Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01

J M.;es Gossip &
Thoughts in Summer.
How sweet the snownakes gathering on
piiug each creyice with n glistening hlil
OF crystal beauty, soft as down OF ueM,
With the reflected sunlight sllimmerih'
through! t., ,.o.a
rhe Streams are frozen: DER the icy roau
The vain rolls by with all It's creah''t'
The sweet bells Jingle through tile frosty
AS Ger the crystal leaps the flying sleigh:
Loud rOar5 the wind around ''i'
place, ,., Glowing
The back log SINNERS with 7''"''7
An. Howl without, We biting blasts. whlie
me, we We. warm hearth and revel in our
gee Baltimore Sun.
August, and the flood tide OF tie
year.
No teams are dropping out of the
Aroostook League.
1t is long time since the hiH' u
August found SO much grass uncut III
the Maine fields.
Those breezy news letters from the
shore resorts make it still harder TO
stick to the grind in the cities.
This month brings the family ana
rcsimental reunions. the picnlcs anu
the Old Home gatherings. Inc re-
sorts are crowded and the Watch"oro
is "Evcrybody's happy"
Only q few weeks now to the DIE
fairs. The managers are making eA-
ira plans this year and it is certain
that at Bangor, Lewiston ana water
vile there will be attractions TO ura"
and please the multitudes.
Two unknown men were drowned up
| p,,n,ford Falls way last week. one
iumped from bridge in PLAIN sigh,
IF MANY people, but nobody knew him
and no one has been reported missing.
| The body of the other. negro. was
| found in the river between Kum1ord
| Falls and Dixfieid.
| From oxford comes the truthful tale
of a white crow. He has been seen
by several people, who are determined
| to procure him. for a curiosity. He is
always with a flock of common ordi-
/ foe hi
seem to have accepted him as an
honorary member. Indeed his mark
ings are all that distinguish him from
| themselves. He is of the same size
| and his wings have the heavy flop
| characteristic of the foe of the farmers
and corn shops His note cannot be
| vouched for.
There will be dedication or unwilling
ceremonies at the grave of a RevOlu-
tionary soldier, Isaac Thayer, at the
farm of Webster Maxim in West
| Buckfield, on Thursday, August 8.
Hon. John d. Long will speak. and
Mrs Flora F.. Barry of Boston will
sing "The Sword of Bunker HILL.
There will be patriotic music by Ia
dies ouartette from Boston, and an
original dedication hymn by Misses
Mary and Martha Maxim. Other
speakers are also expected. Lieut..
Isaac Thayer was born in Randolph.
Mass, Nov. %. 1741, and settled in
Buckfeld in 1892. where he died Feb.
%, 1905, and was buried on his home
stead farm. The grave has hitherto
been unmarked. He was thrice mar
ried, and the descendants of his large
family Of children are numerous IN
Maine and Massachusetts,. Most of
those who will participate in the cere-
monies are descendants of the Revo-
lutionary soldier.
One Of the old style colonial houses
that has long been a landmark on the
shore of the lower Kennebec is the Nc
Cobb mansion at Phippsburg. built in
1899. 1t was the McCobb barouche.
the only equipage of the kind in the
!. whole state of Maine, that was loaned
to the Maine reception committee on
the occasion. in May. 1926. of Gen.
I.afayette's visit to Names borders.
The general was met at the New
Hampshire line, near South Berwick.
and it was the McCobb barouche,
which was loaned by Parker McCobb,
that conveyed the nations guest TO
Kennebunk. and thence to Saco and
Portland. On the 25th, Lafayette was
l received by the governor of the State,
Albion X. Paris. at Portland, and he
was also introduced to those legsla-
tive members who were in town at the
time. Whatever became Of the old
barouche no one knows. But it bore
r Lafayette to the Vermont line. where
l he was taken in charge by the Yer
!, mont committee.
A we'll known young Bath man got