Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-30
Maine Gossip

]! Maine Gossip
Still Striving Forward.
| Still striving forward. let us laud
| our avocation with our deed
| Not perfect words, but actions plead
| OF good intents to man and Cod
| Remembering. while the dollar flames,
And ever up the nightly skies
| The calm and patient stars arise
| To look above with loftier aims;
Remembering. when we fear to move
| Our way is safe to onward tread
Behind us quake the sands we dread
| The rock is firm We shrink to prove;
| Remembering. in sore need and pain.
The struggle is the victory
For none that struggles to be free
Deals any highest blow in vain.
w. d. Howells.
The Lewiston Journal says of the
smallpox situation in New Auburn; a
walk about the streets of New Auburn
| nowadays. shows a vast decrease in
the red cards on the doors of residen-
ces, making known that the house was
under quarantine for smallpox or 9TH
er contagious disease. Rarely, now.
one can be found while the matter of
two weeks ago. nearly every street had
three or four houses under quarantine.
No one seems to doubt now that the
cases-the more severe ones at least
We're real smallpox, after seeing the
patients, who have been allowed TO go
out. Daily the guarantees are being
raised and the vaccinating continues"
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work of eXcavating for the foundation
of the new Young Womens Christian
Assn building at Bar Harbor, to be
presented to the association by Mrs
John S. Kennedy of New York. one of
Bar Harbor's most prominent summer
residents. The building will be of
brick with granite foundation and
trimmings and will cost $4,000. 1t will
be located on the site of the old Y. w.
c. A. building ON the southern side of
Mt. Desert street next to the recently
completed Jesup Memorial library
building and will be handsome addi-
ton 10 the neighbering public build
ings on the street, the Congregational
Episcopal and Catholic churches, the
Y. NJ. C. A. building and the new IL
TIT tbIltid1 cams lpt tsit tpiAi-
pletion Of the building in September.
1912. The work of construction Will be
carried on as rapidly as possible ana IL
is expected to have the foundation and
ba sement completed by March /, 1912
Tenants are already taking possess
sion of their new quarters in the most
recent addition to Bangors revised
list of imposing structures, the Ora
ham building. Excavation for this
building was begun a short time before
the great fire of April 80, and on May
8 work commenced on the foundation.
The building. six stories in height, is
OF grey brick with cement stone trim
ming and the floors are supported by
steel framework. The interior finish
is in quartered oak and is very hand
some. Two fire proof vaults are in
stalled upon each floor. With high
ceiling, immense plate windows, tiled
floor and imposing pillared entrance,
this store is conspicuous in a city of
many handsome business places. Fea-
lures i'll the construction and equip
ment of this fine building are marble
wainscotting ana tiled floors in the
I office suites. metal lathing. adamant
plaster steam heat complete plumb
ing service on each floor and indirect
or reflected electric lighting. The en-
trance 10 the building will be in Har-
low street where the electric elevator
will be installed. To the right, the gen
eraI passenger department of the B.
d A. will be located. -Four of the re-
naming floors will be occupied by the
b. Il A. while the B. r. & S. Co. will
have the sixth floor for its general Of
fees, still maintaining its waiting
room in Main street. The office suites
of the Bangor & Aroostook r. r. Co,
are very handsomely equipped and
conveniently arranged.
South Berwick claims the youngest
telephone girl in New England if not
in the country. She is Nettie NJ.
Mathes, aged II, and she is capable of
taking full charge of the central ex-
change which has more than 100 sub
scribers.
Freeport's poultry show is reported
complete success, though the entries
did not quite equal those of previous
years. The birds, however, averaged
higher standard, many securing
scores of 941a and one taking 50 points.
Much praise for the management was
heard, the pens receiving careful in
spection and cleaning at frequent in
terVals.
One of the leading Somerset farm
ers, and a man whose opinion is said
to be entitled to great weight, tells the
independent Reporter that in addi-
| ton to disadvantages in freight rates,
the sheep industry is also badly
handicapped by the present fence law.
ON looking into the matter is is found
that the law is not only very liberal in
| its definition of legal fence. but fixes
no standard of efficiency. The inform
| ant has found it impossible to secure
a fence around his pasture that would
turn sheep. unless he built 1t all HIM
self. and as the only practical alter
native. has abandoned the sheep bust
ness Eof. animals raouiripp such