Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-23
Maine Gossip
To Ny M other

To NY Mother
Did ever a youth pass by the spot
Your fragrance. love, made dear
Without heart leap at the lot
That drew his fancy near!
Was ever maid Of fairy stuff
Like this in days of old
A rose already fine enough
Without that heart OF gold!
Arthur Epson.
Several people on the Hampton ROAD
Monday were witnesses Of sight that
they will long remember. says the Com
mercial. A little yellow-haired girl and
her brother were playing In the road and
soon started to go to the other side. An
auto was approaching at good rate OF
speed and the brother saw 1t and re-
turned out Of harms way. The little
girl, much to the horror Of the spectators.
kept on at her play without noticing the
machine. Tho driver Of the car applied
the brakes but too late. The mud guard
struck the little tot and swept her under
the machine. Spectators rushed to the
car A yellow head stuck out from under
the running board and little voice said.
Gee, I amt hurt
Two divers from Hallowell and
Portland recently concluded several
days work on the wreck Of the
schooner Edgar w Murdoch, which
has been bought by the Machias Lum-
Der Co., and is made fast from a ledge
between Towards Cove and Star
board, near Machias. Their findings
included an anchor and chains. A
crew has been constantly at work on
this wreck and a diver came Monday
from Boston. It is thought that the
| windlass, engines, boilers, more chains
and other valuable belongings may be
discovered.
The torpedo boat destroyer Manley
will be launched at o'clock this
Thursday afternoon at the Bath Iron
, Works, but owing to war conditions
the public will not be admitted.
A lover, Of the beautiful in nature
| and Maine has as much of that to the
square mile as any section In the
world-has the following lament over
| the stern necessity Of commercial en-
| terprise which has stepped in and
! turned the beauty of the famous Hiram
Falls unto o plain business proposition:
| Hiram, Me-, Aug. 1S-Hiram Falls is
no longer the beauty spot of the mid
Ole Saco Valley. The falls have been
| harnessed and serpentlike steel pen
stock winds it's way down the steep
descent, feeding big turbines for gen.
Grating electricity. A tall power house
Of concrete marks the terminal Of the
, penstock. poles and wires run of
across country. permanent scars have
been inflicted by diggers. blasters and
dredgers in the thick1y wooded hillock.
on the north, while an immense dam
OF ponderous construction two-thirds
Of the way up the falls holds in check
the vast volume Of water which pours
over series Of rapids.
| But the beauty Of the natural seem
cry has been marred beyond repair.
The falls are still there, and the pol
ished lodges over which the Saco has
! flowed for centuries untold show above
the bed of the stream at low water,
while high water sends the foaming
| torrent over them IN roaring catar-
act one never tires Of watching. 1t has
been an expensive proposition for the
Cumberland County Power and Light
Company Of Portland but the equip
ment Is up for all time whereby a
steady current Of great voltage has
become available for propelling trolley
| cars in Portland and vicinity and turn
| ing the nachiner~ Of many manufac-
| turing plants there also.
! War regulations step in and prevent
the securing OF special trains for the
accommodation Of Labor day excur-
sions. so that celebrations will neces-
sarily be held at points near the cen
! tiers. Lake Maranocook and Sebago
Lake, for which great gatherings were
| planned. will remain in their usual
calm and quietness.
Here Is Editor F. W. sanborn's COM
plant against New Hampshire. as
published in the Norway Advertiser,
written from his summer home at
! Meredith. n. H:
| Roadside notice reads: mo Tres
passing or Fishing on Land or Water"
This Is a gentle slap In the face to
every person situated as I am Take
those liberties from me and I'd return
to Maine at once. What do you sup
pose I'm here for II not to fish and
trespass and annoy. New Hampshire
| ought to be consistent in its pre-
| lenses. It wisely and persistently ad-
| vertises as the summer herding ground
| for idle people and such notices are
shocking. Better put up warning like:
Look Out for Snakes. Lizards. Toads.
Gentlemen Ok. Infatuated Cows, etc"
| An observing Lewiston man, evil
IDENTIFY friend Of birds and the under
dog, speaks to the Lewiston Journal
as follows:
you'll remember that last winter a
campaign was begun against the Eng
fish sparrow There are those who are
not in favor of the persecution This
morning. looking out Of my window
onto our little garden, I saw one CT
these little brown birds perching on
leaf OF ore Of the cauliflower plants
He sat very still and presently. as
watched him, I saw him move to the
center Of the plant. and with care and
determination. drag out long green