Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-03


The Lord of life has swung the gate!
0 what were life. if life were all?
Or death, if but to die?
o eyes blind with the tears that fall,
Death is but Change-the Dawn is nigh!
Lieutenant E. S. Prescott of Farm
ington, having for some time had the
distinction awarded him Of being the
oldest Civil War commissioned officer
in Franklin county, must now relin-
quish the honor to Gen. II. Clay Wood,
U. S. A., who had ben for several years
commissioned officer in the regular
army when the rebellion broke out and
served with honor throughout the great
struggle, being severely wounded at
the battle of Wilson's creek. He now
resides at the Exchange, Pennington.
About 20Q,0o0 hunlpbacked salmon
from Green Lake hatchery were receiv-
ed at Ellsworth Wednesday for distri-
button as follows: About $4,000 for the
Branch Pond stream; 45,GG0 for Pat
ten Pond stream in Surry; and the re-
mainder, about 10000, for Union river
Postma ster John NJ. Oak Of Bangor
retired April / after a service of 16
years, during which the office had been
located in four different quarters, and
had he remained in Office a short time
longer, another location would have
been added to the list.
A somersault saved the life of a To-
year old Portland boy Wednesday at
ternoon. He with some other children
were playing at the Brighton street
crossing of the Maine Central when
they saw train approaching from the
west Two of the youngsters quickly
got out of the way, but this lad
| going in the opposite direction across
| a second track, failed to notice another
train coming from the east until it
was so near that he became terrified
and slipped, falling on the track direct
ly in front of the big engine. Quick
thinking then served him WE'LL for
he instantly realized that he had not
time to arise and reach safety, SO he
crawled and twisted until his body was
| half across the outer rail, and then
with the catcher not a yard away,
| he bent his head, pushed with both
| feet and turned a somersault, which
| landed him out of danger just as the
enginge dashed over the spot where
a second ago his body had laid.
| Bath is well proud of her skilled
!; workmen in all lines, but the Times
| finds the following worthy Of special
| mention and all who know the men
| will fully agree:
William III. Melcher, superintendent
of the woodworking department of the
| Bath Iron Works, who although for
| a couple and more generations a work.
| er, is still buster than many a young
| er man ami still an artist as well as
| judge of workmanship in wood. There
| is John Stevens, a follower of the
| handicraft of Tubal Cain and a man
| like Tubal of great skill in work on
| iron; and there is Frank Ham whose
| finishing work ON hard woods is COM
| mended by his brothers Of the craft
as remarkable for skill. When million
| aire Slater, who had the wonderful
| yatch Sycamore built here years ago,
| was shown specimen of hard wood
finished by Ham. he said, why, had
no idea that there was man north
of New York city who could do such
work" Mr.. Ham is more banged up
by the vicisstudes Of years than many
men, but is still accomplishing ar
tistic work. Years ago he was hard
wood fnisher in the Waterville car
shops and his work has beautifed
| many Bath and Boston steamers and
yatchs as we'll as private houses.
| II Al Markham Mho has Sor,,od