Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-04
Maine Gossip

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The Girl in White.
She's daisy, she's a hummer, she's a
white rose of the summer,
of delight!
She would charm cen saGeS wary, cool
and delicate and airy,
Coming like young snow fairy is the
summer girl in write.
From big hat to little slipper and gown
for style ripper,
With lace shade and gloves all clipper.
a soft veil tied beneath her chin,
She's a symphony in wilderness, a delici-
Gus dream of brightness,
A Sprite of grace and lghtneSS whom
the sternest heart could win.
How the summers torrid anguish. how
the heat which makes men anguish,
Just her SofteSt step can vanQulSh as
she beams upon ones sight:
She's the queen maid of the season, past
all argument or reason,
And the world is hers to seize on-the
sweet summer girl in white.
Baltimore American.
These are glorious nights under the
the midsummer full moon.
Let us hope that tomorrow will not
be another general Drowning Sunday
through the State.
AS recompense for loosing that $4,000
reward, the Portland officers get lots
of satisfaction in the thought that they
associated with a real live English
lord.
The goldenglow. the hollyhocks the
poppies and the other late summer
flowers are in their glory. The first
early autumn.
The much dreaded dogfish has made
his appearance off the coast and in
Frenchmans bay One correspondent
reports the capture of 200 of these fish
in weir at Colts Island. Advices
from Sorrento say these marauders of
the deep have eaten everything but the
islands.
A most curious incident happened to
an Auburn lady the other afternoon.
An English sparrow lit on her hat and
enjoyed a free ride for two full blocks.
The lady did not know that she was
carrying a passenger until she was ac-
cOsted by a friend and informed of
the fact that she was breaking the
State law which forbids birds on hats.
York summer residents now have a
finely equipped and up-to-date hospital
near at hand, doing away with the
necessity of conveying patients to
Portsmouth for hospital privileges.
The capacious Davidson mansion at
York village has been converted into
what is generally called the Peace
Hospital, that name being used from
the fact that generous donations were
received from Count White and Minis
ter Takahira in their stay at peace coli
ference at kittcry last summer. Other
interested summer residents have sent
gifts.
A young man from the neighboriEg
country walked into PASSPORT recently
and secured a chance before the
mast" on a small coasting schooner
A few hours after the schooner had
left for her trip to Boston, and with
all sails set. dinner was announced.
The new hand from the farm started
forward and dropped over the anchor.
without a word to those on board and
the vessel nearly came to stop The
astOnished captain shouted to him and
asked what he had dropped over the
anchor for. and the sailor said, why
don't we anchor at meal time?"
A nestful Of wild young birds, hatch
ed in the house. may be seen at A. S.
Burkes in Fairfield. The birds are
chimney swifts, often called chimney
swallows. The old birds came into the
house. via the chimney several weeks
ago, and started a nest on the side wall
of the parlor. Mr.. Rurke and family
were interested and let the birds alone
This morning three eggs Matched and
three hungry little birds are keeping
the old birds busy at providing food.
They do not seem at all afraid of the
people.
Raymond Ross of Phillips has a dog
Of much more than ordinary intelli-
gence. The dogs name is Moses and
when he is sent out in the pasture
after the sheep he rounds them up
very promptly, but if it is desired for
him to be in the background he is told
to hide. whereupon he promptly Sc
cretes himself behind a boulder. Any
stragglers in the flock are looked after
as they should be by Moses. At the
Ross home Is a flock of chickens that
live in a coop and when night folds
her sable mantle about the earth Moses
is able to get the chickens together. If
he chances to leave one outside the
protecting walls Of the coop somebody
says. Moses. there is one you haven't
got" Then Moses hunts up and es-
corts the delinquent out to the coop.
He has great fondness for children
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