Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-20
Maine Gossip
The Change.


The Change.
before she went to hoardil' school she
uSCttr roTIp an play,
She. dluv the cows from the field an
helped take in the hay. ,.
but she ,.ort do that any more. be
C:IlIS, Of tiiS You See
She went away as Mary Jane IN came
back Jeanne Manic.
She u5eter wear madc-"vcr clothes an
always With n smile.
Hut now her dresses Every one must b.
the latest style.
She don't ride bareback any more, nor
climb the apple tree
She went away as MaIv Jane. but came
back Jeanne Marie.
Her hair is all in clinklcs n"w-she
calls 'em Marshal waves.
She's ny in all the etiquette, real stylish:
she behaves.
Her ma and me arr mighty proud o all
she's lcarncd-but gee.
We sometimes wish for Mary Jane in
Std O. Jeanne MARI!
Woman'S Home Companion.
Brooks has the unhappy distinction
ot furnishing the first thin ice tragedy.
Bangor sends out IL guess that 100
OOo. 600 feet of spruce will be cut i'm
Maine this winter.
On one day last week two SlnackS
brought $500 Holsters into the Portland
market
Two young women. Mary +. Mitchell
of Bangor and Lucy ]. O'Connel OF
Auburn. are in the latest list of those
admit cd to prac ticc in Maine.
A Norway correspondent sends out
the story that the music of the frogs
is heard nightly in one Of the marshes
OF that town.
Norman Nichols. the trappcr from
Garry Pond Camps, had a peculiar cx-
pcriencc while looking over his fisher
traps recently. He came to one trap
and in it found fishers toe; the next
trap on the line had caught the owner
of tho toe. as it was proved when the
missing member was applied to the
freshly wounded foot of the captured
animal
A peculiar coincidence in the family
of sisters of Mrs Arthur ~ Wiley of
Cherryfield, whose husband was fatally
injured in Dexter recently, was related
l., her the other day. There are six sis
tiers in the family. the children Of the
late John Garnett of Marion. All of
these sisters are now widows, and some
of them twice SO. They are Mrs. Arthur
n. Wiley Of Cherryfield, Mrs. Eunice
Pratt of West Somerville. Mass. Mrs
Abigail Grant, Mrs. Louisa Jones. both
Of Marion, Mrs. Rebecca knights of
Jacksonbrook and Mrs. Eliza Jones OF
Springfield.
One of Norway's professional men
had put into his cellar a barrel IF cider
and he thought he would test it, He
took q pitcher and went into the cellar
to draw some. 1t was not very light
but he could see the cider running from
the faucet Still the pitcher remained
light in weight He let it run longer
till it seemed as though he must have
drawn gallons. Then he shut off the
faucet and instituted an examination.
There was no bottom in the pitcher.
York Transcript: "Or Nov 6 Boon
Island was battered by the biggest
storm Of the season. The tremendous
seas washed entirely across the island
ard III" spray broke more than $50 feet
in the air. heating the record of years.
All mrvables. however, were secured.
and the sea claimed nothing of value
from the rocks. as it has frequently
done in other gales. Such terrific
storms are highly exhilarating and are
always thoroughly enjoyed by the
families of the keeper and assistants"
C;.Sco bay is being surveyed in diff
f.rent localities by the l.. S. Engineers
Il, partmcut with 4 view to securing
an appropriation for the needed i'm
rruvement of the bay. The channel
between Peaks and Little and Great
Diamond islands has just been sur
vrycd and the plan is to have the
channel here decpened to meet the de-
nlandS of the constantly increasing
shipping business that is being con-
Quoted through this paSSageway by
the addition of the steamer Machi
gonnn of the Harpswel line and other
large vessels that are corning to this
port i'm the future. Yesterday the
steamer Norka with several Of the L.
S. engineers on board went to South
Harpswell to survey in the vicinity of
Potts harbor which is "A dangerous
channel running between South HarpS-
well Neck and Haskells island. Sew
eral days will probably be required to
complete the survey down the bay.
They still tell the story in Sagada-
hoe county how an old-time million
airo. one of the richest men Of his
day. was So economical that when he
lost a front tooth, he decided that a
Few one was too expensive a luxury
for MIN. His friends kept urging him
to get Il false tooth. and he AS steadily
re ftirnd III i,y-aSt At last DpStprol To