Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-19
Maine Gossip


The spider spins ner web apace,
But speech Is rarely echoed there.
And seldom seen human face.
No football on the threshold worn,
The latch is lifted by no hand,
No birth-pang in those rooms is borne.
| No funeral rite with anthem grand.
Uncurtained shines the morning sun
Through door ajar and broken pane;
The stars CLEAN brightly one by one
And whisper day IS on the wane.
Time was when brilliant hearth-fires
And tiickring shades danced on the
And Jest and ready laughter flowed
Within those rooms, along the halls;
The patter Of the childish feet.
The tap of grandsire's hickory cane.
No more our listening ears will greet,
Those sounds We never hear again.
The fire upon the hearth is dead,
All youths gay songs are hushed: in
stead
A gray mouse scampers up the stair.
No merry voices greet the ear.
+ No kindly word from friends to
friends.
No welcome or goodbye we hear
To which loves accent something
lends.
Old house, farewell: our steps we turn
To scenes our parents did not know;
For US the backlog does not burn
And Light the room with mellow
But present times and modern ways
Have not for Us those charms OF
And oft-told tales of bykone days
Which memory loves to ever hold.
| BERNARD Aubrey Pitman, Union, Jan.
3, 1921, In The Courier-Gazette.
Some little time yet, but Maine
State Fair officials announce next
falls dates as September 10, IA, Is. 1s,
and of course bigger and better than
| ever.
No more nocturnal gatherings OF
shin coasters" in the warm corridors
of Burleson's' Branch at Lewiston.
Per orders from Washington, the
Office will be. closed between the hours
of IL P. M. and A. M.
| West Paris yearns to be whole
again. Some time ago the railroad
station was designated as Bates.
Endless confusion ensued from the
fact that the telegraph and express
Offices retained the original name.
Al a recent meeting of citizens the
sentiment was for return to the old
order of things.
Sheriff Grant of Aroostook may or
may not have inside dope" on the
fate of the proposed measure to. limit
the number of jails in Maine to four.
In any event he proposes to have a
spick and span retreat for the wrong
doer. Thorough renovation of the
building, started when he assumed
Office. has just been completed.
| Lewiston sleuths are famed for
their spectacular raids on poker
Joints" and Saturday nights stunt
did not lessen their laurels. The
'hends" felt secure behind an elabo-
rate barricade, but Chief Picard S
men pulled a Doug Fairbanks" from
a neighboring roof and as a conse-
quence the courts Golfers We're en-
riched Monday morning to the extent
of $145.50 in fines and COSTS
| Mrs. Hannah E. Stevens of Mechan-
ic Falls is one, if not the Oldest paint
er, sketch artist and poet combined in
New England. Mrs. Stevens is 70
years old and has lived in Mechanic
Falls for six years. previous to that
she lived on College street, Lewiston.
Her only near relatives here are her
niece. Mrs. Lottie Fuller and nephew,
/ ~
she makes her home. Mrs. Stevens
has exercised her talents since she was
a young girl. Her husband and several
of her brothers and other kin were vet
Grams Of the Civil War.
| The Piscataquis Historical society is
the recipient of a Christmas gift of a
new set of moose antlers to replace
those stolen from Moosehorn in the
| town Of Abbot several weeks ago and
no trace of which has been found
The donor is Game Warden David F.
| Brown of Greenville, one of the best
known wardens connected with the
Maine Inland Fish and Game depart
ment. Warden Brown handed the set
of antlers, which are an unusually
handsome set, to Hon. John Francis
Sprague. president OF the Historical
society. 1t Is planned to have the ant
lers suitably mounted and some time
next summer they will be placed on
the historical sign post at Moosehorn.
1t Is likely that the occasion will be
observed with suitable program to
| be carried out under the auspices of
the society. The stolen antlers were a
gift to the society by Hon. Albert H.
| Shaw of Bath, who by the way, offers
to replace them with another set.
Warden Brown. however, forestalled
the Bath gentleman and his gift is
much appreciated by the members of
| the society.
Mrs. Salome Dingley of Otisfield, who
was 80 years of age last September, is
confined to her chair. unable to walk
on account Of broken hip and spine
| trouble, but is the most cheerful per-
| son for miles around, with her mind
| bright and clear.
Among the interesting persons who
attended the oxford Pomona Grange in
Norway last week was A. NJ. Durham
Of Norway. 1t will be remembered
that Mr. Dunham made the vc,w,h>o.