Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-21
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Now all the landscape dreaming lies
And rest to Man is given
But never sleep the winking stars.
Those tirclcsS eyes of heaven:
All might across the vaulted sky
A countless host they wander.
Or silent glide amongst tho clouds
And quietly dream up yonder.
Here in the dusk. while all things
sleep.
watch yon pale stars glowing.
And though tho shadows fold me close.
l rest content in knowing
That God above careless world
An endless watch is keeping
Through little stars that blink and
CLEAN
While other eyes are sleeping.
Helen Frazee Bower. in y. Y. Times.
When William II. Knight Of Lin
colnville, a Civil War veteran Of 81,
had business in Belfast he scorned all
vehicular assistance and trudged the
round trip of % miles on foot.
Industrial conditions in Dexter are
better than they have been for years
Increased wages in the mills have
been granted and all Of them are run
ming on full time.
AhiOUAV VI &hdS mas pdSoSo anu III
to now there have been no shad re-
ported in the kennebec. The catch
now days is light anyway but the
fishermen say it is time that some
of them were being caught.
Camden is to have a summer Iesi-
dent the coming season, a prominent
representative Of The diplomatic pro-
fession. "Upland', one of the Pres
cctt cottages, has been taken by Hon
David Jayne Hill of Washington. a
former ambassador to Germany.
Daylight saving went into effect
here Saturday night, May II. and VIC
are now getting accustomed to the
new time. says The Camden Herald
| The Camden National Bank was 8
| little late in starting business Monday
| morning on account Of it. Bank CLERK
! Tewksbury set the time lock on the
! safe all right, but he forgot to set the
| darned clock ahead Saturday noon.
! The Atlantic Fishermen's alma--
says that for the rest of this month
| the heaviest shipments of Nova
Scotia Holsters will be coming into
! American markets and that prices
should be at their lowest. According
to that publication the price pa.O
| lobster fishermen at this season ir
! 1922, was 20 cents. The fishermen al
the mouth of the Kennebec lave not
reported any large catches Of Holsters
SO far this season.
! Speaking Of locksmiths, they have
some peculiar jobs to do at times
states The Bath Independent. A few
| days ago a man with wooden leg
entered the shop of Edwin Small or
Water St. formerly conducted by a. G
Fisher. Mr.. Small's principal b.'-'~c-s
is locksmithing and like work,
! this man had lost out a joint in the
| wooden pedal extremity and called al
| this shop to get the member repaired
A Bath shipbuilder says that he
does not see indications for an -
provement in shipbuilding at present
He gives as his reason the fact that
| costs Of everything entering into the
| construction of vessels are so high
now that people cannot see where
they can get reasonable return or
the money which they put into YES
sells. Perhaps later an increased de-
! mand for water transportation may
, bring about an improvement in the
! situation.-The Bath Independent.
Report from Wiscasset. states that
Cr. Donald B. Macmillan has prac-
tically decided upon June 16 as the
date when he will again sail from that
town for the far north. Preparations
are being made for his departure. DR.
Macmillan has been visiting in Free
pert and arrived in Wiscasset last
Friday. If he starts June 16, as he
now plans, he will be just four days
ahead of Amundsen, the Danish ex-
plorer, who leaves June 20 for a spot
in the north, from which to begin a
flight for the North Pole.
DR.. Leo Hall. Auburn health officer
stated that there are now As cases of
measles in Auburn, approximately 10
cases Of scarlet fever and a gradua!