Daily Kennebec journal., 1915-09-15

though % years old. having been
built at Bath in 1886, the steamer is
in very fair condition and is appar-
and it is possible that she may find a
purchaser before many weeks.
1t is said that the docket in Houlton
for the November term Of court is to
be a large one, there being over 500
new entries to the civil docket, making
about 14OO cases on the civil docket
already. The criminal docket will also
take considerable time at the Novem-
Der term.
George H. Wood, Walter E. Russ
and Dr. George E. Hathorn Of Bangor
returned Saturday from a canoe trip
on the West Branch and report that
deer are plenty in, that section. they
having seen no less. than "a in one day.
Moose are not to be seen in that part
Of the Maine woods just now. The
water is very low, Notwithstanding the
heavy rains.
The tower located on the Herbert L..
Satterlee estate at Great Head, Mt.
Desert Island, on the highest point on
the coast between the St. Lawrence
and the Amazon rivers, rises Is feet
above the bold headland on which it
is built and commands wonderful
view out over the water. 1t is about
four feet below the top of the wall
which thus furnishes rail about the
observatory and the roof is reached by
a ladder within the tower. A large tea
room with a wooden floor is found
within the tower and a stove has been
installed. Last fall, when work was
begun, Melba, the little donkey, hauled
80 tons of cement and sand for the
construction of the tower and this
spring when work was completed car
ried about a ton more. Melba trav-
eled about 500 miles altogether in con-
veying building materials. John Preble
did the mason work.
1t is expected that the forwarding of
Scotland will be resumed about Oct. l,
and that freiehter will leave near
that date with a cargo of 1000 BUSH
els of wheat 1t will be brought to
Portland over the Grand Trunk, and
other shipments WILL it is supposed,
follow. There will probably be fairly
large consignments of grain before the
opening of the regular season, after
the st. Lawrence is closed to nGViga-
ton.
Miss Lou kimball is visiting. Mrs.
Belle Morse Hooper at the latters
beautiful summer home in Camden.
Mrs. Hooper was a former belle of
Bath. the eldest daughter of the late
j. Parker Morse of that city, a leading
shlpbuilder and at one time the larg-
est taxpayer of Bath. For the figure
head of one of his ships, the late Col
c. A. L. Sampson, Baths artist ma
rine sculptor. made superb full
length figure in full dress of the own
of New England at the time of the
launching of the ship. Miss Morse
married a cotton broker of Fall River
and MIR Hooper has of later years
been a cotton mill superintendent
and manager.
One Of the largest chains ever made
has been produced for use at the Panama
Canal locks. The chain is 800 feet long,
weighs 12s tons, and the links are 10 in
ches long. 81 inches Wide and wrought
from ls-inch iron. 1t was made at sin
gle forge by three men In three days. and
cost about $1,000. This among Odd Items
from Everywhere in a recent issue of the
Boston Globe was called to the attention
Of Bath Times man by an Iron Works
authority on such work at the X. Y. c..
clambake Sunday and the authority said
if three men made such chain in three
weeks they would be accomplishing an
impossible job. Another B. I. w. man
agreed that it was a fairy tale. Further
more il is not one of the largest chains
ever made. on some of the Percy &
Small schooners are used chains of links
wrought from s-inCh iron.