Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-08

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state senator Noble Maxwell Of Rich
| mond and the largest and finest equipped
craft Of her kind on the Atlantic coass-
Mr.. Maxwell ID president and manager
Of the Boston Sand & Gravel Co.. also
| the largest of its kind on our coast and
OF which three more Richmond boys-the
Rowe brothers-are also active members
"Here's an East Madison nature story
writes Mrs. Arthur Savage Of r. F. D. T.
skovhesan. who continues: THE school
children Of the Pugh Corner school in
Madison are daily picking bouquets o.
pussy willows, which look as fresh as
when coming out in March or April
Three more wedding anniversaries wor-
thy of especial notice are among this
falls events-that of Rev. and Mrs.
zaccheus NJ. Beal Of Bowdoin Center.
who on Oct. celebrated their sd ami
versary; that Of Mr.. and Mrs. Esmond +.
Weed of Houlton. who on Thursday. Nov.
9. will celebrate their Goth anniversary
and Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin King Of Oro-
no. who on Nov. Is will celebrate their
Goth anniversary. Plain golden weddings
are 30 frequent in Maine. that it would
be dificult to keep track Of them.
The November meeting Of the Maine
Women's Club Of New York was held
at the Waldorf. Miss Louise Elizabeth
Dutton, a native Of Ellsworth, Me-,
read from her rev novel "The Wish
ing Moon" She was introduced by
Miss Clio Chilcott, also formerly OF
Ellsworth. The club was captlVated
both by Miss buttons charming sim
plicity of manner and by her forceful
Interpretation of one of the most dram
attic incidents Of her book.
Francis Emmons, who has been called
Saco's grand old man, will informally OBJ
serve the 95th anniversary Of his birth
Friday. He is widely known among the
older residents Of York county, where he
has lived and farmed for almost so years.
He retains all his faculties and seems as
healthy as most people of half Of his
age. During the past two weeks he has
sawed almost two cords Of wood. He car
ried on his farm on the Ferry road until
mons isia remarkable man. He has never
been heard to use profanity. He never
used tobacco In any form and never
touched malt or spirituous liquors He
was a deacon Of the Cults Avenue Free
Baptist church for many years. he
served for many years as Road Commas
sioner of the Ferry road district. He was
born Nov. 10, 1921. in saco and his educa-
ton was obtained in the local schools.
Rev. Charles Whittier has presented
to the Bangor Historical society can
non ball used during the Aroostook
war. In this bloodless conflict. which
was between residents of Maine ana
New Brunswick on a border dispute.
it will be remembered that no shots
were fired, the trouble having been set
tied by arbitration. This cannon ball
passed through the fire Of 1911 in Ban
cor and was later identified as the orig
inal.
Reports from Corinth this week are
to the effect that several valuable cows
and bulls were killed by the spreading
of Paris Green in fields.
Not every man who tells a haro
luck story and asks for loan is
dead beat, as Mayor Woodman found
when he opened his mail Saturday
morning, and discovered money or
der for $500 repaying a loan he had
made to Togus veteran a month ago.
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and in a mixup got a black eye and
didn't have the fare back to the Home.
He applied to Mayor Woodman, asking
the loan of couple of dollars which
the mayor gave him not expecting to
ever see it again perhaps.-Bango
Commercial.
Most people say when they see the
faithful old steamers Nahanada and
Wiwurna of the Bath-Boothbay Harbor
route, that the Nahanada is the larger
boat, yet they are registered by Uncle
Sam as follows: Wiwurna. built in 1884,
9S gross and ~ net tons; Nahanada, built
in 1888. 81 gross and As net ms.
A good story Is being told Of local
man living on the East Boothbay road.
who on Friday put in very busy after
noon and had his work for his pains. re-
ports the Boothbay Register. The resi-
dent in question was told by neighbor
that his sons COW was out in another
pasture, and started to bring her in. He
found a COW loose and set out in chase.
For an hour or two he chased one of the
most obstinate and disgusting animals
ever born into the COW breed. And at last
he caught her and brought her out to the
road and was leading her triumphantly
home, when he met a neigbbor who asked
him what he was doing with the neigh
boris cow. And so it proved For the
original stray COW was still In the wrong
pasture, but tied securely to tree. Tho
other cow had had perfect right to its
grazing ground. The exasperated gentle
man then set out again and this time
| found the right strayed COW and took her
home The story further adds that when
he arrived at his sons place with his
sons COW he found one of his own cows
in his sons field and eating up the sons
cabbages.
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