Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17
Maine Gossip
CLOSING the Doors.

| upd call.
= am Thine. though l grope nnt
| stumble and fall
l serve. and Thy service is kind"
II have closed the door of Fear.
| lie has lNed with me far too long.
N ne We're to break forth and reappear,
should lift my eyes and look at the
| And sing aloud. and run lightly by;
lie will never follow song.
| have closed the door on Gloom.
J His house has too narrow a view,
l must seek for my soul Il wider room,
With windows TO open and let in the
Ana radiant lamps when the day is
And the breeze of tho world blowing
| through.
British Weekly.
| Many prominent surgeons from
| Massachusetts and other states have
| Inspected tho Webbct hospital at Bid
deferd, and have expresscd&t themselves
| as very much pleased with the fine
| structure, and the plan oil building and
| grounds. The building. in order 10
utilize. Ia the greatest extent possible.
| the curative effects of sunshine and
| aif. y IN TIE shape of an obthse letter
| V. with two-story column porch at
| The intersection of the wings. The
| solarium * ut the south end. The
| wing extending north and south. con-
| tanning wards and private rooms. has
sunshine during both morning and
| afternoon. In the other wing. every
| patients ward and the private rooms
| are reached by sunlight, while the OPP
Grating ana service rooms face north.
| thai bAine the best exposure for their
| laes our of the wards are broad yer
andas where patients may be moved
in tiair beds by the nurses
The new stretch OF State road. eX
ending l20a fect. from the junction OF
North ana Lincoln streets in Bath.
our on the brunswick road, was open
ed for traffic. Saturday morning. Its
construction is somewhat different
from state road previously built in
Bath, consisting Of the ordinary foan
dalton Of eight inches Of broken stone,
overlaid with three inch wearing
courses, in which Bermuda asphalt is
used as n binder To keep the stone
surface intact. making il a permanent.
dustless road, requiring no further eX-
pense for maintenance after compile
lion. The road Is sixteen feet wide.
with three-inch stone shoulders on
each side. and the surface is water
prcot and as solid IS stone.
1t q hearing at the Bangor House.
friday, before the state board OF rail-
road commissioners the question
whether the town Of Orono and the
Bangor Railwaya& Electric Co. shall
Jointly erect n highway bridge across
the saltwater rfYer, or whether the
| Bangor Railway & Electric Co. shall
De permitted to erect Il bridge south
| Of tho present bridge for its purposes
only. w&s taken under Amusement by
the board and a decision is expected
| shortly. The presqpt existing struc-
ure is said to Be Sun6t for highway
| traffic.
Fishermen engaged in smeit fishing
at New Meadows are making good
hails almos. every night
The life saving station at the mouth
ef the Kennebee, twice in one day last
week. saved The lives of down river
fisherman and woman companion.
Late Thursday afternoon, the couple
started down river in a launch, and
when opposite Popham the engine re-
fused 10 work The boat drifted to-
ward Bay Point lodges Capt. Berry
If the Popnam life saving station
roWed to their aid in a dory. put the
| woman ashore at her request, and ac-
/ companed the launch to Il place of
safety After dusk, distress signals
were displayed on Pond Island, and the
| life savers put out TO render what ser
vice was necessary. Keeper Morrison,
| who had set the signals, told them
that a disabled motor boat had drift
ed by a few moments previously, the
| occupants calling for help, but as ne
| could not leave the light to go 10
| their assistance, he gave the sighais.
| The life savers soon came upon the
same motor boat and couple Whom
| Capt. Berry had assisted. me engine
was out OF commission one OF the
| rowlocks had been lost, the sea was
running high, and the wind blowing
gale. The fisherman had taken the
woman aboard again. after haVihs
| fixed the engine so he thought IL
would run. They were nearly out 10
| Seguin when picked up.
| \ barn huskine at the Ben Loin-
| bard farm in North Kennebunkport'
| Saturday night, was attended by ~
| guests. When the big barn doors were
thrown open, an attractive scene was
revealed Two hundred and htty
| bushels Of unshocked corn, with an
occasional red ear concealed therein.
| occupied the center of the hoof sur
rounded by long. low seats, covered
With carriage robes and blankets. lot
the comfort Of the huskers; ana. over
head lighted lanterns lit up Douehs
of autumn leaves and tressed corn
giving an added touch of beauty IN
the way of decorations. burst Oh
merriment greeted the discovery OF the
red ears. while the work progressed
and when the husking was finished the
company enjoyed a royal banquet III
the house, and music and games
| A we'll known member of the ban
/ haan visit