Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-17
Maine Gossip
In Crowded Streets.


Upon the green-gloomed, silent trails I
wandered far,
Nor knew myself alone, so friendly
There leaned the golden beacon of each
star;
known and dear.
Clasped hands with me across the val
Against my face the hemlock branches
Cool. night-sweet fingers; dim amid the
fern
Unfearing voolfolk gazed and cropped
Each trail-side voice so dear, familiar
could not shrink nor feel myself
alone. n
But oh, the teaming solitude of crowded
The heartwrung loneliness of swarm
The echoed self-song of rude, testing
That sets the homeless stranger-soul
The needless throng, sufficient each to
Heart-chained to schemes another may
not share e,a1,,
The desert bleakness of the twice
breathed air! h,,,,,r,
The very night winds unfaminar p,o~h
Within the city's heart l fared-alohe.
Major Holman f. Days new play, as
vet unnamed was produced at a Port
land theatre. Monday evening, before a
large audience. The audience was IN
vtted to suggest name for the play.
The University of Maine advertises
retrogression in banning of the new
dances--but Deacon Wormwood ana
the Gossiper will accept 1t as sweet re-
progression. Augusta, with two admir-
able teachers, is wiggltng ana hesital-
ing while she tries to decide whether
she had rather Virginia reel or Castle
walk.
The Gossiper was just starting down
Rines Hill from Grove street when
"Tige" Young, the Arkansas prize
| fighter, dashed past him in morning
training for his fight with Young HUI
go Kelley of Portland. Tige had the
middle of the street and was oblivious
| to the attention he was attracting He
waved his arms and punched great
| holes through an imaginary opponent.
A nilkman drove closer to the rail- and
craned his neck apprehensively, then
turned, wide-eyed, toward the Cos
! siper and observed:
Crazy as a bedbug,
mo; "rige' Young" briey explained
| the grinning Gossiper, about to pass on
what kind of disease is that?" de-
named the farmer wonderingly.
! The first Extension school Of the year
in apple packing conducted by the Col
| lege of Agriculture was held in So.
| Newburg Dec 10 to ~ with 26 enthus-
iastic orchardists in attendance. AS a
result of this three days school several
| of those in attendance are now making
plans to spray their orchards the COM
| ing season. The school was given as a
| part of the regular work of the Exten-
| sion Department of the College of Ag-
riculture. 1t was held under the direc-
ton of NJ. d. Jones, director of farm
| Demonstrations in Penobscot county
assisted by Mr.. Geo A. Yeaton and
| Mr.. A. l.. Deering directors of farm
| demonstrations in oxford and Kenne-
bee counties respectively. Local ar
rangements were made by J. G.. New
comb, South Newburg. Each morning
and afternoon session opened with dis
cussions on special phases of orchard
work. Spraying, pruning, grating, cul-
! tivation and fertilization were taken
up in their turn. A great deal of in
terest was shown In these discussions
and many questions asked The main
part of the time was taken up by the
men learning to grade, wrap and boz
pack apples by actually doing the work
Several boxes We're put up by each
man in order that he might become ac-
quainted with the kind of pack bes,
adapted to the different sizes Of ap.
pies. The boxes were nailed up anc
| thus the men did the whole operation