Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-30
Maine Gossip
"Haven't Got Time"

MUzHS OOSSp
Haven't Got Time"
Opportunity tapped at door,
With a chance for the brother within:
He raped till his fingers were sore
And muttereS; Tome Rno On; von le' cam ae do. do
Here's hill that l know you can
climb
But the brother inside
Very quickly replied:
"Old fellow / haven't got time"
Opportunity wandered along
In search of a man who would rise,
He said to the indoent throng:
Here's a chance for the fellow who
tries"
But each of them said with a smile,
II wish i could do it, but II very busy
today;
Very busy today.
And I'm sorry to say
That really 1 haven't got time
At last Opportunity came.
To a man who was burdened with
cares,
And said: IT now offer the same
Opportunity that has been theirs.
Here's duty that ought to be done.
It's a chance If you've got the time to
take it,"
Said the man, with grin,
Come along, pass 1t in.
I'll either find time or I'll make it.
OF all the excuses there are
BY which this old world is accursed,
This haven't got time" is by far
The poorest the feeblest. the worst.
A delusion it is. and snare:
If the habit is yours, you should shake
For IL you want to do
What Is offered to you,
You'll find time to do it. or make it.
Detroit Free Press.
Among candidates for vacancies to
occur on the board of the Augusta
State hospital the Gossiper hears
mentioned by many people the name of
Charles w. Clifford, senior. of Bath.
| Mr.. Clifford has been treasurer and
general manager of the Bath City hos
pital since it's establishment. 5zs =
Charles W. Clifford of Bath. year
ago, purchased a Kentucky saddle
| horse for the use of himself and his
family. At the recent Boston horse
| show this mare won two ribbons in
| two classes in competition with such
| horses as those of the Vanderbilt
stable.
| Next Friday evening, the meeting of
| the State Republican committee occurs
| at the Augusta House, Augusta, and
| will, it is expected, be attended by
| many of the leading Republicans of
Maine, at invitation of the committee
Joe Knowles in Lewiston, At any
| rate that is what bystanders yelled
when a 3e0-pound man out sleigh rid
| ing in cutter, drawn by lively trot-
ter. turned the corner of Peck's store,
Saturday afternoon, into Main street,
| upset and landed on his head in a
snow drift. No Damage was done out
derrick" had to be rugged to get
the big man In the bear coat upright
and back into his sleigh
Last Friday, on the New Meadows
river when the ebb tide was about
half out, quasi tidal wave came roll
shores and rose so high as to lift land
ings from their winter bookings on
the land where they were in winter
quarters. The great wave swept clear
up the New Meadows to Muddy river.
An Augusta -year-oId future
president, who resides with his folks
on Western avenue, astonished his Dad,
| Christmas morning, by asking if Jesus
Christ was 1918 years old that day. He
was informed that He was.
1t didn't take the people a great while
in this town to appreciate good things
when recently it was learned that a
member of the department of agrieul-
ture stated that John C. Griffin has the
finest young orchard he has found in
Maine. after he had visited it short
time ago. Mr.. Griffin is aiming to
| bring practical results with his or
| chard. He has about 1900 trees, the
Oldest of them being six years. 1t was
six years ago that Mr.. Griffin began
| orcharding. TWO years before this he
had bought an old worn-out farm Now
Mr.. Griffin has an orchard of 20 acres,
the soil being of gravel loan, pro-
nounced by the State horticulturists
as ideal for an orchard, it having a
westerly slope. In plowing the land
for his new venture he used the same
method as if plowing for the common
crops. going about six inches deep. He
| narrowed 1t thoroughly. making the
soil mellow and light. He employed an
engineer to lay out the ground for the
| trees. planning them 80 feet apart SO
that the rows run even each way. The
| first fall he plowed Is acres and the
following spring set the trees out,
planting beans between the trees and
potatoes and sowing bucKwheat. These
crops pay for the labor involved, leay-
ing only the trees and part of the
fertilizer as net cost. More trees were
planted the next year so that now the
orchard contains about 400 Ben Davis.
400 Ganos. $50 Wealthys, 80 Mackin-
toshes and few earlier varieties for
home use. The first year he got his
treee for Is cents apiece; the next
year 80 cents apiece; and the next year
| 3S cents apiece. They have now jump
ed to so cents apiece in lots Of 100 or
1 more. Most orchardists in setting out