Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-08
Maine Gossip

Maine Gossip |
The Only Son.
| @ bitter Wind toward the sunset blowing.
What of the daleS tonight?
IN yonder gray old hall what fires are
glowing,
What rins of festa light?
In the great window as the day was
dwiudling
| saw an old man stand:
His head read was proudly held ana his eyes
But the list shook in his hand
wind of twilight was there no word
No sound of JOY or vail?
y great fight and good death, he
Trust Him, He would not fan
What of The chamber dark where she
For whom all life is done?
Within her heart she rocks dead
My son, my little son.
Henry New,bolt The Sailing Of the
If YOU would remember that Bath
mayors name think Of his majority.
Names peat boys covering thousands
Of acres, can he operated at a cost
which will leave a margin of profit. no
dread of Il coal strike Will prevail in
this state and a supply of fuel for
shipment outside our borders in such
emergencies will be provided.
Eden lip-hops on the automobile
question" says the Press. and Votes
To petition the Legislature To open the
island To the henk wagon. sooner or
later Mount Desert was bound 10
climb onto the ear of progress. But
does this have the approval of Brer
Brass Unless ne also has reversed
his opinion. which he is not apt Ia do,
the auto can pr6fane the sacred soil
only over his CORY corpse. With Ho-
ratius lie win hold the bridge and the
ferry. II Bar Harhor admits the auto.
sam HAYNES may be pardoned vet,
and then it would be to the tall TIM
ber Of township X. range 10.
IN award OF $4,000 is the fat fee
coming to our Hon. Charles r. Little
field by decree Of the Supreme court
OF the United States. This is IN part
payment of his services as a referee
in the suit between the States of Viz
ginia and West Virginia FOR the adj
iuStment of their debts growing cut
Of the fact that West Virginia seced-
ed from Virginia during the Civil war
and became Il separate commonwealth.
The case was a very important one,
involving hundreds OF thousands Of
dollars, and MIR. Littiefield was select
ed by the court itself to conduct the
taking of testimony
The Bath Times finds coneratttla
lions in order upon the $200o09 bequest
of a Connecticut man to Good Will
Farm and says: THAT is one of the
worthiest institutions in the State, do
ing 4 great work for otherwise friend
less boys. and its usefulness ought To
be UNNECESSARILY increased by the
generous legacy Bath people have al
ways been mich interested in its work
and several Of them have contributed
generously to its funds. All feel
pleased at this latest good fortune
The crop of potatoes in Arooseook
county the past year may be summed
up as follows. It is estimated there
We're 10000 acres Of potatoes in Aroos-
took county last year and with
WELD of 200 bushels TO the acre il
would make 5000 600 bushels. The
crop of 1871 was sound and owing to
the high price of market potatoes
there Was hardly any starch made.
Usually about Il million bushels of the
small and decayed potatoes are
ground into starch every fall. Such
was not the ease in the fab of 1911.
II is estimated there will be 100000
acres planted the coming year and
at i bushels per acre for seed it will
take / 50D.0 600 bushels for seed this
spring Allowing The cellar shrink
age 10 be five per cent, and the loss
by fire, 10000 bushels, we have
/ .0eO.Ooo bushels in shrinkage and al
lewing 900 bushels for domestic use
and other ways of using we have s.
100000 bushels of a total shrinkage.
leaving 15,G0e, 600 bushels for ship
ment-Aroostook Times.
Members of the Portland Yacht
club. one of the most influential of
New England aquatic organizations
have aVowed there is too much-or at
least enougll-legislation against the
motorboat Al meeting, this week,
a resolution was adopted condemning
House bill No 1888 and this resolu-
ton will he forT arded To the con-
gressmen from Maine with request
that they do all in their power to Kill
the bill This House bill No. ls,IS is
regarded by motorboat men as partie-
uarly pernicious. \ friend Of the
Portland Yacht club in the capital ac-
uiainted the members of the intro
duetion of the measure. He pointed
out some of its features. Among them
is one that calls for licensed pilots for
n1otorboatS engaged in the CARRYING OF
freight. in fishing and all over Ga feet
in length as well as the motorboats OF