Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-02
Maine Gossip
Breath of Summer.

l feel 1.-THE breath of summer
Alluring, warm and sweet,
Caressing my face and stirring
My pulse to throbbing beat.
1t whispers of roses blooming
Where love-in-a mist grows, too
My garden of dreams has never
An herb called the bitter rue
And 1t asks for tiny flower.
Sky-blue with a heart of gold,
Perennial, lasting ever
Like somebody's love of old.
SO 1 bid farewell to springtime
With its smiles and tears to WOO,
For the golden days of summer
That bring me the roseS-and you.
Gertrude Louise Small, in Boston
journal.
They say down in Bath that sheriff
John Ballou On Memorial day despite
his years marched with the step of
youth and the air of field marshal
People are again digging at Great
Chebeague for the treasure that the
famous old buccaneer, Capt. Kidd, is
supposed to have buried there. 1t is
close time on clans and apparently the
islanders have to dig for something,
The rev janitor at the Sagadahoc
county courthouse. Samuel WEIGH. h1 s
decided 70 convert all the connty's
ground around the courthouse into one
large lawn and proposes to keep it
close cut during the summer season.
This move on bis part gives Bath prae-
tically another handsome park.
Modified plans Tor the extension to
the custom house and postoffice build
ing at Ellsworth have been prepared
By the treasury department and bids
for the work again asked for. Bids
will be opened July 10 at the office OF
the supervising architect in Washing
ton and 1t is confidently expected that
an award will be made in season to
have the work far enough advanced
before cold weather so that it can he
continued. without interruption until
the building is completed.
Big herring, the kind that the fisher
men have been looking for have struck
the waters OF Casco bay. Wednesday
morning 1000 barrels of these much
priced fish were landed at the whdrreS
in Portland by the local fishing feet
This is the largest amount brought to
Portland at one time for several sea-
sons.
Frank P. Hodgdon was Wednesday
Manufacturing Co. of Saco to succeed
Horace S. Hall. resigned Mr. Hodg-
don has been connected with the cor
poration 40 wears and for long period
has been oVerseer Of the cloth hall He
will be succeeded there by Charles s
Emery. Mr.. Hall retires on account
OF his health after more than 50 years
service for the corporation. beginning
as bcbbin boy.
j. e. Berwick of Grand Falls, New
in Portland. Mr.. Berwick is superin-
tendent of the mills of the Anglo
Newfoundland Developing Co, q ne,v
concern which has recently established
large paper mills in that section for
the manufacture of paper for export.
The plant is located 1877 miles from
Cape Breton and 2T0 miles north OF St.
John, n. b, 1t is 80 miles from the
nearest organized railroad and 80 miles
from an all the year round tide port
The mill was Obliged to build "A rail-
read of it's own 30 miles long In order
to get its finished product to market
All of the paper that is manufactured
is for the London daily papers and the
| mills. which are practically owned by
the publishers of these papers have
been running for two years and have
never shut down day. The mill Is
| equipped with three paper machines
and "a grinders for making wood pulp
| Mr.. Berwick is a Maine man. goinf
| from Woodland to his present position
He has been in the paper business fol
many years and is conversant, With al
the details of paper making.