Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-02
Maine Gossip
The Growing Brigade.

The Growing Brigade.
In summer We wer,. Gr"Wlin' when the
sun was ON tic b;:zc-
In the very juicy middle of the water
oh. the sun is such a blister in the
everlaStn' Sky.
We froze not in December. but We're
neltin in j Ily.
Then it WAS We loneed for winter:
oh, for SlCcty cold an snow
For the icy groves of Greenland for the
bliz2drdS on the blow
An Just ono day o winter, With Il glimpse
o frosty ways.
An were Sighin for the summer, am the
big sun on the blaze.
Is there any happy season? It's the
weather, first an last
The SWelter of tn. summer. or the biting
winter blast
No chance for hallcluiah in the valley
the hill,
An wncn Gabriel blows his trumpet he
will find us groWlin' still
Atlanta Constitution.
This is the day when Portland does
or doesn't do it.
The prophets of an early winter are
standing bravcIy by their guns.
|
The building Of the big dam on the
Sacn is Il bad blow to the village OF
West Buxton where 40 tcncmcnts al.
now reported empty
The Massachusetts police will have
t" step lively if they catch the Pas:i :
maquoddy Indians in their game of
taking the tails of Maine seals t.
Boston where they collect the S:
bounty
The VIII" of cX-Mayor Boutliby ol
Portland is not worrying about the
result of t"day's election. as she is th,
nominee of both parties for place 81
the school board.
1t is 24f days since the Bath shiI
Arthur S"wall sailed from Philadelphia
| for San Francisco. and it requires ;
| lot of optimism now to expect goOt
| news from the big four master and it!
crew of 80 men
! Franklin as well as oxford will pu
| thousands Of barrels Of good arpIcs in
to vinegar. Thousands Of barrels o
apples are still unpickcd in Franklin
| county. Many apple growers foun,
| themselves without barrels for the hi;
| crop
Frank Smith Of Lincoln's Mill is on
| Of the young farmers who seems Quit
| well satisfied with the product of hi
small farm the past season. He ha
no help save Il few days of plantin
| and harvesting. ON five acres II
| raised 500 bushels Of mcrchantabl
| potatoes: from four acres of oats II
| bushels: he received $50 for swce
corn; sold $40 worth of apples frol
his orchard: from A. hens sine
January has sold SAB worth of egg,
He also had the income from severe
cows and sheep
| The good news that the Sanfol
ticaily all departments this mornin
came as a Thanksgiving announcnmer
to that village last Wednesday after
, noon. The announcement was joyful
received and as it will affect over / ,Oc
employees it frightened the skies
business in no small degree While
had been announced that the mil
would resume full time within a mont
5 it came as surprise that they coul
, start Monday morning.
During the present week MAR
! Christmas tree shippers will be dom
their biggest hustle Practically a
the trees which they will ship ha,
r been cut and are now at the raiIroa
6 stations awaiting cars on which the
can be loaded. The hustling of the
onto the cars and starting to mark
will keep all hands busy This
e about the last week that it is possib
:. to ship trees and have them reach Il
, market in time. 1t is estimated TIL
the value of trees shipped from Mail
II this year will be nearly $4,000 B
e. for the present troubled condition