Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-28

maine Gossip
Apparitions.
1 sometimes think that this worlds all
wrong,
But I never. say it-not very strong.
So much CT our sorrow an distress
Is due to dyspepsy or blliousness,
That l have my doubts about gettin'
An s DraHr wen all go clean to smash.
Mebhe this country amt goin right
In wakin' moments the Nightmares creep
Around jes' like when you're asleep.
You get apprehensive-iike an blue
An you can't feel sure what you ought
to do.
The ca siest thing is to blame some trust
Or raiiroao 1ur settln up schemes UNI
Eut don't give up to state of fright,
Cause mebbe it's something 1 ate las
night.
Washington Star.
This is the end of cold, boisterous
and deep-drifted February.
The coming month will be the really
busy one for the 73d Maine Legisla-
ture.
With such a theme the Longfellow
centennial celebrations could not help
being successful.
Peary comes to Maine for another
lecture next week, speaking at Port
land March 6.
Lucky for Gorham no fire broke out
while it was tinkering with those brok-
EN- water mains.
Westbrook is suffering from an ap-
pendicitis epidemic, there being sew
eral instances of two or more cases in
the same family.
The farmers Of Scarboro are re-
ported to be greatly pleased over the
project of the new canning factory to
be erected there by Burnham e. Nor
rill.
The widow Of the late Senator Hanna
of Ohio is having a cottage built at
Seal Harbor which she will occupy
next summer.
Many more pretentious railroads
know now to sympathiZe with the
plight Of the Wiscasset. Waterville &
Pennington line which the drifts have
put wholly out of commission for the
past two weeks.
Naturally the Bowdoin professors
were in much demand at the Longfel-
low celebrations. Prof. Chapman spoke
in Boston. Prof. Allen Johnson in
Portland and Prof. Mitchell in Bruns-
wick and Augusta.
The annual town meeting warrant
was posted Saturday in Livermore
Falls and as Uncle Scion would say
cit is good easy reading" that is, if
one takes stepladder along for the
warrant contains 40 articles and reach
| es nearly to the ceiling. The para
mount issue with the town is the pur-
chase of the water system of the Liver
more Falls Water Company.
Isaac h. Rich, the veteran and be-
loved theatre manager Of Boston whose
S0th birthday was celebrated last week.
is a native of Bucksport and has been
a frequent visitor to his native State.
Some years ago he presented it a drink
ing fountain which stands in front Of
/ the Robinson house.
The season of the Longfellow centen-
NAL has made the room he occupied
while a student at Bowdoin more
! popular shrine than ever. This room
was q Winthrop hall and is occupied
this year by two freshmen, Frank c.
/ Evans of Camden and Elmer H. Hobbs
of WATERFORD.
| Few people in Portland now living,
We're acquainted with Longfellow at the
| time when he resided in that city, and
can wildly recall their impressions Of
! him as they met him in daily life, but
! two of the older residents, George
+. Talbot and Mrs. Phineas F. Varnum
were personally acquainted with him.
Mr.. Talbot remembers the first time he
ever saw the great poet. which was af-
ter he had moved to Cambridge. He
was sitting one summer day in the law
office of his brother on Court street,
Boston. when his brother glancing
through the open window, pointed to a
man passing on the other side
''There." he said "is Longfellow, the
Poet" Mr.. Talbot glanced up and for
the first time looked upon the figure Of
the man who was later to become such
a great celebrity. He was afterwards
brought in contact with Longfellow,
not 50 much through his own ac-
quaintance, as through the intimacy
which existed between his sons and the
| Dephews of Longfellow. At one time
LongfellOw called at Mr. Talbot's home
in Portland and spent a few pleasant
moments in conversation. Mr.. Talbot
was impressed with Longfellow's genial
disposition and cordial bearing toward
| everyone with whom he came in cor