Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-06
Maime Gossip.

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robins call robins in tops OF lr ts saet.
Doves follow doves. with SCARE. iee''
rrolicking babies, sweeter tll'h ,i,r,,n,a,s
Crowd green corners wheio
meet.
, 'violets stir and arbutus wakes
Claytonia's rosy bells un1oiu' 80,
Dandelion through the meadow nan
A royal road, with seals OF goio'
A Rockland milliner wants TO KNOW
why in that city all the men are com
planning of dull business while the
milliners and dressmakers never had
more to do. We don't wonder the men
complain of dull times.
Why We're we so quick to ind fauit
with May?
The Glenburn woman who recovered
although she took, by mistake, peas IN
stead of pills, finds it difficult to eX-
plain that recovery to the serious I'M
Outstanding of her neighbors.
A peculiar thief operates in West
Kennebunk. He stole hay knife and
when the man who was robbed bought
a new one the thief brought back the
old knife and took the new one.
Houlton, the home of Governor Pow
ers, has added very much TO its attrac-
tiveness by the planting of shade trees
in past years. II should observe Arbor
day this year with more than perfume
tory interest.
When gathering May flowers don
pull up long branches of the roots. In
that way the trailing arbutus has been
nearly exterminated in some localities
1t is worthy of notice that the super
intendent of the Searsport schools has
resigned in favor of his wife.
A Cherryfied lad who shared bar
rel of rabbits to sell tothe Italian labor
ers on the railroad is now awaiting thu
arrival of the laborers with nor,
than half defined idea that speculation
is sometimes very disappointing.
Just at this beautiful season Of the
year worries break out in certain homes
The boy or girl is worrying about the
final examinations. the graduating part
and if girl the dress she is IL
wear while in too many instance
mother and father are worrying about
VA, fat hn In which ssrst1tlt
ton too often exact of those whc
have hard work to provide the es
sentials. There ought to be a way It
avoid some of those worries. while tn
others are incident To and necessary
for the development desired.
Wiscasset boasts in the person o.
Slas l.. Young aged 30. the oldest store
keeper in Maine and the boast is moi
an idle one. He is still active behino
the counter of his little store though
in September he win have passed the
91st milestone. His recipe for longevity
is. Take good care of yourself Don't
smoke. Don't drink. Don't eat tou
much and get plenty of sleep" Al
though born in 1906, Mr.. Young remem
DelS tIlt tftI y Yeas 4pAlpN iitH7 INV AehNN
war of 1912 vividly. He was post
master for seven years. being appointed
by President Buchanan in the fifties.
Public life didn't suit him overwell ana
he was only too glad to go back to his
place behind the counter. Since theu
he has seen the rise and fall of WiScas-
set. and, to quote his own words, You
needn't tell me this harbor is going to
be left to rack and ruin. 1t is the fin
est harbor on the coast and some day
ii will be again the center of commerce.
These old eyes may not see it, but the
day is surely coming"
The South Lubec father whose two
daughters held him down while a SON
in-law kicked him in the head, all or
account of a quarrel over property may
well have cried. my ducats. oh. my
daughters.
A new experiment in road improve
ment is narrowing, which one man has
tried on a highway in South Paris. Ger
tainly there are roads that couldn't be
injured by such treatment which would
be a just retribution for the harrow
ing they've given our feelings.
Gloucester's wild man was only Il
joke. Bonny Eagles wasn't.