Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-15

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women during the winter months.
when business is quiet at the resort.
The town Is in a position to provide
a suitable location for the factory and
offers several attractive inducements
to the company to locate there.
New England's great opportunity
in this decade lies in making an ap-
peal to the masses" says Governor
Ralph o. Brewster in his message,
entitled "Recreational New England"
and contained in the April number of
ton. The April issue is devoted to
New England and many of the
charms of this section are set forth
in the article, PICTURESQUE New
England" among the Maine scenes
depicted being a Mt. Desert Island
ford as seen from Southwest Harbor,
Seal Harbor. Long Pond, and the
Stevens house, a landmark of Bel
fast.
Arthur Zellner. personal representa-
tive Of Mary Pickford. who was In
Portland the past week, was quoted as
saying in the course of a long inter-
view in the Sunday Telegram: TT will
be Of interest to Maine people to know
that among the IL ships bought out
right for the use in Douglas Fair
banks production, 1.-THE Black Pirate"
was the old Maine clipper. the Level
lyn ]. Morse, which was purchased
from the daughter of Mr.. Morse, Mrs.
Lulu Morse, who Is residing at the
present time at the Bangor House in
Bangor. The craft were all re-rigged
but to do this the producers had to
send a call for riggers to all sections
of the country, and finally only IL
who knew the ropes were rounded up;
these were for the most part descend
ants Of the old Norsemen."
With a record of SO years Of ser
vice in the Pepperell mills at Bidde-
ford. Frederick Greene, for many
years overseer Of weaving and one of
the best-known Civil War veterans of
that city, died last Saturday evening
at the age of So years.
Mr.. Greene's war record, as taken
from notes which he wrote some years
ago. shows that he enlisted at Au-
gusta, Oct. 6, 1863, and came to Port
land February 8, 1854. From Portland
he went to Florida Keys, and then to
the Red river campaign and at Frank
lin, New Liberia. Alexandria, the Bat
tie Of Sabin, the Baottle of the Cross
Roads, Battle of Pleasant Hill, the
skirmish at Cain river.
Notes on Shenandoah valley cam
paign show that the regiment was or
dered to Fortress Monroe, July IL.
| then to Washington, D. C. They left
| Washington, July Is and were at
Rockville the 18th and 18th. They
| forded the rivers at Leesburg, July
II, and CLOSED the Shenandoah river.
| July 20, and were at Leesburg, July
Fl. They crossed Harpers ferry to
| Boliyer heights and were at Frederic
City July 81.
| They took part in the battle of Win
| chester, September 10, the battle of
| Fishers Hill Sept. 20 and the battle OF
| Cedar Creek in october. They received
orders after this battle to go into
! wiNter quarters and move back to
within six miles of Winchester and
camp at Camp Russell. December 80
the troops were ordered to break camp
and fall back about IL miles to Ste
| vens Depot. They were ordered to
report to Captain Atwood on General
| Emery's staff. February %, at head
| quarters of the 18th Army Corps, and
were on detached service until June
5. General Sheridan with his cavalry
was ordered to Richmond, Va. After
the surrender of General Lee, April 9,
new orders were received.
| The regiment was mustered out at
| the State House, Augusta. on Septem-
| Der 5, after a record of service of SO
days in 1863. 365 days in 1864, and
226 days in 1865, or $50 days Of SER
vice.
| Communications received from the
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph L. Moulton,
| who have returned to their mission
school work in Rahuri, India, after a
year furlough with their relatives in
Gorham and Augusta, Me, state that
they are busily engaged in the same
line of work that they left behind
when they sailed for England and
America more than year ago. Arriv-
ing in Bombay after a voyage enliv-
ened by storms and chickenpox among
their children, they found their car.
| Agnes third" that was made posi-
BILE by the generosity of their friends
here awaiting them and Immediately
started on the last lap of their home
ward journey, more than 100 miles.
| Many celebrations were arranged in
| honor Of their arrival and one man
who works for the irrigation depart
ment, invited Mr.. and Mrs. Moulton
to dinner at his bungalow and the
whole Christian community came as
guests, 1875 in number, with band.
Singing around our young people from
Maine, they made procession and
carried them in "hand-chairs" to a
house where huge canopy of banana
leaves cloth had been placed and
speeches were made in welcome. The
work of teaching and ministering to
their charges began in earnest in
March and arrangements now are in
progress for reopening the schools on
bazaar day, the 18th of June On
these days the people gather in hum
dreds from the surrounding villages
to barter and trade grain or other
wares to obtain money for the week
of pleasure, not comprehending the
| fact of lean days in the future.
The temperature there at present Is
| around 95 to 81 in the afternoon and
before the real warm weather begins
| they will have to start in their car
| to the hills. At the time the last let
ter was written in March, Mrs. Moul-
| ton was busily engaged arranging sew
| eral weddings that had been planned
before their return and Mr.. Moulton's
| work included the settling of mice
| little scrap" between two village men.
| He writes that human nature does
not seem to be much different out
there, only that the Inhabitants are a
| little more crude and not quite so
clever" The parents Of the mission
aries are residents of Gorham, the
Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur Moulton, resid-
ing on Narragansett street land Mrs.
Moulton's father and mother, MIR. and
Mrs. Fred B. Hooper, conducting their