Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-13
Maine Gossip
The RestfuI Time.


The RestfuI Time.
Sunplcr's the lazy time o the year
| Hills an the meadows too bright;
| DlnM sim an dreamin
| Whore rivers are Streamll -
Ia vantn' a winter night.
That's lust the restfullcst time Of all
| SnoMp,kcS in 2hoStlN flight,
| The COZ " ind ;tsaNin
| 1t knows where you StaNih "
| An wants to come in for the night.
Tie snow. an the wind, an the ialr--
An hide world am Sky from your sight;
! A corner that's cosy
An' III Test Of a hlcnl winters night.
Frank l.. Stanton
With this weeks issue the lions Al
vo,ato celebrates its Soth birthday.
other Lenominational papers have
con,. ana gone here in Maine, but thf
| Advocate has survived them all ara
seems to enjoy eternal youth and vigor.
| Saco mas the latest instance Of lhc
cat coming back. When Edwin f..
smith returned to his home on North
| Street the other day he found the fam
Nv cat which had strayed away v nile
the family were stopping at Old Or
| charG last summer waiting on the
| steps. A.tcr two months the cat nad
found his way back home from the
beach a distance of between five and
six miles
Many farmers along the coast are
cleaning. the shores for eel grass for
banking their buildings and also as an
absorbent for their stock yards. with
slight success. The crop was extremely
light. PrObab bly, many are unaware OF
the fact that q dry season effects the
growth of eel grass equally as much as
il does the upland grass. Many Of the
beaches where loads have been swept
M, by the tides in past years, have
Lccn comparatively free from the grass
this year owing to the drought.
Many peupl" have predicted that we
should have sroW early this year While
others hold that there has been 50
much dry weather that we shall get a
warm winter with much rain and little
sleighing fell on Dec. IA. There We're
several inches fell and it remained Oh
the ground for the rest Of the winter.
Hanging in front of = store at Deer
ing Centre this week was a rare speci-
men OF the deer family. 1t was spotted
in Il manner which old hunters said
they never before saw the like OF. 1t
seems to be a cross between an Albino
and the common North American deer.
BESIDES It's peculiar marking il is
good sized animal, weighing probably
Two hG:i,lred pounds. Albert II. Small
the court stenOgraphcr, shot this deer
during his recent hunting trip III the
Rangcley region. the game being Sc
cared ut Middle Dam. Natives OF that
section who have been hunting ali
their lives declared it was the first
deer of the sort they ever saw.
Portland has been the birthplace OF
nunDer of young women who have
become exceedingly popular and sue
essfu! on the stage. The latest TO
attain fame in the land of make be-
lieve is Miss Mildred II. Johnson o!
Cumberland avenue. She has been OF
the professional stage about four years
and during that time has been far more
successful than her fondest friends
dared hope News has been received
in Portland that Miss Johnson who
has been in New York. has been en-
gagged with the Morosco stock com
rany Of San francisco. She will play
ingenue roles. which have been her
forte since adopting the stage as a
means Of livelihood The Morosco stock
company is regarded as one of the hest
in the country and is composed of peo
pie of only sterling quality. Miss
Johnson has had considerable expert
ence with excellent companies for ali
she has been on the stage but Il short
time. Last spring she played i'll Rich
nlond the entire season, with the Crit
fen stock company, and at that time
| was associated with Il number Of Well
known broadway actors including
Richard Bennett, who is now starring
| under Trohman, Hardy Kirkland,
Frank Patton and Stanley Dark. She
has beci. highly commended by the
theatrical agents of Gotham and is
| known among them rs young, pretty.
|
knew her in Portland will agree With
| this classification.
| The five master, Fuller Palmer
launched this week from the Percy q
SMALL yard at Bath is the eth vessel
launched by these builders since they
kcsan business in 1924. Tho list IN
c!udcs the largest six and five mastcd
schooncls in the American merchant
marine tntav. End to end these - YES
sells. without spars. would extend 1908
feet. pr approximately mile and a
third. Laid side by side, their total
breadth would be 12111 feet, or ncarl!
Il quarter of a mile. Their combined
depth is 6o6.1 feet, which is more than
~ feet greater than the height 81 the
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