Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-03
Maine Gossip
De Locus Bug.

De Locus Bug.
or Mistah Locus bug. a-s:ngin' in de
1 doesn't care at all to hyuh dat song you
Hollerfn' bout de hot wave till you's
ready fob to drop.
Don you hyuh Miss katydid a-tellin you
to stop?
Don you spose ives ever tired o Estenin'
to dat SCUM?
Don you see September month a-has-
Don you speck dis weather gwine to lose
its heat intense?
An yet you keeps a-pesterin' like you
~ ' washington Star.
Only a week to election day.
After Labor day the resorts will be-
gin to look lonesome.
Plan to hear Speaker Cannon at noon
| today in Augusta.
The Oxford, which was burned at
| Fryeburs. was one of the best summer
hotels in Maine.
l hS ioIiCy NC .SetSo' Sio'>'' ~
day and Augusta has at last won a
championship.
This is the great week of the year at
Lewiston and the fair people hope for
fair weather.
w. A. Collins of Camp Ellis, caught a
| big shark short distance off Wood Is
| land the other day. He saw the shark
and rugged up hook and baited it and
the shark took the bait. Mr.. Collins
towed him into Camp Ellis and after
awhile killed him. He was eight feet
long and weighed 600 pounds. He was a
big one for these waters and was
looked at with much interest by many.
They are coming back. With arms
and faces brown as nuts. eyes bright
as electric sparks and steps like the
doe, they are coming back-the army
of girls-from their summer vacations.
ON river. lake and ocean, in glade. on
mountain top and in forest they have
rested. roamed. wandered and gained
health and happiness Everybody is
glad to see them. The city is bright
CT with their return and thousands of
homes are made happier by the pres
enca of the DrOwn-armed girls back
from their summer outings.
This week marks the end of summer
as q popular institution. though the al
manac gives US nearly three weeks
more leeway before the official end
ing. AS regards Names summer re-
sort industry, it has been one of the
most prosperous seasons in our his
tory. Fortunately, the 'reSoIt" bust
ness does not end with the passing Of
summer. and those who are able to
remain in the State during the months
an opportunity to enjoy some IF the
most delightful weather of the whole
year. Were it not for the fact that
the schools in the eastern states open
soon after Labor day. the first two
months of autumn in Maine would
gain a degree of popularity which
would cause July and August to hide
their diminished heads.
The September number of the Ma
tional Magazine contains a six-page.
illustrated descriptive article On
Bath from the pen of Henry w.
Owen, Jr. The article is intended
mainly to give the business men of
the nation, who are the principal
readers of the National Magazine, an
idea of the principal characteristics
of Bath. with particular reference to
the desirahility of the city as Il loca-
ton for industrial and business en-
terprises. but also sketches the no.
table history of the city in some de-
tail and it's intimate connection with
the history of shipbuilding and the
rise and fall Of the American mer-
chant marine. The article is highly
entertaining. written in Mr.. Owens
most readable style, and is illustrated
with several half-tones. showing views
of the water front and one of the Park.
Westbrook Chronicle-Gazette: West
brook is waiting for the man or wo-
man who will write her history. 1t
will be 4 work of love. at best. but
there ought to be someone willing to
make a little sacrifice for the benefit of
pOstnrity. Other towns and cities in
the State have been known to make an
appropriation for this purpose and we
are no poorer than any of them. Sup
pose we take this matter under con-
sideration and see if 1t isn't possible to
create an interest in history of
WeStbrCOk.
Recently the Porter correspondent
of the Norway Advertiser told how n
hoy in that town created consterna-
ton at the dinner table by exhibiting
can of grasshoppers which he had
gathered in preparation for fishing
trip. The story found it's way to New
York and comes back through the
Times as follows: "a dozen smartly
gowned women and as many men in
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