Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-23
Maine Gossip

, The Longer Days.
Jes' fob good measure,
An wish ITO 'COmmOdate,
De sun he comes roun' early
An he fingers until late.
De blossom is a laughin'
An de sky it wears a smile.
AS he says dar amt no hurry.
JeS' enjoy yoh selves awhile.
An ives feelin' mighty grateful
When de summers in its prime,
Wifi dc old sun dat good natured.
He's workin over time,
Washington Star.
First games Of the Trolley league
Wednesday, June ~.
The big circus is coming in July, but
it is to skip both Portland and Au-
Susta.
Bowdoin and Colby at Portland this
afternoon in the decisive game for the
Maine college championship.
bTeNGI dSdlti HEARS CIlttIlu Iu1ioI y
that il is to have new railroad sta
ton in the near future.
Lewiston and Auburn have SET about
raising a fund of $1,000 to feed the vet
Grams who visit the State fair in Sep
TENDER.
Vinalhaven at special town meeting
has voted to accept Carnegie's offer of
$4,000 for library building.
In one day recently eight head of cat
tie We're killed by the cars in Carmel,
three cows owned by c. A. Sheldon
and five head of young stock owned by
Edwin Leonard.
Only few cities will celebrate the
Fourth. but there is an unusually long
list Of smaller towns and villages pre-
pairing to observe the day. Among
the latest to be heard from are Nor
way. Machias. Hartland. Princeton.
Stratton and Plymouth.
r. F. Bowling of Whiting has quite
a curiosity III the shape of a lamb with
five feet. The animal was born last
April and is unusually large Cor its age.
The fifth foot is on the right hind leg
and starts to grow from the gambrel
forming another perfect foot with
hoofS.
Next Tuesday. June 26, will be the
50th anniversary of the laying of the
corne rStone of Hathorn hall at what is
now Bates College. This was the be-
ginning of the Maine State Seminar"
which became Bates college, about 10
years later.
Fort Fairfield Review: Charles
c:agnon. who lives within a mile Of Fort
Fairfield village, is the father Of a
family of twenty-seven children, and
he isn't Mormon. either. Still some
people keep wasting good breath talk
ing about race-suicidei
Down in Hancock county there is an
increase bI wv per cent. III lll' l'lllib't
of automobiles over 1905. Last year
only one was owned III the county: this
wear there are two. and summer resi-
dents aud tourists will bring in many
more.
The rural mail carriers of Aroostn"k
county have recently formed an as
ISOLATION known as the Aroostook Let
ter Carriers Association. David T..
Watson of Houlton was elected presi-
dent The next meeting of the ass"cia l.
ton will he held in Houlton. Labor
day. September 4. There are "a mail
| carriers in AroOStook.
Mrs. Rachel Maria Ferndld the old
est resident of North Kittery, WAS 81
yeats old Monday. Mrs. Fernald can
| Law lust claim to being a real dauGh-
| ter of tho revolution" and is a descend
ant of a family which has been closely
| idei titled with tho early history of Kit
| tory and Eliot. She was the 18th child
| Of Mr. aud Mrs. Eliot Frost and was
| born June IS. 1912, in what WAS thr1
| called East Eliot. Her father joined tft
| continental army when only IL years
| old and served until the close of tbs
war. With two brothers he served il
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