Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-03
Maine Gossip
Change.


Change.
The summer night closed DER me, an'
| the wind
| III signing cadence swept about thu
The morning came: and. 10, 7 woke to fin,
The touch of Autumn's finger on the
leaves.
So. too. may come the seasons of oul
No premonition presagcs the change;
Eut silently what we have known departs
And in surprise we greet the new anu
strange.
james Leroy Stockton.
Bangor is the musical capital OF
Maine for the rest of the week
The mistaken fora deer jokes are
being taken down from the shelf and
brushed up for use
Only 1,262 of the voters of Portland
| went to the polls Monday to vote on
the Morcy law. There were 1928
votes cast in the city at the 1906 cleo
! ton.
Fifteen states are represented in the
record breaking entering class at
| BoWdoin. and for the first time since
the eight chapter houses were built all
| of the rooms in the three dormitorics
are occupied
l n a In is.a nj, ,l,t iy,rr .,
| pledge whereby the signcrs agree to
abstain from eating meat for a period
| of ten days, the idea being to forward
| the movement as practical protest
against the high price Of meats. The
| Biddeford Journal remarks that this
| looks like i combination in restraint of
| trade.
Samuel Cressey, designer for the
Sanford mills, has purchased the old
Holmes mansion in Alfred and VIII
refit it and occupy it. preserving as
much as possible its antique features.
This is an historic place. Jonn
Holmes. eccentric as he was, occupied
| the center of the stage in the Maine
craftsmanship of his time and was one
! of the first United States Senators
| from this State.
Rockland Courier Gazette: Judge
Cornish carried the Knox County Bar
court which closed Saturday and local
attorneys make the confident prcdic-
ton that he will be a future chief
justice of the State. In his speech at
Crescent Beach Friday night Judge
Cornish said: II took this appoint
ncnt after careful consideration and
find that | love the work" He will
always be gladly welcomed in Knox
county.
The Rockland Hebrews are plan
ming to build a synagogue at cost
of several thousand dollars and already
have a nice nest egg. Hebrews in other
cities will be solicited for aid, and it is
hoped that the day will not be far
| distant when the efforts will have
brought about the desired end The
Rockland Hebrew colony long since as
sumcd formidable proportions. having
a present membership of about $50.
The oldest resident Of North Sacr,
Uncle John Patterson as he is usually
called by his many friends, celebrated
his S1th birthday. Saturday. September
IS. by going out into the field ana
digging several bushels Of potatoes
w. w. Carter of Dexter has in his
show window a small rifle. of the old
muzzle- loading variety. that is at
tracing considerable attention. 1t is
ornamcnted with German silver trim
mlngs, deliberately engraved, one of
the engraVInSS representing a hunter
with his dog and all the necessary par
aphernalia for hunting. Another fra-
ture of the gun is a small compass
winch is set into the stock. so that the
hunter can find his way home safely.
This summer the Maine Central has
extended the double track from New
port to Etna. a distance of little
over eight miles. When this work is
completed, which it will be in a short
time the Maine Central will have
parallel tracks between Etna and
flttsheld. distance of Is, miles
This double track is in one of the most
congested sections of the road. TIL,
Maine Central has other sections Of
double track besides between Etna
and Pittsfield. The longest stretch is
between Portland and Freeport and
there is double track also between
Portland station and Cumberland Mills
Gardner and Augusta and Orono and
OidtoWn. On the Bangor & Aroostook
this summer. double tracking between
Northern Maine Junction and South
Lagrange. over - miles. has been
practically completed. This is only the
first Of 4 large amount If double tr,r,;
constructed which VIII b. done on tan
t. & y. within the next few years.