Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-26

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Maine GOSSIP
In His Time.
The Lord He sends the summer sun,
| The Lord, He sends the snow;
He wakes the little brooks to run.
And makes the grasses grow,
The strong north winds that freeze ana
Though they bring fear or bring delight
The Lord, He sends them all.
He sends the blossom laden spring
| Up to the northern lancs,
! And gives the harvest time to bring
The treasure to our hands.
And SO love the wondrous earth,
Though stern its face may be,
But. longing. wait the shy springs birth,
| With green OF grass and tree.
-Ninette M. Lowder. in N. Y. Sun.
| Mrs. Frank Frisbee Of Phippsburg
has completed quilt this winter OF
which she is quite proud, many Of the
pieces in it being more than hundred
years old. Quaint old delaines and
bright colored poplins are among the
many pieces which were handed down
from Mrs. Frisbee's grandmother to
| herself and her sister, Mrs. John Sim
mons Mrs. Simmons not having the
time to do this work gave her pieces
| to her sister and as above stated she
has recently finished her task of fit
| ting the pieces together. John Sim
mons was the founder of Simmons
College, Boston.
| Col. George w. Gatchell. command
| ing the Coast Defenses of Portland,
accompanied by Major Francis A.
I Pope, the United States district en-
gineer Of Portland, were at Popham
Friday on tour Of inspection at Forts
Popham and Baldwin, al the mouth of
the Kennebec river. They came over
in the government steamer Norka.
An unusual and serious accident
happened the other day to little s.
year old Robert Wing, son of Mrs.
Amos Wing of Levant. The little fell
low was watching his brother operate
buzz saw and while standing in
front, suddenly slipped and fell onto
the saw, his face striking the teeth
| in such a manner that terrible cut
was made through his lips and into
the tongue. Twenty stitches were
necessary to close the wounds, II in
the tongue alone. The lad bears his
suffering with remarkable patience for
so young a boy and is rapidly recov-
ering.
| A seven story annex is to be added
to the Congress Square Hotel, Port
land on the High street SIDE and the
contractors are now at work planning
the foundations for the massive steel
frame work. The building is to be
| built of steel, concrete and brick, and
| it will be thoroughly fireproof
throughout. About 100 modernly fur
nished rooms will be included in this
new annex. On the roof a new feature
of the hotel will be the sun parlor
which will be fitted commodiously and
magnificently for the use of guests
who desire a place for observation and
rest. The sun parlor will be the only
one Of it's kind in Maine and perhaps
in New England.
Massachusetts, authorities are put
ting out posters warning orchardists
| not to spray apple trees when the
| blossoms are open upon the trees, lest
many bees, the friend of the farmer
be killed and less fruit will "set" The
spraying, it is emphasized, should be
just before the buds open and within
| 10 days after the petals have fallen.
The recent death Of Charles A. Will
son, at Industry, recalls the events
which led to his incarceration at the
state prison. A carousal at the Bill
lington house in West Mills, ended in
the shooting of Leroy Brackley by
Wilson. The next day, March 10, 1904,
Wilson was arrested by Constable
Seneca Luce, and lodged in the county
! Jail at Pennington. During the night