Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-16
n1aine Gossip

Maine Gossip II
The Weather.
Never mind de weather;
OATS de good old song.
All jine in together
An hep de tune along. Il
When de sun was shinin'
An de air was warm
Want you jeS' a-pinin
Fob a thunder storm!
When de rain was fallin'
All along de line,
Want you loudly calm
Fob de sun to shine?
Honey stop yoh frettin',
Don't yoh weep no mo-,
Cause you'S alluS Settin
Washington Star
Don't shiver so: there's warm wave
coming.
The polo fever is not very catching
in this section.
Bath puts in strong protest against
that proposed railroad bridge at Rich
mond.
Another proposed electric road is
from BiddefOrd to the Pool with sew
eral side branches. d distance Of 16
miles.
The new hall of the Masonic Lodge
at Westbrook will be dedicated. next
Tuesday evening.
The Portland papers hear that the
lobster trust is dead. and it is also un-
derstood that a large majority of the
Holsters are.
VINO has not taken Il vacation in several
years, will take a trip to Europe this
winter.
Nineteen young men from various
eastern states are taking the medical
examinations before the board of regis
tration at it's meeting in Portland, this
week.
The fifth annual exhibition of the
Maine State poultry and pet stock as
sociation, will be held in Portland City
hail, Dec. to inclusive. There will
be birds and more birds, but few Bel
gian hares.
The Pythians will gather in Bangor.
today, and fully 1000 of them are ex-
pected to be on hand. The meeting
will extend through tomorrow.
A Lewiston woman has started a
movement in favor of a State murder
commsson-this is not a commission
to commit the murders. but one to in
vestigatc those committed.
Among the early improvements
which will be made on the line of the
Northern Maine Seaport railroad next
year will undoubtedly be extensive
operations in developing the cOnnec-
ton with the Maine Central at North
crn Maine junction at HermOn. 1t is
understood that the Northern Maine
Seaport road build extensively there
for it's connection with the Maine Cen
trail system and when completed it will
be a modern yard and that large
transfer of cars will be made at this
point.
Frederick j. Waugh. landscape artist
Of London. England. is a dead ringer
for Hall Caine, the distinguished au-
thor of the "Chrstian" and the "Manx-
man." Lewis HerZog of New York
city and North Haven is the prince of
practical jokers. These two simple
statements will explain how for two
days the residents of Rockland, includ-
ing two newspaper men, were victim
lied by the cleverest practical joke that
has been perpetrated in Rockland for
many day.
About so carloads of apples have
been shipped. this fall. from the sta
tons of South Paris and Norway, most
of them going to the West.
Biddeford has a riot call, 10 blasts
three times repeated on the fire alarm.
This calls out the local militia and all
others willing to assist in putting
down d Greek uprising, repelling a Jap
anese invasion or quelling football
celebration.
Fuller 6. Sherman of Randolph is the
oldest Mason in that part of the County
of Kennebec. He was made a Mason
in Central Lodge, No. 45. at China, in
July, 1S43 He became II member of
Hermon Lodge Gardiner, No. 80. Nov.
81. 1860. For more than 60 years Mr..
Sherman has been an active Mason,
and for many years. a constant at
tendant at the meetings of his Lodge
Mr.. Sherman learned the cooper's trade
at the age of nineteen years and has
followed that business until the present
time. and now at the age of 81 years.
can make as good barrel as any other
cooper. The Oldest living member of
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