Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-01-27
BELFAST.
Deed IFS Years Old ID Recorded
in Waldo County Registry
FORMER BELFAST WOMAN
SERIOUSLY I'LL

News was received Tue40Ay 01ShS
from New York that Misa Ada Mitchell.
formerly Of Belfast. had suffered a
hemorrhage Of the brain and II in a
critical condition. Miss Mitchell had !:
been in her usual health as far as IL
known, and was planning to leave next
week with her father for q trip to
California. She was found uncon-
scious in her rooms and Sunday morn
ing although the best medical aid and
specialists to be found IN New York
have been called on the case, it is
thought that there Is but little hope Of
her recovery, although there is
chance. Miss Mitchell is the daughter
of Charles Mitchell and for some time
has held a responsible position with
the Knox Hat Co., manufacturers of
exclusive millinery. She passed her
girlhood in Belfast, where she has
many warm friends and her occasional
visits here have always been greatly
enjoyed by all who knew her. The sud-
den news Of her illness Is keenly felt.
At the concert to be given by the
students Of the city schools in the Co.
lonial on Feb. g the boy violinist Of
Camden. who made such hit at the
School Festival in Bangor last fall, will
be one of the drawing cards. This child
Of 10 years, Louis Langman, is thought
to have brilliant future and those
who heard him in Bangor are anxious
to repeat the pleasure. Choruses, part
songs and solos by the students will
also attract many to the concert which
is given to aid the Victrola fund.
A deed to real estate on Islesborn
has come to light, having been kept 70.
lis years unrecorded. 1t was placed on
record in the Waldo county registry
Jan. "a. It was while surveying prop
erty in Islesboro a short time ago that
Hiram P. Farrow of this city found
that the boundaries Of certain parcel
OF land called for a certain deed. None
such were recorded and he asked the
property owners if they had any old
deeds in the house. They said they
thought so and forthwith brought out
the deed just recorded. 1t was drawn
by Williams Burns of Islesborough in
the county of Hancock, for this was in
the days when this section was a
part OF Hancock, and was dated Dec.
&, 1901, and signed by William and
Mary Burns, in the presence Of Thorn
as Cobb, j. p, of Hancock. 1t is writ
ten in clear old-fashioned script. on
a rough paper almost like parchment.
The printing is crude and in the old
style OF lettering, "f'' in place of s."
but Is extremely well preserved and
In as good condition as II drawn IL in
stead of lis years ago. The deed ia
drawn in favor Of Thomas Bordman
OF Northport and was for a parcel Of
land In 1slesborough. The price paid
was 500. That was before the little ia
land became one Of the most famous
summer resorts on the New England
coast and land was cheap and money
scarce. Now during the summer time
the millionaires Of many states pass
weeks at their country places. the pas-
lures OF the old days are now velvetv
golf links and blue ribbon horses have
taken the place of the slow footed or
en-. In spite Of the popularity of the
automobile. Islesboro is one of the verv
few spots in the United States where
the honk Of the horn is not heard. The
horse Is still king