Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-12
Maine Gossip
Tintagel.

" AvA0AAAO NOoS1R
TintageI.
Between twin headlands steep whose
creSts are crowned
I With gorSe and heath, where clouds the
ocean bound,
Wrapt in pale mist fairy island lies
/ Half sunk in flame, half balanced III the
skies.
A dusky barge that slowly skirts the
i land
Points toward that isle, by unseen
/ breezes famed.
Spreads .darkening wings before the fall
/ ing night
And passes. leaving arrow wakes of
| light.
| Once Arthur passed through death to
4 that bleSt shore;
Yet here they wait tor him TO come once
! more.
/ His vessels cleaning bright with golden
sail,
| To fight for right and not again to fall
Why should we tarry for the coming
J Let Vfvien lude and Merlin whisper
Fix we our gaze above the black bound
OF Mordred lurking there with earthward
glance.
Skyward our vision, till we see the crown
OF flashing pnnacleS on that falr TOWN.
Rising beyond the silyer-Watered STRANDS,
Where. dragon-banners furled, MIG
Arthur stands
And bids us enter Avalon.
Hamilton Fish Armstrong, in the Bell
man.
The Portland Express thus cogitate
Looks as ii Old Tom. the liquor dep
uties horse, is outclassed when match
ed against the speed of the law evad-
ers. Baths Selling force is to be
equipped with an X-ray machine TO
save time in determining the contents
OF suspicious looking boxes and bundles.
Why not go the Sagadahoc folks one
better and provide our squad with an
up-to- date automobile"
The STROLLER" writes for Portland
paper that an experience on Western
Promenade in that city seems worthy
of note" Here" he says, was party
of real enthusiasts with everything SO
much to-be-eXpected that the Stroller
would have passed on without thought,
had he not heard young man who
had guide book and map IN ms
hands, explaining at a little distance
from the Reed monument, that ii was
a statue of Henry w. Longfellow, and
indicating little clump of pines near
by as the Oaks The other members
were listening so admiringly and all
were so Enthusiastically appreciative and
happy, that the Stroller hadn't the
heart to dispel their illusions, especial
ly after most attractive Young won-
am had murmured sweetly as she look
ed off in the distance of the Stroud
water River, Dear old ocean!
Secretary of the Navy Daniels. in
line with the dictum of his chief. ism
losing any opportunity to keep the hui
manities side of the Democratic admin
istrati to the front-with the hope,
perhaps, that enough kind, little deeds
will make up for lot of bad, big mis-
takes. He has ruled that there is no
reason why a womans COW should not
he permitted to cross and recross the
grounds of the naval reservation at
Kittery once a. year Mr.. Daniels re-
ceived a protest from a woman who
lives in Kittery. She explained that for
many years she has been in the habit
of driving her COW from Kittery to her
summer home in Portsmouth and back
to Kittery in the fall. This necessi-
tated her driving the COW across the
navy yard grounds. This year the priv
ilege was refused, so she appealed to
the Secretary of the Navy. Secretary
Daniels has written to the navy yard
requesting that the COW be permitted
to make her usual journey this sum
mer.
The reunion at Gettysburg brings old
soldiers into prominence. The town of
Otisfield claims distinction as being
the birth place of three soldiers of the
Civil War, who are brothers and all
living The brothers are Silas Is. Ed
wards, now living at Topsham and
Wyatt T. Edwards still living in Otis
field. These three soldiers We're SONS of
Isaiah and Betsy (Peabody) Edwards,
who were parents of seven children,
six sons and one daughter. To these
parents was given an honor seldom
eqnaled, to furnish their country three
loyal sons to serve in the Civil War.
The eldest of the trio. Silas Il. Ed
wards, was born in Otisfield in Febru-
AIRY. 1888. He received the common
school education which youths of that
day usually acquired and was also a
pupil of the II. T.. Douglass school at
Boster's Mills. Next in age is Robin
son G. Edwards, or Rob- as he is IA
miliarly called by his friends. He was
born July 81, 1910, and resided in Otis
| field till his second marriage when he
moved to Topsham where he has fine
residence. having retired from business
owing to poor health. Wyett. the
| youngest brother, lives in his native
| town, a good citizen, ever true TO the
| interests of the town.
| The prevailing sentiment in favor of
| the enforcement of the automobile
| speed law has reached Newport and
| from now on woe be unto the auto
| driver who attempts to drive his auto
| faster than the law allows while pass
| ing through the village streets. The
| enforcement of the law has behind IL
| the sentiment of the people who have
| become tired of lodging cars and rum
! ming the risk of having their children
| killed or badly injured by machines
| driven by Joy riders. The first thing in
| the enforcement line occurred several