Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-16
Maine Gossip
Summer School.

| Religion Art, the Church, ali took
| Their turn beside the widowed brook.
| And Natures illustrated book
Was dictionary. gazetteer,
| Concordance, making all things clear,
| The old things new, the far things near.
A Course In Music found the stream
| A fond exponent of the theme;
| The syllabus said: Listen. Dream!'
The while the class in Light and Shade
| Had hut to wander down the glade
| And 10, what art the boughs displayel!
There must have been some small sGr-
/ prise
Amons, TIE birds and butterflies
| At many questions and replies!
All, happy school-davs. Pupils two,
Just lol. ana I-how moments few
| Beneath that dome of green ana bue'
And have you not dreamed DER ana DER
| or Summer School in days Of yore
BY Purple pool and sycamore?
| Clarence Unny in Lippincotts
Ellsworth is talking up an Old
Home week celebration.
Only five marriages in Bath in the
month of June.
The showers have relieved the
situation, but a long soaking rain is
needed.
A good delegation of Maine Flks are
at the national convention at Dallas,
| Texas
The campaign for the congressional
nomination in the Fourth district does
not appear to be quite as lively as it
was in the Second.
| The first frost of the season is re-
ported from Bangor where the
Democratic hopes of success in the
1908 campaign were hopelessly
| blighted.
The Oldest couple in Franklin are
Mr.. and Mrs. w II. Card, aged SO and
IS respectively who recently celebrated
the 61st anniversary of their marriage.
The grand old man of Peaks Island,
Captain Smith C. Hadlock, nearly 80
years of age, is enjoying good health
the present summer and bids fair to
reach the century mark. Capt. Had
lock is one of the most interesting men
in the State of Maine, his vivid recol-
lection of the early history of the
island, Portland harbor and the marine
interests of so years ago is worthy of
perpetuatiOn.
Gov Hughes of New York, as the
nf nv Dichnn Of
will make a tour of the Rangeley and
Dead river regions in q few days and
will stay for a brief time at the
Rangeley Lake house. Gov. Hughes
will be the guest of the fashionable
Megantic club for several days prior
to touring the Rangeley region. He
will spend several days after salmon
and trout in the Megantic preserve.
The valuable granite property known
as High Island, off the coast of South
Thomaston, has passed under the
control of William Gray & Sons Of
Philadelphia, who have been operating
it the past three years under lease
The property was owned by the Con-
solidated High Island granite company
the majority shares of which We're
purchased by the Grays from George
Green and John w. Woodland of South
Thomaston, J. G. Spaulding of Phila
delpha and the S. NJ. Bird estate Of
Rockland The plant is valued in the
neighbOrhOod Of 100000.
The dry weather has started the
berry pickers of Washington, Hancock
and PenObScot counties to the bushes
earlier than usual this season and the
opening of the season finds one of the
greatest armies of berry pickers scour-
ing the thickets, in recent years. The
large areas of berry lands in The
three counties each year furnish the
means of livelihood to thousands of
persons who pick the fruit and sell it
to dealers who in turn dispose of it in
large quantities in the markets of the
big cities. The hot weather which has
prevailed for the several weeks with
out rain has parched the berries so
that they are somewhat understood
even for this early time. A light fall
of rain would do much to nourish
them at present and practically as
sure most successful season, as the
berries are reported to be mucn more
plentiful this season than last, which
was considered a good year.
The Maine delegation which has
just returned from the great Student
Conference at Mortified was made
up of representatives from the four
colleges and various secondary schools
Of the State. The preparatory school
conference was in charge of David r.
Porter Bowdoin '06, in which he was
assisted by G. c. Robinson, State Stu
dent Secretary of Maine and n Colby
graduate. Bernard A. Chandler,
President of the Y. NJ. c. A. at the
University of Maine, was made
member of the committee having in
charge the festivities of July A. In the
auditorium at Mortified the huge pipe
organ which is used for the musical
services is always played by some
student delegate. This year Max P.
Cushing of the Bowdoin delegate Of
fciated at the organ. Following is
the list of delegates from Maine
schools and colleges: Bowdoin Leon
f. Timberlake, Alfred w. Stone, Ernest
Fifield Max P Cushing and Roderick