Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-11
Maine Gossip

Maine Gossip |
Hard to Down.
He made the best of what befell
And oft was heard to say.
when others hard luck stories tell
/ simply steal away
For fear ! might be tempted to
Complain of fate's DEGREES,
The way so many people do,
Because they're hard to please
And all who heard him thus declare
His optimistic bent,
More bfavely did their burdens bear
And strove To be content,
Observing how iife's bitter dross
BY him was turned to gold,
Who did hut let his latest loss
More splendid dreams unfold
Paul Cook. in Birmingham Age-Herald.
Maine Woods. The latest specimen
to arrive from Mt Blue Pond. via the
pipes of the Phillips Water Supply is
a good nice fish hook. The parties are
now anxiously awaiting the arrival of
a rod and line. the fish having previ-
ously arrived in abundance.
The town of Chester, in Penobscot
county is the home of a boy wonder.
In speaking of the youngster the Lin
coin Chronicle says: A master boat
builder is Willie Sinclair of Chester.
He made boat the past summer which
was ten feet long, three feet wide and
twenty one inches high. The skiff was
mace similar to a seow, but is propell-
Cd nv Of AlfhnnOh hlIv
u years old. Willie can use carpen-
ters tools nearly as handily as some of
those older. The only tools used in
building the boat We're a saw, broad
ak, hammer and rule. The skiff was
nonleakable by means of tarred rope,
chinked in the cracks. A small house
was built on the bank of the Penobscot
in u hich to keep the boat. There was
also sleeping apartment SO that h1
could stay in it over night, if need be.
There are one or two settees arranged
for the convenience of visitors.
Mrs. Frank Mills of North Jay has
the prize winning pullet, sa far re-
ported, having laid from Sept. Is to
Oct IL, 26 eggs, and is n Single-Comb
Buff 0rpington. Mrs. Mills has 40 of
this breed and they have all made
nearly as good records.
Clarence Eeaton, says the Franklin
Journal. is wearing a pair of cowhide
boots that are probably 80 years old.
The boots belonged originally to Robert
Fossett of Strong, and We're worn by
him constantly some As years ago, so 1t
is fair to assume that he wore them
when he voted for President Lincoln
for the second term. as Fossett was a
Republican. on election day Eaton
wore the boots and cast vote for
Wilson. The boots are in the best of
condition and look as though they
might be worn for another half cen
fury.
Arocstook Republican: Hunters and
game wardens say that moose are
scarcer this year than they were last.
If a man gets a bull this year, he will
have TO travel some and then the
chances are it will be the guide that
does the shooting. The law has proba-
bl protected the moose in Maine. but
the numbering operations have hind
cred them and they have gone out oil
the state into New Brunswick.
The Oldest man in Phippsburg to
vote at the election, last Tuesday, was
William d. Cutting of Dromore, who
is now SO years old. He drove down
to the polls, marked his ballot and
went home pleased to have had the OPP
portunity. He is a smart old man anc
is still able to do considerable farming
and drives wherever he pleases.
According to story by 1.-THE Man on
the Job, in Maine Woods. steve
Twombly of Phillips has been trying
to introduce a new kind of bedding
for his COW, but which did not prove
an unqualified success. 1t appears thai
M. Twombly gave the COW a good bed
of what he supposed was sawdust.
When he attempted to lead the bo-
vine into her stall at night she put
down her head and proceeded to eat
the bedding greedily, and it was only
AFTER some lnNeStlSdliOH tDttt 4hi
Twombly discovered that he had used
mixed feed for the cows bed instead
of sawdust THE COW knew more
about il than / did" he remarked.
The question of rebuilding Merry
meeting Bay bridge, which was swept
away by the great freshet in 1895 anc
which has even since been allowed tc
remain down is to be raised again al
the coming session of the Maine legis-
lature. 1t is reported that the move
ment win be made by the people living
in the upper part of the country, as
sisted by many from Bath, and thai
County Attorney elect Ed. w. Bridg-
ham will head the fight for the re-
building of the bridge.
The Biddeford Journal reports the
prize hollyhock of the season, Sam