Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-03
Maine Gossip
After All,

After All.
shall go back to the old. old places.
To the moss grown spring that bubbles
| clear in the meadow,
| To the slender paths in the fields, the
| trace OF forgotten footsteps.
| Back to the little house where the sweet
| briar chung to the window;
| To the garden where snow drop and iris
and hollyhOcks bloomed together
| In my dreams they are blooming to-
| gether-
And robins build their nests to the hum
of the bees June laden.
The sunrise and cleaning mingle. days
and nights in sweet confusion,
| When the world is made for child S
wild heart,
| And the winds to be its rhythm.
Ada Foster Murray, in New York Sun.
| They are having mild smallpox
scare up Pressure Isle way.
There is one more county convention
| after ALL that of the York Republicans,
August 8.
The discovery of a real English lord
| and lady at Sebago is calculated to give
| that resort boom.
These are great days at the Good VIII
| Pines and those who can be there are
much to be envied.
BY way Of Boston comes a complaint
| that it is poor season for New Eng
| land resorts, but those in Maine are not
| finding any fault.
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| Record, who has less idea of sport than
any other man in the business, is hav-
ing violent attacks of apoplexy. heart
| failure and hotairitis as result of the
| deSertion of Biddeford'S best players to
| the faster Trolley league.
| Here's a moving machine record hard
to beat. Thirty years ago jeremiah
| Moore, of Lakewood, heard of the then
wonderful moving machine and after
| carefully examining one. decided to buy
| it. He ran the machine every year, cut
| ting several fields besides his own, until
he was past labor. Then his son Norris
| took it and ran it until this year, and
| in fact began hayinS with it this sea-
| son; but he decided it needed a rest af-
| ter its long career of usefulness, and
| last week he bought an up-to-date ma
| chine.
Mrs. Ida F. Twambley is engaged in
| making typewriter copy of the first
| two books of record of the town of
Biddeford, extending from 1865 to 1856.
The work is being done for Edward
Hartley of New York city, who has
summer home at the Pool and is to be
| included in two bound volumes of about
| 600 pages. An accurate copy as to
| spelling of words and the location of
| certain letters above and below the
| line is to be made.
| 1t is expected that the rails on the
Schoodic steam railway will be laid
by the first of September. The cut
| ting and filling for the road will be
| completed in about three weeks, with
| the exception of the last four miles
| after leaving the main line. This sec
| ton Of the road will be ready for the
| rails i'm about five weeks. While work
| trains will be running on the road by
September the work of bringing the
| track up to the grade will not be
| completed until a few weeks later.
While the Boys Nature Club Of
Norway does not do much scientific
| work during the warm weather. the
| lads discover many interesting finds"
| on their journeys through the woods
and fields. c. B. Hamilton and Sam
my Klain found several fine crystals
| of casiderite, on a recent walk over
| No. 4 hill. Paris. Another important
| find was made by Rev. G. B. Rideout.
who recently picked up an amethyst
| in front of A. L. Pixies residence. This
was found in the gravel in front of the
house. The incident has created some
interest among scientists. who nave
been trying to trace the source or the
| gravel that contained the amethyst.
Mr. Pike does not remember that
| gravel has been hauled at any time to
| this section. but it seems probable that
| 1t must have been, as amethysts have
never before been found in this spot.
| The crystal is well defined, and OF
| good size. George Howe returned
from his prospecting trip to Green
| wood and reports a very interesting
| tourney. He obtained some fine
quartz crystals. and three large beryls.
| 50 large it is all one can do to encircle
them with ones arms. These beryls
| are on the green shade.
Hon. S. w. Matthews, State COM
missioner of industrial and labor sta
tistics. writes to correct an error that
| is going the rounds of the State press
in regard to the nativity of Mr.. A. b.
Stickney, president of the Chicago and
Great Western railway. In this state
ment, Mr.. Stickney is spoken of as