Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-28
Maine Gossip
The Old Home.

Down deep In my hearts core hear them,
Through tear mists behold them beneath
the old time skies.
Mid bee-bOOm and rose bloom ana Or
chard lands arise.
| hear them. and heartsick with longing
To walk there. to dream there. beneath
the sky'S blue bowl:
Around me. within me. the weary world
made whole.
To talk with the wild brook of all the
To whisper the woodward of things we
used to know
When we were old companions. before my
heart knew woe.
To walk with the morning and watch its
To browse with the noontide lullcd on
its heart of gold:
To lie with the nighttime and dream the
dreams of old.
To tell to the old trees and to each lis
tening leaf,
The longing. the yearning. as in my boy
hood brief,
The old home. the old love. would ease
my heart of grief.
The old lane. the old gate. the old house
The wild wood. the wild brook-they will
not let me be:
In boyhCod | knew them and still they
Madison Clwcin in the Criterion.
The rcgimental and family reunions
arc now coming along.
According to the almanac these are
dog days. but there is every evidence
that the almanac has made Il mistake.
The latest Aroostook war is a tele-
phone war and it involves d lot of wire
pulling and talking.
Fete week, the great tim" of the year
at Squirrel island. is scheduled for the
week Of August II.
The promise of pulp mills at Bar
Mills. Steep Falls and Hiram means
big boom to that industry in Maine.
Lots Of plans are upset If the three
Fer cent" limit of alcohol is no longer
to be considered i'm the enforcement
Massachusetts and Rhode Island are
more fussy-Or less hospitable AMI
Maine, as they refuse
to allow the visit Of an armed body Of
troops.
The Sargentville correspondent of the
Carrie E. Bayard. writes that
she owns a rnuch-prized ship carpen-
Der taken from the historic old war
ship Constitution, about so or 60 years
ago. This recalls the story of the cane
owned in Augusta which was made
from a piece of the Constitution "109
years ago" as recently claimed in an
item in the Journal. We have been
reuiEded by a student of history that
the Constitution was not built until
1913. making the cane year or
two older than the warship from whose
timbers it was constructed. 1t was not
until 1872 that the Constitution gained
enough renown to warrant canes or
ether trophies being made from it's
timbers. and it is hardly probable that
any were made before that time.
The KOchland Courier Gazette reads
the riot act to those local merchants
who have been charging the visiting
tackles from the warships higher
prices than are charged ROckland peo-
pie. They deserve scolding, if the
is true.
1t is now very evident that Houlton
will in the near future have a play
ground and race course. For several
weeks past several of our prominent
business men have been talking the
matter over. They now realize more
than ever that the capital city of the
garden of Maine" is much in need of
a trotting park. 1t is very gratifying
to know that some of the leading bust
ness men have taken the matter in
hand and organized an association.
Perry is to have telephone system.
Fourteen enterprising gentlemen Of the
town have organized a farmers tele-
phone service, connecting each of their
homes. They erected the poles and
strung the wires themselves and hired
the telephones from one of the tele-
phone companies.
The 40 modern dwellings,, all fitted
with bath. hot and cold water ard sew
er connection, which the Bangor &
Aroostook will erect at Milo Junction
for the occupancy of the mn who are
to work in its new repair shops at that
point, indicates that that railroad. at
least. has the welfare of it's men at
heart. Incidentally these houses and
repair shops will add much to the
of the town of Milo.
Few towns of it's size have more teIe-
phones than Brunswick. The new d.
rectOry shows that there are 425 SUBJ
scribers and 10 pay stations i'm the
Brunswick exchange. Since the book
went to press II new subscribers have
been added, making a total today of
446 subscribers, which is pretty good
for town of less than 1000 inhabi-
tants. it being at the ratio of one tele-
phone for every Is people residing in
Brunswick.