Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-28

or a mollycoddie. IL you couldn't be but
ne?-Pats and Knocks, Portland Press.
Which does T. r. advertise most?
Maine Gossip
The Reflection.
The clear reflection Of the setting sun;
The dusk had tinged the distant hills
And ali the treetops. in their sleepy
Seemed saying softly that the day was
Deep tinted lay the purple OF the west
Upon the hilltops, and a lowering cloud
swept low to kiss the calm horizons
Then glided. phantomlike. to its own rest
Amid the shadows Of the twilight s
shroud.
Slow palsd the water, save where. ouiy-
The great. red orb lay sunken in the
Sweet evening vespers tuned a mellow
And from the thicket one lone bird.
Went. calling shrilIy, through the
witching CLEAN.
New York Times.
A new arrangement of the fog
whistle. devised by General Manager
+. A. Jones Of the Eastern Steamship
Corporation, which is expected to do
away with the annoyance which the
usual arrangement causes passengers,
Will be tried out on some of the boats
OF the corporation this week. A Sec
ond whistle Is to be attached high up
on the forward mast. 1t is figured
that although this whistle will convey
Its message to other craft the passen-
gers will be bothered less by its noise.
The usual whistle ON the smokestack
will be maintained, as well, until the
worth OF the new device has been
proven.
The new $500 high school building at
Houlton has been accepted by the school
board and when the grading of the
grounds IL completed and the building
furnished the town will have one of the
finest high school buildings in the State.
The blueberry crop in some sections of
the State is said to be almost "a blank
and the prices obtained by the lucky
pickers are approaching the high mark.
Shaw's pasture in South Paris where
about 20Q quarts is an average yield is
not worth going over. Others . in the
same region are reported in the same
condition.
Open air sleeping has always appealed
to. George Beechy. clerk of the Bayville
Inn. near Boothbay Harbor, until the
other night when he rolled off the roof
and sustained injuries which will lay him
up for weeks. his pelvic bone being bad
ly broken when he struck the piazza rail.
Plans are being worked out at Houiton
Tor the erection Of a Salvation Army
hotel. Several sites are under consid.
GRAFTON and while nothing definite has
yet materialized the parties interested
are sanguine that the hotel will come in
the near future. 1t Is understood that
the building will be similar to the Ban
gor building.
sunday motoring party from Bath in
met on the highway a flock Of
gray geese. The hock, headed by gan
der, we're coming home in two rows Of
from Is to 30 birds. A young lady in the
car remarked that they reminded her
n
on the march.
Dog days seem to have arrived to stay
with US for the allotted time. after the
advance guard had looked US over and
left sample of what we might expect
The down river fog which always accom-
panies the dog days is also with us and
the reports Of steamers being delayed at
the mouth Of the river In the early MORN
ings are being received. 'Spose we'll
have to make the best of 1t until Sept. 5,
don't you?
Mr. and Mrs. A. c. Burnham of
Ct. have been enjoying the
fishing at Spring Lake, in the Range
ley region. and while there Mr.. Burn
nam had an experience which was
peculiar and well worth the telling.
He decided one day to troll for trout
and baited up with a nice smelt on an
archer spinner. but just as he was
about to start 1t began to rain. He
cast the baited hook into the water,
placing the rod on the springboard on
the float. and sought shelter, thinking
ne had securely fastened the rod
Some boys In a nearby camp soon
heard the reel on that pole begin to
sing and made a rush for it, but just
IN time to see the rod disappear in
The water. Grapples were used but
the pole Is still missing. 1t is sup
posed q large salmon took the bait.
Mr.. Burnham is minus a rod,
though he has a good and unusual
story to tell his friends.
Some three months have now
Elapsed since Bath relatives and
friends have heard from Kenney
Edgecomb who. at the time Of his
asst writing. said that he expected
20 arrive In Seattle on the following
Sunday and also mentioned having
made the acquaintance Of some men