Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-13
Maine Gossip
The Poet Who Comes.

Where are the poets, unto whom belong
The Olympian heights, whose singing
Straight to the mark. and not from bows
half bent
| But with the utmost tension of the
| Where are the stately argosies of song
Whose rushing keels made music as they
went
With all sail set. and steady winds and
strong?
Perhaps there lives some dreamy boy
untaught
| In schools, some graduate of the field OF
Who shall become a master of the art,
An admiral sailing the high seas OF
Fearless and first and steering with his
| fleet "
For lands not yet laid down in any chart
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
| Last June mercury ranged from A
to 90 degrees-mostly As!
| The new church at West Kennebec is
finished outside.
| Stage driver VIM. Oliver talks OF
| buying an auto to run between Bath
| and Small Point, instead of his coach
j. B. Rollins of Mars Hill started
hsh1ng recently, but instead of string
OF trout, brought home a pearl valued
at $l5O. which he got out of fresh
| water clam he found in a brook.
| Miss Pearl Quimby of West Garland
| is the owner of lamb one wear old
| having short ears and is known as the
"mouse-eared sheep" that sheared
IL IA pounds of wool. some of which
| measured IL inches in length.
the Thomaston schooner Asbur,
Fountaln, formerly the Charles L. Da
venport lies at Philadelphia badly
wrecked from collision with the Old
| Dominion liner jamestown when the
schooner was voyaging from Mobile to
| Maine with lumber
| City Auditor Frank ]. Smith of Bid
| deford is the possessor of three vol
umes of The Acts and Resolves of the
| First Congress of the United States
| They were given to him by his father
| the late James Smith and are highly
| priced by their owner
Charles Fl. Barton of the WatervilJe
| Concrete Co, has taken a crew of eight
men to Bingham. where concrete walks
| Will be built for the town When that
work is completed they will be en-
| gagged for week in Scion and q week
in Norridgewock. All this is the work
of the towns
| An Augusta man remarking on tine
| heat of Friday observed "This is the
| hottest I've ever seen" He then con-
| tinued THAT reminds me of a brother
OF mine who used to say of every piece
of custard pie he ate. All. that is the
| best custard pie 1 ever tasted-"
|. Bangor's population. remarks the
| News, of foreigners certainly contains
some names that are jaw breakers. For
example, the following are noticed up
| on the assessors books: Klatchko. Ko-
patz. Kopelovitch,t Koritsky, Kospar
koupouk, Kullicooski and kuprosky
| And that is only a few of them.
| Beach. nearing completion, is attrac-
tive in appearance, is finished with
| hardwood floors. has main ROOM a
| childrenS room and broad verandah,
| 1t will be heated by furnace. This
| season the summer residents who made
| the library possible will aid the viii
layers in entertainments, the proceeds
of which will be expended for new
| books.
The St Louis Globe Democrat re-
| marks: 1.-The death of Chief Justice
Fuller recalls the remarkable fact that
at one time in our history both houses
of Congress and the highest judicial
body of the country were presided over
by sons of Maine. Mr.. Frye was pres
ident pro tenn. of the Senate. Mr.. Reed
was speaker of the House, and Mr.
Fuller was chief justice of the Supreme
Court And by further singular CO.
incidence, all Of these men were gradu-
ates of Bovdoin College" 1''
, One of the most important real es-
tate deals which has taken place in
Rockland for years was consummated
July s. when Mrs Georgia Berry wild
ow of Charles H. Berry. became sole
owner of the properties owned by the
Rockland Building Syndicate. The
most important parcel is Syndicate
block on Main street. which cost up
ward of 100000. and is the finest in
Rockland. Other properties were four
| stores on the opposite side of the street
and several buildings at the corner of
Main and Park streets. The amount
involved is estimated between 100000
| and $125. 900. Mrs Berry had been
quarter owner of the stock represented
| in these properties. The remaining
stock was purchased from the A. F.
Crockett estate, Ex-GOv. William r.
Cobb and Hon. Fred e. Richards of
Portland.
Names climate is conducive to long
| life and Maine blood is the best blood
the world over. Maine blood always
tolls Here over in WeStbrook for ex
ample is Mrs. Julia A. Pillsbury. SO
years old. who reads and sews with
| out glasses. Down in Bath Mrs. E. Z.
Hodgkins has passed the century
mark and another Bath lady who is
| too modest to have her name in print
rn low a ~