Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-08

il timberlands. which will be good
news TO tae people OF North Franz
liz as it Viii open up tremendous
business throughout this section. Z.
J. .. Earnium Of Boston has sold tie
Township Of LaIgtown TO the newly
organized Lengtown Company, who
IL is understood, viii cut 10000 cords
OF puipwood Per year for a partial
supply for two OF their pulp mills, i,
addition to operating in hardwood.
Langrown contains $4,000 acres and
recent estimates Of the amount Of
pulpwood run considerably over 10Q.-
go cords. in addition to a very large
amount Of hardwood OF the fines;
quality. This transaction insures the
opening ct the Eus,is branch and
with all this additional freight the
outlook for business for the Sandy
River & Range!ey Lakes r P, and
the whole Of Franklin county is ex-
ceedingiy bright.
The work Of stripping several sec
tons OF Mt. Desert Island Of timber
and converting i. into box wood, has
been begun by Nutting Bros. OF
Nashua, y. H, who nOw-have 10
horses and 80 men on the J. W. Somes
estate near John Tracys farm az
Somes sound, where they are getting
out about 1900 feet OF lumber = day.
The work is being done by the aid Of
portable mill and rotary saw. p:'
means Of which the trees are save
out into double thick box boards, l 10
inches thick They are being shipped
direct from Somes Sound by water,
schooners putting in there to load
every few days. Following the re-
moyal of the timber from this lot, the
work will be carried over 70 the z. II.
Young lot at Salisbury Cove. where
about GO acres of fine tim 5erland will
be stripped, and 70 the Ernest XII
| tredge lot on the Town Hill and
| Somesville road.
| c. a. Gould Of West Pennington
recently purchased Of r W. knowlton
OF South Strong 50 large pine trees
I. is estimated that these trees Will
! scale $4,000 feet. Some are four feet
| or more in diameter. Chas. Dustin u
West Pennington took the job 10 cut
! and haul them TO Walton's mills
! where they will be sawed into plank
! by viii Me,calf.
| The town of Union lost a slightly
place Sunday evening, Jan. 81, whom
| the home Of George W. Bachelor in
| the western part Of the village was
| burned. The fire caught in the ell
! and the crowd had time to save the
| contents of the house and cellar. The
| house, finely located on a beautiful
| high spot. was built IN the early part
| Of the Ia ST century and thoroughly re-
! built about s3 years ago by the late
( DR.. Nathan Bachelor. The loss was
| heavy.
! Can you find anything very cheer
ing in the following taken from the
issue Of Feb. 1. from the Rocklanl
| Opinion?
There is more ice in Rockla {
harbor this winter than has been the
| case any time since 1901, when YES
sells discharged coal into sheds out
| beyond the breakwater. When an iIc
blockade begins as early as this, il
| means long siege
Stephen Burrows Of South Waldo
| boro, an extensive poultry owner, re-
| lates the following remarkable phe-
nomena: One night last week as lie
was gathering his eggs he was sur
| prised 10 find one Of very unusual
weight and size; later he found /;
measured nine inches in circumfer
ence the longest way and seven and
| one-half inches the other. But IL
| was more surprised when he opened
it and found another egg Of normal
| size enclosed. This wonder was the
production of a 1914 pullet Mr.. Bur
rows displayed the egg to several
people who verify his statement.
Achilles Bacon Of Lowell. who act
ed as Interpreter in the trial of Esae
| Souliman, the Albanian Turk whc
was found guilty of numbering Ma
| poleon Henry Jan. I, at Saco. proved
| himself an invaluable acquisition III
! such a case, his Interpretation being
! concise and we'll enunciated. He ap-
| pears to be a natural linguist speak
| ing eight languages. the list including
besides excellent English, Spanish
| Italian, French, Turkish. Bulgarian
! Albanian and Persian. The gift OF
tongues seems to be natural to h.
| family as Mr. Bacon's father is also 3
court stenographer and speaks T.
| languages.
Town Clerk Butler Of Sanford ha;
completed the task of copying the ole
town records from 1869 to 1881. TIL
, records as copied are new bound in Z
| bool. 1Ix16 inches onprising 500
pages Of typewriter matter. On thu
last two pages are inserted a copy Of
the town charter granted by Cover
nor Francis Bernard of MassachU-
sets. February q, 1858, and a peti-
ton which was presented to the Gov.
| ernor that year, asking that the peo-
pie Of newly organized town be ex-
empted from taxation on account OF
their impoverished condition. The
| petition is signed by Benjamin Har-
mon, and John Stanyan, selectmen.
| A correspondent writes:
! II confess having been one Of those
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