Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-07
! Maine Gossip
An Abandoned Farm.

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An Abandoned Farm.
! IL. green bills siiCrh away from it
| Ana quiet bluuds Ger all:
! The vi lite Iostti N:tnt,erS iaZiy
! Past hIOEcu itnC.' ANA Waii
| In arbor. wl.cr. 'ItaWhls 2lcw.
| 'ihc squirrel. uilEin.crru, now p c.''
through.
| The porch that now j. sind"Wv
With vine ana nu'idinS weed
| Was vibrant once with childish life
No flnMei ran to seed:
| But HOW, when comes the ir ny,
| One hears no Motto: :; lullaby
| Where have they gone. the Joyous u:!c, D.,
| The West Las called the bold
| And none remained t" bear tie yUks
| Eut those who We're too Old:
| Now 1T its cate how few will stay
To lfear lis tale of yesterday,
| Denver X publican.
! DnIy three weeks to Thanksgiving,
but nrnody ventures t. ask III. pro-
spc;.tiv~ price of turkey.
One o. the busiest places in tn" Nicin-
i:N 81 Auburn il tn" Hunncwcil cider
mill where 5000 barrels of cider have
been made IN the past month.
| Ii is haiG tn feel any great amount
of sympathy tor these strikers at Mil
| lnock"t whose wages were 81 a day
before. they struck for more.
" 18th this weeks issue the Zion :
Advocate passes its 18th year Of life
1t has seen other denominational
papers come and GO AMI it is stronger
and Better than ever
Strange indeed is the coincidence in
the death of William A Batcheldcr ana
his wife. Mary n. Batcheldnr of Port
land who died Within two days Of each
other, and Whose funeral took pI1c.
TucSdAN. Not only did MI. III Mr.;
Batchrldrr depart this lire At alnl"st
the sun" .'i1c, but there is added
StlanscneSs III 'he fact that death H.
suited frD u tho same cltl:e in each
and they ,-,rr 10th - "-l~s If ar-
Thty hal bc~n married J.: years
The l;,r'ct Fats are bccrlnius; ~ public
nuisance III :'e last. l'!'..- arr. getting;
into the houses n1rr. thtn ever this
TALL. Vt one of the houses whore the
owner las a horse in the barn thai he
has been doctoring his hoof with salvn.
t was found one morning recently
that ii large rat had eaten the S:lve off
the honf ami had also bitten thu horses
foot. The next morning the rat was;
found under the horse having evil
CT La
Since the case of the McndeIl child he
ing bitten by a large rat, the people ar,
becoming Il little mite alarmed over
their appearance ana ferocity.
Miss Adelaide RoGthhav the leading
lady with the Kennedy Repertoire
Company now in Bangor is Il Maine
girl and ranks well with those whom
this state has sent tn the professional
stage. Her home is in Waterviilc.
whcr" she acquired 4 grna
deal @! her histriuni. ability
and before choosing the stage
for her work in life was closely
identified with a number Of the
amateur productions in that city. She
IS the nice" NJ trl. r. f, Fo' THY of
Portland. 4" :t'ai passenger ami ticket
agent of the Maine Central railroad
Next week the company plays III Wat
erviIlc. whcr" it is expected that Miss
B" 'thi'y will Re given hearty re-
reptinn by her townSpeoplc.
Gn"ch Baston Of Oglnquit had quite |
a serious encounter with a racco"fi !
on" night recently and now has d sora
hand aGd I'll" racoon's skin as the re- |
suit. His dog got ii coon up a tree and |
as it was too dark to SEQ him from tho |
ground GoOch climbed the tree, taking |
his rife with him After firing all his |
cartridges at him. non" Of which hit |
h" knocked him out OF the tree t. the |
dog and BOYS below: but the dog and |
boys Wer" t;nablr to secure him The |
lar%""n Wa getting away from them |
When Cnnch got to the ground Do
fcIntincI t" secure him. hC rushed IT.
t. the fray and era bbed him bN the
tail. but rs quick as z wink the coca
turned around ana commenced to bite
and scratch aud save Gooch such a
battle that he had to let go With his
hands and Just fall upon him. pressing
him to the ground After considered bic
sqHirminG and kicking lie managed To
r't hold of the coon with his hands on
his neck. Where he could not bite him
and held him While one of the bows
killed him. one OF Goorh's hands wn-
vtr" badly bitten hut the coon's skin
is nailed to the barn door
The tra<tler ut Wells STOP. VITA
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