Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-06

up his duties as member of the Geo
| S. Gentle Co, and his many friends
extend best wishes in his new posi-
ton Dennis Sheehan began his
duties as Postmaster for Houlton July
l. During his first day in Office MIR.
Sheehan, who is immensely popular not
only among Democrats but with men,
bers of the other parties, was given a
cordial welcome by his friends while
several sent bouquets of flowers for
his desk.
Among visitors who came to town
| during the recent anniversary week at
The Abbott, was Henry C. Whittier of
Providence, R. l., says the Pennington
Chronicle. Mr.. Whittier was a native
| of Pennington, where his father, True
Whittier. was many years a merchant
| The family moved from here When the
son, Henry, was but seven years old
and he had not been here at all since
he was IS years old He has in the
| intervening time served as Union
soldier in the Civil War and has been
established for many years as a jew
| eler in Providence. 1t so happened
that his daughter was engaged to as
sist in the musical program at The
Abbott graduation and he determined
/ to accompany her and look over his
| old home town once more. Mr.. Whit
| tier was introduced while here to O.
! T. Whittier, who proved to be a kins-
| man, and the latter took him about the
village and also to North Vienna
where they looked over the homes of
| their ancestors and found they had
| much of common interest. BY a sing
| ular coincidence the Stanley family
| who came to Pennington in company
with Mr.. Whittier and daughter to at
! tend the graduation at The Abbott
were distant relatives of Mrs. Whit
tier. Mr.. Whittier identified the old
Belcher house under the big willows,
upper Main street, as the place where
! he first saw the light of day.
Joseph Varnum. the veteran Bath
grocer, had his first experience in try
ing to operate his new delivery truck
the other day and the Times thus
chronicles the event: His son-n- law
Mr. Comeau, and crowd of specta-
tors. witnessed the first try out. At the
start, Mr.. Narnum came within an ace
of taking the legs from under horse
standing at the wayside, and the finish
was up against house when attempt
ing to turn around the corner of Floral
and Court streets. 1t is said that when
the car struck the house, Mr.. Varnum
hollered whoa" He said that the COL
lision was the result of his turning the
wheel the wrong way. The spring of
the car was broken and other minor
injuries occurred.
Portland people are just now guess
ing who will be the next chief of police
and chief of the fire department, the
terms of Chief Dresser and Chief
F'!aherty expiring Thursday and Mayor
Curtis not yet having made the ap-
pointments. 1t is said to be under
stood around the Portland City hall
that the two chiefs will serve until the
mayor finds time to decide on their
successors.
Something happened to the auto or
Ernest Davis of Bath the other day
when out on the road and Mr.. Davis
got out to fix it. Standing beside his
machine, he discovered just in time
another auto coming at least 40 miles
an hour, with no sign of seeing him or
turning out. He jumped, escaping
by only a foot, the passing ma
chine brushing his coat No sign was
made by the other party of even see
ing Mr.. Davis and his disabled ma
chine and the incident illustrates per-
fectly the reckless manner in which
certa in automobile drivers are sending
their cars. A wholesale slaughter OF
some Maine people and then a whole
some application of the law, of which
we have a plenty on our Statute
books, may afford temporary relief.
The York people who patronage the
Atlantic Shore Railway, having their
fare limit at the end of Rice's bridge,
have offered if the road will extend the
limit to the other end of the bridge,
to erect and furnish, without expense
to the company, a waiting room for
the use of the general public. The
fare limit was formerly in the center
of the bridge and when petitioned to
move it to. the one end the company
simply moved it to the York end, re-
tanning the old fare limit. The dam
ger of stopping in the center of the
bridge having been removed it will be
interesting to watch the action OF the
company on the fare limit question.
The annual reunion of the Hunter
Family was held at Crescent park
Houlton, Saturday, June 81, and over
100 were present in honor of the day
Quite a serious accident occurred
Saturday in New Brunswick, when the
large car owned by Willard Hatfield of
New Limerick, Me-, was overturned
and the occupants were thrown out
Mr.. and Mrs. Hatfield went over to
Hartland and Invited their uncle and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Hatfield on
an auto trip The party was driving
along tire ST. John river road near
Meductic and coming to d rough place,
Che driver tried to drive around it up
setting the car. The party was pinned