Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-02
Maine Gossip


The river rebels at prison of ice,
1t calls to the ducks on the wing,
And wrinkles with joy as they swim
When Nature turns Winter to Spring.
The grasshopper hops in the midday
And aias-Is captured. poor thing.
The apple tree blooms by the pasture
When Nature turns Winter to Spring.
The woodchuck still .chucks. and
winks a bright eye
thing;
Holsters get caught
When Nature turns Winter to Spring.
The creature called Man" who deems
himself wise
Says there surely Is buried a sting.
But let's wait till ii comes, and enjoy
life in Maine.
When Nature turns Winter to Spring
Florence L. Palmer.
Mrs. Maria L. Anderson quietly
celebrated her s1st birthday Friday
at the home of her son. John o. An
derson, Floral street extension, Bath,
where she has lived for a number of
years. Although confined to her bed
by illness. she welcomed a number
OF callers. received several gifts and
enjoyed cutting birthday cake that
one of her friends sent her. Mrs
Anderson is the widow of Iarz An
derson. and was born in Gottenburg,
Sweden, son of Swanson Anderson
She came to this country about 25
years ago and has made her home in
Bath almost ever since. Her husband
died about ten years ago. She has
two sons in Bath, John O., and
Charles L. Anderson, and one daugh-
ter living in Portland. Ore, Mrs. John
Erickson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lora Collins who live
in Portland, on Tuesday of this week
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary, having been married a
half century. Mr.. Collins is one Of
Portland's best citizens and saw
much service during the Civil war.
He is at present employed with the
Portland Cooperage company and
while in the employ of the firm lost
his arm. His comrades OF the Bos-
worth post speak very highly of him,
both as quiet faithful soldier and
citizen. Mr.. and Mrs. Collins have
been residents of Portland for over
forty years.
Capt. Horatio Hall, for more than
a quarter Of century the agent of
the Maine Steamship Co. and known
to steamship and transportation men
the length of the Atlantic coast, was
in Portland on Monday, coming from
his home in Bowdoinham, accom-
panied by Mrs. Hall, to observe their
5sth wedding anniversary and they
followed as near as possible the pro-
gram of SO years ago, the first day of
their honeymoon. At that time Capt.
and Mrs. Hall were guests at the
Preble House and so for sentiments
sake they again reserved rooms at this
same hotel Capt. and Mrs Hall were
married just So years ago today in
brunswick. Capt. Hall was even then
a seafaring man. although not at the
time connected with the Maine
Steamship Co. He and Mrs. Hat had
been schoolmates at the academy at
Harpswell, and their boy and girl
friendship had ripened into courtship
and marriage. Mrs. Hall (then Mary
Bishop Johnson) was a native of
North Harpswell, the daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. Charles johnson, so
that there was seafaring blood in her
n q hot f,f lnr httcl n
Horace w. Shaylor of Portland, sat
on the roof of a box car, within six
feet of where Abraham Lincoln was
standing, Feb. 16, 1921, and heard
that Great Emancipator deliver q
brief speech. 1t was in Ashtabula,
Ohio. when Lincoln was on his way
from Springfield, ILL.,, to Washington,
d. c. to be inaugurated. That place
was Mr.. Shaylor's boyhood home.
Lincoln's speech as he recalled 1t
was: Il have only time to say 'howdy
do and good-by. I am glad to see
you, my friends, but am too hoarse
to make speech If 1 had the time
Mr.. Shaylor said the outset of his
talk was that the spirit of liberty and
agitation over thraldom in which the
slaves were held was uppermost in
his mind as a boy.
The harvest of ice in Old Town is
nearly completed after one of the
most successful seasons on record,
the quantity of snow falling making
the hauling and housing a very easy
matter, while the ice is of fine thick
ness, cakes averaging about 800
pounds each. d.
Mrs. Katie Stevens of North Bel
grade received a Christmas package
Saturday, Feb. 26th. mailed in New
Jersey Dec. IS. 1t must have taken
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