Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-19

Tale of blessing without price.
To the welkin peans ringing,
Till the stars together singing
Songs of triumph on the air;
Tell the skies of morning fair
Echo back the songs surcease;-
War hath seen thedawn of peace.
From Rebellion in The Epic Of
Salem" by DR.. Benjamin Collins
Woodbury..
There are almost numberless
docks Of young ducks seen In the
ponds and streams in the vicinity
Of Bath, and gunners believe. that
the coming Fall will be one OF the
best for duck shooting in that vicin-
lty that has been known for years.
DR.. William D. Anderson Of Port
land, has gone to New York City
where he plans to remain for about
a year. He has accepted a position
as house surgeon at st. Lukes Hos
pital, taking the place OF the regular
surgeon who has gone on an extern
siye trip abroad.
Rev. Edwin Dodge Hardin OF
Winter street church, Bath. and
Mrs. Hardin sailed from Boston
Saturday afternoon on the Royal
Mail steamship Orca and expect to
arrive in Southampton the 26th or
eth. While in London Mr.. Hardin
will preach. at the congregational
church in Wimbledon son Aug. s and
has other preaching dates under
consideration. While in England
they expect TO cross the channel for
Stops in Belgium and Holland. They
plan to return by Sept. 10.
The York mills at Saco are to
close down next Thursday, July %,
and will remain closed until Sep
TENDER 7. the Tuesday after Labor
Day. Agent Z. E. Chadbourne
stated that the shutdown was be-
cause Of the continued unsettled and
unsa uSfactory condition of the
market. He stated that the shut
down at this time had been decided
upon as it was felt that it would be
much better to curtail during the
during the fall and winter months
when cold weather comes, if posi-
BILE to do so.
The Saco fremen started work
the other day changing the hose
and connections over to the Nation
al Standard thread as has been
recommended by the National Board
of Fire Underwriters. The threads
in the Biddeford department have
already been changed and work is
progressing rapidly in. Saco. With
the threads of both departments
the same. work will be made much
easier when both have to work to-
gether at a local fire. The hose it
self together With all the nozzles,
connections on the steamers and
pump on the truck. and in fact,
every thread in the department will
be CHANGED.
The tax rates for the City of
Westbrook have been increased
thirty cents per thousand for 1926.
The present rating is $32.40 per
81 900 against that of S32.10 per
81 600 of last year. The reason for
the. increase is given out from the
office of the assessors as the added
increase of $4,000 in the city's ap-
preparation for the year. The
SCHOOI bOdIu dSheu lOJ d u ddbSu
appropriation of $4,000 for this
year to carry on the necessary work
and repairs in this department. 4
substantial increase was also made
in the appropriation of the street
apartment to allow the purchasing
of the Holt tractor and the Sargent
snowplow the first of the year.
Other departments of the city re-
ceived smaller increases, but the
heaviest increase lies in the school
and street departments.
One of the old-timers in talking
about "ye olden days" in West Ken
nebunk said:
when L was boy, this place was
called kennebunk Depot, then Nous
am for little time, then by its pres
ent name. Everyone had fences around
their homes, kept a COW, horse, pig
and hens, with a small garden.
"One dollar and a half a day was
good pay for u hours work or if on
a farm from sun to sun: il for the
railroad, no limit in hours and no
overtime pay.
Mornings, there was a string Of
cows being driven to pasture. There
We're three open rum shops at the viii
Id &c d1lO every HlSnI nail OOLtll
men living above No. 10 would drive
up through here hollering and behav-
ing ridiculously, but no one thought
anything about it as it was so COM
mon. The young mon around here
supported the rum dealers, some of
whom died rich, I mean the dealers
"A horse and team could be hired
all day for $1.0o: a trip to the village
with horse. stay as long as YOU
wished to, would cost so cents, dis
lance of five mile.
Church services were maintained
in the schoolhouse of District 9. Rev.
Israel Downing was the preacher for
many years, free of salary. Later
! the Advents came in and had differ
emit ministers until the two sects quar-
relied over the Resurrection and the
Methodist church was built; later, a
second dispute and the Advents built
a church, now a tenement house. The
Methodists survived and still con-
tinue with very few of the Advent
belief remaining in this section of
town, though there is a live church at
the lower village.
We had three BLACKSMITH shops at
one time, wheelwright, a shoe shop
and counter cutting shop, rail re-
pair shop, a railroad restaurant. shoe
cobblers, watch and clock repairers."