Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-02
Maine Gossip
In October

tIlnE. lca1\ puuQINS I'LL the low
spots in my path
Day declines in splcndor that was born
in stormy wrath.
Orchid blent with purple is the Veil Of
distant mist
Orchid mixed with purple and a
thought of amethyst.
Forests fcckod with Ophir gold where
tulip popl2rs stand;
Fields o. grain and pasture streWn
about pleasant land,
Everywhere is hush and browse, and
everywhere is dream;
Here upon the i.illcck's crest and yon-
der hy tho stream.
Sleek and naughty cattle browse the
bushes where tho wet
Left by daNbroak's thundcrgust is
Cincing t. them vet.
"Sh.' says Mother Nature. weary
summers fast aslcop--
Needs it too; at peep q dawn YOU
heard hcr wall and weep.
iIazol brush that umdulates where chill
drcn prowl and seek
Acrid-coated hazelnutS: that chip
hunks hulgine cheek
Shows them whore the crop will be ere
many days go by:
Tells them if they'd have their share
they'd best be mighty spry,
Hear their voices buzZlng like the in
t"rmittAnt zoon
Made by busy humhlcbces about the
pollcncd bloom.
Else, the world is silent; and We all
are tippy-tnc
Lest poor slumbering summer should
he Weakened as we go.
Fcver-brokcn summer so in need of
rest and sleep
Moist with dcw~ of Sunderland and
breathing soft and deep
My idea of heaven? l Will tell it YOU.
my dear:
Some place where October lasts
throughout the blessed Wear.
Strickland Gillian in Farm Life.
Rev. J. A. kcaley of Lewiston has
been elected to head the Lewiston
school board.
w. Frank buchanan Of Passport,
has been So years employed behind a
counter. He is the oldest active
salesman in that place. He is aged
40 years.
The chaplain of the i'll -fated Maine
will he a speaker when the shield is
dedicated in Bangor Park, Oct. II.
The chaplain Is Ecv. John +. Chad
wick of st. Joseph Seminary, Dun
woodie, =. Y.
The Portland Chamber of Com
merce is already making plans for
their Carnival of winter sports, which
IL oy plan to have surpass their last
cndcavor. 1t Will take place in Feb
ruary. 1928.
Charles William Curtis, who passed
away recently in Dexter. was con-
t"ibutor to the mathematics depart
ment of the Maine Farmers Almanac
for more than 20 years. He was
q ed SO when he died.
A barn dance and buffet lunch was
n most successful event for the bene-
fit of the Ellsworth Red Cross. In
Guiding ticket sales and eats and
pledges. about 800 was raised This
is for tho services of a Red Cross
nurse in Ellsworth.
The Valley Forge marker to replace
the one now on the Maine boulder on
the field at Valley Forge, Pa, is fin
ished and will be set in place in a
short time. according to plans Of the
Maine Society. Sons of the American
Rev. Forrest Frcese and Mrs. Olive
Smart Of Schools. last week observed
f1,osr-
About 20 were in attendance at the
party in their honor. \ pearl neck
Race was presented TO Mrs. Frecse and
Il gold watch to the Rev. Mr.. Freese
Clotles-line thieves are busy in Old
Orchard and they are causing the
good housewives no end of trouble. I
Down there, one can hardly reckon on
clean clothes, until an inventory of
the clothes-ilne has been taken to see !
what is left there. The police are ,
orslly engaged in running down clues. :
John Munroe of Mechanic Falls. ,
who is attending the seth National
of the G. A. r. writes
o home folks and the letter is dis
played in the Mechanic Falls post
'fhce: Everything finer n silk.
treat days for me. Nothing too good .
or us in this State. Am having the
ime of my life"
Ex-Governor Carl T.. Milliken spoke I
friday noon before the members of