Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-17
Maine Gossip

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April.
April. April.
Laugh thy girlish laughter;
| Then, the moment after,
| Weep thy girlish tears.
April that mine ears
| Like "A lover gretteSt
| ]f | tell, thee. sweetest
| All my hopes and fears,
April. April.
| Laugh thy golden laughter
| But, the moment after.
">>' '' 9O''> William Watson.
Mechanic Falls has growing in
dustry which makes goods entirely of
| paper in small forms. The Colonial
| Co. as the concern is called, also does
| much work for the government. This
| is largely what is known as monotype
rolls. and it is confidently expected
| that these orders will increase.
| Judge Joseph +. +. Connolly of the
| Cumberland county superior court
says that the Portland bail commits
sioners are too eager. He made some
plain remarks to them in open court a
! few days ago in which he said that
it was not becoming to the dignity of
| a bail commissioner 10 chase crimi-
nails in order to take bail or look out
| for the interests of people charged
with violations of the law.
The Maine sardine season opened
| Saturday. The PASSPORT correspond
ent of the Bangor News states that the
prospects for good catch in that To-
cality are excellent. the fish having ap-
peared in considerable numbers along
the neishboring New Brunswick
shores.
Work on the big storage dam of the
Androscoggin Reservoir Co., has been
going on we'll all winter. Although the
dam is not completed, it is so far along
that 80 feet of water will be held this
season. This will bring the water up
where it can be used for the work on
the dixie about 500 feet long, which
will be built at place on the west
shore of the new lake
Maurice Emerson, a 14-year- old
Sweden lad, while walking near his
home came upon the tracks of a coon.
Following them to a hollow tree and
climbing the tree young Emerson
reached his arm into the hollow and
found the coon. which showed a great
desire to fight. The boy finally sue
ceeded in capturing the animal and
taking him to his home nearly mile
away. He now has the coon tied up
in the yard and says he intends to
tame ii and make a pet of it.
Skunks are being driven out of their
holes at Bridgton according to the
Bridgton News, which says that
Wednesday evening the air about
North High street was filled with the
perfume of the little four-footed anil
NAL. A village resident armed with a
gun sought to destroy the skunk but
in some way the hammer of the gun
came in contact with the hand of the
would be destroyer, considerably lac
Grating the flesh and the skunk in the
excitement quietly slipped away.
The flag of the Cunard Steamship
Co. was seen Friday for the first time
in port at Portland. The banner,
which is a red field with golden lion,
flew from the masthead of the Port
land. which has just been purchased by
the company.
The shrill cries of murder" heard
Thursday night on the streets of Bath
Gid not indicate that human life was
about to be taken but merely meant
that a constable was chasing home
bad boys who had broken the curfew
law. The boys spied Constable En-
mons coming up the street and started
on the run towards home. The officer
gave chase and they began to cry
murder" at the top of their shrill
voices, evidently to notify their par
ents that they were on the way home
The Woolwich shad fishermen are
preparing for the early fishing and will
get their weirs in this week. One of
the veteran fishermen of that town
says that he looks for the shad to
strike the Kennebec within a few days
after the ice is all out. The aleWives
have not begun to run at Nequasset
yet although the stream has been clear
of ice up to the foot of the lake for
several days.
Song.
No, no, the falling blossom is no sign
OF loveliness destroyed, and sorrow