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Show An Old Church In Maine.' The appointment of a new pastor to St. Patrick's parish in Lincoln county, coun-ty, Maine., recalls an interesting bit of history. The parish church is the oldest old-est in the state, and, with one exception, excep-tion, the oldest in all New England. It was erected and dedicated in 1807-8 by Father Cheverus, afterwards first Bishop of Boston and later Cardinal-Archbishop Cardinal-Archbishop of Bordeaux. It is built of i brick and is in excellent condition af-j af-j ter nearly a century of use. The church lot, which contains three acree of land, Was the gift of James Kava-naugh, Kava-naugh, one of the pioneer Catholics of the section. Two-thirds of the cost of the building was defrayed by the aforesaid afore-said James Kavanaugh. and Matthew Cottrell. . ... |