Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-21
c. Whitney; and the treasurer, Flora
c. Toothhaker.

Associate Justice Guy H. Sturgis'
first official public act since he be-
came a justice of the Supreme Judi
cial court was administering the
oath to Edward J. Berman and David
Z. Knapp, who recently passed the
State bar examinations. The formal
admission of the young men to
practice law in the State took place
in the Supreme court room at Port
land in the presence of small COM
pany of court officials and practicing
attorneys. Justice Sturgis compli-
mcnted the young men upon passing
the examinations and wished them
we'll in the practice of their pro-
fession. He then suspended court
until Sept. 4.
One of the most important courses
which Principal Ralph L. Hunt of
Hebron Academy has desired to
introduce into the curriculum has
been that of compulsory Bible study.
For some time Principal Hunt has
been seeking for a man who would
be able to teach such a course and has
recently procured the Rev. Paul w.
Davis who will assume his duties at
the opening of the fall term of the
academy. MI. Davis is graduate
of Brown University and of the New
ton Theological Seminary, Newton
Mass. He will have charge of all
religious activities and in addition to
the classes in Bible study he will
have charge of the Y. NJ. c. A. work.
freshman English and freshman and
sophomore Latin.
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log, lives a boxing fish which has
been named by has trainer as Firpo.
He was trained by Mr.. Stanwood of
Big Chief Camps this summer in
the following manner to box with
his dog, 30. A sunfish about seven
inches in length was tolled with
bread crumbs to an open place near
a log and there showed signs of
eagerness for the crumbs. when he
would be gently pushed back with
stick. until he would rush and strike
at the stick and the rest was easy. As
the dog was always an interested
spectator to the training, he was soon
eager to take hand, and as he en-
tiers the water the fish strikes at
his legs, the dog parrying the blow.
so far only one bout has had to be
called off, and that was when Father
Neptune was too lazy to sweep the
floor. This is the tale told by H.
b. Stanwood.
Pemaquid, the Plymouth of Maine
as it is known today, embraces three
natural divisions of the southern
part of the town of Bristol and was
once on the highway of travel in the
days when the sailing vessels neces-
sarily visited land for fresh supplies
OF provisions and water. Historians
and lovers of the traditional and
antique seek Pemaquid where they
find a locality both rich and ideal
IN past history and thrilling in
mystery. No naturalist has vet soly-
ed the mystery of the great oyster
shell mounds of Ancient Pemaquid.
Old Fort Rock at Pemaquid bears
the date 1907 upon it. This date
Commentaries the landing of the
Popham colony, the first English peo-
pie at this place, on August and
10, 1907. This was 10 years prior
to the landing of the Pilgrims at
Cape Cod. This rock is now sur
rounded by the old castle restored
on the original foundation and most
of the original stone of which it was
first built by Sir William Phipps in
1892.
Jewels Island, which is about 10
miles from Portland contains 221
acres and is still we'll wooded with
evergreen trees with here and there
groups of beech, maple and birch
1t is one Of the prettiest islands in
Casco Bay. AS early as 1910 a gar
rison house was built on the island
to which the settlers on the main
land were accustomed to flee when
news came that the Indians were on
the war path. In 1876 during King
Philips war the Indians along the
Saco River began their ravages, kill
ing the settlers and burning their
log cabins. About 16 families from
the mainland fled to the garrison
house on the island. In September
of that year band Of Indians landed
from their canoes on the island and
began siege of the garrison house.
The settlers were on the point of
surrendering when a party of white