Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-19

Making all treSpaSSefS nee
If it's of that gender.
Hon. James P. Baxter of Port
land father of Gov. Baxter, will be
so years old, March %. It has
been the custom of the Baxter fam
lily to celebrate the event annually
by a large family gathering and
this will probably be done this
year. While Mr.. Bakers health
has been delicate for several months.
he is much improved and bids fair
to regain an excellent degree of
vigor, mental and physical char
.acteristic ever since increasing years
would naturally tend otherwise. Mr..
Bakers family beside the Cover
nor and his two sisters, Miss Emily
z. Baxter and Mrs. Madeline c.
TomlinSon, both OF Portland, con-
sists of five sons by q previous mar
riage: Senator Rupert II. Baxter of
Bath: James p. Baxter, Jr.. Eugene
r. Baxter and Clinton C. Baxter of
Brunswick.
Founder of the drygoods firm of
Eastman Bros. & Bancroft of Port
land, Briceno NJ. Eastman of Port
land, celebrated his SOth birthday
on Thursday of this week. He is
president of the corporation which
succeeded the partnership. Mr..
Eastman worked his apprenticeship
with n. w. Farley & Co. in Boston
before going into business for him
self.
Kingman's oldest and one of their
best beloved citizens, benjamin F.
Coburn celebrated his 85th birthday
on Feb. II. He was not only born on
Lincoln's birthday but is one of that
vanishing number who personally
knew Mr.. Lincoln. Mr.. Coburn was
engaged in business in Washington,
d. C.A during the Civil War, dealing
in military supplies which gave him
an extensive acquaintance with the
business and personality of the war
at headquarters.
1t was a case of losing his house
and finding it again but in another
location, when a Bath Smelt fisher
man found this week, lodged on a
big cake of ice. some distance from
its original resting place, his camp.
He thought he had lost the camp
when the ice went out. and carried
the camp and it's contents with it,
Then one day this week he located
the missing camp in cove on the
Carlton shore in Woolwich. He
sund that the camp had not been
entered and that everything inside
was just as he had left it several
weeks ago.
Ducks have been seen this week
near the mouth of the Winnegance
river. There were five of them, a
tempting shot, and they were swim
ming in an open pool in the ice.
The ice in the creek is getting Very
thin and likely to go out within a
few more days. The ducks are an
ticipating it.
The Baptist church at Bryant's
pond is taking new lease on life
with the coming of evangelistic SER
vices and the installing very soon of
a new organ. The new organ has
been purchased and is expected at
any time. There are also to be some
changes made inside the church
which will make the church more at
tractive.
A carrier pigeon was picked up by
fishing schooner. so miles from
Portland, on .effrey's banks, one day
recently. The schooner, Sadie NJ.
Nune, when it hailed into port,
brought the valiant little carrier with
it. The bird bore small silver band
ON one leg, but carried no message.
It was supposed to have come from a
Government vessel and the officials
at the Portland Custom House were
notified of the find by Capt. Fred
Bickford.
There 10 some good In the worst of
men. notwithstanding the doctrine of
total depravity. To bring out this
good, rather than develop the evil.
should be the purpose of all social re-
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