Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-06
Maine Gossip


Across the hill. across the downs.
And past the little struggling towns,
And by the river to the sea.
For Springs awake i'll Already.
Across The down. across the hills,
All laughing with the daft Idls-
All laughing in a windy rain.
Because The Spring has como aSIiil.
It's out and far for yom and me,
Over the rountrv :n"rrilY:
It's out and far away from home
ITpon the fragrant, fTesh-turncd foam.
Yet whittier fare or whittier 60.
No thought have WE'VE only Know
A bird calls from the greenwood tree,
And Spring. awake in Already.
Boston Transcript.
The rain helped the progress Of
spring a little and more Of it would be
welcome.
There is reason to believe, unhap-
PLY, that the seating capacity of the
churches will be taxed less tomorrow
than week ago.
This latest rumor that the Somerset
railroad has been acquired by the
Maine Central seems to have a sub
stantial foundation.
The problem Of closing the stores
which keep open on Sunday is giving
Lewiston a lot of concern this spring.
About every Maine city and village
is looking forward to the opening of the
local baseball season on Patriots day,
Friday. April 10.
Sarah OTne Jewett. the Well-knoWn
Maine authoress. was left $4,000 by
Mrs. Susan E. Cabot, who died in Bos-
ton last week. Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Lee of BrOokline, who for the past 81
years have passed their summers at
the Marshall House at York, were left
$50 900 each.
A statement is going the rounds Of
the State papers to the effect that
there are a score of little vessels on
the New England coast over 100 years
old. This is entirely untrue. as there
are but three vessels under the Ameri-
can flag which have passed the century
and Constellation 179S) and the
schooner Polly 0SO5). The vessels
following in order of seniority are the
schooners Mary US1D, Good Intent
0S13) and Hiram QS19). while nearly a
score of others have reached the al
lottcd three score years and ten.
The Maine coast will probably have
visit this summer from the IT, S. :.
Enterprise which is the ocean home
of the cadets Of the Massachusetts
Nautical Training school. for it is Civ
en- out that this summer for the first
time since 1899 the Enterprise will
cruise in home waters instead of cross
years the ship has visited nearly
every port Of Importance on the coast
Of Europe, from St Petersburg To
Gibraltar. and has twice gone into the
Mediterranean as far as Algiers. The
Enterprise is an auxiliary wooden bark
of 1875 tons. and was built at the Kit
terry navy yard in 1876.
Fish Commissioner Bowers is pre-
paring to raise Holsters on a large scale
at Boothbay Harbor. The recent ses-
sion Of Congress authorized the com
missioner to construct or buy a tiny
pond on the sea coast at that point. in
which female Holsters can be kept dur
ing the winter and spring, so that
their eggs can develop. The pound
which the department proposes to use
for breeding Holsters will be made by
building a dam across small Inlet OF
the sea. From this enclosure eels
and large fish will be excluded. The
inclosuure will be deep enough to pre-.
vent freezing to the bottom. 80 thai
+ tbs 4absters will be protected in the