Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-28
Maine Gossip
Never Weary of Well Doing.

| u the laurie tndt she NedNtSt
How the flowers bloom each season,
How the trees renew their leaves.
Not blossom, not u sunset,
| Not crystal of the snow,
But is fashioned just as carefully
AS IN ages long ago.
Faithfully each task fuldlling.
Earth and air and sea and sky
Never weary of well-doing
As the centuries go by.
It's the same through all creation,
| Every living thing but man
| Is submissive to the working
| OF the great Eternal Plan
Fen the smallest little insect,
With am office to perform
| Is a craftsman, stanch and Jealous,
| Byt steadfast viii upborne
Never weary of well-doing.
| Though its days be long or brief.
And its work a tiny ant-hill,
| Or wondrous coral reef.
Felix Conner, in Living Church.
Making apple barrels at the rate of
200 per day is one of Litchfeld's lead
| ing industries this fall, Farmers in
that vicinity are reported to be taking
all of the output. Another carload of
slaves and headings arrived, Monday,
Nov. 20.
The new chapter house at Brunswick
of the Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity
was inspected, Friday. by alumni MEM
hers who attended the annual initia-
tion ceremonies and banquet,
The only hosiery mill in Maine has
just been reestablished at Brunswick.
A structure 80 by 20 feet and two
stories high, employing five hands, is
the present operative capacity. knit
ting, looping and welting to turn
stockings out in the white-then ship
ped to be dyed and packed. This in
dustry Was begun in 1905 by Elmer
Cobb. shortly afterWard TO be joined
by Turner Hunton. These two con-
tiuued the business until the death of
Mr.. Cobb. Organization of the Bruins
wick Knitting Mills then took place.
with Mr.. Hunton and John z. Win
chell as the principal stockholders.
Prosperity shone over them, with the
completion of 100 dozen pairs of
stockings each Gay by the employment
Of from % to 80 hands. until Nov,
1910 when fire destroyed their plant.
Until this summer it appeared that the
mills would not be rebuilt Mr.. Hun
ton expresses hope Of charging this
business. in the spring, TO the 1910
capacity. Electricity furnishes the
power.
Sensational escapes have been re-
corded several times upon the now
virtually skeleton structure of the
bridge across the Penobscot at Brew
or. Uncertain horses instinctiVely bolt
for the rail when the rapid riyeter
opens its warning signal. The crews
are removing from the river the last
vestiges of the old wooden bridge.
which for so many years has formed
the only connecting link between Old
Town and the sea, between the east
ern and western shores of the Penob-
scot river The boarding was all off
practically. on Thursday and the men
were tearing down the roof timbers,
which looked like a long skeleton
against the background of eastern
sky. Meanwhile the men at the other
end are driving home the bolts that
are TO hold the great steel span at
the Bangor end in place.
A statue in memory of the first
Governor of Maine, William King, is
proposed by the citizens of Bath, in
connection with the enlargement OF
the federal building and the extensive
improvements upon the square which
surrounds it. Methods discussed in
oil 70 ttA ,ft,Er Loo
lature. general subscription through
out the State or by fund raised 10
cally. The act seems only appropriate
as Governor King was one of the
greatest men who have called Bath
their home, his mansion once occupied
the site where the federal building
now stands, and the square to be i'm
proved bears his name.
Biddeford dreamed in vain Of a
great shoe industry, to be established
there. Parties making the proposition
reported to have been representing
Rice & MISUNDERSTANDING an i'm
possible concession.
Fifteen dollars were paid by two
IIltH VI w illllHdUtiC WHO SOuSDI
each others blood. Charley slapped
Walters face because Walter took a
pretty girl to a dance Walter, who
evidently anticipated trouble, imme-
diately pulled gun from his trousers
pocket and began puncturing the at
mosphere about Charley. Either his
craftsmanship was bad or his inten-
tons were good for outside of Sc
verely bruised knees, straighte1ed
hair. broken teeth and few other
symptoms of fright, Charley was
found to be uninjured. Bystanders
divided into two parties to escort tn.
young lady to her home and her un-
chivalrous admirers before Judge Ger
IRISH of Dover.
| In a concise summing up of Bruns-
wick's Saturday night disturbance, the
Press puts forward the following opln-
! ion:
Lewiston rum put into Bath inte-
riors and causing a riot in Bruins
| seems worse misplaced than usual 1t
| is not a square deal that Brunswick,