Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-25

The booklet sings lullaby. to buttercups
and clover;
The south wind. to the cloudlets high.
Inc valley lilies ring their bells.
And dreamily the music swels.
Strawoerries. round-faced topers her,
Drink sun-wine, in the garden bed,
While on a messy table green
Their fairy goblets may be seen.
To Larkspur Inn" comes from the sky
A pigr1m-tis butterfly.
so calm. the waters Of the lake
Against the shore no ripples break,
primrose petal. like a boat
Midst water-lilies white, would float;
While round the sun-dial roses climb,
And wait for their sweet blossom time"
The deep water trial course of
Rockland will now be the scene of the
trials Of two torpedo boat destroyers,
the Gushing. built at the Fore River
Shipbuilding Co.'S plant at Quincy.
Mass. and the Wadsworth, built by
the Bath Iron Works. The Cushing
will today have her builders accept
ence trials, having arrived Saturday
at Rockland. The Wadsworth Went
over to Rockland Monday and her
crew will look over the other craft.
though her official tests will be made
next month.
The Joint School Board of Sanford
and Alfred has selected Charles A.
Record to succeed Isaac A Smith as
superintendent Of schools in the two
towns. Mr.. Record is a graduate Of
Bates college. He has served as
superintendent Of Norwell, Abingdon,
Bridgewater and Haverhill, Mass,
leaving the latter city a few years
ago on account of failing health. Two
years ago. having fully recovered, he
accepted the position Of superinten-
dent at Blaine and Mars HILL remain
ing there until the present time.
The first week in May saw rec
ord at the Boothbay lobster hatchery
for the removal Of eggs, the figures
being 16.920.oo0. From a single
lobster is gathered an average Of 49,
Oo6 eggs. These. on being stripped
from the shellfish. are stored in jars.
each jar holding $4,000. The hatch
cry now has go such jars full. or
ia. 100000 eggs. The eggs began
to hatch about May 20 and later will
be liberated up and down the coast.
Twenty men are permanently en-
ployed in this business and every
body is moving just now.
The famous old wooden clipper
General Fairchild, one Of the
staunchest vessels ever turned out Of
a Maine shipyard. was recently pur-
chased by James Griffith & Sons Of
Seattle, and will be used as a barge
port in 1874 she was for years en-
ployed in the East India trade, being
sold to parties on the Pacific coast
some 80 years ago.
A testimonial will be rendered Gen.
Joseph S. Smith by his comrades OF
Hannibal Hamlin Post, G. A. R., OF
which NJ. H. Andrews is now COM
mander, in the form of a banquet to
be served at the Bangor House Tues
day night, says the Bangor News.
Gen. H. l. Mitchell has been making
the arrangements and a large party
will congregate about the board. The
Ensought and unexpected honor which
Gen. Smith was accorded in his APP
pointment as governor Of the Soldiers
Home at Fortress Monroe, the largest
and finest home in the country for
veterans. has brought him many con-
gratulations from his comrades in this
city and the good feeling has cul-
animated in this testimonial which will
be highly gratifying to the recipien.
without doubt, and an occasion which
will be long remembered by all pres
ent.
Bath is doing a good deed in the
setting out of about 100 young trees
in various places about the city. The
lot includes elms. poplar and willows.
Joe Knowles Of Maine, who made
ture" stunt in the woods. has recently
had a thrilling as we'll as desperate ex-
perience in California. The following
from the San Francisco Examiner.
in a special despatch from Oroville,
Cal, under date of May II gives all
the particulars received in Maine up
to date:
Joe knowles the nature man, lies
seriously injured at Belden, in the
Feather river canyon, as the hesult Of
an accident that occurred on Sunday.
Knowles has been having moving pic
lures taken depicting his life in the
wil0s. On Sunday he was showing
how he forded streams on improvised
RATS. His raft broke up on the rapids
of the Feather and he was hurled into
the water. He was dashed from rock
to rock and was saved only by the
heroic action Of D. NJ. Wiley and G.
w. johnson who managed to get
ropes to the drowning man. He was
so badly battered and cut by the rocks
that his life was at first despaired of.
Reports from Belden tonight, however,
were that he was still alive.
The band Of gypseys which recently
visited Bath. came up the river on the
east side, crossing at Gardiner and
making its way through, the leader
alleged. to Oquossoc in Franklin
county. being aided toward their des-
tination by the very efficient urging
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