Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-17

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When the Green Fields Go.
When the green fields so. an lhe gray
skies hint OF snow.
We'll still retain one flower that II sing
of long ago.
one. blossom that shall seem
.ihc the ghost of some dead dream
That leads to fa!ier gardens than the
angels ever knew.
When the green fields go. ard all bleak
the world appears,
And hope is but shadow i'll the valley
Of deep fears.
One blossom still shall sn:ne
All immortal and divine,
And III light Of heaven shall bless It
through AN aftcr-!a.n al tears,
Frank l.. Stanton
The game birds have discovered that
It is open time again
The first week OF school has been
very long. even with one rainy day
taken out.
The line storm WIS Of the old
fashioned kind, though it arrived 4
week ahead of schedule time.
\ campaign for church going is under
way in Brewer. with all the pastors
working together.
Close to the shore of Eastern river in
West Dresden there is an apple tree
feet nigh. measures. 10 feet and 3
i'll, hes around and spreads 30 feet Its
owner Mr.. Ham, has gathered i'll som"
years, 80 bush,l of apples from this
tree which is said to be more than l0o
y..llS old.
Over in South Ercwrr there IS 4
curious elm tree. The tree is but
twelve feet high, with large spreading
branches reaching very near to the
ground ana the most remarkable par
:!r,. the great leaves measuring g.. 10y
lDi. inches. which is considered to b..
of Il remarkable size.
Belfast Journal: In sailing up ana
down the P~no!iScnt. which deserves to
rank with the most beautiful rivers of
This c"tintry. We have uotcd the many
,inp sizes for summer residences AMI
brliel, tn. day is not far distant when
III viii h.. occupied from Bangor to the
s"a. !, good part of the way there is 4
natural sea wall of rock. and noWh,.l"
is there anything unsightly. There are
iittl,. curts, green slopes, rocky points
ana shady groves: and the noble river
with its passing steamers and sailing
craft affords an evtr-changing
panorama to the dwellers on its banks
indicate that the sharks are becoming
unusually numerous at that place. One
day last week one of these fish meaSur-
ing IA feet in length was caught in
Joseph Schnpee's Weir. 1t was killed
and hauled out upon the shore OF
Schortt- Island. where it attracted
considerable attention owing to its
great size. Several days previous to
he time it was caught there two
sharks were found one day in weir
owned by Bryant and Foss. One Of
them Was a large one, probably the
same fish that was later caught in
Scho2ee'.5 Weir. while the other was
several feet shorter Owing to the
fact that the lnen We're unpreparcd to
handle the monstrOus fish they We're
obliged to take up their seine, which
had been run partly around the Weir
before the discovery was made. At the
following tide they went to the weir
prepared to kill the fish if they We're in
the Weir, but upon arriving there found
that they had escaped.
Of the many civil service examina-
tons held i'll Portland perhaps one of
the most remarkable was that which
called together a score of competitors
fer the position Of captain of the new
steamer of the quartermaster'S depart
ment, to be assigned to Portland
waters. The examination was Il written
one. Very comprehensive and searching,
With many questions which did not APP
Pear to bear particularly upon the
duties of Il steamboat captain. Many
bright young men struck SnagS. and
some Of the older ones slipped up
altogether on educational questions.
capt. James W. Bennett of Brooks. Me-.
was recently announced as the winner.
capt. Bennett is now in command of
| he l.. 5. steamer Henry Wilson. at u
salary something better than $500 Il
YER He obtained q percentaC" of "a.
considered remarkably high for this "x-
alnination. capt. Bennett has been out
| Of school for 50 years hut he did better
with many of the mathematical prob
| lens than some of the college
graduates; when it came to the tech
| meal part he was entirely at home
Can't. Bennett comes Of n race of
Steamboat men. He has been in COM
'nand of many craft, and ut the time of
mis- appointment to the Wilson was
master of r. II. Whites big steam
yacht Peregrine. He is pilot for the
whole New England coast. ana one Of
| the best Shipmasters in the business.
| Roosevelt rs LETTER.