Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-12
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In the Midst of Life.
The Jester won to the mountain peak
And turned to gaze behind
Was mat path for a step So weak!
Thahk God that i was blind
THE, sunlit stretch where ] laughed so
Did it skirt that precipice?
Inc pridSe where l stood to sketch the
cloud,
Did it span that black abyss9
When ! turned aside to the little stream,
Was that somber tarn so near
Was the eagles swoop in the evening
on the bones I see from here?"
He faced to the front again: his sight
Gould scarce discern the track.
The slope on the left with mist was
And the wood below was black.
Into the hollow just ahead
The pathway crept along
Enough is hid for mirth he said,
And the curfew heard his song.
E. II. Hopkins in Westminster Gazette.
Civil Engineer Keene has completed
his survey for possible extension to
the 'Kcag village in the town of South
Thomaston of the Rockland South
Thomaston and st. George Railway.
Residents of Knox county hope that
not only will the road to the keag be
built but that the line will be finally
extended to Port Clyde
window in1 Of TBT
street business establishment in Rock
land has been wired SO that the pro-
prictor can charge Il with u moderate
electric current when lie finds leaferS
roosting on it. obstructiug the view Of
his goods. Merchants in other cities
may find his scheme worth copying.
Webster Rowe has the advantage OF
everybody else in Skowhegan in the
matter of catching trout \ brook
runs within two feet from Mr.. Rowes
house and enters into the Kennebcc
river, while strolling along the brook
one day Mr.. Rowe SAW several trout
in it and when he woke up the next
morning he felt that he wanted some
trout for breakfast. So he took his
scat in the bedroom window with
fishing pole in his hand and the hook
carefully baited and succeeded in
landing two speckled beauties. which
he and his wife lad for breakfast.
Then to tantaliZe the appetites of the
citizens If Skowhegan he caught two
more that were about a foot in length,
which he had placed in local store
window.
A BiddeforG woman was the heroine
of a fire at the Pines on Sunday, Mrs
John L. Sellers pumped water con-
tiluousiv for 30 minutes Cor the wo-
men who carried water to the men
who were irving TO stop fire which
threatened many cottages in the vicin-
ity of Biddeford.
Lewis Pepper of Bath brought into
the Times office one day recently
He reports that several trees in his or
chard are in full bloom.
The 5th Maine Regiment Association
is considering the matter of celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the muster in
of this regiment for service in the
Civil War. This celebration will prob
ably take place the latter part of May.
The committee contemplates a parade
of as many of the veterans as possible,
and other features are being consid
cred as part of the program
L. EorpaId IF a old
est agents in the point of service on
the Boston & Maine, employed almost
40 years at the Old Orchard station.
has just been appointed agent of the
Swampscott station on the same sys-
TEN, and will begin his duties there
as soon as his successor at Old Or
chard is appointed. Mrs. Fannie j.
Fernald, wife of Mr.. Fernald, will be
greatly missed in women's club circles
of Maine. She has been president Of
the Maine Equal Suffrage Associa
ton. ss&l
A Rockland. Me, dispatch to Bos-
ton paper declares that liquor saloons
in the open" counties win be allowed
plenty of latitude until short time
before the special September election,
and tlIen the most drastic kind of en-
forcemcnt will be put into effect until
the voters have had a chance to reg
ister their opinion on the prohibitory
amendment. The dispatch further
quotes Rev. c. e. owen of the Chris
tian Civic League as saying that the
purpose of such a system is obviously
to disgust certain voters Who do not
care for license. Mr.. owen believes
that party lines will not be drawn in
the coming election and that many
Democrats will vote and work for
prohibition.
The new fishing steamer Monhegan,
recently launched at Friendship, ar
rived at Portland last Saturday after
noon with her maiden trip OF 10000 |
pounds of pollock, which had been Sc |
cured in half day. The craft meas
ures about so feet in length, with liz |
ct. beam, draws about Az #. of water |
and is designed for general fishing |
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