Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-31
Maine Gossip

Maine Gossip |
Tomorrow
Tomorrow's action, can that hoary Wis
dom,
Borne down with wears. still dote upon
The fatal mistress of the young. the lazy
The coward and the fool. condemned 10
lose
To gaze with longing eyes upon toinof-
Till intcrposng death destroys the PROS
peCt
Strange that this general fraud from
day TO day
should iii the world with wretches, IN
The soldier laboring through a winters
sun sees tomorrow drest IN robes of tri-
umph;
Tomorrow brings the visionary bride.
But thou. too old to bear another ehe9t
Learn that the present hour alone Is
Samuel Johnson in Kansas city Journal.
Puhtzers big steam yacht. Liberty,
dropped anchor in Portland lower har-
Dor. lust off House Island. Monday
morning. whore it could be seen
through the fog which hung over the
harbur The Liberty. which Is bound
Tor Bar Harbor. is larger than any
other steam yacht which has visited
Portland this summer being as large
as small transatlantic liner
Deputy collectors of the Bangor Gus
toms district. Sunday afternoon visited
the local iieet of motor boats, and
found eight of the Is Inspected, 50
hacking in equipment prescribed by
law that the owners are liable TO Il
fine Of 500. The chief violation Of the
rules was the absence of means TO en-
tihgWsl a gasolene fire should one oc-
eur ON the boats Several II the boats
lacked life prcservers or life saving de
vices complying with the specifications
of the law. Most of the boats carried
whistles. and those over % feet in
length had whistle. bell und fog norm.
All motor boats under &c feet are re-
quired TO carry a combination light
forward aud white light att. when
running after dark. and those between
70 and 80 feet in length are required To
li1ft IL NAAiit liEiiL I0lAftto an "a
white light aft and colored sidelights.
The government rules maze no specific
recommendation for methods of eX-
tinguishing gasolene fires. but state
that. besides the usual extinguishers
and suitable chemicals. salt or sand in
sufficient quantities viii serve the pur-
pose. and that salt and sand mixed is
preferable TO either of the two materi-
ais. Some Of the loaf owners had a
bag Of flour ON board. and that fulfils
the requirements.
An orderly fine looking woodsman
spent Si7 recently in a Bath city store.
Another Maine woodsman lost 1896
IN searching for good time in Lewis
ton. and in addition to his loss was
arraigned on the charge of intoxica-
ton. The Judge decided that in the
loss of the money and the arrest, he
lad been punished enough and al
lowed the poor dupe 10 go. Do our
business men approve of this method
of supplying large sums of money to
their would-be competitors in bust
ness? Do honest businesses desire TO
receive tainted money" from custom
ers who have acquired it in such man
ner as the last recipient received the
1885,? Would they enjoy having their
sons educated il the same. school as
was the woodsman who lost the
money?
Grey squirrels are inspecting farms
and gardens il some parts of the State
with a view to assisting the farmers
harvest a small portion of their crops,
and, incidentally. TO lay in a store of
provisions for the winter.
Ralph Henry Cameron, u Maine boy.
who went to Arizona in 1883, at the
age of 20. is a Republican candidate
for the United States Senate from that
state. He was bern in Southport. and
received part Of his education in the
common schools there, experimenting
III by attending night school and by
private study. He is the locator and
builder of what is known as the Bright
Angel trail.
Two men while digging trench in
Auburn Saturday. nearly lost their
lives by cavern of soil. which was
sandy and settled heavily about them.
Fortunately fellow laborers who were
not in the trench We're near by. and
saved them from being buried alive
Choke cherries resulted i'll the death
Saturday of seven ear-old Madeline
Scott, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs james
t. Scott of Lewiston.
AT some of the recent temperance
meetings held in Maine. portions of the
audience have left before the speeches
were finished This irresistibly calls
to mind the preacher who, noticing
members of his congregation leaving
before his sermon was finished inter
|rupted his discourse long enough TO
remark, "Thats right. gentlemen. pass
out as soon as you are weighed"
When people will not listen to the
TRUTH, the evidence is conclusive
against them that they are not fit