Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-06
Maine Gossip
In a Little While.

In a Little While.
On the hillsides lambs will gamool.
IN Il little while
Down the lanes the cows VIII anble
In 4 little while:
Fragrant blossoms will be swaying
In the gentle breeze;
Lovers will so forth a-MayinS,
Full of ectasieS,
in a>little while.
Robins will be blithcly singing
in Il little while
Maids in EammOCkS will be swinging
In Il little while:
Foolish fellows will b. rocking
ov"raden boats:
Glib srellnndrts will be flockins
OUt to capture votes.
In Il little while.
Rrmbla bees will gladly humble
IN Il little while:
into pitchers flies viii tumble
IN 4 little Whila:
Passing pcopl" VIII I've bearing
Golfers cry ing Fore;
Wall street viii be busy shcaIinS
Trusting lambs once more,
Il; Il littla while.
Nj the woods viii ring with glainess
IN Il it'll" while;
People will forget fhei. sadness
In :: little while:
Doves will b. Screnclv cooling
Kites viii clrare the air;
Mldderc1 mobs will he pulsuing
Umpires here auc there
IN q little while
Chicago Eecord-lierald.
Many Colby men believe that the
trustees will not hunt long or so far
from the college in selecting the new
president.
If Augusta people think their munich
pal campaign is lively they ought to
read the Biddeford papers about this
time.
Pennington, Carthage. Chestcrvillc,
jay, Strong. Temple and Wells arc
among the Franklin towns which re-
port their resources above their la
biiitiGs.
Gorham has an election tanGlc. a
dispute over the vote for one of the
officers being complicated by the fact
that the votes We're promptly burned.
Youngest of Bates students j.; Miss
JG;tnita Porter Of Main street Lewis
ton, who observed her fourth birthday
the 10Th Of February Miss Porter is a
Sophomore at the college, and although
so young IL birthdays. is even farther
advanced in her studies than some al
her ciaasnnate who far outrank her
il anniversary days Of their birth.
The Republican gains as shown in
tho election figures from til" Maine
cities last Monday are worth commit
ting to memory Those same cities
lest -car gave 4 total Democratic plu-
rality OF II. this year the Republican
plurality Was GA. and there are more
to follow next week.
III" torpedo factory Of L. J. Morse
at Nortt. Brewer was the scene not
long since of an explosion Mr.. Morse
the Proprietor. received the force Of
tEc impact full in the face, bat for-
tLilatcly escaped without serious in
juric@. Although the business is nat
urally Of a somewhat dangerous ma
ture. this is the first explosion to &C.
cur 1T tho North Brewer torpedo fac
tory for thirteen years.
Nea.iy 80 natives OF the state Of
Maine gathered in the STATE Mutual
res,t& urtnt at Worcester Mass, Friday.
Feb. 4. on the occasion OF their a6th
ai:nu;'l reunion. 1t was the largest
asS"rlhlaso Of the sons ana daughters
Of Maine 70" a number OF years. ard
hnnI,. th.,.
listened to speeches ana exchanged
"reminiscences.
The biggest real estate deal in Casco
lay for some years has just been con-
Sunimatcd and it is said to mean extern
slvc improvements and bettcrmcnts on
ono Of the most beautiful iGlanCS on
the Aiainc coast. The greater portion
of Little Diamond. including % acres
o. land ami II cottages. has been sold
h;' Abi"l NJ. Smith. who has controlled
til" property for 20 years or more. Ia
George ". Brown, the real estate pro-
motor The price paid Tor the property
is i'll the ncfghborhood Of so. 600 ana
since tn" trade has been completed four
OF five lots have been practically sold
and four Of the eleven cottages have
been leased for the coming season.
Ole Orchard looks forward quite
checrfully towards the summer. Prac-
tically all the space in the new build
ing being erected on the site Of the Vel
vet a Old Orchard beach has been rent
cd to different parties for the coming
season. Tho building is being built by
the Riddcford parties who own the Old
Orchard pier. There has hccn a great
demand for booths in it and they have
been rented much earlier than in Pre-
viouS years. The new building Is to be
used rs an entrance to the pier and will
have many Of the booths that formerly
mad" up the midway at the end az the
Velvet. which was called the Emerson
last season. Manager Yates says
that l." has had many more APP
plications from other parties than
those with whom deals have beer
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