Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-12

II Maine Gossip
As Summer Fades.
The moonlight shimmcrs on the sea;
The sunshine gilds the rustling wood;
The daisy blossoms on the lea;
| The robin sings in joyous mood
And nature chants a merry tune
Because tbs fragrant. leafy June.
Still shines the light of moon and sun,
| But with Il warmth that ticrcely sears;
The wild flowers into weeds have run.
| And Oft the mercury appears
| Ambitious to attain the sky
In speedy flight. 'Tis now July.
A lifeless landscape greets the view;
| The insects Shrek in mocking joy.
So pleasures charm while they are new,
But when familiar. how they .cloy!
The verdure dies upon the bough.
| The song bird sneers. "ris August now.
Washington Star.
The second hot wave is not less fierce
than the first one was.
Tomorrow will be the big Sunday of
| the year at Old Orchard.
| Trolley games and launch races fur
nish an abundance Of LEGAL sport, to-
day.
| There are comparatively few men in
the First regiment who were with it at
Chickamaugua in 1898.
| Only a month more Of vacation for
teachers and pupils. but most people
are glad to get two weeks in ALL
| Some of the other liquor agencies ara
wondering how soon they will share
the fate of those in Rockland and Port
land.
| According to the provisions Of the
law. next week will be Old Home week.
but there is no prospect tEat it will be
| any more generally observed as such.
than this week has been or the week
| following will be.
Newbury Neck CLAIMS are the whop-
pers! Two and one-half POUNDS is the
| record weight of some clans dug there
| last week by South Surry men. CLANS
| weighing two pounds ard over We're
common.
The 5000 men on the big battleships
| now off the Maine coast. eat about a
| nf GSh Iail ilxya Gcb
| are kept busy filling the orders. The
| meats and provisions are not purchased
| from the local dealers, one of the big
| beef trust firms employing a man 20
| accompany the ships from port to port
and supply from their big stcrehouses.
The bathers at Old Orchard and
| Ocean Park are depositing considerable
| valuable property meath the dark
green waves this summer. Up-to-date
three pairs Of false teeth and a $3.50
| diamond ring have been lost by sum-
| mer tourists, while bathing in the briny
deep. In years past il IS understood
| that dozens Of pairs Of false teeth have
been lost from the mouths of those who
take daily dip in the Atlantic during
their sojOurn at the beach. While only
| three pairs have been reported. it is
probable that many more pairs have
been lost this season.
Our North PittstOn correspondent
| writes us as follows: Reading in
the kennebec Journal not long ago
Of somebody having half
cent of the date of 1906 reminded me of
one owned by II. F.. Green of Water
willie of the date of 1903. 1t was given
by his grandfather. Thomas Searles of
Chelsea, 28 years ago. 1t was coined
the year of Mr.. Searle's birth and given
him by an uncle when he was but three
session for 70 years before he passed it
on to his grandson.
The Bar Harbor Record has opened
it's columns to discussion Of the auto
terrors as applied to the question
whether or not the automobile should
be permitted on the streets of Eden.
Under the present town ordinance.
they are prohibited, though some
staunch advocates CT the auto have
threatened to test the constitutionality
of the law.
The Cumberland Mills river bath is
something Of an oddity in this section
Of the country. being fashioned after
| the floating baths Of the larger cities
| in this country. Generally these bath
ing pIaces are constructed by using
floating casks, but here the underpin-
ming has been made solid and at the
same level as that Of the dam below.
| The building IS so by 100 feet in length
enclosing a swimming pool about 30 by
80. The bottom of the pool slopes
gradually from three to eight feet.
Diving towers and spring boards are
provided. A spacious Office overlooks