Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-13
maine Gossip

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Conservatism.
Lazy days IS daily days.
] When the sun is warm:
An the r!pplin' waters pIay
Thout a hint o. storm
When It's gettin' kind O. late
| An the moons most due
hind o wish the sun I'D wait
FOR year or two.
| Lettin' well enough alone
| That's the plan for me
nen the sorrows all have flown
| orost Inc tranquil sea
| Nnen there's ne'er a worldly shock
All our bliss to mar.
"isnt that We could stop the clock
An stay j~s where we are
There is an urgent and unanimous de-
| rnand for three weeks Of sunshine
Inc hooded meadows are a pictur-
esque sight. but one not particularly
pleasing to the farmers.
II Will be quite test Of the nerve O.
Main horses when that Giidden tour
ing party in 50 automobiles passes |
through the State.
Up in Wilton they are organizing a |
trust company and a new brick block
is being built for its occupancy.
II. H. stetson Of Weeks Mills is pick
ing green peas from vines that have
reached height Of nine feet, and are
still climbing.
Morgan s. Flaherty, a well-known
Maine newspaper man, has accept
ed the editorial charge Of the Lewiston
Morning News Mr.. Flaherty has been
associated with the Portland Star. the
Bangor News and other Maine news
papers.
From present Indications Maine will
raise larger crop Of berries this year
than ever before. The Strawberries l
are very plenty and the vines and {
bushes for other varieties are heavily | ]
loaded.
Maine high school principals seem to =
'e in demand in New Hampshire. Con-
,ord has drawn Principal Cook fronf ,
Augusta. and now Exeter takes Prin- 3
'ibal Walker from Fort Fairfield.
Proha tIy
hate beaten the Ty1pung men of Sc
land Bridegroom Of that age who has II
Just been married for the third time.
A Pennington girl. Miss Isabel Gould. f
with histrionic ambitions. has been en-
gagged for a part in the famous play
Arizona for the coming season. 2
1t would seem that more Portland .
youngsters than ever before are be- I
coming newsboys as % have already c
been licensed and received their badges !
and still they come.
Says South Portland correspondent:
"A large tufted crane or egret, seen I
frequently at low tide on the fats at a
Mill Creek has been mistaken by many :
for a stork. The birds do bear close I
one to the other, but the r
real thing is not due in the vicinity i
for some weeks yet when a number /,
OI VlSllS Will De IlLdbIc III cpi'A OIdti' | r
Carl Jean Tolman, the talented musi-
clan who formerly lived in Farming ,
ton, has met a decided success in
Of his which was lately
played by the Boston Symphony
orchestra in pop concert in that city.
IL is a rnaZurka, "NaZalie," and shows
that Mr. Tolman has decided talent in {
He now makes his home $
at Winchester, Mass, and devotes his 4
time to pianoforte recitals and COM 7
position In addition to the exception '
al distinction Of having his composition
played by the Boston Symphony 1t Is I
announced that it has been procured by
SOusa for rendition by his famous band. !
The town Of Hastings is rich in IN I
teresting history. In the Civil War a b
negro who was owned by a rich south !
ern planter escaped from his maste: e
and by means of the underground rail- :
way came to Maine. Up by the north I
ern border he found a valley that PROM Q
Used peace and cOntentment. Glledd ,
was the nearest settlement. some eight f
miles distant, but Negro Tom. as the g
settlers called him, was frightened at r
the approach Of civilization Rumo's $
a C-axE-