Russell S. Bradbury, the well-known old-time livery keeper of Auburn who is so ill of locomotor-ataxia, sits by his window thru the day and looks out over his beautiful grounds and is also entertained by frequent visits from old friends. For these he always has a warm welcome. If the good wishes of these cities would do the work, Mr. Bradbury would be able to jump over a ten-rail fence before the sun goes down. Every one will be glad to hear that he is doing nicely, eats heartily and enjoys a joke with all his old-time gusto.

• A currant bush is growing out of a live elm tree on Main Street, Auburn, near the Grand Trunk Railway bridge. Ripe currants have been picked from it the past week. People say they never saw anything like it before. It sprouted in a crack in the tree.

50 years ago, 1958

NORTH TURNER-Residents on the Plains Road received mail by RFD for the first time Saturday. This is an extension of Route 2 out of the Turner office and Rufus Prince is the mail carrier. Up to the Saturday delivery, people in the Plains area came to to the post office at North Turner for their mail.

25 years ago, 1983

The Passamaquoddy Indians announced Thursday they have used part of their $41.3 million Indian Lands Claim Settlement to buy the Dragon Cement Co. plant in Thomaston. Under the agreement, the former owner, Cianbro of Pittsfield, will continue to operate the plant on a long-term lease.

“It was purchased primarily as an investment, not to employ members of the tribe,” Tureen said. “The distance is too far between the reservation and the plant.”

The purchase of the plant represents the tribe’s most important investment since the land claims were settled in 1980, Tureen said. Other money has been invested in forests and in a large blueberry farm in Washington County.