Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-10
Maine Gossip

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II her lips be red as the reddest rose
=, mat nat grows in a southern cline:
- r ne. s . De white as the whitest SHOWS
T.. that fail In the winter time:
II ner eyes be blue as the bluest sea
mat washes far-on shore:
II neI nair be gold as the sun we see
~, Gold as the purest ore;
| Inen. mark my words, she NAV be a fool
oevil. or Ounce, or clown
II matters not. for she will rule
| "nlIe the Wisest Of men bow down.
II wise men know that lips soon fade,
Just as the roses do;
II wise men know that skin is made
=. rom the dust it returneth to;
II wise men know that eyes grow dim,
AS aim as an ember cold;
II wise men know that time is grim
And youth is quickly old;
1nen. mark my words. they forget it all
BE ene devil. or cad or clown
II matters not. for she'll enthrall.
| While the wisest Of men bow down
| "A. F. L.
Bar Harbor people are always prompt
IN looking after their summer attrac-
tons. so the chairman of the Board of
AIoue Committee on securing WarShipS
Tor summer visits has already been in
communication with the navy department
and has received a reply from Sec.
Daniels to the effect that the program
for the movements of the fleet has not
been arranged for a date after Aprl.
hence he is unable to promise anything
at this time. He will. however, bear in
mind the desirability of sending vessels
to Bar Harbor and will communicate at
a later date.
Sumner E. Tucker Of South Paris has
IA hens Of the Rhode Island Red variety
that laid Is dozen eggs in the month of
January. Sumner knows how to make
'em "lay or bust"
1.-THE ground hog did not show his head
on Candlemas day. nor was the day
fair and bright" as the poet of
olden time expressed it, says the
East Sumner correspondent of the Oxford
Democrat 80 we may expect some kind
OF weather to continue and battle against
our "unpreparedness." We asked re-
Gently an old man Of 81 years If he could
recall such a January month. He said
that he could not" ..--.'..r ... red.
A paragraph was published late last
summer or early in the fall about a
branch Of the delicious st. Regis rasp-
berry which was brought to the journal
office. We would like the address of the
party and If he will be so kind to send
it to this Office we will appreciate the
favor.
Bath Times-Special writer Nathan D.
Colcord of the Portland Press is here
this week delivering the edition de lux of
Noted Men of Maine," beautiful and
artistically gotten up book containing a
Photographic album Of 400 of the promi-
nent men Of the State. The book is pub
lished by the Kennebec Journal and cost
years of labor and a large outlay OF
money.
Earl Bishop, who died Monday night in
Portland, was prominent among the mu-
steal people of Maine. At Is he was play
ing in Australia. He tried the insurance
business for awhile, but did not like 1t,
and for five years was with the Gen.
Tom Thumb company. going abroad with
1t, and did not leave it until after the
death Of Gen Tom Thumb at Marlboro.
Mass. He was a stage manager in New
York for two years. then for three years
at Troy, and finally was the musical
director of the Keith Theatre in Boston.
He was later at Lowell and Manchester.
and In 1903 went to Portland and was
connected with several places of amuse-
ment. A year ago he became musical
director of the Mystic Theatre in Lewis
ton.
Mrs Frances G. Oliver Of Popham
Beach received many friends Tuesday on
her s5th birthday. She is in good health
and enjoyed the observance at her home
Mrs. Oliver was born in Cheshire, Eng.
q daughter of John and Susan CART
She came to this country aboard the ship
Sultan, the voyage requiring AZ days. She
married the late Calvin Oliver, we'll
known pilot, on Dec. 3, 1856. and has three
sons, Frank 8. Oliver of Popham Beach,
Esbert A. Oliver Of East Boston and Ed
gar A. Oliver Of Newport. r. l., all OF
them marine engineers and the last two
being twins. Mr.. oliver has been life
long member Of the Episcopal church.
/ While e. H. Whitney was having
some counters torn to pieces to get
some lumber at his store at Phillips
last week, H. H. vining assisting him.
they found nicely boxed in a pair OF
mems ice skates with a long leather
strap attached. The counters were
made about IS years ago by F. E. Beal
who was carpenter and lived here at
the time. The skates are somewhat
rusty but would no doubt be all right
with a little work put on them. The
counters have always been used by the
various tenants Of the block.
A familiar friend made it's appear
ance in Bangor last week in the form
Of the nice little coat Of arms swindle,
which is a direct descendant Of the
popular Spanish fake which had such a
rage q few years ago. A well-known
l.