Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-26
Maine Gossip
The Summer Sky.

The Summer Sky.
The shining Dipper swings
Above my garden gate.
And in the center Of the blue
While Vega dances in the east
The Twins go wandering down the west
To fields beyond our pale
To dream fields far away!
The SUMS last flamings pale and die,
And evening spreads her dusky wing;
Now printed on the western sky
~ ~ Chicago Tribune.
A crowd around the Willard fish house
on Central wharf, Portland. Monday was
greatly interested in the taking out of a
| cargo Of II swordfish from the hold of
the schooner Mary ]. Beale. which came
in Sunday from the Nova Scotia coast.
These fish were very large ones, some
going as large as $50 pounds. and others
| running well up to the 300 mark. The
| question why we see no more sWordfish
| swords around the waterfront Is an
swered by a member Of the crew of this
| vessel. who said they cut the swords Off
| and threw them overheard, as they
| greatly interfered with the slowing of
| the fish in the hold of the vessel after
they are caught and dressed He said
| they had not been able to find any use
for the swords the past year or two aft
er saving them off and carefully preserv-
ing them until they reached home.
| Everybody who wants a sword has ap-
parently procured one long ago and they
are drug in the market.
Calvin Austin as receiver for the
eastern Steamship corporation. has Pc
titioned' the United States District court
for permission to pay the priority claims
of the Berwind-Wh Coal Mining Co.,
and the Old Colony Trust Co. Some
months ago Calvin Austin was named as
| receiver a. for the Eastern Steamship
corporation and the United States Dis
| trict court decreed that bills contracted
four months previous to the establishment
Of the receivership should have priority
rights and this made it necessary for
| claimants to establish the priority OF
! their claims which the two concerns just
mentioned have now done and which the
receiver is ready to pay with the courts
permission. The petition is returnable
| Aug. 81 at II A. NJ
| Rumor has it that some big guns
are to be added to Fort Baldwin's
armament. three or four II inch ones
and that a permanent company Of
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ports the Bath Times. Popham COM
mands the mouth Of the kennebec
against an enemy which in war would
be likely to covet the Bath Iron
Works and the capital Of the State.
| Fish and game news on the Kenne-
bes includes: Many ducks are report
ed as having arrived at Merrymeet-
| ing bay; North Bath fisherman
while on the river the other day
picked up straw hat marked 1T. c.
Spear, New Jersey" West Harps-
we'll adds her mite by reporting that
clam digger while plying his clam
hoe the other day dug up gold
watch, an incident that has set all
the natives and summer visitors dig
ging clans and the price of clam
hoes has advanced to an almost pro-
hibitive figure. Some are wondering
whether the dealers in hoes didn't
plant the timepiece.
The Golden wedding of DIR. and Mrs.
Merritt Caldwell Fernald of Orono
| was observed Tuesday at their home
in that city. with their children ana
grandchildren present and many
friends rendering congratulations dur
ing the day. open house being KEEP.
afternoon and evening. The double
parlors were handsomely decorated
with flowers. Refreshments were
served Many beautiful gifts were re-
ceived from relatives and friends, in
Guiding purse Of SO in gold from tho
faculty of the University of Maine, of
which DR.. Fernald was for years the
president. Mrs. Fernald was Miss
Mary Lovejoy Haywood of Bethel,
Maine, and she and DR.. Fernald met
each other while he was connected
with Gould's Academy in 1864. They
were married at Bethel, Aug. "a, 1865.
Both are enjoying excellent health.
Manager Hugh Duffy of the Port
land New England League team has
always been known as a fighter in
baseball, ready for anything that will
! win game or put pepper into his
men. Few are so well acquainted
with the other side Of the ma mayer
1t is illustrated In a letter published Ivy
NJ. J. Clarity Of Portland, a trustee Of
the Maine Juvenile Institutions, pub
licly thanking Mr.. Duffy for his kind
! noss and liberality in again inviting
the boys Of the State School for Boys
at South Portland to attend in a body
the league game next Friday at his
grounds In Portland. He has done it
before and the boys had the time of
their lives. They wished to make him
q gift, but he objected and the only
way to overcome his modesty and
make the public aware of the fighting
baseball managers generosity was for
Trustee Clarity to write the letter
mentioned.
The Oxford Paper Mill employees at
Rumfcrd have been granted an in
crease Of wages to take effect Sept. l
next, which will amount to per cent.
This means an increase in the payroll
Of about $4,000 per year. The mill is
running full time and has contracts
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