Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-25
|Ny6QQuD Gossip
By Bowdoin's Woods.

BY Bowdoin's Woods.
! Apart from stress of life and strenuous
| crowd,
Rapt from the stiffness of the winter
Down the long forest aisle, through pine
| and fir,
/ pass in solitude.
Snow draped and pure, in humble white
! ness bowed,
Touched by the low moons sacramentai
| light.
Each grove breathes music. and each
! a sacred interlude.
sain:ed by long communion with their
| These trees historic sanctify the night;
And in their midst feel the thrill and
{ stir
\ OF their beatitude.
. -Charlcs 2. Cleaves, % in BOwdoin Quill.
| There is time for at least one more
! cold wave and thaw in January.
1t will not be forgotten that June ~
is the date and Bangor the place.
The candidacy Of Rev. II. o. Perry of
Fort Fairfield for G.. A. r. honors re-
calls the story of the famous blank
ballot i'm the great Hamlin Morrill, con-
test Of 1869.
a lot of fishermen are wondering
what the effect of the blasting of the
cobbOsSeecOntee reefs will be upon the
finny inhabitants of the beautiful lake.
Think of the squalling that has as
sailed the ears of that RockpOrt man
who has killed 100 fat porkers. thus far
this winter.
Hon. Josiah Crosby of Dexter passed
his SSth milestone, yesterday. Few
men ut his age are able to bring such
happiness into other lives as he did,
last week. in securing the pardon of Il.
w. Chadbourne who was sent to
Thomaston for life in 1888.
According to the returns there were
1919 seals killed in Maine, last year, for
which the towns paid a bounty of 81
each and must now be reimbursed by
the State. OF this number the bounties
on 2Gi2, almost half were paid in Port
land. Nobody knows how many of the
bountieS We're paid on bogus moses"
The Legislature appropriated $1,000 to
pay the zeal bcunties for 1908 and the
same sum for 1904.
The editor of the GuilfOrd Tecortler
was guilty of putting notice of u club
meeting into his pocket instead of IL
the paper. and tie most unsym-
pathetic heart would be softcncd by
his explanat ton and apology to the
ladies' If the village.
Joseph E. Drummond Of Portland,
who has been appointed as a cadet at
Annapolis. IS one OF the brightest ana
most popular boys in the freshman
class at BoWd0in. He is a son of Hon.
]. H. Drummond. Jr., Of Portland. and
with his brother entered BnWdo.n. last
fail. He played end on the Varsity
eleven through the season and gave
promise Of being one OF the best ends
i'll the state. He had been captain Of
the Portland High eleven. the previous
fall. In his departure Bowdoin Will
lose one Of it's best athletes, ana his
career ut Annapolis will be watched
with much interest.
The editor of the Portland Press has
been compIacently fattering himself
that he had the exclusive privilege of
a farewell communication from the late
George Francis Train. Commenting
on a postal card announcement, which
he has received and which he reprints
for the benefit of his readers, he says:
ut seems quite needless to add that
this was addressed in the handwriting
of the late George Francis Train, pro-
baby the last act of his long and en-
tertaining life" But the Biddeford
Journal man rudely pricks the bubble
as follows. I'm this conclusion the
editor of the Press is evidently in
error The editor of the journal re-
ceived a similar card, announcing a
series of lectures by George Francis
Train and Emmanuel Pfeiffer, but the
cards were not addressed in Trains
handwriting. and they were mailed at
Bedford, Mass, at a time when Train
was on his deathbed in the Mills hotel
New York"
That appeared to be 4 very bright
woman. who wrote for a certain
woman's magazine how she met a
great need for money. by photograph
ing Names wild game in it's native
hauntS then selling the photographs