Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-27
Maine GOSSIP
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When stars go out. wonder where
wonder where the flowers get their
smell?
I wonder what the talking squirrels
tell.
And what the quiet. shiny fishes know"
From dawn to eve, but most when lights
are low
And sunset ray and Vapor weave their
Il wonder how the small birds fly so
we'll,
And why the winds that blow the birds
won't blow
Me- to too, up up through the far green tops
All day Il wonder family as a
prayer
Il wonder" and her deep eyes. unre-
Study the flight of swallows on the
As lips, half open. murmur to the air
Inc tremuious Il wonder of mankind
Hermann Hagedorn in the Outlook.
Geo. Graves. ex-policeman of P. Isle
and Fort Fairfield. and who was shot
by young fellow at the Fort several
months ago and who retired from DO
lice duty and bought the Robt. Ford
farm on Fort street at Mars Hill had
narrow escape from drowning this
week, when in trying to fill a large
barrel with water. from the street
sprinkler pipe. the hose or pipe burst,
the team started and Graves fell in
TO the barrel on his knees. and the
force from the two-inch pipe literally
covered him for many minutes until
rescuers came and liberated him 1t
In no, al
outside looking in.-Mars Hill View.
While working in his garden a few
days ago John Turner of Andover
found gold ring which had been lost
for more than 20 years. The ring was
we'll preserved and the letters H F.
T." were plainly visible. Mr. Turner
belives the ring to be the one belong
ing TO his brother Herbert who left
Andover some years ago.
Parties from West Point are said to
have been looking over Lees island
in Phippsburg with view of purchas-
ing it for summer home purposes.
A spring on Peaks Island which has
been used since the opening of the
summer season by % families has
been found to be fairly alive" with
typhoid germs. 1t is said by the sec
rotary of the Board of Health that if
any of the users of the water have
contracted the disease, it will not be
apparent until about the middle of
August. 1t can we'll be imagined that
there are some anxious people in that
vicinity.
A deficiency of S3 degrees in tenn
perature from July of any previous
year since records have been kept in
Portland was shown up to July "a.
Last year the deficiency was 20 de-
grees.
Portland had a visit the other day
from Cyrus H. K. Curtis and a party of
friends. who called at City hall, where
Mr.. Curtis played several selections
on the magnificent organ presented by
him to the city. They also enjoyed a
program by Will C. Macfarlane. the
municipal organist. They expressed
themselves as delighted with the
music. The party was cruising on Mr..
Curtis yacht and included: John
Gribel. Edward W. Box, editor of the
Ladies Home Journal: John ]. Spur
geon. Louis J. Kolb Raymond G. Car
roll, all of Philadelphia. and Mr.. and
Mrs. August R. Goeltaz of New York.
David Johnson of Calais, the veteran
lumberman, has made a record for the
st. Croix river in the matter Of stream
driving this season. On Friday, July 9
he landed IL millions of logs in Spednic
lake. making a clean drive Of every
thing. This is four millions more than
in any other year and the work was
done in 10 days less than the best pre-
viouS record. OF this large quantity
of logs. all but four hundred thousand
were from Mr. Johnson's own oper-
atoms and belonged to the Paper Co..
the other belonging to the James
Murchie Sons Co.
Mrs I. V. Mayo, Of Boothbay. now
laughs over her recent experience Of
getting lost in the woods, though at
the time. it was no laughing matter.
Mrs. Mayo struck across lots from her
home to visit a friend on the main
road from the Center to the Harbor.
She got we'll into the woods and found
she had lost her way Her only guide
came to be a COW in the lot. She
struck out again and after Is minutes
OF walking she came upon the same
COW again and to the same spot. She
tried again with the same result.
After bordering awhile as to what
was best to be done she decided she
could best find her way home and
managed to do so.
Reports from the potato fields Of
Aroostook say that the crop is coming
along very finely. The opinion Of ex-
perts. based on the amount of fertilizer
shipped into the county this year. is
that the acreage planted is from 20 to
Is per cent. less that last year.
Carfbou people were somewhat worked
- last Thursday afternoon, when four