Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-12
Maine Gossip
Things as They Come.

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| Things as They Come.
Though all things come to those who
| wait,
Behold the irony of fate
That brings the most of them too late.
| New York Sun.
One Portland man. Harry Wood
clair,s to have played cricket with
| the late Edward VII.
| A committee has been appointed 10
canvass desirable citizens OF Halloween
with view to forming Masonic clup'
The members are not necessarily Md
sons, but mostly business men, Inc
| plan is to raise about $1,000 70 iurnlsi
apartments and put the organization
on a firm basis.
Capt. George G. Gately. son OF the
late Richard X. Gately of Portland,
who is military instructor for the Gu
ban army, was in this country short
time ago, going to st. Louis TO pur-
| chase a large number Of horses Tor the
troops of the island republic He
pa id visit to Washington and 1t was
his intention 70 go to France soon 10
inspect the cavalry of that country,
but he has been obliged to return to
Havana on account of the serious ILL
ness of his wife.
Mrs Henry Heald Of Phippsburg,
among many old dishes which she
takes much interest in, has cream
pitcher over 100 years old which is
Very delicate and odd. She also has
q wooden wine cup which her father
secured many years ago and Whlch II
| is claimed was made from the original
cherry tree cut down by George WASH
ington and about which George re-
| fused to tell a lie.
| Philip Lewis of Gorham saw what
| he describes as an aeroplane Hitting
| over the village Saturday afternoon.
1t was at LEO when Mr.. Lewis saw
| something strange passing over far up
| i'm the sky. He got out his telescope
| and by its aid could distinctly sec
the planes of the flying machine pro-
jectiEg out on each side he says. IN"
| 1llitlllilt-, cdInt from tlit NfS' 'ii't "'if7
| moving very rapidly.
1t was the intention to place the
! English flag at half staff on one OF
| the Grand Trunk elevators in Portland
| last Saturday ont of respect to the
memory of the late King Edward VII,
| but when the officials began to look
about for one of the proper size 1t
| was impossible to find it. There We're
| plenty of small flags of the mother
| country TO be had here, but ii re-
| quired a pretty big one to make any
! sort of showing on the staM at the top
| of the structure and not one that
| eutrl was located anywhere in the
| city.
| If that experiment of planting Nor
way spruce at Madrid is a success
there would seem to be no good reason
WHY the future timber supply OF
| Maine could not be preserved. Plant
| ing forest trees has become COM
mtrcially profitable in Europe and
| surely will here. This is the first at
tempt of the kind in New England
| Should the success that seems likely
result from the work in Maine it will
be extended to other states of suitable
! temperature and climatic conditions
The importance and value Of the work
can hardly be realized. There is SC
| much valueleSS unOccupied land in
| Maine alone that artificial forests of
great magnitude can be cultivated
| without encroaching upon civilization
and the amount OF wealth that may
and undoubtedly will be added to the
wild lands and abandoned farms in
| Maine alone is difficult to estimate.
An Auburn lady had rather Curl
Gus experience at the school festival
in Auburn hall last Friday. While
examining the school exhibits of the
| Edward Little on the main floor she
| suddenly missed her pocketbook which
| contained reasonable sum of money.
| The wallet was in deep pocket so it
| could not get out without help and
| the dense crowd afforded an excellent
| opportunity for pickpockets to get in
| their work. The lady made no fuss
| over her loss but kept on examining
the exhibits around the hall. After a
time she got around to a place where
there was a table and there lay her
wallet On opening it she found that
| the money had been carefully extract
| ed That it was the work of sklifui
| fingers there can be no doubt ana IL Is
we'll known that professional members
| OF the light fingered art frequent such
places for that purpose. the Auburn
| lady was glad to get her wallet pack
and accepts the loss of the money
phiosophically.
The schooner Auburn undoubtedly
| lies in the bottom of the Atlantic ana
Auburn people have suffered a great
| loss There is much talk now OF
building another vessel to be calleo
the Perryvile 1t will be sister
| ship to the Lewiston and probably az