Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-05
Maine Gossip


When eoushs Are Bare.
When December boughs are bare
Let the watcher not despair
For the milder April skies
Shall behold them green and fair.
Springfield Republican.
The largest gathering of K. of P's.
ever held in this State is expected to
be held in Ellsworth on Feb. %. This
is to be a state wide meeting and an
elaborate program Of work in the de-
grees has been arranged for the aft
ernoon and the affair will close with a
grand ball in the evening. Distin-
guished members Of this order will be
present.
The annual Ellsworth reunion in
Boston will be held at Paul Revere hall
Friday evening, March "a.
A resident in the rural section of
Milo recently saw a race between
bob cat and domestic feline which
nearly resulted disastrously for the lat
nearly upon it. The bob cat was be-
tween tabby and the house so tabby
took to the woods and reached brush
fence just as the bob cat grabbed its
tail, but escaped minus good part of
the fur on its tip.
The annual meeting and anniversary
of the Maine Society Sons of the
American Revolution will be held this
year as usual on Washington's birth
day. A new departure is to be made
this year, however, in that the meeting
will be held at the Congress Square ho-
tel, Portland, instead Of at Riverton,
as has been the custom for some years
past, with the business meeting at 4.l5
p. NJ. followed by the supper at $50
and this in turn followed by the liter
airy and musical program. There will
be two short addresses this year in
stead of one long grafton, Adjt. Gen.
George Mel. Presson Of Pennington
and the registrar of the society being
the two speakers. Gen. Presson's SUBJ
ject will be National Defense" The
other paper will describe local Incl
uCHI u NlSLOIlC SPdi CoIlCoS. hC
music will be by the Mendlessohn Or
chestra, and a select male quartet.
Dancing will be in order after the pro-
gram for those who wish to take part
therein.
The Woodbury. didn't sink, after ALL
says the Portland Press. She went
down to Haskell island or somewhere
else down the bay and evoluted around
some time but came back safe and
sound and looking even better than
when she went away. It is suspected
that this sort Of thing will be kept
up for some days and perhaps some
weeks and then the people who have
been using her will silently fold up
their stuff and go their way and the
old Woodbury. will be just as good as
she is now and will probably go back
into the hands Of the people who
bought her recently. 1t is even said that
the sinking will be of the theoretical
kind so often used in the movies or at
least If she Is allowed to sink it will be
done in such a place and manner that
she can be brought back again in due
time. IT is good safe bet that the
Woodbury. will yet be seen many hun
dred times and that no great harm
will come to her.
Holman Day, the Portland author,
is just completing a novel soon to be
published by Harper & Bros. 1t will be
the longest which Mr. Day has ever
tot
and is a sea story. Mr.. Day has writ
ten several short stories about the sea,
but this will be his first complete now
ell Of this kind. The name Of the book
is BLOW the Man Down." which is a
catch line in what is probably the old
est Of all known sea chanties. One Of
Mr.. Days most valued possessions is
book containing many Of these old
chanties and from these he has culled
extracts with which to lead each chan
ter Of the book. Mr. Days book of
chanties was given to him by Capt.
Jack Christy of the steamer Irishman.
one Of the authors warmest friends.
and the novel has been dedicated to
him. 1t will probably appear late in the
spring.
A party of Eastport business men.
including o. H. Brown, H. ]. Beckett,
H. j. Beckett. Jr, Sidney Farris and
Albert Bishop. left home Thursday for
a four or five weeks trip, which is to
include tour through Florida and
several other Southern states and a
trip also to Cuba, part of which is to
be made by automobile, Mr.. Beckett
taking his big Paige car along for the
purpose. The party will travel by
boat to Charleston, S. c., and from
there will motor through Georgia and
Florida. From Key West they will
sail to Havana, and after spending
some time there, they will leave for
New Orleans in time to witness the
Mardi Gras Carnival. From Florida
they will ride north to Boston, stop
ping en- route to visit the battleflelds
of Virginia and the cities of Washing
ton, Baltimore. Philadelphia and New
York. At Boston they will visit the
Auto Show and expect to return to
PASSPORT about tho second week in
March.