lubec. in 1875: a
New Testament printed in 1902, con-
tanning the text in four languages. He
brew. Greek. Latin and German.
Gen. A. b. Farnham has given
Maine state flag, with the Dirigo shield,
and picture of the Maine flag of 1901
A slab from Nineveh from the collec-
ton of D. S. Talcott, is also shown,
loaned by the Bangor Public library
Hannibal Hamlin post. G. A. R., has
given $3.50 in Confederate money, and
B. II. Beale post has contributed the
old draft box used in CONSUMPTION
days.
Further donations will be welcomed
by the society. which now has excel
lent Accommodations for gifts of an his
torical nature. The present collection
is valuable and Well worth visit to
inspect.