Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-21
Maine Gossip
Carries Tarry.

Carries larry
There There was young woman named Carrie;
But older she found
No men folk around,
And then she wept: why did I tarry?''
Houston Post.
Mrs. S. A. Gay of Readfield holds the
record in her town for cary chickens.
Monday she found nest of II downy
yellow chickens Matched by wise hen
which had hidden her nest. TIE little
fellows are being taken care of in
warm quarters and Mrs. Gay will en-
deaVO" 20 raise tnun!.
Charles and George Sprague who are
prominent farmers and cattle men of
Douglass county, Washington are ma
tives of Bath and many friends here
are pleased to learn of their success in
the far West. George was at his old
home three years ago fer a visit but
Charles has not been East for 26 years
Albert Wentworth is passing several
NtthS ul MS oll llollle Ill sea- SlIlpiI,
with his mother Mrs. Arad Wentworth
after an absence of % years. For the
past IL years, Mr. Wentworth has been
in Alaska
Rev. A. H. Wright who was pastor of
the st. Lawrence Congregational
church of Portland for 50 years, has
been made pastor emeritus and we'll de-
serves the honor. Mr.. Wright took up
the passionate OF the church when it had
but few members and under his charge
it became one of the leading churches
in the city.
News has been received of the death
at Rcloit. Wis, of a Maine born man,
f. NJ. Cannon. who was a native of
Portland. Mr.. Cannon served in the
Civil War as a musician in the Fifth
Maine infantry and later became q
memoer of the old Chambers band
when d. B. Chandler was the leader.
Maine newspaper people will be in
terestcd to learn that James f. Dun
ming of Portland. who is the United
States consul at Havre, France. has
been appointed Junior member Of the
permanent committee Of the 1nterna-
tional Congress of Chambers OF Com
merce
Portland people arc extending a cor
dial welcome to Franklin Simmons the
sculptor who is in the city for a short
visit. Mr.. Simmons was born IN Web
ster in 1899 and after getting a COM
mon school education at Bath. attend
ed Bates. Bowdoin and Colby colleges.
He has made his home in Rome. Italy
for many wears coming to Maine often
for rest.
Albert King of Sea Wall. South West
Harbor Is an enthusiastic sportsman.
When he heard the honk of goose
few nights ago he immediately got out
of bed and after dressing. took his gun
and went out on the beach near ms
cottage He saw the head of bird
above rock and put two SHOTS
through q goose which dressed more
than six pounds. Mr.. King lighted
lamp on the return to the cottage ana
found that it was just o'clock.
The last trace of the old wharf built
at Belfast by Benjamin Condor. was
washed awav recently when a 50-foot
log which had been embedded in the
earth and rocks for more than %
years was set adrift by the heavy sea.
Mr. Condor who owned considerable
property along the shore front was
20 years old when he built the wharf
on his shore to land his boats which
We're engaged in the porgle hSherleS.
He did the work alone, placing d pole
across two boats and suspending large
rocks from it in chains. Then he
tloated the boats over side of the
wharf and dropped the rocks into
place. The rocks are vet in position,
but the crib is gone and only two
gaunt piles remain to mark the site.
Henry f. Cash of South Portland
has kept records of the weather for
many years and says that in Decem-
Der of 1884 the days We're very mild.
I'm YIN 1pt1l Oh IIldl Illoiltii TIE llleI-
curry stood at 50 in the shade and
farmers We're ploughing. A cold wave
followed but again on the 3Oth mer-
curry went up to 60 in the shade.
wizard H. Wentworth of Gorham is
building barn which will be full CT
historic associations, for the lumber is
more than 100 years old. The old tim
bers We're first used to build the store
owned by Alexander Mcclellan and it
was IN that building that the first post
office of Gorham was located.
More than IA quarts of shelled beech
nuts were found in the nest of wood
mouse at Thorndike early this week by
Fred L. Higgins and George Dobson
who We're cutting down rock maple
trees. The men say that there were a
number Of quarts left in the nest and
that the little mouse escaped unharm-
All