Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-13
Maine Gossip


All the day he has been tlntihS FOREST
With the hues of vermilion and gold;
All the day he has shown through the
rich autumn haze
With the same mellow llSht as or ola
He has gilded the stream with a rain
bow of tints,
He has burdened the landscape with
blue,
And with purple adorned the dull gray
of the hills
Ere his last feeble ray slimmered
through.
All the day he has painted the elm by the
road,
And emblaZoned the maple afar.
And sumach and alder that border the
Are brighter than nights reddest star.
He has left half his gold on the brush
fallow there,
And adorned with rich crimson the
dell:
He has painted the oak by the edge of
marsh,
And the ferns on the brow of the hill.
And ! look on the scene as the twilight
Over woodland and valley and crest.
And exult in the glory of autumn that
hangs
Afar Ger the hills of the west.
Floyd d. Raze in the Boston Journal.
Hon. James C. Hamlen of Portland
is one of the few Maine men to read
with the feeling, Il expected some
thing of the sort" He says in an in
terview given to a Portland reporter
Il was in Lisbon the latter part of
May and at that time | could see that
there was an under current of unrest
[ was taken about the city and saw
the place near the palace where the
late king and his son We're assassnat-
ed Business seemed to be brisk in
Lisbon but there was not only an un-
dercurrent of unrest but also d feeling
against the government and in favor of
the proclamation of a republic
G. r. Hunnewell of Auburn has
raised this season an enormous potato,
which weighs two pounds. ~ ounces
end has not the fault of many potatoes
that attain prodigious size, hollowness
of heart. The potato measures 2Oh-
inches round its greatest circumfer-
ence and is clean and clear. 1T mas
few little knobs and peculiarly enough
but few eyes.
Robert Ward, 14year-old deaf
and dumb lad of Portland. had an al
most miraculous escape from serious
injury few evenings ago. He was
Knocked down and run over by rap
idlv driven double hitch. which car
RED a quartet of young fellows out for
an evenings enjoyment. The lad not
being able to hear the approaching
team was bowled over, the wheel
passing directly over his body, but he
fortunately escaped without scratch.
The purchase CT the control of the
w. f. Palmer fleet of schooners by }.
S. Winslow &. Co, of Portland is far
and away the most important transac-
ton in sailing vessel property that has
occurred in d long time, bringing as IL
does the largest fleet of sailing YES
sells in the world under the flag of d
Maize house and placing once more
beyond dispute the primacy OF Maine
in the matter of sail tonnage. The YES
sells of the Palmer fleet which changed
hands last week are II in number and
originally cost in excess of $l.0Oo,O0O
The Winslow fleet previous to this adj
dision numbered - vessels, including
five of the nine 6-masted schooncrs
now afloat.
The Preble Street station of the
Boston & Maine Railroad at Portland
is now d thing of the past so far as
-, e,
The old depot passed into history Sun
day evening with the pulling out of the
regular els passenger train. The pas
senger business formerly transacted at
the Preble street station is now ham
died at Union station and the freight
formerly coming to Preble street is
sent to the Portland terminal division.
The biggest rat story of the year to
date comes from Hiram. Mr.. and Mrs.
r. n. Lowell hearing some disturbance
in an open room investigated and dis
covered a rat in a barrel of traced
corn. Bringing their large coon cat
they witnessed lively fight, the result
of which at the time was uncertain.
but which afterwards was found to
prowess. The barrel was covered and
removed to the kitchen where another
cat was added to the forces and finally
when the battle was over between the
cats and Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell IA rats
lay dead upon the kitchen floor
A newcomer to the town of Lowell
in Penobscot county is making a
profitable venture out of the CATCH
ing of cells He has built a sluceway
on Passadumkeag stream and as the
cells try to get through he has them
trapped. A few days ago he shipped
10 barrels of the squirming edibles to
city markets. The prize received by
him is understood to be so per barrel |
One of the things in the recent eX-
hipit OF Paris Grange at the oxford |
county fair. which was a little out of
the ordinary was d native pineapple. |
The pineapple was raised in the house |
of b. F. Richards by his sister. Matte, |
and ii took number of years to get |
the plant in condition to produce. The |
fruit was about the size of billiard |
ball and nearly round. 1t was found |
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