Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-20
Maine Gossip
The Mocking Bird.
(Sidney Ianier.)

The Moekins Bird.
Sidney Lanier)
Superb, and sole, upon a plumed spray
That DER the general LEAKAGE boldly
He summ'd the woods in song; or typic
The watch of hungry hawks, the lone
dismay
OF languid doves when long their lovers
And all birds passion plays that sprinkle
dew
At morn in brake or bosky avenue.
What e'er birds did or dreamed, this bird
could say.
Then down he shot, bounced airily along
The sward, twitched in grasshopper,
Midnight, perched. prinkled, and at his
Sweet Science. this large riddle read me
plain:
How may the death of that dull insect be
The life of you trim Shakespeare on the
tree?
The danger of the wooden ash barrel
was again demonstrated the other
night at Vinalhaven, when parties re-
turning home from Grange meeting
saw a peculiar light near a house.
They investigated and found brisk
fire about ready to break out from
covered ash barrel They carried the
dangerous article 10 Faucet ana
treated it to a cold water bath. And
again, slight damage was done to the
ell of the house at Sabattus and Howe
streets, Lewiston, owned by Lewis e.
Davis, and occupied by Mrs. Eliza
beth Joyce, Thursday afternoon. The
rlx% fyn
barrel, which sat against the house.
Mrs. Nancy A. Moon, 81 LIMERICK
street. Rockland, has four hens that
are each 10 years old, and which still
lay eggs at frequent intervals-not an
egg every day, for very few hens do
that at any age. but as often as the
average pullet Mrs. Moon has owned
these hens seven years, and they were
sold as three-year-o lds then; and a
hens age is not likely to be oVerstat ted
by the seller. How much longer these
veteran biddies will continue in the
egg business, is uncertain; but it may
be imagined that when they. retire
they will scarcely be classed as broil-
ers.
The New England Esperanto Associ-
alton which will meet today in Port
land will transact it's business in the
forenoon and visit the Cape by special
trolley car in the afternoon. The even
ing session, at Fraternity hall, Pythi-
an temple, at P. NJ, will be a free
public meeting, with Esperanto songs
and recitations and (Engiish) ad-
dresses by E. L. Payson of Boston,
president of the association, DIR. c. H
Fessenden of Newton Center, secretary
of the Esperanto association of North
America, and W. H. Huse of Manches-
ter, n. H., chairman of the national
propaganda committee. DR.. Dana w.
Fellows, president of the local society,
will preside; and everyone, who is in
terested to hear about or to hear the
international league, will be welcome.
Alfred Bonneau of Biddeford, one of
the members of the Artisans Canadi-
an-Francais, who was interdicted by
Louis S. Walsh, Bishop of Portland,
will remain a member of the society
for four years at least. His case was
considered, this week. at a convention
Of the Jurisdictions of Montreal, Yer
mont, New York and the provinces of
the west, which met at Montreal. The
bylaws of the organization provide for
the expulsion Of interdicted members,
but a strong movement is on foot to
have the rules so amended that this
bylaw will be stricken out. Action on
the case was continued until the next
convention, which will be held four
years hence.
Jerome Murphy, son of Daniel j.
Murphy Of Auburn, is the eighth MEM
her of that family to graduate from
Edward Little High school of that city.
He is also the youngest Of the family
and finished his High school work