Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-02
Maine Gossip
Misquided.

| Misguided.
| 20, I'm VoX Populi.' he said.
| With loud and far resoundinS cry
| And back across the valley spec ,;,,
| The answering echo: Pop, YOU, ie
| Chicago TRIBUNE.
After an absence of 10 years, William
H. Bennett of New York city is visiting
his father Captain Stephen Bennett at
Bucksport. Mr.. Bennett has host or
| friends who are extending corui.'l
greetings and he finds few changes IN
the old home.
| The new professor of agronomy az
the University of Maine is IL. u. Ben
graduate uf the Ontario state coleSe
at Guelph. Mr.. Bell has been connect
ed with the Iowa state college ana VIII
devote his entire time after the frst
| of the new year, to the subject on az
ronomy which is Of vital Importance
to the farmers of the state.
| James Madden of Gardiner Wno mas
been foreman of the track crew for
many years, has been transferred 70
| Portland to have charge OF the main
| tenancc of the Maine Central tracks
there Mr.. Madden has the record OF
having relaid the steel on the Portland
division four times.
| John Blank lives in Hancock County
and he likes to white. He tired the
window stills and the chair backs and
found them too soft When his mother
recently found the edge of her mahog-
any dining table badly SCARED. there
| was a bad half hour for John ana ne
has given his knife away.
| Master Paul futile of Belfast is but
four years of age and is one OF the
brightest lads in his native town. Dur
] ing the past summer Master Paai went
fishing with his father and grandfather
and landed a black bass which was one
of the largest taken out OF QunatlDa-
| cook The youngster played the Sa'ny
fish without any help and was I'M
mensely proud Of the feat.
| More than 30 years ago IN the town
of Kennebunk. Hampden Fairfield ana
| Miss Ellen Perkins were married. For
years the couple have made their home
lin the city of Saco and a host OF
friends helped celebrate their GOLDEN
wedding recently. Mr.. Fairfield is a
son of the late Governor John Fair-
field and is a graduate of BoWdoln
college.
| AZ. ~, ,infr r r.
Burnham at Rockland a few days ago
the ceremony was performed by MIS-
W. S. Green who liberated shower
bouquet of flowers. Captain w. ;.
Green is a former Deer Isle man anu
is now commander OF the yacht Akela
| well known in Penobscot waters. The
Burnham was designed by J. J. Wayd-
| we'll and it is the 55th, vessel 70 pe
built from his models.
| Bangor Ncws:-'Among the bclateG
summer visitors seen around TINS week
| were a pair of black ducks. lone
| crow and a blue heron. The ducks and
the crow were evidently strolllnS
around of their own free will ana &C
cord but the blue heron had become
very much attached to the top ran OF
a fence and pudging by appearances
will probably wait until after the
moulting season. ere he makes another
move"
| York county has a number of hunt
crs as well as gardeners The Bdde-
ford Journal says: Arthur 5. Horne OF
Rochester is doing quite extensive
work trapping, this fall, having al
|ready caught So muSkrats, two MINK.
| 90 skunks and "a foxes, II of the foxes
being alive and chained out in ms
ward And now comes w. {. Taylor
OF Alfred, who raised 234 beans, every
one fit to bake, from one white pea
bean this season.
| Rather q peculiar thing about the "a
| inch pipe to be laid at Bar Harbor is,
that. when both ends of the 1.4oo feet
are covered over. there will be enough
air inside to keep it afloat.
Bridgton Correspondent Evening
Express: Sunday afternoon there was
such a commotion of excitement as
perhaps might be classed with what
happened 80 odd years ago when
balloon made it's appearance ana
descended in Bridgton. few pedes-
TRANS walking along North High
street extension Sunday heard
mighty rumblng: the first thought
was that the pumping station machln-
cry might be the cause of it. though
the sound gradually approached near
er and nearer. Finally all was made
| plain. Coming around a curve in the
road 80 horsepower house automo-
bile van was creeping through the
mud at about six mile an hour speed
| 1t much resemblcd railway car
placed high upon trucks and trailer
was piled high with baggage. 1t all
served to suggest how modern street
car might fill one OF our narrow streets
should Brdgton village ever become
so urban as to have street railway"