Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-18
Maine Gossip
Open House.

Open Rouse.
| Iandlaiy Midsummer stands at the door
the poor.
a smile ON her lips and a lausi: in her
eye
Tor every lone traveller that passes her
| I.andladv Midsnmmei's round. rosy chin
1imples a Welcome unto hey sweet Inn
Itasphcrri"s ebony and raspbcrrles req,
Fruit of the trees growing ripe overhead
Cantalou,es blooming and gardens fuli
sweet
With tempting greer patches of good
I.andla.iy Midsummer gives you her hand
and welcomes you heartily unto her lahd'
land;
Ripe for the revel. she smiles in the door
OF the little green tavern she Keeps LOT
the poor.
Tie world wags on as usual since
the appearance of DIR. Crocketts mover
OF Maine political life. but various
tongues wag a. little faster than usual.
The Rocklanl Daily Star which was
founded in 1894, announces that us
newspaper plant will be sold at auction
next month.
New York Tribune: One of the last
of the old Maine built square rlgsers
will go out of existence when the r..
Il. Sutton reaches this port from Hong
Kong in few days. Like many anoth-
or hlue water vessel she is to be con-
yerted into a coal barge and so much
more of the poetry of the sea VIII De
lost.
DR.. Edwin Grant Dexter of Chicago
whom President Roosevelt has APP
pointed commissioner of education OF
Porto Rico, is the son of Rev. IL. V.
Dexter, ID. D., a native and almost me-
long resident of Maine; pastor 1or IL
years at Calais and for six years at
Augusta. and for two years at Ken
nehunkpOrt.
II believe. with many others, that
there will be a general exodus from
the Shiloh colony in the near future"
This statement by Miss Margaret Sui
livan, who recently fled the colony
and is now at her home in Manchester,
n. H., has caused a sensation at Dur
ham. Without the personal influence
of "Elijah'' Sandford, leader of the
Holy Ghost and Us Society at Shiloh
it is feared many more Will lice from
the institution. Rev. Frank Sanford
will net return from the Holy Land
for some months at least. and the
escape Of Miss Sullivan may encOur-
age others. But the long absence of
the "Elijah' has by no means been a
cause of any financial loss to his colo
nistS. While he is abroad, living in
luxury. and his followers are tilling
the soil and becoming mariners and
fishers of the sea, checks and cash con-
tinue to pQpr in from friends and WELL
wishers. Some converts have given
their all, Amounting in one recent in
stance to $4,000 while there was one
gift of $4,000 and another of an equal
ly large sum recently. AS a matter Of
fact, Shiloh is prospecting as never be-
fore. Notwithstanding it's somewhat
peculiar methods of farming. They rest
two days a week-Saturday and Sum
day. The first they spend in rest and
meditation, the second in exhortation
and prayer. While cultivating their
- acres of potatoes they stop at any
time to pray. while. frequently their
plOushs and cultivatOrs stand idle in
the field and the horses attached to
them Craze off potato vines, while the
workers stand in the rows and read
their Bibles. Notwithstanding. thew
are successful. as their bank account
will show. The institution now owns
hundreds of acres of land in Durham.
the seat of the colony, and the plan is
to make it self-supporting. Since
many members are practical farmers
and as each member of the church
pays a certain percentage each week
for the support of the institution tho
result is satisfactory to those who have
been intrusted with the conduct Of af-
fairs during the absence of the real
leader. AT present there are about 700 |
people on the Shiloh hill and on these
farms. This spring and summer
many hundreds Of pounds Of grass
seed and fertilizer have been purchased
Tor use on the farms. and with Is acres
OF potatoes for fall digging everything
IS satisfactory save the prolonged stay
IN Palestine of the Elijah"
notable arrival at York Harbor is |
General Powell Clayton of Arkansas.
General Clayton is one of the best
known men in Republican politics in |
America ana his usefulness to his |
party covers an active career of a
great many years. He was brigadier
general throughout the Civil War. was
L. >. minister to Mexico for eight
years and is now n member of tho Pc.
DuDIlCan national