Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-24
Maine GOSSIP
The Treasure Drawer.

Often in memory to drawer l turn
Wherein my mother kept such queer
For which. with a childs fancy I would
An ivory fan. emerald and opal rings.
Altar of roses in bottle tall
With traceries of arabesque design.
A pair of velvet slippers. dainty. small
doubted Cinderella's were SO fine
Made up the treasures: and a mother-o'-
And lacquer box. tight locked, Of which
the key
Had long been lost-since she was quite a
She said Years passed. and then the
Was solved: three little feathers. golden
bright,
Lay side by side, labelled in childish
AS "Piccadilly's Feathers" How my
Grew dim. for I at last could under
stand
The loneliness pet canary filled.
An, lie could wish at times those menu
Like piceadilly's songs. might all be
Or locked in some pearl casKet from these
-Anto,nette DeCoursey Patterson.
The Bangor Railway & Electric Co.
will next Monday begin the expendi-
trre Of from $4,000 to $4,000 in the
construction of Il double track on Har-
low and Central streets, a move made
necessary by the increased traffic.
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Work has been started on tearing
down the famous old Hotel Tyn-y-
coed and the annex, Tyn-y-nae, on
Campobello island. The buildings
originally cost about $4,000 and were
sold for $500, the purchasers to re-
move them. The buildings have not
been open to the public for the past
ten years. The location is very popu-
lar and it is expected that several
cottages for private parties will at
once be built there.
Millinocket has such bad piece of
road, at the foot Of Dolby hill, that i.
promises to gain a worldwide repu.
tatiOn unless someone takes steps
toward repairing or cutting it out OF
the line Of travel. It is said that at
one time last Sunday seven cars were
there in line at the same time and five
Of them were mired. Tive light cars
made the passage but the heavier
cars went in so the mud guards were
fiat on the mud and the machines hal
to be pulled out. The condition. Of the
road has ceased to be a Joke, as it is
the only route for autos out Of Mill
inocket. 100. -....
No, the citizens of Caribou have not
gone road crazy" writes a cores
pondent from that town nor have they
become excited over the question Of
good roads," they are simply enthu.
siastic and determined that no town
in the county shall have any better
highways than can be found in this
town. Every street in the village has
been treated to the "once over" with
the split-log drag and the result is
really remarka ble.- At no time In
years have the streets ever been so
smooth as at present-and it is early
in the season yet, and the country
roads are not being neglected by any
means, for in every direction i'm
provements are being made. On one
road the road machine was in use,
hauled by four pair of horses. and the
teams were furnished gratuitously by
farmers who are as anxious and will
ing to boost along the good work as
anyone.
Mrs. Margaret L. Mcfarland Thurs
day celebrated her s3d birthday at her
home on Beacon street, Bath, where
she entertained with an informal re-
ception in the afternoon. She served
tea Of her own brewing and also fancy
cakes. She was also remembered with
many gifts. Mrs. Mcfarland Is the
wife of the late John Mcfarland and
was born in Grand Manan, N. B., APP
pill %, 1922, daughter Of John Ken
drick. She was married at % and
went to Bath 60 years ago with her
husband. Mrs. Mcfarland enjoys ex-
cellent health and does all her house,
work alone. She retains all her ia
culties and does a great deal of read
ing. She says her parents did not al
low her to dance or stay out late
nights and as q result she formed
habits that she believes have helped
to preserve her health. She Is men,
Der Of the North Street Baptist
church. She has five brothers and one
sister living.
A resident Of the bay shore says that
he never saw SO many birds before on
the spring flight on Merrymeeting wat.
ers. lie says that they are there in
many thousands, without exaggeration.
Trouble is Deputy Warden Perkins Is
also there. The geese especially are
tantilizing the Bath hunters. $50 near
and yet so far" says the Bath Times.
Warden Willis is prowling around
Phippsburg and Georgetown woods on
orders from headquarters to look after
the game. In Phippsburg lately a deer
or two was seen and the warden Wednes-
day inc Phippsburg found deer tracks
freshly made.
State Cruelty Officer Frank NJ.
Douglass of Bangor rescued three
small boys named Kimball from re-
voting conditions last week, having
them returned to their former home
in Enfield through action Of the Sc
lectmen Of that town. They were found
in a house in Saltwater Park. So
A.