Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-04
Maine Gossip
Lost Arqosies.


Lost Argosies.
The days of youth are sunk behind thee
Gallons that sailed so proud and fair
On far, dim stretches of LIES stormy
sea,
Laden with untold wealth from stern to
Enchanted Pegasus, the Golden Bough,
| The Magic Apples gathered on the
OF faery bays that thou shalt see no
Youths ecstasy and loves first, trembl-
Gone! gone!" they cry: "All, all for
And weeping all regretfully dost try
To stretch thy finite senses for reply
To futile tasks of counting up the cost.
Weep not, for thou shalt see them by
Sail into Port beneath a cloudless sky.
| Enid Dauncey in the Athenaeum.
Arthur Ward of Topsham. who re-
Gently returned from Guilford, has re-
ceived q photograph Of a wild animal,
shot in that town by Frank Knowles,
which many believe is a species of
panther. 1t weighed 65 pounds and
was very fierce animal. Some think
it is q loupcervisr.
A South Portland woman who has
travelled extensively in Germany,
spending a number of years there,
Sunday night told the Portland Press
an interesting story relative to a pro-
phecy made a good many years ago.
Somebody's gypsy, she thought-pre-
dicted that when the nation had an
Emperor with a withered hand, he
would be the last. The present Kaiser
is afflicted in that manner, as the
whole world knows, and it will be in
teresting to see whether the prophecy
comes true.
A meeting of the trustees Of the
Maine State Fair Association will be
held Tuesday at Lewiston and from
present indications there will be much
of importance to consider. 1t is plan
ned to make this the greatest exhibit
ton ever and included in the attrac-
tons will be a $4,000 stage show of
which a demonstration was witnessed
before 1t was engaged. With the ex-
tension Of the present grounds in pros
pect. and the features sought. it is ex-
pectcd the fair in September will be
the best ever seen in the state.
The Oranges in Maine now number
527, the latest to be organized being
Glenwood Valley Grange, instituted
July by State Secretary E. H. Lib
by. This Grange had it's first work
last Saturday night, Sec. Libby being
present.
In answer to many inquiries, Charles
w. Stewart, librarian of the Navy De-
partment, has just issued statements
as to the location Of the various stars
in the flag. Names is the 23rd, the
| next to the last star on the third line.
In each place in Maine where the
roads are being reconstructed, the
Maine Automobile Association has laid
out entirely new routes covering the
same territory and erected signs not
| only at the starting points, but at all
intersections. BY following these
routes practically all construction work
| is avoided. As whole these routes are
as good as those formerly used. More
over, the association has issued a
neat pamphlet giving complete running
directions, showing all turns, indicat-
ing fhe mileage. and stating where
connections are made with the older
routes. These can be obtained free of
charge from nearly all the leading ho-
tells and garages in New England or
will be sent upon request by the in
formation Bureaus of the association
at Portland, Bangor or Houlton. Two
| mammoth signs. SKIS feet, have been
erected, one on the Boston road just
outside of Portland and the other on
the Lewiston-Auburn road just west
OF Auburn, advising the travelling pub
lie to obtain these detours. During the
past two years there have been Won
derfill improvements in the roads in
Maine cue in great measure to the
work OF the Maine Automobile Asscci-
alton. The State has taken hold of
| the proposition in a businesslike man
| ner and the different cities and towns
have made a great Improvement in
their methods. The IS miles of road
between Portsmouth, N. H., and Port
land formerly was in wretched condi-
ton, has been almost entirely rebuilt
with tar -macadan, cement and gravel
| and is in excellent shape, some of it
being as smooth as house floor. By
these new routes touring is made easy
| in Maine.
August 5th being the anniversary of
the death Of Rt Rev. Bishop James
Augustine Healy, formerly Of the Port
| land diocese, by direction of Rt. Rev.
Bishop Walsh an anniversary requiem
| mass will be chanted at the Cathedral
of the Immaculate Conception at Port
land at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning
| which, 1t IL expected will be attended
by large numbers.