Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-26
Maine Gossip
His Jumps.

Who is it, reckless of his fame
And deaf to yells of praise or blame,
Unmoved by glory or by shame,
Hands down decisions on the game?
Who calmly stands where spinning
Protected by the hand that steers
Whiz past his body, face and ears.
And calls them balls and strikes, while
cheers :,
From grandstand throngs or bleachers
Do not affect his hopes or fears?
His Jumps.
Who faces thousands every day
Ranged round the grounds in fierce ar
All with hot desire to STAY
When he decides a quick, close play
Not in accordance with their way
No matter what they want ana say!
Who wears the diamond like KING!
Who has the players on the string!
W no carries pennants in a sing ,.
Who simply runs the whole darn tmng
New York Times
The Portland Power Boat Associa-
ton has formally opened the season
with a flag raising and reception.
Augusta will extend a cordial well
come to the members of the Maine
homeopathic Medical Society who will
hold their 43rd annual meeting at the
Augusta House Tuesday, June 8.
There are now three battleships in
the Kittery navy yard. the Maine be-
ing the latest one to put in an appear
ance.
Mrs. L. f. Abbott of West Hollis
still has in a perfect state of preserVa-
ton canned pears and canned straw
berries which she put up % years ago.
1t is a record that will be hard to beat.
A SacO man is reported to be the
possessor of a pig that barks like a
dog. A porcine wonder like this would
be a decided addition to an up-tO- date
side show. '-ua
1t is said that all hope of saving the
schooner Jennie Franch Potter which
went ashore on Half Moon shoal last
week has been abandoned. The Potter
was built at Camden in 1899 and is
valued at $4,000.
Mrs. ]. M. Morrison of South Sebec
has a paper 10S years old, which con-
tains an account of the death of George
Washington 1t has been in the Nor
rison family all the time.
Over 500 shad We're taken in the first
hauling of Abner c. Johnson's floating
trap in his pond at Bald Head,
Phippsburg. 1t took four days for the
men to set the trap but the haul was
a satisfactory one. and the fish
averaged about six pounds in weight
each.
The approaching convention and
field day of the Patriarchs Militant,
l. o. o. F., to be held at Fort Fairfield,
June 8 and 10, will be a big time and
if the present plans are carried OUT,
a large number of members from all
over the State win find their way to
this enterprising Aroostook town on
those dates.
1t is rumored that Mr.. M. G.. Mallett.
Bowdoin 81, the able editor of the
Pennington Chronicle, who has been
for a number of years past an assist
ant teacher in the Pennington Normal
School and is now acting principal
will most likely be chosen as the sue
cessor of the late George c. Purington
Mr. Mallett is gentleman in every
way qualified for the position.
The big steam yacht Malay arrived
in the river at Bath recently and is
anchored off the Kennebec Yacht club
She is a visitor here several times
each summer. The Malay is a craft Of
173 gross tons, 131 feet long, 20 feet
beam and 1916 feet deep, carries crew
of IL men and has an indicated horse
power of 500. She was built in
Chester, Pa, in 1898 She is the first
big yacht to visit Bath this season.