Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-28
Maine Gossip
Use for the Merry Wild.

SoS ~ s'O vv'Ns
The Merry Widow woman. who wore the
widow hat,
Has gone away and married. Now what
dye think of that?
She's gone away and left it, hanging on
a peg
'TWould make Il dandy hens nest to hold
pullet egg!
Or, villa. a place for Thomas, who prowls
around all night,
To curl up in and slumber throughout the
hours of light!
But say. when Autumn fingers, with all
its golden hue,
It's just the thing for applcs-'tWill hold
peck or two.
And when the wind is nippy and frost is
in the air
You hustle to the cellar to build fire
And as Won split the kindling, you chance
to sec-.what's that?
Hooray' 1t burns like tinder-the Merry
Widow" hat!
That is a great list of entries for the
races at Waterville next week. Then
there will be the airship among the
other attractions
The Normal schools are the first to
open, but it is only a short time now
before the others will be getting down
to business.
Charles Hatch Wednesday afternoon
captured 4 600 pound sword fish rs
miles off Boon Island. The men fought
the fish IL hours after it was har-
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to Portland this year.
The papers announce that Miss Sally
rockingham -Akers, the famous So
prano, who has been heard at the
Maine Festival, is to be married in
september at the home of Kate Doug
lass Wiggin in Hollis, but they fail to
mention the name of the prospective
groom.
A reminder calculated to bring home
to one the close proximity of fall is the
of dried leaves which are drop
ping from the shade trees. While there
have as yet been no frosts there have
been several nights that We're decided
ly cool and the leaves have already be-
gun to dry up. Many of these have
fallen from the trees and are quite
conspicuous on the highways and
lawns.
II is said that naval reserve COM
pany in Bath will be a reality of the
near future. Maine is poorly repre-
scented in this branch. of the govern
ment service. having sent but so, men
on the last cruise of the New England
There is 50 much interest
in naval matters in Bath that it seems
that crack company could be very
easily organized, and once started the
interest in the work is sure to increase.
BY the will Of the late Congressman
Powers which has been filed at the pro-
bate Office in Houlton, the following
las been made of his proper
ty: To B. w. Hewes, $1,000; to each of
his children, $500; to each brother,
$1,000; to each brothers child, $500; to
Walter \. Powers, $4,000, and the
Kent street property in Brookline; to
Pauline Powers, $4,000, and the Camp
and all wild land in Smyrna; to Mar
garct and Doris Powers. So, 900; to
Ralph Powers. 100000. The residue to
his wife who is named as sole cXecu-
trix. Judge +. A. Powers is appointed
guardian of the children
Turf. Farm and Home: Potatoes in
central Maine are showing tendency
to rust and rot, and many good fields
are being dug to save them. This is a
great disappointment to a large num-
Der Of farmers who have used all sorts
OF chemicals in spraying the tops to
preserve them from both bugs AMI dis
ease, hui all in vain in a great num-
Der if Instances. This seems to be one
OF the years when all ordinary pre-
vcntatives utterly fail to do what they
are advertised to perform. The result
IS a big loss in yield and the spuds are
OIL in size and excellence of character
The time when you simply had to dig
a hole in good fortified soil and drop
IN a potato eye and go back in a few
weeks and get good substantial mess
Of fine. rich. mealy potatoes has passed
and gone, and successful potato culture
today is ono of the fine arts We are
glad to get good reports from the
ArooStock fields both as to the size of
the yield and the excellency Of the
tubcr.