Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-01
Name Gossip
Joys Of a Companiopable Book

Maine Gossip
Joys Of Companio4able Book
A good book! Joyous companion of
my heart
A friend in truth. in joy OF grief thou
If but choose thee wisely, then in
Thou shalt sa, truly minister to my souls
A cha4i,e acquaintance met in library
or store
May often prove a friend worth know
ing more.
However well know those love best
l never can exhaust their wealth or
interest.
A book that's much bethumbed and
read again
And then once more is friendly as the
A good book truly, an eternal friend
may be;
Itself remains complete. it yet becomes
ward Mgars IF yo IN f PSbl ms Press
A former Bar Harbor girl has the
unique distinction of being the only
American woman in a town in India,
as Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mason Dire
residing in Karachi, and Mrs. Mason
was formerly Miss Elizabeth Ham
NETT.
Former Governor William Neptune
of the Passamaquoddy tribe of Ins
dams, five miles from this city, was
here on Saturday and called on the
Bangor Daily. News correspondent to
straighten out the recent report that
Joe d. Socabasion had recently pur-
chased his third share of the profit
able herring fishing weir on the
shores of this Indian reservation on
the banks of border river St. Croix.
Elk Governor Neptune states that he
formerly owned one-quarter interest
in the weir which he sold recently to
Thomas Sabattus of the village, who
now owns one-half interest. Charles
Levy, another enterprising Indian,
owns one quarter interest, and Joe d.
Socabasion (who had been credited
with buying a third interest from
Neptune) owns only quarter of
this large weir which has gathered in
many hogsheads of herring, also cod,
pollock and hake, in recent seasons
Eastport letter in Bangor News
"A photograph of the late Rev. Eugene
Vetromile, for many years pastor of
the Catholic church in Eastport. was
presented to the Pleasant Point In
dams by James Moldoon at the OBJ
servance of their annual Christmas
tree. Rev. Vetromile an Italian by
birth did much for the Indians. 1t was
he that first wrote the Indian Altman
&C and TRANSLATED the prayerbook into
their language. At the time of his
death he set aside certain sum Of
money to be used toward the support
of the widows of Pleasant Point Island.
This is being done at the present time,
some twenty widows receiving $500 a
year. just before Christmas. Because
of this the picture will have consider
able significance.
Nine. Emma Games de Gogorza. is
taking great interest in the Bath or
phan's home sewing classes. She has
assured Mrs. Staples. the matron of
the institution that she will continue
to supply a teacher and material for
the older girls class.
Albert S. Rines of Portland. Of the
Rines Brothers company. was "a years
of age one day this week and doubt
less a birthday celebration was far
from his mind. There were others,
however. who remembered the date and
the folks who did were the employees
of the big store. Accordingly a party
was arranged at the Columbia hotel,
the main dining room being used for
the occasion. Mr.. Rines was enticed
to the hotel on a make-believe pre-
text and when he arrived at the center
Of interest he received a surprise that
was a real one. All the folks were
there to greet him. He was presented
with a portrait of himself, bronze
plate at the bottom bearing an inscrip-
ion giving the date and the donors Of
the picture. -.
Frances H. Glidden formerly of this
State. but now Of Cleveland. Ohio. sent
the committee of Lincoln Academy the
sum of Is as contribution toward a
her letter. accompanying the contribu-
ton. she spoke Of her able teachers,
A. d. Virgins, G, Snow Newcomb and
the much esteemed Anna d. Reed as
names that should adorn with cherish
ed memory the pages of those reminis-
cent days. She recalled that her faith
or had furnished the bricks for Acad-
envy building from his own brick yard
rear the ship yard of her grandfath-
er's. Joseph Glidden. She said 1t was
her hope that her check for So would
in a slight degree aid theNcommittee In
their purpose to preserve the good re-
pute Of Lincoln Academy indefinitely.
Speaking of the losses generally Of
the Aroostook farmer because Of the
drop in the potato market; one sue
cessfil farmer writes: "It IL estimated
that 20.000y00o bushels Of potatoes were
produced In Aroostook last year and
that the farmers on the whole will have