Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-10
Maine Gossip
At the Source of the kennebec.

At the Source Of the kennebec..
Twas like a dieam-that perfect day
When up d shining shore we went
And saw the hills of Lily Bay
With the blue sky above them blent.
Cnruflled Law the lake below,
And far the great north woods unrolled
Before us in the mellow glow
OF autumn Slories manifold
But not of all this did we. reck
Wien reused from dreaming reNeile
We came to where the kennebec
Sweeps frolr the lake to seek the sea
For there, a giant at thy birth.
Full grown in might thou sprinsst forth
Resistless dcwn thy path Of earth,
O. silver river OF the north.
Forever Young while ages roll,
New born forever, joyous, strong,
Thou sweepest onward to thy goal
Etcrnal blessing ir thy sorG.
And evelmore, the Voice is heard
In thy full cur ent flowing free,
The ever present, living Word
That breathes through Natures harmony.
Anna Boynton AVerill.
Only few days left for the deer
hunters.
Alnccst every westbound freight
train has few carloads of Christmas
trees.
In all parts of the state the members
of the Grange are planning on trip
to Watervillc next week.
The church fairs are in full SWING
and they reap a good harvest for the
good cause.
Norway claims to have the largest
high schooi-125 pupils-of any Maine
town of 5000 inhabitants.
Down in Knox county they are haV-
ing baseball dances, but 1t Is not
stated whether they are to pay the l9oS
bills or to raise money for the 1909
season.
The Importance of Portland as
strategetical point is shown through
the fact that it will soon be the
strongest garrisoned post on the coast
not excepting New York and Boston.
ing for Dec. IA. to plan its Writer
campaign against the" "brown-tall moth,
which pest, it is said, is worse than
ever The dense woods are now being
attacked, as well as the trees In the
village and along highways
Norridgewock is within $1,000 OF d
shoe factory, a firm agreeing to put IN
the necessary machinery for q small
plant if the town will put its hand i'll
its pocket to this extent to pay the
expenses of installation and one years
rent, and it's as good as done. several
business men have guaranteed tne
amount. pending the action of the cltl-
zcns in special town meeting.
The pocm at the head of this column
this morning is contributed TO the
Journal by Anna Bcynton Averlll OF
Foxcroft whose book. Birch Stream
and other Poems" has just appeared
1t is the Maine book of the year, as
far as verse goes, and is sure to DE
widely read Miss Averill Is q grace
full writer, dealing largely with themes
of nature, and her many frlends are
very glad that her productions nave
been collected in book form
The fleet of dregdeS, ScOWS and tow
boats which have been working IN the
channel of the Kennebec all summer,
has now left the river. There are still
about Two years more work to do up
the river before the work is completed,
but it will stop now until next May. "A
part of the outfit will go to Stockton
Springs to wcrll this winter while the
rest of it will probably be put into
service at Plymouth harhor,
Sheepscot Echo: There appeared IN
our harbor recently a whale estimated
bv tnsee vino saw him 10 be from q
to 30 feet in length. He is q scritc1
as being q monster. A man cut IN Il
motor boar vas nearly fri ghfrl6C out
of his wits when the mCnStCr cane up
ONLY a few yarnS away lie Tut on all
the power Of his motor and made for
the Davis Islarl shore 1T Il rate e
speed that Was the envy of 81 tr OWL
ers of motor boats. but The owner
thought she was not going half fas.
enotgh The whale was seen by quite
a number of peop;a, Sc this is 70 fish
story" He was probably UP here af-
ter the English herring that are quite
plenty in the Sheepscot river. About
10 years ago there was a monster whale
came up into this harbor and got
stranded on the flats on Davis Island.
Whether he was captured or not, we
do not know, but hundreds Of people
came to see him as he lay on the
fats. Another story concerning this
whale is that party of young men
fitted up a boat and started out to
harpoon him. but their efforts were
unsuccessful.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured.
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional dis