Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-09
Maine Gossip
Among the Pines Of Maine

Among the Pines Of Maine
The wind is grooming, low and sweet
Among the pines of Maine.
The snow is falling, soft and deep
Among the pines of Maine.
Andn All ase World World asain is sill
Among the pines OF Maine.
The moon Is smiling overhead
Among the pines of Maine.
The snow has made its cleaning bed
Among the pines of Maine.
a startled deer lifts cautious head
While stars CLEAN coldly overhead
Among the pines of Maine.
A laughing sun sheds dancing rays
Among the pines of Maine.
The brooks a chuckling answer pays.
Among the pines of Maine.
A million snowbirds greet the morn,
And thus, another day is born,
Among the pines of Maine.
&C. +. S., in Bangor Commercial.
It is said that the gale of last
weeks storm destroyed many lobster
traps near Popham and Small Point.
some of them being swept three miles
away.
1t was voted at a meeting Of the
Auburn Board of Education Wednes-
cay evening to submit a budget to the
city council totalling the sum of
S1S9,311.0O excluding certain neces-
sary repair work and the salary Of
the school nurse. Three teachers in
rural schools have rendered resigna-
tons to take effect at Christmas re-
cess.
Melville Lamarch, assistant super
visor of the treasury department,
with headquarters at Boston, is here,
says Thursdays Sun, with Seth May,
federal prohibition director for Maine,
looking. for suitable location in
either Lewiston or Auburn. in which
to establish the Maine headquarters,
soon to be moved here from Bath.
A report that has recently been
published in several Of the Maine
newspapers to the effect that the finest
and largest quartz crystal yet dis
covered and containing "a pink and
green tourmalines, came from Mount
Mica and is owned by q Norway lapi-
dairy, is somewhat misleading, says the
Paris Hill correspondent Of the oxford
Democrat. The crystal referred to is
owned by Loren 3. Merrill OF this
town and is now in his possession. 1t
was mined at the Auburn feldspar
mine. 1t is IL inches long. sis inches
in diameter and weighs 10 pounds and
contains number Of green tourma-
lines but no pink ones.
H. ]. Candlemire of Vanceboro, Me-,
having read in the papers of an Aroos-
took giant who easily lifted a barrel
Of sand weighing 500 pounds. hastens
to inform the world that Edward Hen
ry of his town beats that every day
and thinks nothing of it. One day
last week, says Mr.. Candlemire, Henry
picked up a drawbar weighing $50
pounds, stepped up 10 inches to the
station platform, walked 10 yards,
stopped and goss;ped a few minutes
with some friends, then walked so
yards further, talked with another
group of friends. and finally lowered
the drawbar easily to the platform
From all appearances, he could have
carried another hundred weight or
two. Henry is a Maine Central car in
spector SO years old, and weighs 24o
pounds.
1t now appears that the story Of
seizure of deer in New York, shipped
from Maine and the carcasses filled
with cases of Canadian high wine, was
incorrect and grew out Of seizure of
deer in Baltimore, because of a law
prohibiting shipping deer into Mary
land. The deer were shipped from
Carrabasset and the station agent, L.
+. McAllister. was notified simply OF
the seizure, by the Baltimore agent,
with no mention Of high wine.
Ten-year- Madeline Christopher
of Pressure Isle will probably take the
longest way around" the next time
she is sent to the store. She was
sent on an errand the other day and
took short cut via the Electric Rail-
road bridge, near her home. A car
came along and she could not attract
the attention of the motorman, SO
stepped as far out on the side of the
bridge as possible. The air current
evidently caught her and over she
went into the brook. being assisted
ashore by, young man who saw the
affair. She escaped with wetting
and minor bruises.
DR.. Payson Smith, commissioner of
education for Massachusetts and for
merly State superintendent for Maine,
received a very cordial reception at
South Paris Tuesday evening. when
he addressed large audience. under
the auspices of the Community Club
He mentioned that his last visit to the
town was Is years ago, when he
spoke to the High school pupils.
Princess Watahwasco of the PEN
obscot Tribe Of Indians. was a guest
Of q recent meeting Of the Maine
Women's Club of New York City and
at the coming January meeting, will
give several songs and dances Of her
tribe.
The Portland city government
Wednesday evening passed an order
by an eight to one vote for the inves-
tigation Of alleged ''pernicious activi-
ties" of James e. Hassett. foreman