Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-07
Maine GOSSIP
A Sprinq Poem.

The pipes Of Pan are trilling their de-
light;
I wish didn't have these awful chills.
1t means another Quinine pill tonight.
Again the verdant canopy O'erspread..
Invites to rapture and to bliss remote.
Hapchew!, My head is weighted down
This comes from taking walks without
coat!
The feathered songsters plight their troth
and spread
Their little souls in joyous flights and
Another drizzle! Won't it ever end?
This beastly weather gets upon my
Ecstatic sunlight floods the smiling plain
Tonight the weather prophecy is rain;
tomorrow, cloudy, colder. rain perhaps!
Who would not tune his Tyre to greet the
Who would not sound for love runde-
That heater is most uncertain thing.
Mhy cant we have little steam today?
is sweet?
WHO o would would not sing when all the world
A. A. last. hapchew! my lyric is complete;
hapcheW!
The Methodist church at Kenne.
bunk held joint celebration meeting
with other Kennebunk churches when
the organ was dedicated. Five pas
tors took part in the services, Sun
Day afternoon. April 4. Eugene A.
Fairfield presided at the organ. Rev.
n. b. Tilton Of the Baptist church
oHered prayer. Rev. Daniel NJ. Will
son of the Unitarian church led re-
sponcive reading and Rev. c. H. Nc
Vey of the Congregational church
read the Scriptures. Harry F. Fair
ueid rendered solo, after which Rev.
u. B. Holt, district superintendent,
preached the dedicatory sermon. Rev.
Sewell E. Leach the pastor told how
the organ was obtained.
Maine is a favorite section of the
globe with many singers of interna-
tional fame. Several great singers
have wisely chosen Maine as their
motive State: others are only fortu-
nate enough to be able to come to
Maine to establish a summer hom,.
Nine Olive Fremstad, the world-fa.
nous prima donna. Is the latest con-
vert to the charms Of Maine. She
has recently purchased a large par
Gel of land fronting on Highland lake
in Bridgton. Highland lake is one #
the thousands of beautiful Maine
lakes and is located in the Sebago
region.
A venerable York county character
passed Sunday morning, April 4,
when Eliphalet Smith died suddenly
in his sons home in Biddeford. Mr.
Smith was 81 years and 81 days old
Mr.. Smith was an unusual man in
a number of ways. but largely owing
to his unusual physique which had
stood him in so good stead that al
though nearly 80 years old he was
able to do hard days work at
wood-sawing and nearly to the time
Of his death could saw more wood
in day than many a man not half
his years.
An absorbing desire to be doing
something was another of his char
acteristics. Nobody ever could call
Mr.. Smith lazy for except at the rare
intervals when he was sick, he was
always busy and nothing disturbed
him more than to be compelled to
sit around with nothing to do.
When wood-saw wing, his principal oc-
cupation for many years. was slack,
he was greatly exercised over the
fact.
During his day Mr.. Smith had
which will probably stand for a long
time. Among some of these was tn,
saving Of - cords Of white oak,
three cuts to stick, in a day of 10
hours. He has sawed s IL cords of
hard wood in a day at one time. He
was employed by the Pepperrell cor
poration for fortnight, during
which time he sawed four cords of
wood a day, working from A. NJ. to
P. NJ. He was substituting for two
regular men and furnished enough
fuel to keep two furnaces going.
He has started from his home in
Biddeford at A. NJ, walked to the
Pool. a distance of nine miles, sawed
three cords of wood and footed 1t
back home again. arriving there be-
fore sunset
When 81 years old he averaged
cords of wood a day for 20 days. not
q bad record for a man Of four score
and seven.
He ascribed his vigorous health to
long constitutionals. which he took
daily. Not long ago he walked from
the city to Fortune Rocks. thence to
Biddeford Pool, then to Hills beach
and back home a distance Of 20 miles.
In fair weather this used to be his
regular Sunday morning exercise. He
called it nothing but a pleasure jaunt.
To come down Magaguadavic river
must be an adventure worth while.
to say nothing OF the further excite
ment Of watching a cow moose and
calf gather" as related in the follow
ing item from the Eastport Citizen:
ITO James D. McGregor. Arthur
Morgan, Eddie MCGOWAN and James
Taylor there came a most peculiar
situation last Friday while coming
down the Magaguadavic river. A cow
moose and calf as. they were pass
ing, left the shore upon which they
had been and gathered on the bank
and looked upon them, as tame, as
tame could be-
Postmaster Ralph Thompson has
changed the location Of the Southport