Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-18
Maine Gossip



Securely cabined in the ship below,
Through darkness and through storm
cross the sea,
\ painless wilderness of waves to me:
But yet | do not fear, because l know
That He who guides the good ship DER
that waste
Sees in the stars her shining pathway
traced.
Blindfold / walk this life's bewildering
Up hinty steep. through frozen noun
tain pass,
Through thornset barren and through
But strong in faith | tread the uneven
ways.
And bare MY head unshrinking to the
blast.
Because my Fathers arm is round me
And if the way seems rough. only clasp
The hand that leads me with frmer
grasp.
Anne C Lynch.
The first reports OF robins. since the
real winter began, reached the Ken
nebec Journal office. Friday, from
Topsham and East Harpswell. George
Cloud. of Topsham, believes he dis
covered the first one Sunday, Feb. H.
in a tree near his house. but the East
HarpSWell correspondent contradicts
this with story Of both robins and
bluejays seen on the Saturday before.
The sudden cold weather is said to
have driven these TO sheltered hooks
until another warm day daWns.
Holman Day was three thousand
miles away when The Skipper and
the Skipped" his latest book. was
published by the Harpers last week
With Mrs. Day he i travelling in Eng
land and is now in London, having
already spent several weeks with
friends in Liverpool. This is Mr..
Days first trip across the ocean. al
though he has sailed it for months at
a time along the northern coast where
Capn Sproul of The skipper and the
Skipped" was discovered The new
book is called the shore log Of Capn
Aaron Sproul" and deals entirely with
that renowned sailorman's adventures
on terra firma.
Charles r. Nutting of Portland. for
merly of Lewiston. heads the senior
ity list" OF the enginemen of the Maine
Central Railroad. The first three
names and the dates are as follows:
Charles Il. Eutting, 1867; +. s. Sturte-
want, August. 1880; c. +. Shaw. Sep
TENDER 1850. Mr.. Nutting now pre-
sides at the throttle of 4 shifter in
the lower yard OF Portland. having
been accorded that position six years
ago when he found his health i'm
paired, and he wished to be relieved of
the strain Of passenger service. This
old engineer has an interesting col
lection of photographs of the different
locomotives he has run. In all the
years he has been in this business,
and though being in several accidents
Mr.. Eutting has never received an in
jury.
\ young farmer Of Skowhegan has
bought n full blood iIolstein bull and is
filling his tie-up with good stock. He
studies methods to improve farming. His
idea is to make a business Of farming
and conduct il as one would n hasine@s
venture.
The Camden Herald boasts cosmo-
politanism With the following: A
group of we'll known Camden citizens
IapptslcN IIltO y. 1uttIS store ollf
morning last week and We're chatting
when il looking around one Of tn"
number remarked that evidently
congress of nations was being held. In
the group We're seven natiOnalities as
follows: Yankee. Englishman. Irish
man, German. Italian, Frenchman and
Dane.
One of the classes of Portland High
school faces depletion of its finances
which is likely TO be felt for many
years. On Friday evening, Feb. 10,
the class held dance in the assembly
hall. and among the furnishings
loaned was Turkish rug. valued at
$3.50, for the reception booth. These
articles were left in the building over
night and were To be returned Satur-
day, but when the call was made this
rug was missing. No one is as yet
suspected of the theft as it is be-
lieved some persons secreted them
self in the building when it was
locked up for the night. later leaving
and taking the rug along. The police
are working upon the case but no clue
is reported. The class will be held
Tor the rug Nalue.
The place where bad dogs go well
coined a newcomer from Hope, VIC
tim of the unintentionally strong
hands of Mrs. Ripley of Appleton
Ridge of that town. This 45-pound
canine made an attack upon Il small
pig and Mrs. Ripley, hearing the noise
rushed TO the scene. She caught the
dog by the throat and lifted him from
the ground while the pig was removed
To a place of safety. One of the farm
hands who had come to help noted the
dogs plight and told Mrs. Ripley to
release him. She did so and the dog
dropped to the ground choked to
death.
The first car which left Bruins wick
for F'reeport Wednesday morning,
tied up traffic for the rest of the day.
jumping the track twice before it
reached it's destination. The first
time came at E,astman'S Crossing and