Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-10
Maine Gossip

II uIkQ11I< OVSS1Y
APRIL.
O lovely April, with thy laughing eyes
Outpeering through the meshes OF my
hair
Soft floating tresses crowned with wind
flowers fair,
And sweet narcissi-how now. tears and
SghS
And frowns. o tickle nymph! why this
These scornful looks, when just now thou
didst wear
Such sunny smiles. such charms SO debo-
Hair,
AS mo, ed the dulest wits to rhapsodize?
Ah in thy fearful eyes once more appears
That smile of mrthful roguery that
mockS
All our upbraidings; I'll be bound those
tears
Were Crocodile mere coauetry, Confess
Thyself convicted, lovely paradox.
Thou charmer gay, thou sweet capric!-
Boston Transcript
This is the busy week Of the year
with the milliners.
The Sangerville High school is the
first one to be heard from where boy
leads the graduating class.
MillinOcket will have lot Of building
during the coming season. There were
% dwelling houses erected in the viii
lage in 1905.
The Damariscotta Herald appeared
last week in brand new spring dress
which adds much to it's appearance.
Thus far the April showers are con-
spicuous by their absence but there
will probably be an abundance of them
before the end of May.
'"T. Tyler, TailOr"-this sign hung
for years over Il shop i'm ROwdOinham.
Do you know anywhere. anytime a
sign more unique?
without 4 foreman. the editor ont
of town our best girl sick is the
terse summary uf trihu,ations expert
enced by the Houiton Times during the
past week.
A I.ubec genius has made a violin
from the door of the old frglte Min
Of the instrument resemble those of lie
ocean.
The ArOOstOOk lumbermen say that
the prospects for driving are unusually
good. and that unless conditions
change very much, the lumber cut viii
probably be gotten out easily and with
light expense.
A. I. Phelps of Damariscotta found
| in his field recently one of the most in
teresting stone implements ever
| found in this vicinity. 1t is what is
| commonly known as pestle. 1t is
| about inches long and an inch in
| diameter at its largest part. The
| smaller end is worked inIo the shape of
| q head closely resembling Il mink or
weasel. 1t shows a high degree of
artistic skill, more than the noble IN
dian is usually credited with. The
| ears. eyes and nose are carefully
| worked out. the jaws are we'll defined.
the work extending well back and the
neck is also skillfuly carved.
There is some talk as regards run
ming large gasoline boat up and down
| the Georges river this summer. The
| boat iii question would carry forty or
| fifty passengers, besides freight and
baggage. She would make about nine
,1I r. lioh l,,, Iob 90
she could enter any little cove or stop
at any point along the river If the
plan is carried out she will run every
week day, leaving al 4 specified time
| and returning in season to connect with
| Doats for Boston via electric cars to
| ROckland also with trains. The
principal landing places would be Mar
tinsville, Gushing, Port Clyde and
Friendship. There is always a demand
| for power boat service on the Georges
in the summer time. and it is believed
tie right kind of a craft would be Il
paying venture.
Few people realize that since last
fall the Maine Central railroad has
blasted out and hauled away stone
| enough from the ledge by the side of
Washington street, Bangor to build a
| SiZeable fort. and has used explosive
| enough to conduct Il small war. The
| rock is clear fintstOne, very hard and
very tough and most gritty. 1t has
| been long and hard job to prepare the
| site for the new station.
The day Of the famous old horse
stage coach line between Portland and
South CaSc0 is about over. Last week
| ii was announced that beginning some
| time in May a big automobile coach,
carrying from 16 to Is people will be
| placed on the line. the route being eX-
tended To the Bay of Naples Inn at Ma
| Ules. But note it is also announced
| that the old Stagecoach would be run