Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-07-18
Name Gossip
The Old Fishing Hole

Name Gossip
The Old Fishing Hole
You s,nFF the song OF the meadows wnc
The songs Of the sumach and daises
Songs Of the pathway. the hishrcad and
Where clouds Of the summer drift
I'll sing a song of the old "hshin' hcls'.
And a fishing string on the end Of =
pole.
Deep in the heart OF the woodland it
lies
have made to it.
Still as the woods or the overhead skies
And deep as the hearts of the young
sters who knew it.
Ho: it's throne for a tow-head ded king
With a specter of elder and bobbeI
and string,
To catch the ''old sett Her that never
was caught.
You sing the songs of the meadows who
will.
The songs of the sumach. the daisies
and clover.
I'll sing the song of the "ashin' hole
still
Win OiQ TtSoIIeClloHS dIl uoFtIAiS
Throne 0eel7 in the woods whAre we loitered
in state
And learned to be patient and hope
ful-and wait.
John D. Wells. in Buffalo News.
A perfect clam shell was found by
| Facolman Frank Dunham recently six
feet under ground in a moving field
| near the gravel pit belonging to Frank
| Chick of Madrid. Evidently this was
washed over in the freshet in 'eS, says
the Chronicle correspondent from that
/ :own.
Mrs. Ella Sprague of Fairbanks has
the record for picking strawberries.
having picked 700 boxes in six days.
only working seven hours a day. One
day she picked 1a2 boxes. the next day
125 and the third day III.
Capt. Hadlock and DR.. Ma.colm Stcrer
81 Islesford recently had a narrow es-
cape from drowning. Capt. Hadlock
was out fishing with DR.. Storer. His
boat was at anchor, when sailing ves-
sci came along, under both power and
sail Capt Hadlock did not think but
what the man at the vessels wheel was
looking out for what was in his course,
and would steer clear of them. When
they realized their danger. it was too
late to pull in their anchor and start
their engine. Their yells failed to at
tract the attention of the man at the
wheel. who was hidden by the deck
load. Capt. Hadiock had presence Of
Blind to cut his anchor rope and try
tn turn his boat si6ewise, and when the
vessel struck his launch. both men
sprang into the rigging of the bowsprit.
Publishers Association are guests to-
day Of Frank B. Nichols Of The Bath
Daily Times. The publishers were met
in Brunswick by Mr.. Nichols and taken
in automobiles to New Meadows Inn,
enjoying succulent clans and Holsters
and during the latter part Of the after
noon the party will be brought into
Bath for an automobile tour Of the city.
showing them the big shipbuilding
plants and new housing projects.-Bath
Times July 16.
A man applied for lodgings at the
Bath police station Tuesday at mid
night and the usual question Have you
any knife or weapons in your pocket?'
was asked. mo SIR" said the lodse-.
Ohicer Collar searched the man and
found in one pocket big dirk. rOh
that Is only my penknife with which
I cut my tobacco" explained the lodger.
The knife was taken away and at last
accounts the captain had decided not
to return such a weapon to the man to
get him into trouble for carrying con.
cealed weapons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund r. Saxon Of
Boston have just returned 10 Kinco
after a three weeks 20o-mile trip by
canoe through the Alagash waters
and down the St. John rive. into New
Brunswick. They had as guides
Frank Toner and son. widely known
Old Town Indians. Mrs. Saxon was
the first woman to make the entire
trip this season.
Police Cptain Picard Of Lewiston
made an interesting discovery on
Wednesday. when he lowered the
windshield Of the police patrol. in
which he went in search of James
Clabby. murderer of Patrick Fahey
and from the side Of which he had a
pistol duel with Clabby. A bullet
hole was found through the roof of
the patrol and the distance Of the
bullet from Capt. Picard's body could
have been not more than six inches.
Charles H. Liley Of Bath received
Tuesday from his sister In Massachu.
setts.. letter with money order en-
closed which she had mailed to him in
France Dec. II. intending it to reach
him in time for Christmas. The letter
was addressed to Lieut.. Charles H.
Liley. sd Ammunition Train, A. e. r.
Lieut.. Liley left France early in Janu.
ary. The letter was forwarded to Fort
Hamilton. N. 7. and from there 70 |
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