Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-01
Maine Gossip
arly Autumn.


Early Autumn.
In the marsh the mallows their gold
have spilled
Where rushes slim are yielding up
The pasture hooks with asters rare are
filed
Purple and white they weave fairy
sheen.
Each warrior thistle dons his mail of
gray,
Frnged gentians mark the rugged. up
land way,
Through each tangled crown the shut
tied web hath slid.
The woods have felt the Master artists
stroke
And in their robes of regal grandeur
AS if a wave of radiant color broke
In matchless glory cross the peaceful
land.
Boston Evening Transcript.
The two veteran lighthouse tenders
Myrtle and Lilac, which have done
good service for SO many years on the
Maine coast, are now undergoing ex-
tensive repairs at New Yorks. says the
Portland Express, and the latter is eX-
pected back on her station before
many weeks. The Myrtle, which left
Portland nearly a year ago, has re-
ceived a general overhauling. 1t is
understood that the Myrtle will, as
sooR as her repairs are completed, be
sent to Porto Rico and permanently
stationed there. The repairs on the
Lilac have been very thorough and she
will come back equipped for many
years of additional service.
Belfast journal: From the number
of stone arrow heads and other stone
implements. which have from time 70
time been discovered on the farms in
the vicinity it would seem the City
point might present good field for
the student of archaeology. Several
people in the neighborhood have made
interesting discoveries in this line and
1t is said that one man has quite
valuable collection
The Linneus correspondent Of the
Lincoln GhTonicle gives the following
details of a somewhat remarkable ae
cident which recently befel one of the
young men of that town: "Chauncey
Bates was reaping last Monday and
the bolt that holds the seat on the
reaper broke and Chauncey fell on
the spout of the oil can. over two
inches ran into his leg about half way
between his knee and his body. When
Chauncey got up and pulled the spout
out Of his leg there was a string of
flesh over two inches long in the
spout. He went home and had the
wound dressed and it seems to be do
ing all right at present. He did not
lay by at all. although it was quite
painful at times"
It is reported that a mystery which
had for several weeks been claiming
the attention of the people of Milo, has
at last been cleared up through the
assistance of q medium. According to
the Milo correspondent of the Bangor
Commercial, a hand bag containing
about $50 in cash. and some letters,
etc, was lost by young woman on
the streets OF Milo. ana though the loss
was advertised. no results We're forth
coming. Shortly after mat the owner
of the bag went to ST. John, n. B., and
while there consulted a woman medi-
UNI regarding the loss. The latter dl-
rectea her to the exact spot where the
bag would be found, but told her that
she would find only the gold top be-
cause the silk cord and bag had been
cut out and burned. The young woman
felt very anxious to know if it could
possibly be found so on her return to
Milo a Jew days ago she visited the
spot told her and the top was there
in the very spot and in the came con-
dition that she was told it would be.
Technical World Magazine: This
horse, declared to be the Oldest in the
United States, is owned by Z. T. Bige-
low Of Fairfield. Maine. She is forty
one years old She was raised by Levi
Dow of Waterville, but since becom-
ing old enough to vote. she has been
in the Bigelow family. Every day she
is driven and goes to Waterville. maxi
ing the distance of eight miles in
little more than an hour. She is as free
and easy to go as colt. All her lie
she has worked and though small has
a great deal of energy. Now she is fat
and plump and her teeth do not show
her 10 DC iilOIt tlldl lllli ttSu.
With tears streaming down his
scanned and weatl1er-beaten cheeks
Capt. Denton st. Clair. the veteran
skipper of the 75-year-old schooner
| Revenue, sobbed his thanks to Lieut..
Rineburg and the crew of the cutter
Androscoggin after they had succeed
ed in pulling his craft off the Sturdi-
want island lodges late Saturday night.
| The boat represented all the worldly
| wealth of the old sea captain and was
uninsured. He had given her up as a
| total loss and he and his brother, Who
constituted the crew, had taken ashore
| their most cherished possessions when
| the revenue cutter arrived to lend a
| hand. The Revenue is one of the old
| est vessels in the United States still
| actively engaged in coastwise trade
| She was built in Essex, Mass, in 1885,
| and her commander has been following
| tho saa for tbp ma ST 40 wears. The YES