Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-04
Maine Gossip
Mortality.

Ye dainty mosses lichens gray,
Pressed each to each in tender fold,
And peacefully thus. day by day,
Returning to their mold.
Brown leaves, that with aerial grace
Slip from your branch like birds awning.
Each leaving in the appointed place
Its bud of future spring.
If we. Gods conscious creatures. knew
But half your faith in our decay.
We should not tremble as we do
When summoned clay to clay
But with an equal patience sweet
We should put off this mortal gear.
In WhatSo'er new form is meet
content to rc-appear.
knowing each germ of life he gives
Must have in him its source and rise,
Being that OF his being lives
May change, but never dies.
fe dead leaves dropping soft and slow,
re MOSES green and lchens fair,
20 10 Your graves, as / will 20,
For God is also there.
-Dinah Mulock Craik.
/. y. McIntirc of Seal Harbor has
recently purchased of the Charles Y.
How estate Il tract of y acres at
Jordan pond which gives him the
ownership of tn" entire southern end
of the pond and also the site of the
Jordan Pond house. This makes "a
valuable addition I" the land in that
vicinity already owned by MIR. McIn-
tire. giving him now the ownership Of
at least so acres. He will during the
coming winter improve the property
by opening paths and caring for the
shores of the pond
The sign, Elm House, was left
hanging on a large elm tree when the
old hotel at Harmony was burned last
winter and has remained there ever
since. a stranger from Nova Scotia
one day last Week nearly paralyZcd
one Of the StnrckccperS by inquiring
Of him how far up that tree anyone
had 10 climb before hn came To the
hotel.
Hollis, the 5-ye;ir-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George McRac of Machias. met
death last week in a very sad and pc
cular manner. The child had gone
into the basement of the house for the
purpose Of securing a carrot and at
forwards ran out of doors to play and
began TO eat the carrot His mother
sh ,rtly afterwards discovered the
child living upon the ground in the
yard and FASTENED 70 him t. ascertain
what the trouble was. She perceived
as SIZE picked him up that he VAS
choking and before relief could be OBJ
tanned he had passed away.
Henry S. Howe, one of the trustees
connected with the reorganization Of
the Boston Herald, is well known in
Western Maine. having been at one
time agent Of the Peppercll Mills in
l3iddefori. He resigned his position
rs selling agent of the Pepperell Mills
Jan. l. 1887, and went to Boston, where
he has since been associated with the
firm of Lawrence & CO., selling agents
of the Pacific Mills.
The Democratic county committee
Of Knox county this week placed it
self on record in regard to the coun-
tvs candidates for office 1t met
Monday at the courthouse in Rock
land and gave its endorsement to ODa-
tiiu ttIu lfitI % Ekb(hifItI IDT I. ttlteN
states senator. Tyler NJ Combs OF
NnalhaVeE tor State assessor and
Joseph NJ. Porter of Hurricane Isle
for inspector of factories.
The carcass of a large bear was on
exhibition in Bangor n few days ago.
The animal was a big one and must
have tipped tile scales in the vicinity
of 4oJ pounds. Many bears are pass
ing through Bangor these lays that
are not listed on the game shipments.
Most Of them are consigned to big
markets or commission houses in Bos-
ton. Will" few Maine people care for
bt ar meat it is III good demand and
commands a good price IN other mar
kets.
Miss Gertrude Grcenleaf of Wash
Ingt"n street, Bath, picked on Monday
rs pretty a Jack rosebud as is to be
found, says tnr Bath Times. Findin:
II fresh after the heavy frost .r Sun
dag night makes the securing of the
bud really remarkable Miss Green
leaf presented the rosebud to her
A"N't', WIZ WIZ IL AbDIludN AFTERNOON
to his work at tie Eastern Steamship
Co. office.
The Main" Central Railroad has re-
Gently received 4 large steam crane
for use in time of wrecks on the road.
ThiS crane is on. Of tbs most power
full in the country and viii Be able to
accomplish extra heavy lifts. 1t l.,
erected upon large steel flat car to-
Gether with boiler for furnishing the
steam for the hosting gear, and IS 50
arranged that the crane arm NAV be
turned TO any angle. It has n capa-
city of - tons on a 16-foot radius and
with a radius Of 20 feet it has q ca
pacity of go tonS-cqual to the total
capacity Of the modern freight car.
IN" big crane complete weighs 60
tons
\ f"Atur" of the Centennial ,,lcbra
ton Of the Elm Street Baptist church
Of Bath, which was held this week.
was the interesting historical exhibit
IN me VeStry consisting Of the pie
;EreS of former pastors and deacons,
various communion sets since the
church started. the first pulpit Bible
used in the church in 1917, a collection
of pew deeds and various documents