Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-07
Maine Gossip
Black Heart Poppy.

Flowers a. the violet and blossom O. the
Neither and none of them am !.
I'm a yellow poppy mower tha' Sr'"9
along the beach,
Snrav-s6rinkled when the tide is high.
You say that I'm heartless and a traitor
So much the worse it is for you.
on wanted to believe me, and my magic
could not trust
Crimson is the peach blooms heart, the
roses heart is gold
Look then, and see it's rs l say!
PoDpies lust have centers which are
raven black and cold,
Salt with the SAVIOR of the spray.
-Appleton'S.
The Democratic State convention
and the Wild West show are both to
be at Bangor July Is.
| 1t takes a pretty optimistic prophet
to see more than half a hay crop for
Maine this year.
James H. Ames who has accepted
| nor is the first selectman of the town
| of Rowdoinham and is a manufactures
of fly killer.
Or account of ill health f. d.
Twombly has been obliged to give up
the editorshp Of the York Transcript
and his place is taken by Arthur +.
! SeWall.
n RI n
| Portland although the mayor of that
city extended an invitation. The
| trip is being made to give the cadets
an opportunity to inspect navy yards
| and private shipbuilding plants. AS
| Portland has neither no call will be
made there though Bath will be ia
| vGred.
| The town of Newfield has received
| first instalment of the bequest Of
Ethan Stone of Lexington, Mass;
| who died 90 years ago. Mr.. Stone
provided that the legacy should not
become due until the death of his
| widow, and further that it should be
| left to accumulate until it provided an
| income sufficient to maintain a free
| High school in Newfield. Mrs. Stone
| died lately.
Wilbur Mcady of Randolph has
| curiosity. 1t is a young rat in bot
| tie. Ii is a beer bottle, with small
neck, and the rat must have crawled
| into it about as soon as he could move
| for although he is but three or four
| inches long now, he cannot get out
| again. Mr.. Meady didn't say whether
| he was going to keep him and see
| whether he would grow to fill the bot
| tie. bat at any rate the prisoner can
not escape until the bottle is broken
Charles Carver made an interesting
| discovery recently while working in
| the garden on the Franklin j. Clark
| estate, Pennington, formerly owned
| by J. P. Thwing. He dug up gold
ring inscribed with initials from which
he guessed it might have belonged to
| some member of Deacon Thwing's
| family. He made inquiries of the
! family and learned that it belonged to
Miss Harriet Thwing and that she lost
y
not injured in the least by its long
stay in the garden.
Eagle and Ram islands at the mouth
of :he SaCo river between Saco and the
| Pool, which We're owned by Capt.
Charles Hatch and Fred A. Water
house of Bildeford, have been sold to
hppO
regular summer visitors at the Pool.
| The parties have made arrangements
to build on the islands at once and
will put up some fine cottages and
other buildings. Eagle island is located
in Saco bay. half way between Old
| Orchard and Wood island Ram is
| land is between Eagle island and the
| Pool, off the breakwater.
Baths tax commitment is s163,-
55oGi and s76O@ is assessed against
2535 polls at $500 each. The amount
of State tax to be paid is $22,o51.O3 and
the county tax $9296.31. The tax rate
this year is 90 mills the same as last
! The heaviest single tax will be paid
by the ~ y & Cuba Mail S. S. Co
amount paid by the various lines of
the Consolidated S. S. Co whose YES
sells hail from that city is so
The heaviest individual taxpayer is
| George p. Davenport, Esq, who pays
| s.. f13.5O and the heaviest paying estate
is that of Charles f. Patten which is
assessed at $4.025.
Crews representing the United
States and Canadian government are
| now located in Houlton and vicinity,
ano are engaged in marking out the
| boundary line. The United States
is represented by j. G. Taylor of
Washington. while a. ]. Rainboth of
ottawa has charge of the Canadian
interests They are making their
headquarters in Houlton. The new