Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-04
Maine Goss sip
The Messalonskee.

The Messalonskee.
Happy little stream thou art
| Through wood and meadow howlnS,
singing soft with joyful heart
Nor care nor danger knowing.
The sun smiles on thee day by day,
| His love the south wind sigheth
TELL us, thou laughing woodland ray
Wherein thy beauty lieth.
What is the charm that holds us all,
/ Thou dinpling. dancing river
Alas! In vain to thee ] call,
| Thou mockest me forever.
Baffled at last turn to 90.
| The summer sun is setting.
The stream lies crmsOned IN the grow,
| l cry. all else forgetting
Dear MISUNDERSTANDING stream
| | know why best / love thee
Because in thy bright face doth sieam
| Gods heaven which shines ahQye thee;
Helen Beede Breneman, IN Under the
| Willows Colby Verse
| Several Maine towns are celebrating
their 10Cth anniversary. this year but
the village Of New Harbor, although it
lis to hold no formal celebration, boasts
the 2S6th anniversary of its setting
Seven days and seven nights of in
Iteresting events are scheduled for
Elsworth's Old Home Week celebra-
| tion, which is To be held next Week
The program will include religious, Mt
erary, musical and merry-maklhg Tea
| lures.
l a NI,s@h l. l..b4
who met here in Augusta. this week.
from the various Boys camps of the
State, has received much favorable
ieomment from the residents of the Cap
| ital City. Il never saw boys who were
out for a good tine SO quiet, or so we'll
behaved" was the comment of one
| lady, as she looked down upon the
camps at the Driving Park.
The Golfer dam. which has been built
lbv Portland contractors in the Saco
river, alongside the property of the
York Co, where the foundation for the
power house extension is to be built,
has been completed The work OF
building the dam in order that the
foundation could be laid on the river
bottom has taken about a month. The
water was pumped out Wednesday,
and it is claimed that II will take
about three weeks 10 put in the feun-
dation.
| A. NJ Soule of Woolwich is in charge
of crew of IA men employed in lock-
after the gypsy moth pest under the
direction of the entomologist depart
ment of the United States govern
ment. Their territory includes, Bath.
Bowdoinham, Durham. Freeport,
Georgetown, Lisbon. Tepsham, Phipps-
ourg. West Bath and Woolwich. Mr
Soule says that Bowdoinham is the
most badly infested town in the dis
lriet.
One of the oldest houses in Norway
vas built in 1910 and mas always been
occupied by the descendants of Daniel
Town, the builder Although the house
lis 10l years old and so many people
have been born therein, no one has
ever died in il. The house is situated
on a hill. where there is always a
breeze, which perhaps accounts for its
Iheaithfulness.
Houlton is agitating the proposition
Iof a park suitable for holding fairs
and other exhibitions. A committee
has been named by the chamber of
commerce to investigate the matter.
Portland and Bangor have an auto
mobile mystery. which is really an af-
fair OF two cities. An abandoned au-
ltomobile was found few days ago in
one of the streets Of Portland bearing
q registration number. which investi-
tgation disclosed was that of Thomas
birmingham of Bangor. The Bangor
Iofficials found Mr.. Birmingham car
lin the garage Of the Bangor Motor Co,
Dut the number had been stolen, Mel
ther the garage employees nor Mr.. Bir-
ln1ingham, could offer any explanation.
Meanwhile the Portland officers are
wondering who owns the abandoned
tautomobile found in that city.
| Charles r. Gordon. former assistant
trea surer, has been elected treasurer
| of the Merrill Trust Co. TO fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Charles p. Hatch. Mr.. Gordon has
been with the Merrill Trust Co, for the
past seven years, having entered its
employ in 1904 as book keeper and
worked his way up through the vari-
GUS positions. until, in 1910, he was
elected assistant treasurer.
| Capt. F. C. Arey of Brewer has just
passed his 9Oth birthday. Capt. Arey
declares that the fourscore and IL
years which he has lived seem to hin,
much more like 35 or 40 years He
says that but four persons born in the
same year which he was are now liv-
Ing from Bucksport village to the Or
rington line.
| The following taxpayers in Houlton
pay taxes. this year, of over 5000; f
IL. Cleveland, s2O976; Houlton Foundry
& Machine Co., $31440; l. HI Davis
$3594O Myra L. Donneh. $372.4S;