Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-30

She sees when fair the moonlight gioWS,
| Her lover by her side.
Again the dear. sweet tales are told.
Again the songs are sung,
Whose beauty still the life enfOlds,
| As when that life was young.
So while the heart is bright and gay.
And Autumn's shadows fall.
We keep the witches, holiday,
/; In palace. hut or hall.
Two gentlemanly looking strangers
called upon F. E. Hackett at Farm
ington the last. Of the week and in
quired about the silver coin which they
had heard was in his possession. After
looking it over they made an offer OF
$500 for the lot and agreed to be
ready with the money on Friday
morning. Mr.. Hackett came down
with the coin but the men said they
were unable to get the money until
the party in the city had seen the lot,
and they wanted permission to take
1t along with them with the under
standing that 1t or the payment would
! be returned at once. Mr.. Hackett
would not agree to this as he had no
means OF assuring himself Of the re-
sponsibility Of the men. The coin was
therefore placed in the Peoples Ma
tional Bank at Pennington for safe
keeping. There is face value to the
coins of nearly $1,000 and they are in
a fine state of preservation. 1t will
be remembered that they were found
buried under an old mill some eight
or ten years ago. They consist of 433
Mexican dollars. 40 Spanish dollars,
$134 in coins of other foreign coun-
tries, "a 5-franc pieces, sos worth of
csc pieces of various foreign countries
and a miscellaneous lot of smaller de-
nominations. OF American coins there
are II dimes. % quarters. coppers,
760 soc pieces and silver dollars,
many Of which are very old.
| The sum CT $1S,tSS was collected by
County Attorney w. B. Pierce as the
result Of his efforts at the September
criminal term of the supreme court at
Bangor. the money coming largely
from liquor dealers. according to a
statement which he made to News
reporter on Tuesday. In addition to
the $16.673 previously reported as
having been collected by him. there
has been received the sum of $1515,
making the total $1S,1SS. Only $1,000 of
this amount was secured by direct ac-
ton Of the court in imposing sentences
Of fines and costs.
| The thunder shower period of Tuesday
E, evening and night was quite general
over the central and eastern part of the
| State. though the only damage so far re-
| ported is that to the home of George w.
Hatch of North Penobscot. which was
struck and only three rooms escaped
| damage. Fortunately no enc was in
! jured and the house was not set on fire.
Uncle Simon Smith, as he is ia
military called in East Dixfield, was 80
years old last Sabbath. On that day.
! he attended church and rang the
church bell. He rang this same bell
the frst time it was ever rung, "a
| years ago. when he was IS. He re-
ceived about IS cards on his birthday.
Nine. Eames de Gogorza states
that the episode told by the OBJ
servant Citizen of the Boston Post
regarding the Cape Cod Captain who
recalls on his knee "dandling the
child Emma Eames in the old days
when he was friend of Capt.
Eames," is without foundation in
fact The lady never knew any Capt.
Joe Linnell, as a child or since,
who was friend Of her father. 1t
is possible that the Orleans ship cap
tain. retired. has either a failing
m iry1o cir
! that the Observant Citizen failed to
get right Cap'n Joe's remark.
Smells are reported abundant in
both Kennebec and New Meadows
rivers and many are now being
caught along the river front at Bath,
there being good fishing even at the
North End. Some of the fishermen
are making IS and Sc a day. Live
| minnows are the favorite bait.
The Barracuda Is back again at
Portland. 1t seems she developed a.
leak when sent to Freeport after the
winters supply of vegetables from the
farm and was taken to Rockland for
repairs These have been completed
and now the Shiloh boats are back
at anchor in the same old place and
| will probably stay there all winter. 1t
is intimated that those who are rum
ming Shiloh in the absence of Mr.. San
ford are not as much interested in the
sea faring part Of the Holy Ghost and
Us cult as Sanford himself is and un
til he comes back the boats will do
very little except sit still on the water
and gather eel grass on their keels.
Only one big load Of material from
the wreck of the old Casino at Merry