Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-25

Maine Gossip
Service.
A DOOR man served by thee
Shall make thee rich.
A sick man helped by thee
Shall make thee strong.
Thou shalt be served myself by every
OF service which thou renderest.
e. B. Browning.
The first signs Of spring in Maine
are when the lumber crews break
camp. says the Old Town Enterprise.
The Jordan Lumber Co. has stopped
yarding at one camp. at Grindstone
and at Katahdin Iron Works, the first
break up for the season.
Orono people are considering the
formation Of a Loan & Building AS
sociation in that city.
From Is to 20 inches of ice is report
ed along the shores Of Merrymeeting
bay and the residents are getting first
class quality for their summer use.
The steamer Nahanada made spec
ial night trip Monday night from
Boothbay Harbor to Bath to keep the
ice from blocking the Sasanoa river
She was pretty we'll iced up. the
weather being the worst Of the season.
1t is understood that a speaking tour
among the French-speaking people OF
Maine is to be made by Lieut.. Col. H.
Bare Of Montreal, who commands a
French Canadian regiment forming
there, with one or two of his officers
and that assistance for his command
will be asked. 1t is said that meet
ings will be held In about all the cities
having a good sized number of French
Canadians. Colonel John B. Heating of
Portland, an officer in the Canadian
militia, is said to favor the plan.
| Jerry Smith of East Harpswen was
on the sunny side of hill in that
place last Sunday and there found and
picked some full-blown Mayflowers, as
fully developed and highly colored as
| in their proper time of blossoming.
| And the following comes from Seba :
go Center, via the Ossipee Valley Her.
add
when the days begin to lengthen
| then the cold begins to strengthen
seems to be the only weather rhyme
that holds true. The ground hog
rhymes are all awry. Why not say
IF Candlemas day be dull and gray
winter is surely on its way"
A man who halls from the town
made famous by the late Richard
Golden on the stage. caused some
thing Of a sensation at the Maine Cen
trail station at Bangor a day or two
ago by driving deliberately into the
tstation and up to the door Of the wait
ing room. An officer demonstrated
with him, gently but firmly, and asked
why he should drive up to the gates.
The farmer replied that he was get
ting in there to take his trunk to the
ticket Office to have it checked In
|
was experienced in getting the horse
and vehicle turned about and headed
to the paved yard. but it was accom-
plished after some patience and per-
severance.
The town Of Kingfeld, Me-, is to
observe the Tooth anniversary of it's
incorporation as a town next August.
A movement is on foot to raise funds
for the erection and dedication Of a
memorial tablet to Names first Gov
ernor, William King of Bath, for
whom the town was named, says the
Bath Times. The committee have
commenced to collect material obtain
able in regard to his history, including
Tax Collector Butler Of Rockland
offsets any danger of physical de-
terioration that might proceed from
Office confinement, by walking to bust
ness each morning from his home on
the side Of Dodge's Mountain. Forty
minutes Is his schedule time, says the
Opinion.
| Sixty-four box alarms and five still
alarms are reported by Chief Engineer
John A. Karl Of Rockland for the year
just ended. This breaks all previous
records for Rockland. and has made
the flremen's Jobs anything but cheer
full. The most disastrous fires were
the Thorndike & Hix block Feb. 22;
the City Farm fire which swept over a
wide territory, being finally stopped at
Glencove; NJ. 3. & c. o. Perry's coal
pocket: Syndicate mill and Berry
block Chief Karl's recommendations
include the purchase of 1000 feet more
Of hose. the painting of the hook and
ladder truck and new wheels for the
Berry hose wagon. The other ap-
paratus is reported in good condition.
Bar Harbor Lodge, No. 1s5, F. and A
NJ. Of Bar Harbor has rather a re-
markable record as to its past masters
having had 25 during the "a years OF
its existence of whom % are still living
The lodge in 1903 established the Gus
tom Of holding Past Masters night and
last night one Of those events was OBJ