Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-29
Maine Gossip
The Mandarin.
Upon mountain height. far from Il

| The Wanderer. :
Upon a mountain height. far from the
sea.
found a shell.
And to my listening ear this lonely. thing
Ever n song of ocean seemed to sing
Ever tale of ocean seemed to tell
heights?
All. who can say
Whether there dropped by some too care
less hand
Whether there cast when oceans swept
Ere the Eternal had ordained the day?
Strange. was it not? Far from its native
One song it sang:
Sang of the awful mysteries of the tide,
Sang Of the restless sea. profound ana
Ever with echoes of the ocean rang.
And rs the shell upon the mountain
SO do I ever. leagues and leagues away
So do ! ever. wandering where I may,
Sing. my love! sing. my love. OF
Eugene Field.
The Salvation Army has forwarded
to Ensign Arthur z. Armstrong, head
of the Bangor barracks of the army.
his promotion to the rank of adjutant,
which is the highest field rank that can
be obtained. This promotion was
made through Col. Adam Clifford, COM
manding the department of New Eng
land OF the Salvation Army and was in
recognition of his efficient services IN
Bangor. Mr.. Armstrong came to Ban
gor to take charge of the salvation
Army work three years ago in Novem-
Der and met with success from 1.-The
first. He had been in Bangor but a
month when he was advanced to the
rank of ensign. which he has held I'M
til his last promotion, the notification
Of which came on Christmas day
Frank Blakenship. q Montana
ranchman, came to Auburn to get q
wife, but will return single man for
the reason, as he claims, that the
photograph sent him by an Auburn
table girl. who answered his matri-
monal advertisement, was not that OF
herself but was the likeness of another
and rretter girl. Miss Addie Fogg.
the girl in the question, insists that
the picture was q genuine ono Of her
self and declares that she wouldn't go
West with the ranchman under any
circumstances.
The Hungarian partrdges which
were introduced in the vicinity OF
Portland 4 year ago last spring have
thrivcd and propagated. G. S. Ellis.
who was instrumental in bringing
about the introduction Of these birds
in Maine, states that he has bedn in
vestigatng the matter during tho past
two weeks and finds the prospect in
the vicinity OF Cape Elizabeth very
encouraging. He has talked with
many men on different parts of the
Cape. who have seen at different times
throughout the summer and fall fl0cks
OF from eight to % OF the partridgCs.
Norway residents are greatly in
|dignant over an attack OF 4 vicious dog
upon a little child few days ago in
the corridor OF the Norway postohioe.
y small brown spaniel jumped at the
face OF Master John Feltwade. the
two year-old son OF Mrs. Alice Felt
wade. While the owner was present
he was not quick enough to stop the
dog, which bit the child on the forearm
and through the nose. The wounds
bcld badly and the child Was thor
oughly frightened. 1t is said that
complaints have been made regarding
the dog on previous coca sions. The
little boy is liable to bear permanent
marks Of his experience.
The late Levi Fletcher of Hollis. who
died q number of years ago and Twas
buried on the tall ridge overlooking
tho Saco left behind an AUTOMOBILES of
his own manufacture that was KIN Own
Throughout the countryside as 'Flefch-
cr's folly He was perhaps the first
man in New England to start to per
feet and build q power vehicle. The
builder was handicapped by lack Of
means and tools and as ordinary tires
were used on the machine it was ina
possible to move it up the hills.
It is announced from Biddeford that
there is possibility that F.. II.
Emery, field secretary Of the Maine
Civic League. may be appointT n
| deputy sheriff of York county by
Sheriff Emery of Sanford, who is a
| cousin of the Civic League man. Such
| an appointment would please many
Democrats. while temperance workers
| and members Of the various Good
! Templar lodges would no doubt pass
resolutions commencing the high
sheriff Of York county for making
such 4 choice.
| The FIVE scouts who are working in
the cities of Biddeford and Saco at the
present time in an effort To extermi-
nate the gypsy moth nests report that
the situation Is getting serious. local
~. and urge that residents assist in
lgetting the best of the pests before
summer. The scouts found % nests
in Saco, while in the three days that
they have been working in BIddeford
they have discovered five nests. The
scouts discovered on the farm OF John
Hearn in North Saco q nest that con
tanned 27S eggs in an apple tree near
the house. They found in another
tree nest containing IS eggs. -.-