Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-25
Maine Gossip
A Seat for Three.

A Seat for Three.
4 sea. for three where host and guest
| Nav side by side pass toaS; or jest.
And he their number TWO o. three.
With elbow room and liberty.
What nccl to wander east or west?
a book for thought. Il nook f"r rest,
AMI meet for fasting or for fest,
Ia fair and equal paris to be
\ seat for three.
Then give YOU pleasant company.
For youth on cier shady tree:
\ roof fer council or scuurSt,
\ corner III n hOmclT nCS,.
Free, equal. and frItcrn;lly,
\ seat Tor three.
Walter Crane
Anyway. every day brings US nearer
the good old SImmc, time.
A break in the cold wave may b" cx-
p"ctcd. tomorrow. when the Main.
editors and he IubWoncn of the State
minGle with TIE legislators at III"
Capitol.
land papers fail to indulg. in a few
remarks about the condition Of the
c:ty's sidewalks.
The coal d";;l"rs manage 10 keep
cheerful and so do the plumbers. but
iii" joy Of both is exceeded by that of
the n:itn who recalls Il colder winter
when he was :; boy.
Several OF The rcsti, hts Of Old
Orchard believe that the toxin should
bend its cncrgins toward rcviving tn"
Kit" track instead Of Euyin:, new parks.
They recall he l;alc;'nn days when the
track was bull. Il dc cad" ago. and be
lieEc that such a move would bring
more people 80 The resort.
Fr"cllnd Robbins. q son of William
I;"bhins Of Mnuntainvi!t. who was
murdered recently ha; been serving Il
sentence of - .;tys III tl2' county Jail
at Ellsworth. h.Iing con-" here from
the Reform e, honl. Robbins is - years
old. and appears to b" of weak intel
icrt. Th" h",''ibc d"t,h of his father
ho WAS brlt.,liy murdered. seems to
affect him littl" if amy It all. but ne is
jubilant over tn" ia, tina. the money
i'm the house vas not taken.
Few high school classes can boast nf
having reunions for T. sut6cssiv" years
after graduation. but hat is the record
rr EGcFand High School, 1%1a. Its
latest reunion was he'll Jan. II at tn"
home Of two classmates in Lynn.
Mass and 10 ncmb""s o: the class
We're present.
Mrs A. S Knisht If New burg center
has recently finished q braided rug
hwc'vr feet long by Six and one half
feet wide. NV ma; rial was used i'll
the construction Of this beautiful rug
and il is a masterpiece oi art. tn" rug
was made for a gentleman in Boston.
for wholn Mrs. Knight ha9 made sew
crtl rugs Of the same kind
The Gardiner Eeportc Journal tells
a story Of a itrlincr young man that
pleases his friends. If it doesn't him.
He noticed 4 iiamoLd ring or an
acquaintance the othc" Gay ana cx-
pressed desire to have il. TIL" nth"-
man was willing to trade. and the
dicker was ma t.. TIL Gardiner man
was to give MS fur-liI,ci overcoat.
worth seventy ar eighty dollars. and
thirty dollars. or tho ring. and the
Ia. Tho next morning the nvercoat AMI
the check were sent back to him. with
word that he might Keep the ring
which was worth about three dollars.
| He will have less confidence in his
knowledge of diamonds IN the future
Very shortly lion will be added to
| the mcnagerie of III" University %:
| Maine at Orono. this particular Lion
| being the engine oc thu old Whitney,
vile and Machiaspolt lumber ra;h Dad
| 1t was built IN 1916 and was used con
! tinuOuSlv until 1890 when il was
bought for junk by Thomas Towle Of
Poi tland and wa sa,."c. from the scrap
heap by +. i. Rounds. the alderman
from ward three. 1t is 4 quaint and
primitive affair m comparison with the
| locomotives OF today
Slot machines and gambling devices
are doomed in Hancock county and
before many days there will be a car
| load or two IF them for sale: Sheriff g.
II. Mayo has instructed his deputies
that the nuisance is 10 be abolished and
that every town is TO be looked after.
Already measures have been taken in
| Ellsworth by the sheriff to rid the
place IF the questionable devices. and
there are now but one or two in the