Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-03
Maine Gossip.
EaifY in The Pine Tree.

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Fairy in the Pine Tree.
There's a fairy in the summit of the pine
tree, great and high,
Where the gnarled and twisted branches
bend and sway,
And she sits and gazes ever where the
hills and valleys lie.
And the shifting shine and shadow neck
the day:
And she sings the sweetest song
All the balmy summer long,
Low and deep;
But the rarest song that wings
Is the lullaby she sings,
Half a-weep,
Far above
Is the lullaby of love,
In her sleep.
There's a fairy in the pine tree that no
eye hath ever seen. :.
In her lofty home she croons ana
weaves her spells;
And the magic that she whispers is
tender charm, l ween.
Or so the olden Choctaw legend tells;
For when youthful lovers breathe
Their first love vows beneath
Sweet and low.
The fairy in the pine
Waves a wand in mystic sign
Ere they go
So they say
That their love may live for aye
Free from woe.
New York Mail and Express.
A grand opening of churches. to-
morrow.
Monday will be Labor day, and most
of us will labor just the same.
Only one more week of the long and
happy school vacation.
Round and red as the harvest
moon when seen through the mist of
the marshes"
Camp Powers will not have its us
ual Sunday crowd, for the boys are
soon going home.
Maine is getting rather more than
its share of tragedies and sensations at
the present time.
Eastport is having an exciting time
with a merry Eo-round which is bound
to run in spite of the authorities.
Belfast has good old man who
hasn't failed for 40 years, to attend
annually the Northport campmeeting
Brunswick Telegraph: The Maine
papers have some very nice things to
say of our DR.. Gilbert NJ. Elliott of the
First Maine. In all this fault finding
and grumbling this must be very
pleasing to the doctor and his many
friends. AS one of the boys said Sur
geon Elliott is a white man.
There is some feeling among the peo-
pie in Lisbon Falls that at some future
time the town of Lisbon must be di-
vided and Lisbon Falls made a town
by its ELF. In that case the village Of
,LiSbon might be added to Webster, or
Webster added to Lisbon, and the VIII
lage of Sabattus added to Lewiston.
Here are several problems for the peo-
pie and the Legislature to work out.
There is talk in Portland that the
city charter will have to be doctored
a'y the hiext Legislature. Some claim
chat the, changed conditions demand |
an entirely new charter.
Gardiner Reporter-Journal: Said
one of our energetic business men to-
day. Gardner might brace up, hold a
peace jubilee carnival in October, have;
a magnificent time all around and
make money enough easily to wipe out
the balance of the shoe factory build
ing debt" Well, that is a project that
will bear thoughtful consideration.
Lewiston business man left his
hitchweight on the sidewalk one night
lately. but it had disappeared The
next morning he found 1t tied around
one of the legs of the stone soldier on
the park, with the sign Il have added
fifty pounds to my weight since | have
been in Lewiston; healthy place this"
1t is claimed that in Northern Aroos-
took large game was never so plenty.
Deer are often seen in the fields feed
ing near where the men are at work,
or quietly grazing in the pastures
among the cattle. In the outlying
clearings deer attracts but little at
tention. Last winter a great many of
them were slaughtered in the deep
snow when they were helpless as sheep.
Aroostook has been called the land
of potatoes and the indications are
that she will keep up her past reputa-
ton in that way and furnish her usual
quota. However, it is somewhat diff
cult at this early date to tell just what
the crop will be. The plants came up
finely and the growth was remarkable, |
but the rust struck the vines early. |
ana the tops quickly blackened and
died. Some varieties are not affected
like others. The Dakota reds are still
green and the potatoes growing Some
reports of rotting in the ground is
heard. Others claim small yield. hut
the indications are that the crop will |
ne big one, for the large acreage VIII
make up.aosses from rot. The starch
factories will open about September 10
and If fair price, so to 60 cents per
barrel, is given, a large part of the |
crop will go that way.