Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-07
Maine Gossip

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A Cold Weather Song.
Col Win blowin' fun de north en- de
What you gwire ter do,
Oh, what you Swine to- do?
Taters mighty hot en- sweet, en- gwine ter
yo' mouth,
What you gwine ter do, believe?
De Lawd sen col
Ter friz UP 20 soul.
Kaze you make a mighty growlin' wen
You hear de thunder roll;
But de light shine bright,
En- de table set in white,
So, what you gwiEter do. believe?
Cor win BLOWN fun de cas- en- de wes'-
What You gwine ter do.
Oh, what you gwine ter do?
Does you love religion or a postum sup
per beS'?
What you gwine ter do. believe?
De Lawd SEN col
Ter friZ UP 20 soul
K;tZe you 'tarrigate de summer W en- you
hear de thunder roll;
But de torch done trim.
Fin Won reach de 'poSSum lImD,
So. what you gwine ter do, believe?
-Alldllld SohotituticAi'
Lumberinen still report a scarcity of
good men for their woods crews de-
spite the fact that high wages are be-
ing offered as an inducement to COM
petent men.
A flock of wild geese is said to have
been passing over the island at East
port toward the north during one of
the warm days of. last week, which
would seem to indicate an open winter
from this time forth.
Greatly to the sorrow of the farmers
and everyone else in Aroostook. the
price of potatoes still remains down.
Good prices mean business in ARGOS
took and d change for the better is
hoped for soon.
The draw at Portland bridge is now
turned by electricity in place of by
hand power as heretofore. The new
electrical appliance for swinging the
draw open has been installed and is
working finely. The county commits
Soners inspected the new arrangement
Thursday afternoon.
The registering of the big fleet of
steamers. controlled by Charles w.
Morse. at the Bath custom house
means a matter Of many hundreds of
dollars in additional taxes to that city
and as result it hopes for a lower
tax rate this year.
A white pine tree cut on r.. l.. Web
bcr's estate in West kennebunk last
week was 60 feet tall with a prOngcd
top. 1t was three and one-half feet on
the stump. Four logs were cut from
it. the first IA feet long. 81 inches
through. the second Is feet long, u
inches through. the third 10 feet long.
IL inches across. the fourth II feet long
II inches through. The tree made 1900
feet of logs and two cords Of wood.
Few indeed are the pine monarchs of
this kind now standing in Maine.
Bath Enterprise: Without question
the year which has just closed was one
of the hardest on record for Baths prin-
cipal industry Just think Of it only
10. $50 tons of shipping built and docu-
mented in the Bath district in twelve
months. This amount was divided
among Is vessels of which seven were
scows and lighters. Not a square-rig-
ged craft. not steamer, not a steel
vessel launched during 1906. The only
redeeming feature in the whole list is
the fact that six good sized and well
built schooners appear there.
made by some person to enter the
PASSPORT Sentinel office on Sunday
night by means of skeleton key.
which broke in the lock and was found
there Monday morning. This is the
| first time that such an attempt at bur-
glary has been chronicled, and it has
always been supposed that the work
shop of printer was immune from
| these nocturnal visitors. We do not
care to have the locks on the doors
| split, and if there is any one else who
is making designs on this or any other
printshop, if he will call here we will
show him very quickly that there Is
nothing about such a place as to war
rant the risk of any entrance. The
material cannot be sold for junk: the
'.pi," which is so often spoken of. is
q misnomer: there is no clothing left
here. as printers are usually wearing
all they have: and as for money-well
that is used to satisfy creditors