Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-02
Maine Gossip
House Blessing.

| Stand firm, gray rock!
| TouEh-weathered beams. hold fast
| Stanch walls, proud roof,
| Rppel the warning blast
| Glow warm, deep hearth,
/ Against the winters chill.
Clear flame Of l0Vc.
| Burn brighter. warmer still,
| american Magazine.
sliding off the United States and
| nearly drowning was the experience ri
| n-ycar-old Raymond McPhee NJ
| Todd's Head, the most easterly point
| OF this country. The sled ran away
| from him and he went off the wharf
| dropping ten feet into the water. Be
| coming entar2led in the sled rope the
| tide was rapidly taking him out to sea-
| when a passerby heard his cries and
went to his rescue.
| One of the most interesting figures
| elected to Il state Office iii Maine is
| john T. Buckley. the first Democratic
| commissioner OF agriculture the state
ever had. At one time Mr.. Buckley
was the champion amateur oarsman Of
America. and he has never doubted
| that mis- political craft. once launched
| finish line. He is now 30 years of age
| hut just as ruddy checked and spirited
| as a youth of 81 and is hungry if he
| doesn't get his five meals day. Less
| than seven wears ago he set la scorn
| trainers and scientists who maintain
that athletes never came back,
| climbing into n rowing shell and shoot
| ing the craft over tho Charles River
| for three miles in just .3 seconds better
| time than his record made Is years
| before. During two successive years
Buckley and his partner, William +.
O'Connell, of Portland, Won the %nla-
| teu!. national double skulls Champion
| shin of America and once the cham-
| pionship of Canada. Indeed 1t is to pc
wondered ii theg are not yet cham-
| pions. for. after winning the honors
( the second time they could get no "ne
! 10 meet them.
| Dexter people are greatly encouraged
hv the attitude of the Penobscot coun-
ty delegation with regard to the bill 10
abolish the Dexter municipal court and
| allow the Newport court to transact
| the business Of both towns. The dele
| CATION almost unanimously opposed
| the measure and it is practically as
sured that Dexter will not be Obliged
| TO have legal matters issued III the
| court of a town OF much smaller popu-
| lation 1t was proved in the hearing
that more business was transacted at
Dexter than at Newport, and that the
income was sufficient To pay the salary
of the Judge and other expenses and
/ fay i1a
| Frederick L. Small, formerly of Port
land. has instituted suit against -trth-
ur II. Soden, the millionaire business
man and formerly owner of the Bos-
ton National Baseball team, for aliena- :
| ton of his wife'S affections and the
| consequent desertion by Mrs. Small.
| The amount stated is 100000 and has
| caused quite sensation in the West
End circles Of Portland where Mr.
small is very well known. The attor-
ncy who handled Mr.. Smalis case be-
| fore the superior court OF Suttolk
| Mass, is also former Name man
and has secured for Mr.. Small the
granting of a private auditor.
The proposition for the building OF
the Bangor Brewer bridge seems at the
point of settling. bill has been re-
ported in the Legislature providing for
| the rebuilding of the structure with the
cost and expenses of maintainence tc
| be divided between the two cities IN
| rho nroDortionS of As for Bangor and
Ia sor Brewer. The bridge, the first
| on the river above the sea, has for the
past eight or nine years been more OF
less of a patch work. \ middle span
vas washed out and has been replaced
by one Of steel. The rest OF the bridge
has remained of the old fashioned COW
| cred construction, the peers having
been in disreputable shape for some
| time Several propositions nave been
made tor repairs, the Bangor Rallwa!
and Electric Co. once offering 10 ad
| vance money to rebuild completely
with steel, in return for the privilege
of crossing with electric cars. rms
was turned down on referendum
! vote, although many business men
favored 1t as a sound proposition.
When the rebuilding is completed II
is expected that the proposition Will
he received from the Bangor Railway
| ard Electric Co. requesting permission
to put rails across the bridge and end
at the Electric system in Brewer
where there is now an isolated line of
about three miles. from the end Of the
bridge to South Brewer.
Southport's Oldest man mas just COM
pleted the cutting of l2 cords of wood
from his large lot in that town. His
name of George Love and he boasts
81 years and it is hoped will pass many
more. Since Southport was set off
from the town of Boothbay in 1912 Mr..
Love has never missed town meet
ing and although never cOnsenting to
the use of his name for any public
office many measures advocated by
him have become law. He has sailed
in more than so fishing vessels without
meeting a mishap. He has never used
liquor and quit the use of tobacco 40
Iyears ago.