Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-19
Maine Gossip

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The Home Of the Pretty Soons.
The Sometime Land. in the Somewhere
Place,
Ply the edge of the Futur" Sea,
on the road of the Not-To-l'~
BY night and day men stroll that way,
With hearts as light as air,
I Eut never Il one, Til life is done,
Shall build him a dwelling there.
I,he stars that shine or the 1lowerstrewn
Of the road Of the Not-To-Be
CLEAN as cold and bright upon the sight
| AS the stars on q Polar Sea.
HelGind its gates Dame Fortune waits
In.-the lap of the By-and-By,
But never shout will bring her out
4 And never a man knows why.
The Somewhere Land in the Somewhere
Place,
On the road of the Not-'ro-Be.
Is a land of light that knows no night.
BY tie edge of tine Future Sea.
All the Waits lie there. devoid of care.
And they sing in the afternoons
| OF their Somewhere Lands, with golden
/ sands.
The home of Pretty soons
| Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The old Seventh Maine is holding its
annual reunion at Camp Conan, Long
Island, which will continue through
the week
Hon. Ernest Goodall has given ST.
600 to the town of Springvale to be
used in building the State road.
A big and brilliant meteor passed
through the air at Portland at $50
o'clock Monday evening. 1t was seen
by large number Of people.
A daughter was born last week at
! Squirrel Island to Mrs. ]: r. NJ. Dillon.
An interesting fact in connection with
this event is that this is the first baby
| ever born on the Island.
/ 1t is estimated that fully $4,000
visited Old Orchard last Sunday,
which was the largest crowd this sea-
SON 1t was just year ago that this
popular resort was a smOldering mass
of ruins.
An East IIaam woman has a very
interesting pet owl about two and one
| half months old. It's wings when
spread measure five feet 1t answers
readily when called by the name of
Simon, enjoys its daily bath and meals
of fresh fish and other food. 1t is said
| to be a specimen Of the horned owl.
/ The Maine Naval Reserves, who
have been on their annual cruise on
the L. S. S. Yankee, have returned,
and as was to be expected they made
good while away
Perhaps the oldest piece of decor1-
ton hung out for the celebration in
Bath this week is an Sx12 flag which IS
used to decorate the Watson stove
store. This flag was owned by the
old City Greys before the Civil War
ana has been used by Mr.. Watson
hundreds of times since for decorating
purposes. 1t is a valuable relic
| According to a report from Gorham,
the barkentine Kingdom. of the Holy
Ghost and Us society. has sailed for
Passport. being lowed to sea by the
tug Ben Iiur of Portland. The King
dom had about 40 people on board,
including six beautiful young women.
At Passport it is expected that some
missionary work will be done. Later
the vessel will return to Portland,
where it will be provisioned for a long
trip. 1t is believed that it is to be
! another trip to the Holy Land.
1t is interesting to note that when
the Western division freight yards at
| Biddeford Saturday night and the
early evening trains had pulled out,
| there was not car left standing on
the tracks. This was the first time in
several years that the freight yard
had been completely cleaned of cars.
One of the largest Holsters taken in
recent years near Biddeford Pool was
brought ashore Saturday 1t weighed
111b pounds. AS compared with the
! Holsters usually seen this was a giant,
| though Holsters twice as large are
caught at times though very infre-
quently. This lobster has ponderous
claws ana IL hardlE seems possible that
he could get into a trap where the aper-
ture is only five inches in diameter.
He was found in a trap that had not
been hauled for nearly a week 1t was
an ordinary trap, but it yielded an ex-
traordinary product in that instance.
Harry b. Aver. register of probate in
York county, who passes his summers
at the pool, drew the prize while haul
ing traps, with Alpha Ward. a pool
fisherman. Mr.. Aver will have the
| specimen set up as he considers that
in a few years hence it will be a
valuable specimen. Various estimates