Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-18


er the amount usually brought in when
the herring are plenty. The fish are of
fine quality, and the fishermen are re-
celVing hitherto unheard of prices,
from s22 to s27 per hogshead. About Is
OF the factories at the places above
mentioped are in operation in a small
way, the receipts not being large
enough TO warrant the opening of the
other canneries. The packing season
is now one month old and nothing has
practically been accomplished, but the
operators at the eastward as well as
the local parties who are interested
are confident that the season as a
whole will prove to be a profitable one.
Captain Miles S. Weston. who re-
Gently died in East Friendship, receiv-
ed his title in the Civil War. When a
lieutenant, in command of the L. S.
S. Ashland and carrying 1900 soldiers
and marines to the Gulf, he was ord
cred during a storm by a superior Of
ticer to change the vessels course,
which he did, under protest. The
steamer soon went ashore as he had
warned the officer, but Lieut.. Weston
safely landed every man. He was
courtmartialled, but was eXonerated
and promoted to captain, while the
other officer was reduced in rank.
Captain Weston was sent to Washing
ton, where he was complimented and
thanked by Pres. Lincoln and invited
to attend the theatre with the Presi-
Dental party, but declined on account
of other engagements, thus escaping
being in the presidents box when he
was assassinated.
A quantity of bits of blue variety
OF dishes known to be very old were
recently plowed up by Elkanah Phil
pot of Limerick, while working in a
field near his house
The Sokokis Land Co. of South Par
sonsfield has planted a large number
of white pines on tracts of land in
that town aggregating about 100 acres.
1T showed on the evening of May
u, probably in honor OF Uncle Eli
Weemans 74th anniversary" says the
Hiram correspondent of the Ossipee
Valley Herald. There is tradition in
the Wadsworth family that on May 10.
1914, the day on which the late Capt.
Samuel Wadsworth was born, it snow
ed a foot The writer remembers that
it showed slightly on May 26, 1857"
The town of York and the York
County Power Co. are facing, to say
the least an unpleasant situation. The
company has refused to locate certain
lights voted by the town, although
the contract with the town requires
the company to do so. The reason is
given that the present contract is
about to expire and the renewal is not
expected to be on such favorable
terms. but if the town will guarantee
a favorable five-year renewal the COM
pany will place the new lights at once.
During the trial of the torpedo boat
destroyer McDougal Thursday after
noon, when she was running along at
a 81 knot pace, the green water went
over her forecastle. The craft expert
enced a rough sea during all the tests
with the exception of the STANDARDIZED
ton trials, the first day. The most of
the members of the crew were men
who had been on many former trials
and the rough weather did not bother
them. There were several cases of sea
sickness
William H. Mclaughlin of Scarboro,
writer. farmer philosopher and a
most lovable man, died at a hospital
in Lynn, Mass. Thursday, as the re-
suit of injuries received Sunday when
he fell from a window 80 feet. Farm
err Mclaughlin, termed for years
THE Sage of Scarboro,' was original
and witty ard intensely in earnest. He
was easily the best known man in his
town for many years, and his fame ex-
tended far beyond the limits of the
State. He early came into promi-
nence and was for the next 80 years a
much talked about man. He was orig
inally a democrat. and with some few
exceptions always voted the democrat
ic ticket. He took part to some de-
gree in the Greenback movement, and
then was for a few years active in
the Populist party, but probably never
voted for all the candidates. of that
party at any election. In fact he was
the most independent of men, and he
had to the fullest degree the courage
of his convictions. He was occasion
ally q delegate to some convention but
generally he contented himself with
writing newspaper letters and deliver
ing occasional speeches. In The main
he was Democrat and was perhaps
Influenced in his political affiliations
by the almost historic democracy of
the town of Scarboro from the days
of Gen. Jackson. Like the late Alex
ander Higgins, he was a great admir-
er of President Cleveland.
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