Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-27
Maine Gossip
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Oh. the maple buds are swellin'.
And know It's nigh to Spring.
Cause the air is full Of candidates,
| hear EN- On the wing.
They come from north, they come
from south,
They come from east to west:
And each one has. all sailed down,
The job that suits him~best.
Bill Jones, he would be sheriff.
And he's sure to make things hum:
Amt no man in all the county
With keener nose for rum.
Jim Smiths a-servin' notice,
On his neighbors left and right,
That he's aimin' for the State House,
And he means to make fight.
For ev'ry job that's offered,
Howsoevcr big or small,
There's moro than fifty candidates,
Each one thu hsst ~ ell.
Gets me- fenitn' kinder lonesome,
As set ali twirl my thumbs,
Netchin' all NY friends an neirhbors
l:eaehin' out to pick the piums.
Mus. Lc there's some kind Of Office
That man like me ran fill
So, Mister Editor. III ask you
Jest to print this, if you will:
I, Uncle Sias Appleby,.
A man of girth and heft.
Hereby announce my Wlllln ness
. '"A' ""A' JUNGLE ST.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Hill Of East
Sullivan, received word Tuesday, Feb.
u that a baby daughter had come to
the home of their son, Walters, in Bar
Harbor. A coincidence Of this young
lady's arrival was the moving of the
stone wheels, which were used by her
Revolutionary great great great
grandfather Simpson, to grind grain
for all the country round. These
stones have been idle for probably
100 years, by the side Of Dunbar's
mill. Tuesday morning, Capt. E. Il.
Bragdon had them moved to the John
Spring cottage on Brigham hill to
join their contemporaries, in house
grounds and furnishings.
The members Of Washington Lodge
of Masons of Lubec are already max
ing preliminary plans for the cele-
bration Of the Tooth anniversary Of
the establishment Of their lodge in
1922, the affair to be held during the
coming summer. The celebration
will probably take the form of a con-
vention of local and visiting Masons
from all quarters Of the State, and
will be a notable anniversary, the
lodge being among the earliest in the
State. The hall was built in 1855
and has been extensively remodeled
within tie past five years.
Quite early in the summer of 1900
it was reported that lights could be
seen almost any night in an unoccu-
pied house on Diamond Island and
that they were not fixed lights, but
apparently carried about, writes the
Express Sauhterer To one awed OBJ
server these lights appeared to be cir
cling round, suggesting the witches
dance described by Robert Burns in
Tam o'Shanter. Most Of those who
watched the strange appearances did
so at a respectful distance, but finally
one proved bold enough to get close
range view, and 10! the solution of
the phenomena. It appeared that this
unoccupied cottage was SO situated
with reference to another cottage on
Clapboard Island that the lights of
the latter showed clear through the
broadside of the cottage on Diamond
Island. and til apparent movements
Of the lights we're caused by the
swayirg of limbs of trees that were
between the cottage and the point
usually selected by observers.
When Capt. Israel Snow left Rock
land for Jacksonville few weeks ago,
his Masonic chum. A. I. Mather. exact
ed q Joking promise from him that he
would send back home "long-necker"
If he saw one lying around loose, re-
ports the Rockland Courier-Gazette.
How ''Dade' kept his promise was
realized with the arrival OF yester-
days mail. Believing always in full
measure he sent two "long-neckers."
'These are the only ones I've seem"
read the postscript. The "long-neck-
ers" were pictures Of two ostriches.
The flsh screen at Grand Lake.
Washington county. has been complet-
ed and the splendid salmon Of that
lake are now protected from escape
down the stream. It is built OF con-
crete piers ana steel screens. with
three-ouarter inch mesh. Two wenches
will permit raising the screens to al
low sluicing Of logs~etc. The Last
Legislature appropriated $4,000 for this
purpose and $500 was secured from
other sources. Green 4 Wilson OF
Watervills had the contract Tho