Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-04-23
Maine GOSSIP
To m ary.

AvAS$SSS0 0OSOIP
To Mary.
When April skies have ceased to weep,
And plaintive winds their wailng.
And snowy clouds like heavenly ships
Across the blue are sailing.
And little lambs about their dams
In all the pastures playing.
How sweet to see:: the old Maine woods.
AND WITH YOU GO A-MAYING.
Around the trunks Of leafing trees
The lovely flowers are sleeping.
And often from a bank of snow
A dainty face is peeping;
We laugh and talk Of many things,
Quote many d quaint old saying,
And think how sweet to seek the woods,
AND GO TOGETHER MAYlNG.
Since in the Maytime weather.
We wandered through the budding
trees.
Two happy girls together:
And now l wish with all my heart
Some impulse sweet obeying,
To seek again the old Maine woods,
And with YOU go a-Maying.
EMILY PAGE WEBB.
The following item was taken from
an old book published in 1852 called
"A Pictorial Library of Useful In
formation" The item will be of in
terest to many. especially to those in
the vicinity Of the Saco river who
may not know of their proximity to
such rich deposits Of silver-or have
the hills all been taken away TO en-
rich Mr. Phillips or his heirs?
Silver Hills. An idea prevaile
among the early settlers of the east
ern part of New England. that these
hills. on the banks of the Saco river
were as full Of silver as the noun
tains of Peru. In the year 1860, Will
liam Phillips of Saco. became pro-
prietor of all this incalculabl wealth
by purchasing the hills from an In
dian Sachem, named Captain Sun.
day. The purchase money was prob.
ably no more than few hatchets and
d bottle of rum-and yet Captain
Sunday had the best of the trade"
The brisk winds of the last few
! days did wonders in drying the roads,
although all the mud has not yet dis
! appeared. A man appeared in a local
! with a pair Of very muddy boots. Said
he: That's good clean mud, although
l washed off most of what had. Got
| stuck with my auto about half way q
Waterville. west side, and had to
! come back. Ought to see my wife's
boots; worse than mine She'll be in. u
Tomorrow will have just five hours
more daylight than when the sun be-
gan mounting upward in the sky and
not counting the daylight saving.
! Hon. Obadiah Gardner turned down
an attractive proposition this week
says the Rockland Courier Gazette OF
April Is. when he was obliged. on ac-
! count of his official duties, to decline
; an invitation from the assistant sec
! retary of agriculture to represent the
agricultural interests of the United
States at an important meeting In
France during the month Of July. The
problem is 70 devise means for re-
habilitating the war devastated terri
tory. The international joint bound
ary commission Of which Mr.. Gard
ner is American chairman is too
busy just now to permit of Mr.. Gard
ner's absence.
Prospects are good for the reopenins
Of the famous Abbott school at Farm.
| ington. reports the Franklin journal
Headmaster George Dudley Church
recently visited the place. accompanied
| by Donald c. Pirnie OF Boston. who has
| looked over the situation and thinks the
J time has arrived for reopening the
school. Mr. Church has tentatively ac-
! cepted the headmastershp. The plans
largely depend on the fulhllment of the
pledges made in subscriptions for bonds
at the time of the contemplated rebuild
| ing and which have not been cashed.
| The steamer Belfast arrived at
$50 A. NJ. Monday at Bath. where she
| came for repairs resulting in the
mixup last week in the Cape Cod
canal. She will remain about three
weeks, or until the repairs are COM
pleted, which it is estimated will cost
about $4,000. The Belfast was
towed from Boston and entered the
river Sunday afternoon. but the
strong wind. with her disabled steer
ing gear, rendered her unmanage-