Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-22
Maine Gossip

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Joy Is strange sweet light
| tull quick to disanpear
JOY is a hurried nirht
| ~ ~, SOFT wings rustling near.
| 10Y. must thou go?
Must hasten sop
Then farewell dear
~ WY are thy wings too bright,
| 100 swift Tor me To keep?
| WY 90 thine eyelids white
| Bld mine look UP and weep?
| Yer thou hast smiled
| Falr as a child
| Just walked from sheen
IME Mar Jennette Gates in Boston
Transcript.
Those Bangor boy scouts. who are
hiking to Skowhegan and back, are
probably enjoying themselves despite
the. rainy weather. They started out
Monday and will be gone two weeks.
sleeping in tents by the roadside and
| cooking their own food.
| The Oldest married couple in Lin
lcoln county are Mr.. and Mrs. George
Washington Whitehouse. They live in
a pretty two story farmhouse which
L NaaNNN
lon Linnekin Bay. They are nearing
their 64th wedding anniversary and
are looking forward to the arrival of
| Nov. &c when the event will be cele-
brated. They are in excellent health
and enjoy life fully as much as they
| did 80 years ago.
| Cushing's Island, called by its ad-
mirers the gem of all the islands of
Casco bay. is opening up for the sum
ner season. Its picturesque beauties
are held by many to be superior to
/ adJoining shore property and its com
Imandtng position at the entrance of
Portland Harbor gives it an individu-
atty all its own as an ocean barrier.
DIR. j. NJ. Eager. United States quar-
antine officer at Portland, sailed Tues
day from New YORK city on the steam
ship Kiser With elm Der Grosser for
Palermo, Sicily. DIR Eager has been
ordered by th6 authorities in Wash
ington to go to Palermo and to make
an examiiAation of all emigrants
boarding steamers bound for this
country,
William NJ. Bradley of Portland has
been appointed special master to de-
teri 1ine whether the sum of s26, 1000.
thu balance due from the Portland
ridge district on the contract with
.he New Jersey Bridge Co. for the
reconstruction of the Vaughan bridge.
IShall be paid to James D. Carton,
trustee in bankruptcy of the New Jer-
sey Co. or to F. NJ. Peet of New York
who claims the sum as assignee of the
contract The matter came before
the court on bill of interpleader
brought by the Portland Bridge dis
jtrict against J. d. Carton trustee W.
NJ. Peet and several creditors. A mo-
ton to dismiss the bill was overruled
by Judge Bird and Mr.. Bradley ap-
pointed as special master.
| Miss Frances L. Deering has resign
ed her position as teacher in the
Saco schools because of her transfer
to suburban school with reduction in
lsalary. Several other changes in the
teaching force were made at a recent
Injecting of the school board of that
city.
| The Hyde guards of Bath at their
recent drill in the emplacements of
Fort Baldwin destroyed vast
imaginary fleet attacking the Kenne-
bee Here is hoping that this phan-
tom fleet off Popham is the only kind
that the guns of the new fort will
lever have to be aimed al
| Thursday marks the 18th ami
versary of the ordination of the
priesthood of three we'll known priests
of the diocese of Maine, Rev. p. H.
| Reardon of Gardiner. Rev. John Nelli-
gan of Hallowell and Rev. p. ]. Gar
rity, pastor of St Johns church of
| Bangor. All three of the priests will
Iquietly observe the event and FIR Gar
riety. who was from the cathedral
parish of Portland, will spend the day
with his mother, who still lives in that
parish.
Burglars are abroad in oxford
county. few nights ago the post
office at oxford was entered by fore
ing the door with some kind of instru-
ment breaking the lock. The mail
and other things in the Office were
well rummaged over but nothing was
| taken. The following night the post
office and store of f. B. Coffin at
Gilead was broken into and about $3.50
worth of stamps were taken which
were in a small safe that was not
| locked. A few canned goods with
some cigars, pipes ard tobacco were
| also taken from the store Sheriff
| Bartlett of Stoneham made thor
ough investigation but was unable to
locate the burglars.