Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Maine Gossip
A Star-Ijt Nioht.

A Star-Lit Night.
A star-lit night A whispering fragrance
starts
From yonder clover field. The fireflies
CLEAN;
The Singers of the night with bursting
Pour forth their melodies. IT'S like 4
OF something longed for in the dreary
When all the world was chilled by win
ter'S blast:
A dream of peace afar amid the flowers
Where sorrow sleeps; d dream come true
at last.
Such kind repose must surely be unknown
To those whom Envy bids us hold III
Not to the tyrant trembling on his throne.
Nor to the man whose gains defy the
law
Can such slight things appeal-and yet far
Their fierce and fond endeavors must re-
Than the sweet spell which banishes dis
The benediction of a star-lit night.
Washington Star.
The boys in olive 'lrab are ''tenting
tonight on the old camp ground"
Four more weeks of the Trolley
league-if everybody i'm the four towns
is not stark crazy before the end of
that time.
DIR. Simpson and his Alliance cohorts
are at Old Orchard working up
enthusiasm for the great collection
Aug. 20.
almanac says that about this time some
real old fashioned dog days weather
may be expected.
Biddeford's merchant carnival seems
a sure thing for September though the
dates have not definitely been decided
upon.
Maine sheep are fewer than they used
to be and yet North Arson buyer dis
posed of $4,000 worth of wool, last
week.
The Weymouth celebration commit
tee have matters all fixed up and find
that they have come out all square,
with perhaps a little surplus which will
be used to fix up the Thomaston mall.
Some of the cottage people Of the
| New Meadows River are putting lam
terms at the tops of their flag poles
rlr i,l, ~, -
pretty sight from the river but furnish
navigators with landmarks.
Gardiner Reporter-J Journal: If some
body could get up an automobile lawn
mower that would do the business. it
would meet a longfelt want. Moving a
lawn is pretty hard work unless you
can make somebody else do it, and
sometimes it is harder to do that than
to do the work.
A Rockland man with diary calls
attention to the fact that Sunday. July
80, was only the second stormy Sunday
TO visit these parts since Feb. LIST. This
Is recorded for the benefit of those
hard-to-suit persons who, when pre-
vented by rain from carrying out some
cherished project. jump to the bitter
conclusion that 1T always storms on
Sunday"
A correspondent Of the Thomaston
Herald urges the building of a repro
duction of Montpelier the famous old
General Knox mansion. The success of
the Weymouth celebration has made
them believe that almost anything can
be accomplished VITA the same COM
mittee in charge. The idea of a re-
stored Montpelier is n good one. but
first Congress should appropriate that
money for a monument to General
Knox.
Dexter is very pretty little VIII
lage," remarked travelling man
Thursday morning. but" he added.
Il think the town ought to be in league
with the accident insurance companies.
judging from the appearances Of the
sidewalks. 1 travel all over Maine but
the sidewalks here are by a good deal
poorer than in any other town
strike" The above is the opinion that
outsiders have of the sidewalks in this
village.-Dexter correspondence Of Ban
gor Commercial.
That travelling man has funny
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