Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-31
Maine Gossip
God Will Sprinkle Sunshine.

Then az him what's a-hurtin' him, an
laugh his cares away,
An tell him that the darkest night Is just
Don't tax graveyard palaver, but say it
right out loud 49,.
That God will sprinkle sunshine In the
trail of every cloud
This world at best is but dash OF pleas
ule and OF pain,
Some days are bright and sunny an
some are slushed with ram -
An that's just how it ought 70 o. LOT
when the clouds roll by
Wen just know hoy to preciate
the bright and smiling sky.
So learn to take it as it comes, an don't
Becas @ea the a. Lords ord opinion don't coin
eide with yours
But always keep rememberin', when cares
your path enshroud,
That God has lots of sunshine to spill be-
hind the cloud.
James whitcomb Riley.
A Perham farmer, while out hunt
ing a few days ago, fired at what he
believed to be a large moose. He
fred an even dozen times but the ami
NAL never fell over or fled. When
he finally mustered up courage
enough to advance towards his prey
he found the target of his bullets,
braced up against an old stump, dead
as the proverbial door Malone Of his
neighbours cows.
A prominent Houlton physician and
well known nurse We're held up at
few evenings ago, while returning
from Richmond on the New Bruins
wick side. 1t took but a few min
utes to discover that the holdup party
consisted Of United States Customs
officials, who had mistaken the occu-
pants Of the carriage for snugglerS.
After apologies were made by the Of
ficials the doctor and nurse proceed
ed on their way
Edward B. Burpee d Rockland at
torney. is taking part in the New
York campaign. where h< services on
the stump in former years have been
highly regarded by the Republican
State committee
The Bayville Improvement AsSo-
citation OF Boothbay Harbor will ask
of the 18th Legislature a charter for
village corporation George VI. Har-
mon is president of the association and
Albert F. Shipman its secretary and
the movement for d village corporation
has large number of hackers.
The Aroostook Republican says
We often hear Of deer entering
mans field near his house and a cou-
pie Of winters ago two large moose
gave the orchard Of John F. Harmon
a thorough inspection On Tuesday of
this week a large black bear began
counting the trees in the orchard Of
Robert Spear in Perham. Mr.. Spear
espied Mr.. Bruin. secured his rifle and
with a we'll directed aim stretched the
animal out at full length.
Tie Turf. Farm and Home remarks
that if E. B. Ingraham. the Rockland
marketman had many more pullets
like one in his flock he would be able
to supply his store with all the fresh
eggs his customers require This pull
let is six months old and in % con-
secutive days laid % eggs
South Portland now has d ire con-
mission and ii is expected that as a
result some system viii be had III the
matter of fir protection IN that city.
Hitherto the hose companies OF this
city with its several widely separated
villages have been separate companies
entirely independent OF one another.
rather than one fire fighting machine.
A standing committee Of the city gov
ernrent 10 confer with the fire com
mission is considered by many Of those
interested the straight road to superior
fire protection for that city.
y. A. Powers Of Georgetown in an
experiment in raising potatoes this
season took two and a half acres on
an old runout farm, which had not
been worked for over 20 years and
which was covered with moss, sod
and BURBERRY bushes. producing no
hay at all. plowed it thoroughly, and
put on tWu tons Of fertilizer, half at
planting and half at hoeing As a
result he has dug from that piece at
harvesting time ~ bushels of hand
some potatoes.
The FoXcroft S"lectmen have re-
Gently received a report from the
Portland inspectors. who had inveSti-
gated the condition Of the covered
bridge in that town. They report
that when the few repairs which are
necessary on the west end have been
made they will consider the bridge
good for many years service
Lewis II. Ryder has a tame moose
on his farm at Brownville Me. The
moose Strolled onto the farm in the
early summer and has become so at
tached to the place that it refuses to
leave. despite all Mr.. Riders efforts to
Shoe ii away
y heavy rain a few days ago some
what interferred with the progress of
the United States court at Portland
me rain worked its way into the
court building with the result that
quit" "A number Of the documents and
other valuable papers on file in con
hcctlon with cases that have been
tried IN the court We're somewhat wet