Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-21
Maine Gossip
Love Beside the Fire.

| oh. sweet as youth the springtime was,
| and fair Were summers bowers,
| And gaily gowed the pageantry OF au-
/ tumnS golden hours.
| With sadness from the hills we saw
their sunlit days retire,
/ But winter brings us back again to love
| beside the fire.
| So bolt the door against the blast, and
start the cheerful blaze,
And let us sit. sweetheart of NINE and
talk of oden days.
OF days when first you woke in me the
dream of young desire.
When yet | hardly dared to hope for
love beside the fire.
Denis \. Mccarthy, in New York sun.
The Misses Martha Alice and Mar
gazette Rubena Gilbey of Litchfield
This past summer they SUCCESSFULLY
met the Litchfield Academy examina-
tons and entered as Sophomores. AT
the s.ges of three and four respectively,
they were brought to Litchfeld by
their father and an older sister to make
their home with Mr.. and Mrs. Spauld-
ing following the death of Mrs. Gill
hey. III the month of September of
the same year they entered the Whit
tier school. For the past IL years of
school days Rubena has not missed
a half day While her sister has missed
but one and one-half days,this being
on account of Illness. Their father,
Edward Frank Gilbey. resides in Sid
ney. where he and Charles Allard have
recently purchased q large farm.
One of the leading moving picture
companies has had large group of
photo-players in Maine for several
months The head Office sends us an
interesting stery-fer advertising pur-
poses of course-of the departure of
the players from Searsport Whether
true or not we have no proof-but it's
interesting:
Mary Fuller. Augustus Phillips, Bliss
Milford. Elsie Macleod, Frank MeGlynn,
John Sturgeon, Dick Neill and Harry
Beaumont. who have been spending the
summer in Maine under the direction OF
Walter Edwin. have returned to New
York after most successful trip. Inc
manner of their departure is probably
unparalleled in the history of any Gem
pany of photo-players. When the people.
of Searsport, the town in which they
were staying. learned that the players
intended to leave, they planned a huge
reception and dance in their honor. but
Walter Edwin.s regret fully decided that
the players could not possibly attend.
Nothing daunted, the entire town turned
out with a brass band, the school chill
dren carried small flags with the legend
'.Good-b bye Mary and Judge j. 3. Black,
one of the leading citizens of Searsport.
paid a glowing tribute to the players to
which Walter Edwin replied very grace
fully Judge Black concluded his compli-
mentary remarks by presenting Mary
Fuller with bound edition of the his.
tory of the 18th Maine Regiment, of
which he was member,
Sherman c. Berry new Grand, Pa
triarch Of the Grand Eneampment of
Me, Oct. 81, 1866. the son of Lewis
and Celia Carr Berry. AS student
he attended Maine Wesleyan semin-
airy. Kent's Hill, and spent some time
at teaching. In 1Sss, Mr.. Berry moved
to Watcrville to enter the employ. of
the Maine Central as a freight clerk.
From this position he was promoted
to freight agent in which capacity he
served several years. In 1898 he open
ed a stationery store and news stand
in which business he is still engaged.
sam Haynes writes Maine friends
from Detroit that he is much enjoy
ing his new-found liberty. He writes:
My sister has a summer home on
Lake ST. Clair, which we visited yes
terday. returning to Detroit by moon
light, via lake and river. They have
a large steam launch in which we are
planning to make the trip to their
winter home in Florida a little later
in the season. though | may conclude
to remain here in Detroit and accept
HI nGi n
I have under consideration an offer
of 800 per month, which seems to me
quite a fortune compared to the 70
cents month which | received at
Thomas ton. l have made many
friends. among people who know all
about my past life. Please tell your
friends from me, that ] am feeling
very grateful to all who aided In Sc
curing my pardon"
The town of Eden, at recent spe-
eial meeting, adopted the act passed
by the last Legislature for change
in the method of electing officers. I'm
der tie new plan, nominations will be
made by caucus or by petition, ana
ballots will be printed as in elections
in cities This will greatly shorten tile.
annual town meeting, which now lasts
three days on an average, as the bal-
Ioting for each Office separately VIII
be eliminated and ballotinS can be
done while the voters are discussing,
and acting upon other matters in the
warrant
The herring business is fiourshing
at Castine now. The price is high,
being 60 cents a bushel loaded into YES
sells. The peculiar feature of the busi-
ness this year is that the fish are most
" on the Castine side of the harbol
and above the center of the town
where the mouth of the Bagaduee riV-
er Joins Castine harbor. There are
| not many fish on the BrooksVille slde,
where two years ago the most of the
fish We're caught, last year the hsh pe-
| ing very scarce on either side me
other morning more than 5000 bushels
! were taken from weirs and shipped
away in large gasoline vessels The
prospect is that the return from TINS
years catch will reach large heure,
J possIbly $4,000 to $4,000.