Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-30
Maine GOSSIP
Gossip
Gossip

Sly whisperings,
Distorted things
With Tapping wings.
And cruel StingS;
We hurl them at a comrade, toiling
On Nfe's dusty way.
Diseased, q mind,
When ii can find
The words. unkind
To cloud the sunshine of his happy day.
If speech is free,
Let's you and me
Pick out the style
That wins a smile.
Thus, let our words. our kindest
thoughts display.
"A. NJ. F., Skowhegan.
Would you believe it, away back in
1920 there was only one divorce suit
entered in all Maine? Now the mu-
nicipal court of one Maine city alone
has as many as 300 to 400 in one year.
How wonderfully fast we have pro-
crossed!
1t has been the custom Of the Maine
Federation of Agricultural Associa-
tons, which comprises most of the
agricultural organizations in Maine,
to erect every alternate year in the
Maine College OF Agriculture bronze
tablet in memory of someone who
has distinguished himself in the pro-
motion of agriculture in Maine. 1t
has therefore been decided to SO
honor Samuel Lane Boardman in the
present year and during Farmers
Week Mr.. Boardman was intimate
ly connected with agriculture, both
in the state and nation, as he was ed
itor of the Maine Farmer from 1861 to
1878, agricultural editor Of the Ken
nebec Journal from 1889 to 1892 as
well as assistant on the County Gen.
tleman and American Cultivator He
was secretary of the Maine State Ag-
ricultural Society from 1855 to 1874,
member of the Maine Board of Agri-
culture. of the Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station and trustee of
Maine State College of Agriculture.
The state highway is assured from
RipogenLs Dam to Portland and Bos-
ton through the action of several
towns at the annual town meetings
held recently. Skowhegan voted ia
vorably upon the matter agreeing to
raise 1880 and Athens passed a sim
liar vote for the raising of $2665.
Through the endorsement of the
highway proposition by the towns
which the highway must traverse it
will be possible to make it continu-
Gus from Ripogenus to Portland.
1t is not every society that has the
honor Of receiving six brothers into
their organization at one time, but
such is the case of the Canadian
Francois Society of Biddeford. The
idea of becoming a member. was sug-
gested to one of the six Dubois boys
of that city. who replied that he
would join if his five brothers would.
AS they all agreed they were initiated
the same night, into an educational
and benefit society that is one of the
leading French organizations in Bid
deford, having a membership of 400
in good standing.
Indians have arrived in Bath from
the eastern part of the state with
their sweet grass baskets. In sum-
mer they gather much of the grass
used in the making of these b. skets
at Winnegance creek where it grows
quite freely. A resident of Winnie
gance recalls that one spring, some
years ago, a young Indian brave ar
rived there IN a canoe on his first
visit to that locality. He hauled his
canoe part way on the shore and left
it. When he came back he was sur
prised to find that the rising tide had
floated the canoe off and after a
search it was finally located on one
of the marshes farther up the creek
where the tide had carried it. He
had been in the habit of using his
canoe in fresh water where he could
haul it part way out of the water and
leave it with no fear of a rising tide
that might float it away.