Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-22
Maine Gossip
Sprino in Texas.

ON their roller skates
or smlin' at the passer-by a-hangin
over gates
An Just last night it Numbered an the
lightnn' lit the sky.
An the iioodgates o heaven will be
open by an by.
An the world will be- soaked with rain
an washed all sweet an clean,
An dressed in all the latest an most
VIVID shades o green
know what the Spring rains is for, l
think ought to know.
They're made to fill the hollows up an
make the cutters flow,
An make place fer kids TO splash
bare-footed in thu sun.
An squash the mud up twiNt their toes
an yell an laugh an run;
IN the moons made for older ones that
walk beneath the trees.
by tWos an close together. yieldin' to
loves Sorceries:
When spring gifts in tire air, an when
the moon is up above,
swear l wish that | WAS young an
had some one 10 love!
houston Post
In the year 1911 not a single raft or
luIa5er came down the Penobseot river
to Bangor, is the declaration of the
Bangor News. Forty years ago, and
down 10 comparatively recent times.
the river above Bangor for u to Is
miles was lined with saw -mills, many
Of them operated by water-power,
and their product. aggregating in
good years from 100.u00.0o0 to 10000,
600 feet of lumber Of all sorts and
sizes. was made up into what We're
known as long RATS" and sent in that
form down the river in charge of men
skilled with the seuIl oar and familiar
with the navigation Ut white water.
AS late as 1880 the long RATS from the
up-river mills Were many and the
docks along Washington and Hancock
streets were filled with lumber of
every kind, in process Of overhaulng
and making into small rats to be
sent to the waiting vessels in tie har-
Dor, below Bangor bridge; from that
time on the up-river saw-mills grad
ually disappeared. either by fire, de-
cay or through the conversion of
waterpower to other uses. and the
Icing RATS became correspondingly
fewer, until in 1911, with only four
mills running between Bangor and
Milford. and all of them shipping their
product by rail the time came that no
one had ever expected-when not one
raft came through the sluices and the
occupation of the daring runner" was
gone. The remarkable circumstance
noted does not indicate the complete
decay of Bangor's lumber industry.
however, but it is significant of the
great changes that have taken place
in the business in the past 80 Years.
This week holds important work by
the special Maine team of experts in
the men and religion forward move
ment. DR.. Cady. specialist in boys
work, Rev. DR. W. f. Wftter of Bos-
ton, missionary expert, and S. NJ. Say
ford. Bible study leader are conduct
ing the meetings. The team divided
for the meetings at Skowhegan. Madi
son and Calais but exchanged places
SO that each town secures benefit from
the whole team.
Norridgewock correspondence of the
Lewiston Journal carries thrilling
tale of flames baffled and landlords
blasphemous. No one can say that
Norridgewock new fire company is
amiss in its duties. for without per-
mission of the fire company a feiier
ing it put out nstanter. Yesterday,
the company turned out for an alarm
at The NorridgeWock Hotel, and found
one of the big chmneys burning out.
fire was streaming out five of six feet
above the top and smoke was pouring
out of every seam: the company got
busy with hand extinguishers and
put the fire out, and all the while Wis
ions of hot coffee and cigars mebbe,
fcated through their minds as com
plimentary from Landlord Whiting
for their valorous assistance. Now
what do YOU think he said? Every
body calls the landlord Crib be-
cause he's a good fellow when all is
said and done When Crib showed
up, his conversation to the jealous
fire company was something like this:
., d? :! YOU turning
them things into that chimney for,
Il set that chimney OH fire purpose
to burn that SCOT out. it smokes so
like - that anybody can't live in
that kitchen. and now you've gone
and put it out. $ . fmean-
ing all kinds of az opinion of the fire
company In the meantime, the fire
company had nothing to say. feeling
that Landlord Whiting in his righteous
wrath was using all the words.
/. X. Jordan Of Morrills Corner, who
is much interested in Windham history
has collected the names of so persons,
residents of Nindham who were so
years of age. Not all the mentioned
now live in Windham but claim this
as their place Of residence a part OF
the year. The list follows: William
Smith. Mrs. William Smith, William
f. Hall. Mrs. William F. Hall, Will
liam sawyer Frances Sawyer, George
Hawkes.. Charles Hunpawel. Oliver
Winslow, Mrs. Rebecca, Crockett. Mrs
Eunice Aver. Mrs. Nancy Garland.
Stephen Mayberrv. Moses Little, Mrs.
William Anderson, Joseph Files. J.
Read Rogers, William Allen William
II. Varney Mrs. Sarah Berry, Mrs.
Eliza Lamb, Mrs. Harriet Manchester.
Mrs Hannah Pride. Mrs. Esther
Prince. Clarke Young, Mrs. Ann w
Lord Mrs. E. Cook, Mrs. Betsey Nor