Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-15
Maine Gossip


IL NLOQWe AQsEy 2OWua4L(
/ 1 know a little lonely country road.
Grass-grown and shady, and little
Iu.usdC : and lost in an enchanted wood
Though once. II seems, twas highway
broad and glad.
rher. are SO few such roads left US to-
And YET We need them sorely-for with
Asieam. and bird notes. my road lures
To>the hushed country of Forgotten
Androscoggin Republicans will hold
q get together" Wednesday. Oct. 20.
Hon. Bert NJ. Fernaid will be the
principal speaker. Chairman Frank
Ham Of the State Committee. and 9TH
ers have been invited.
| In the gray of the early morning.
Wednesday. Farmingdale- man
pushed open his carriage house door
when more than 100 crows. with great
rush of wings and startled carvings.
aross from giant eims that shade his
buildings. The farmer remarked that
from what he overhead. he thought
the party was discussing southern
trip-perhaps to the Presidents we'd
ding.
| A Haiiowell farmers dog found
young song sparrow in the grass.
Thursday morning. The youngster
was able only to fiutter along in the
grass. The man rescued 1t and placed
it safely upon stack of corn. where
the parent bird quite probably found
and cared for it; but he thinks the
birds that start family thus late in
TIE season must have been badly mis-
I led by the cold summer and warm
weather Of late,
! w. e. Overlook of Washington.
Maine, sends a bouquet of wild roses,
dandelions. buttereups and clover.
! Indian summer has been unusually
lavish with its wealth of flowers and
fruit.
The mother of "Biii" Carrisan, Mrs.
John E. Carrigan Of Lewiston, with
the true mother spirit has done her
best for the Red Sex Each morning
OF a world series game she has car
ried rs candles to st. Patrick's church
/ in Lewiston, to burn for the success of
her boys team.
Rangers new federal building, re-
Gently opened for business. cost $780,
900. A great fire is a bad thing to
have. but good things often follow in
the wake of one. Not only is the new
building SO far superior to the old as
to render compa rison ludicrous, but it
is said to be the finest in America in
a city OF Bangor's size. 1t is $50 feet
and 4 inches in length and IS feet and
8 inches wide. or deep. 1t is con-
structed Of Mt. Waldo granite with
brick backing, the walls being 20
inches thick, the terrace at the main
entrance is 80 feet in width. and at
the southerly entrance IA feet wide.
with a heavy balustrated. The wings
are each 90 feet and. s inches wide.
The entire height from outward ap-
1 pearance is about So feet, the height
from the first floor to the top of the
granite ornamentation on the roof be-
ing So feet.
| Eastport is troubled over it's lack OF
coal. There is little coal on hand
and reports received there do not
promise cargoes from the coal regions
within the near future. Fortunately
an abundant hardwood supply can be
utilized If necessary.
The Civil War ended over fifty years
ago and there are now living 159.773
veterans enrolled in the Grand Army
of the Republic. This number is al
strength Of the army in the United
States. .
Washington county. had a strange
caller recently who entered in an un-
usual way. While busily engaged in
her household duties she was sur
prised by the smashing of one of her
large windows in the kitchen. While
out to the door trying to, locate the
cause Of the break, F. 0. Larrabee
CdA1F dtutS anu went Al the mousse
with her to try to find a stone or 9TH
or missile. and under the couch he
found much frightened partridge.
To all outward appearance the bird
was uninJured after its strange en-
trance.
| In Bangor as in Augusta an effort is
being made to adopt plan to insure
safety from traffic on the city streets
A code of traffic regulations will be SUBJ
mitted to the city government of Bangor
for approval next week. Several at
tempts have been made to put In force
something Of the kind. but without sue
cess. as there have been objections to
some Of the regulations as being too
draatic. The great increase In automo-
biles and narrow escapes from serious
accidents due to congestion Of traffic in
the business section have made fegula-
tons a necessity. and II is probable that
the proposed code will have a passage.
Many a Maine boy has enlisted in the
service Of England; more than is gen.
orally supposed. Among them is Murray
c. DonnelI. Heulton boy. who has en-
listed in the English Army and has been