Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-22
Maine Gossip
A Dream Of June.

And the poets-they will call her 1.-The
Sweetheart of the year,
And June-she will invite us to the picnic
on the green
Where the merry winds delight us like
tinklnS tambourine.
Frank l.. Stanton.
A Portland paper remarks that
judging from the number of new boats
being built for Portland people it is go
ing to be the greatest yachting season
Casco Bay has ever known.
The Maine Central people say that
they are getting more requests for lit
erature regarding Maine summer re-
sorts than ever before. This is surely
hopeful sign for the summer bust
ness OF this state during 1909.
The Mobiles of~the Mystic Shrine hold
the center of the straightforward t,X-
press, Mar. 10.
The center of the stage? We should
say they did. Also its front and back
aud the wings and flies; also the pros
cenium and the green room and the
pink room and the rainbow room; also
the ochestra circle and the family cir
Gle and the balcony and the aisles and
the entrances and the exits.
l.. +. Andrews, whose dairy farm is
located in East Brunswick, is credited
by his townspeople of being the old
est milkman in Maine, who regularly
covers his milk route, personally. year
IN and year out. Mr.. Andrews is in
his S5th year and daily rises at 4
O'Clock, and at an early hour is on the
road to deliver to his 100 customers
their milk supply. His farm contains
125 acres and his dairy herd 20 we'll
bred, productive cows. This pleasant,
prosperous farm home has been the
constant resident of Mr.. Andrews since
the farm was purchased close to half
century ago. and milk route has been
conducted throughout that period. The
farm and buildings have always been
kept in excellent condition and the
home, an attractive place to the
family of 9 children. Mrs Andrews
died IA years ago. Mr. Andrews is
still hearty and vigorous in mind and
body.
Bangor does not have to wait for
sensations and excitement until the
wodosmen come down from their
camps in the spring. For proof read
this from the Bangor News: "a 30
pound tom-cat, chased by dogs, clawed
his way to the top of 60-foot tele-
graph pole in Broad street Saturday
morning: and there he remained with
nothing to eat but the currents on the
wire, until O'Clock Monday afternoon.
He mcwed Diteously, but evidently he
was afraid to come down. and finally
a kind hearted lincman climbed up and
rescued him. Nor was the cat at all
grateful for this kindly solicitude, for
he clawed and bit at his preserver and
Let out torrent Of feline profanity. On
reaching the ground he disappeared
like a streak of white light"
The latest conner to Hancock county
seeking summer residence. is Prof =.
f. TreaGwell, geologist and mining OK
pert of Wall street, New York City
Nh. Trcadwell. who is recognized as a
leader in his profession. is a native of
Maine. having been born in Etna some
20 years ago. He rose rapidly in his
profession until his word commanded
great influence. He is we'll known in
Maine He has selected the Crows
Nest at I.amoine Beach for his sum-
mer home. The Crows Nest was pur-
chased from the Mcrrills of Eddington
r1,n fNf{ l,, 4 i..1> &c
the $1,000 derived from the sale of holt
day stamps was the subject of discus
sion ut meeting of the Maine Branch
of the American Red Cross society in
Portland last week. and the division of
the amount was made as follows:
First. Is per cent will be transferred
to the treasurer of the Maine Society
for the Prevention and Cure of Tuber-
culosis for educational purposes: sec
ond. 90 per cent Of the money raised
in Portland and Bangor will be given
to the tuberculosis classes in those
cities, and if at any time within six
months any other city shall organize
a class it shall have the same proper
ton of the amount that it raised,
while at tho expiration of that time
the money left shall be given pro rata
to classes already formed; third, all re-
naming funds will be expended by the
Red Cross for needy patients at He
bron Sanatorium.
James Kanneally of Biddeford has
the honor Of being the youngest and
most expert telegrapher in York coun-
ty He has been telepraphin cinca ba