Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-09
Maine Gossip
A Summer Vacation.

A Summer Vacation.
When he's at horne he yearns each day
no quit the place; to go away
Where prl ling streams or breakers white
Make res tful music, day and night.
And so he takes
:'hn t"Gir and makes
4 bee line for some rural site.
But when the sunburn strikes his arms
And noisy revelry alarms
His sIumber that seems all too brief
He packs his grip
And makes the "trip
To town once more, with great relief
Washington Star.
This is the morning after for the
Shipping City.
Maines soldier boys are off for the
war game.
Our cities are getting valuable
object lessons on how not to run ball
teams.
The fog is also particularly prolhl-
nent visitor at the shore resorts this
summer.
Another young woman is admitted
to the Maine bar, this time hailing
from Old Orchard.
At HOulton they are having auto
parades for the special benefit OF
horses which are frightened at the
machines.
Some Of the papers are talking up
football prospects at the various
colleges, but it is difficult to work up
enthusiasm in August over the great
fall game. -..ial
The new Catholic church at Madison
will be dedicated Thursday morning.
August o., under the name of st. Sc
bastian, in honor of the martyred
priest, Sebastian Rasle, whose tragic
death at the hands of the English SOL
Gicrs August %, 1924, was one OF the
bloodiest pages of early Maine history.
The monument erected at the grave
Of Father Rasle in 1888 has been re-
constructed and special exercises VIII
be held there on the same day.
This is Robbery day at Old Orchard,
which means that the big resort will
be painted in hues a little more bril-
liant than those used on any other
day of the summer. For 20 years or
more the Robbery Club has done
high jinks at Old Orchard in the good
old summer time. The RedberrieS al
ways have been, and are now, gay
young BOstonians. most of them ac-
tive in Democratic politics. and when
they strike the beach everybody knows
it from Scarboro Crossing to BiddefOrd
Pool. Mayor Fitzgerald has long been
a leader of the bunch and his visit to-
day will be the occasion of grand
celebration. The clam bake and field
sports viii be held at Pine Point. A
special train from Boston will bring
down the Redberries who are not al
ready at the beach, Together with a
supply Of crackers and ginger ale.
At Togus the other day there was a
little incident illustrating the strict
honesty that characterizes the relations
of the old veterans. One of them
carelessly left valuable gold watch
in a public place where it was later
picked up by another. There was
nothing by which the owner might be
known, but the finder of the watch at
once started on a hunt among the
many hundreds Of veterans Of the
Home and it was not long before he
found the owner. a perfect stranger to
him. and made him happy by return
ing the lost property. The incident is
told the Journal by a naval veteran
at the Home. Says he: There
is nothing exceptional in this lit
tie instance. 1t simply illustrates
the innate honesty Of the old
soldiers and sailors at the Home and
is told to refute the Slurs which are
too often thrown at their character
Tho Shnrhrooke fair. which is the