Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-10
Maine Gossip
The Drowsy Fisherman.

| The Drowsy Fisherman.
'Fhe weathel's SO invitin',
The bait is in the cup;
If the fish should go to bitin',
| Don't let 'em wake me up.
The catfish pulls amazin',
| But when he nibbeS free,
| Don't wake me up, l tell you,-
| Just land the fish for me!
Tho rivers song is drowsy
| Where dreamy shadows creep;
| Wakin time Is work time,
| An there amt no harm in sleep!
| Atlanta Constitution.
| The summer foliage is now in its
richest and most luXurient stage.
| These days are long and hard for the
Youngsters who are imprisoned in
school.
| The class which graduates this week
at the u. of NJ is led by Miss Sarah
Ellen Brown Of Old Town.
| The killing of small boy in the
streets of Bangor has aroused that
city in favor of an enforcement of the
speed law against the reckless auto
mobilists.
The old saying that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place is serl-
ously doubted by Leonard Jones of
Hallowcll whose buildings have been
struck three times this summer. And
the season is still young.
The June Bride, the Sweet Girl Grad
uate and the Mosquito are now epidem-
| ic.--Biddeford journal.
The bills involved in their appear
ance are the most prominent thing
which they have in common.
| The game ut Waterville at $50 this
is the last in the college championship
series. It's result will in no way affect
the relative standing of the four teams
| as BoWdoin has the championship
cinched while Colby has an equally
| firm grip on last place, with Bates and
| U. of Nj. dividing honors in the middle
of the percentage column.
| Bucksport still clings to the Grand
Banks fishing and last week the first
of her fleet of six big fishing schoOners
got away Cor the regIo1 Of log and cod
| All are handliners, that is they fish
from dories sent out from the vessel at
anchor. With fairly good luck they
should fill their holds inside Of three
months and be back at Bucksport. II
| they do well some of them will be sent
| back for a second trip.
The annual field day of the Maine Pa
triarchs Militant, I. o. O. F., will be
held in Bangor today. An interesting
program has been planned for the
| event and a large attendance is eX-
pected from different sections of the
State.
| The State field day of the Maine ID.
A. r. will be at New Meadows inn,
June II, and the meeting will be held at
1916 a. NJ. At this session the ques-
ton of making tile State council a
State conference will be discussed and
voted upon. the question having been
| ltiSIItu " tllt 1IolJtclo dt lliC
meeting in March. 1t was made a
special order Ct business at this field
day and will probably be decided. The
proposition was to have the same board
| of officers as at present. thus making
them a board of management, but
| every member of society OF the State
| would be eligible as voter if this plan
of making il a State conference is car
| cied out.
Another name can be added to the
already long list of professional and
business women of which South Paris
| is SO proud. Miss Annie I. Parsons,
daughter of the late Dea. S. z. Parsons.
was graduated June 81 from the New
York University, with the degree 3. L..
Miss Parsons is q graduate of Hebron
| Academy and of Albany Business COL
| lcge. For the last five years she has
| been law Stenographcr in New York
| city Taking great interest in her work,
she decided to take the full law course
at the New York University, doing the
work i'll tic evening claS:;rs besides
keeping up her regular Office work day
times. 1t is a strenuous three years
work that SHE has lust conplt ted with
nonor to h rself and the university.
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Holiday Season.
Gardner Reporter -Journal)
June marks the beginning of the
holiday season of the year. 1t is be-
coming more the fashion for every