Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-29
Maine Gossip
Shine Where You Are.

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Shine Where You Are.
Don't waste your time in longing
For bright. impossible things,
| Don't sit supnely yearning
Fol the SwiftneSS of angel WINGS
Don't srurn to he a rushlight,
| Because you are not a star:
| But brighten some hit of darkness
~ shining just where you are.
| There is need OF the tipieSt candle,
| AS we'll as the garsh sun;
| The hur,blest deed is ennobled
When t is worthily done;
| You may never be called to brighten
The darkened regions afar;
| So fill FOR the day, your mission
| BY shining just where you are.
John Hay.
| Augusta has it's first real baseball
game of the season this afternoon.
The York county Republican con-
venton is held at Alfred today
union station was the largest days
business, this year.
Baths Oldest resident, Mrs. Eliza
beth Rowe Hodgkins, celebrated her
1Oeth birthday yesterday.
Lee Normal Academy has recently
| received a gift from former student
now IN Seattle, which is to be used
'for chemicals and the baseball dia-
| mond." What's the use of putting any
of it into chemicals?
The c. NJ. Clark Publishing Company
| Boston, is just issuing book by a
| young Maine author. Maude Clark
| Gay. She comes from Waldoboro and
/ her first book called 1.-The Knitting of
| the Souls enjoyed quite a large sale.
Paths Crossing" her latest book,
which this company is bringing out, is
| clever western story.
| The Oxford Democrat reports that
| there was quite d frost in Bethel,
| South Paris and vicinity July IL
heavy enough to ruin the cranberries
| on the boys.
| Six Bangor men have set themselves
a little stunt which will be followed
| with marked interest. They are go
ing to try and walk from Des Moincs,
Iowa. to Bangor-a distance of at
least 1900 miles, and across about half
the continent. The men are Fred
Woods, John Fay, William Jefferies,
Charles Whitaker, Frank Smith and
Frank Hayes. They are in dead earn
est, and as all of them are athletic
and strong, and are in the best of
physical condition, there seems to be
no good reason why they should not
succeed. They are railroad employees.
and have hit upon this novel way Of
spending their vacations.
Timothy Swan, who left Lincoln in
1868 and has not since been back to
his native town, is there this summer
for long visit He has lived in Os
kosh. Wis, through these 40 years. In
company with his old friend and play
mate, Sam Ramsdell, whom he has not
seen or heard from for 40 years he is
having the time of his life. Both these
gentlemen are there for the summer
and are already planning raids on the
fish in the surrounding lakes and
streams that were so familiar to them
over 40 years ago.
Oxford Democrat: The Glidden auto
mobile tourists have torn their way
through the air of Maine during the
past week, getting into the State and
out of it again with all possible speed.
This gives two or three hotel propri-
etors of the state chance to furnish
a meal or two for small party. and
gives the people along the route a
tlccting glimpse of the show and some
thing to talk about for d day. The
Democrat is rather uniformed and is
somewhat fosgy as to the real pur-
pose of the tour. though from super
fetal reading it seems to be to adVer-
tise the different makes of machines.
From the standpoint of the general
public, it seems rather inappropriate
that the careful attention given to the
tourists should be accorded to party
who take possession of the highways
to The practical exclusion of everything
else along the line, and leave behind
them a litter of confetti in the street
and a blue stencil in the air. while
they go honkinS over the roads on
schedule which requires them to travel
through country, village and city at
rate more than one-third greater than
the legal limit of speed.
Ex-Governor Frederick ROBBIE of
Gorham. a member of the board of
trustees of the Maine insane hospitals,
last week, accomplished a task which
certainly entities him to the appella-
ton of "Maine's youngest old man.
Ex-Gov. Robbie has long been known
for his capacity as worker, put
task which he accomplished few
days ago deserves mention. Mr.. ROBBIE
will be 81 years of age the coming fall
and the following Will be all the more
appreciated OH that account. Monday
noon, July 20, eX-Gov. ROBBIE left Port
land and went to ROckland, where ne
stayed over night. In order to reach
his destination which was Chase's is
land, it was necessary to arise at 430
A. NJ. to take the boat to North Haven
and 90 from there to ChaSe'S island in |