Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-29
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test and Duffy says: Unless we are
away off the lad who leads Frank
Kanaly's champ to the tape win be
the runner who will win the event"
City Clerk Grassy Of Bath received
box by express Wednesday from
New York, containing a handsome
| bronze tablet which is to be placed on
City hall. The tablet will be placed
on the southwest corner Of the build
! ing and is one Of the many tablets
purchased by Col. Drummer Sewall
Chapter. Daughters Of the American
Revolution, to mark historical places
in the city. The tablet is Of bronze
and bears the following inscription:
| The bell in the tower Of this build
| ing was cast by Paul Revere in 1905.
/ 1t was first placed in the tower Of
| Old North church. corner Of High
/ and Center streets, then transferred
| in 1874 10 the Universalist church
on Front street and in 1860 to the
City hall. This tablet is erected by
Col. Drummer Sewan Chapter, D. A.
r, 1915" The seal of the Chapter is
| in the center Of the tablet
!; Work on the Gurnet bridge has so
far advanced that the bridge is pass
able and the contractor hopes to have
| it completed in another week The
! bridge has been raised five feet and
widened. 1t has been closed six
weeks.
The 12-year-old Portland boy who
| arrived in Lewiston the other night,
wet and muddy in the rain and told
the story that he had walked there to
win a bet Of IS, weakened when put
! through the degree and admitted that
ne had run away. The latter story
/ agreed with that told by the lads
father when interviewed over the
| telephone.
The five graduates of the High
school at Woodland. Ne, have been
on trip to Washington. .. c., and
are due this morning back home at
/ Woodland. The members Of the
! party are Hazel Lydic, Helen Spra que,
Annie Topolsky, Arnold Brown and
| George Townsend, and they have had
i q right merry time, being constantly
on the move since leaving home. They
passed Thursday in Boston and
among other places visited the Globe
Office. This visit was Of particular
interest to visitors and visited. be-
cause the Globe is the largest user Of
the product of the great paper mills
which made Woodland a possibility.
The youngsters inspected the plant
in a thorough manner and expressed
themselves as much pleased.
The spire Of the Beacon street
church at Bath has long been a land
mark for miles in all directions. The
rane having become twisted. a fund
is being raised to make the necessary
repairs One Bowdoinham citizen
sent a liberal check, saying that he
could see the spire from his residence
and should miss it very much should
tanything cause its removal.
/ Mrs. Matilda C. Watson OF Rome
writes the Journal as follows:
81 --o.yoficing ske interest being shown
in old papers and other souvenirs Of
days long gone ~. 1 thought would
: tell you about few in my posses
sion. One is the deed Of a farm made
| TO my grandfather, Abel Thomas. who
was born in Marshfield, Mass, in
1875 and came to Mt. Vernon with his
brother, Nathan Thomas The deed
is dated in 1903. The brother Nathan
was a Baptist minister and as his
wife was i'll with consumption the
doctor advised him to move to Maine.
She died and he married the Widow
Lyford, mother of the late John L.
! Stevens They lived near the Mt.
Vernon town house. He preached at
Mt. Vernon village and he and his
sons rode to church on horseback.
Several articles that belonged to my
grandmother l prize very highly,
among them a coffee mill a linen
wheel. on which she spun the fax and
thread to make clothes for the fam
lily; also a plain chair and a rocking
chair, both with hard wood bottoms
and both in a good state of preserva-
ton; and a handbag, worked with
worsted, and showing man on
horseback, a fox, a dog, a rabbit and
an owl in the corners and in perfect
condition. AS my grandmother was
born in 1881, you will see that all
these articles are well over 100 years
of age"
There is one youngster in the Deer
ing district who will be careful wha
he lassoes when he is playing wild
west" as he was at Woodfords. Tues
day morning. With a rope around his
waist, he started after big game. Tues
day morning and he roped trolley
car. That he escaped with his life !:
due to good luck more than anything
else. The youngster was standing neal