Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-28
Maine Gossip
The Heart of the Hills.

The Heart of the Hills.
There's wonderful country lying
Far off from the noisy town.
Where the windllowcr swings
And the veery sings.
And the tunblinE brooks come down.
lis the land of light and of laughter,
'TiS the land that lies
Meath the summer skies.
In the heart of the happy hills.
The road to that wonderful country
Leads out from the gates of care.
And the tired feet
In the dusty street
Are longing to enter there.
And a voice from that land is calling
In the rush of thousand rills.
Come away. away
Tt the woods today.
To the heart OF the happy hills"
Far away in that wonderful country
Where the clouds are always blue
In the shadows cool.
BY the tOaming pool.
We may put un strength anew.
We may drink from the magic fountains
Where the wine of life distills
And never a care
Shall find us there.
| In the heart of the happy hills.
No lack of sunshine for the Com
mencements, after all.
Kennebec fans are happy-the troll
| ley league has opened.
Blazing hot weather" is due now,
according to Fosters schedule.
Buckfield has purchased steel cell,
but thus far no one seems anxious for
the doubtful honor of christening it.
Bangor has a Jack-the-poisoner, and
already no less than ten pet dogs have
been killed.
S. NJ. Watson of Bddeford was kick
ed by a horse recently. and thinks the
fact is worthy of mention. as it is the
| first time in his 90 years as horse
sheer that such an accident has occur
red to him.
Ellis Whitman OF Buckfield has a
family record which he is justified in
thinking will be hard to beat. He him
himself is one of twins, he is the son
of a twin. the grandson of twin, the
husband of a twin, and the father of
twins.
| The public library of BiddefOrd is
doing good work in supplying the
French residents of that city with lit
erature printed in their language. Rc-
Gently 90 French books have been add
ed making the whole number of VOL
umes in the French language about $50.
For nearly two years one third of the
new borrowers registered have been
French people. only few of whom
\ read any English books. consequently
there is a constantly increasing demand
for French literature.
| The cheese factory at Amherst Is
proving to be a profitable enterprise
for the farmers of that section. since
II was started the farmers have added
to their number Of cows until now one
finds as fine animals there as any
where in tho State. The people are en-
thusiastic over the factory and think
it a great success financially.
Fishermen off the Maine coast are MOI
meeting with much success of late. thu
cause being due, as one Oh tncih oai'
the other day, to the fact that the
water is pretty near solid with dos
fish," These pests of the ocean are
again off this coast in vast number:
and are doing a great deal of harm tt
the fisheries. They can be put to ne
use as far as has yet been discovered
| and the fishermen do not know what Il
do. They promise to be even great
err pest and damage this season thai
last. and they then fairly drove thu
mackerel off the coast. They come il
schools and feed on the best of the fOot
fish. Apparently they must be ex
terminated if such a thing is possible
but just how is a question of much i'm
portance 1t is possible that as wa
suggested last season that the United
States government must take a hand il
the determination of the worst enem,
the fisherman has today.
The largest fish of the season a
Bangor salmon pool was landed Mon
day by Ira Q. A. Peavey. one of tn
best known fishermen of that city. TIL
salmon was beauty, weighing 24a
pounds when brought to downtown