Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-19
Maine GOSSIP
The Rock Maple

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Glimmer of gold on the fern,
A breath of wind in the tree-tops,
And the leaves come fluttering down
Nermillion and scarlet and crimson.
Crimson and scarlet and red.
Gllttering like rubies out of the sky,
"A carpet of fame on the ground they
Blue hills far in the distance.
t1oatlng in shadowy haze.
Grey branches cross and recrossinR.
Making a magical maze;
Gnarled and knotted and twisted.
twisted and knotted and bent,
;: stand out like the bars Of a prison
Galnst the blue of the armament.
Ivy Lilliap Morton (aged Il years).
Washington, D. c.
Mrs. Agnes Burke Hale of Portland
is the author of THE Superior
Mother short story which appeared
in recent issue of The Saturday Eve
ming Post. Mrs. Hale is the wife of
Robert Hale of Portland.
MISS Susanna Greeley of Oakland
! owns the Oldest copy Of a newspaper
Yet reported. she thinks, in the Boston
Gazette and Country Journal with a.
date line of March IL. 1870, 1913 years
ago. The paper has much of interest
in it.
Arthur Whittemere of Bangor sailed
this week for Banes, Cuba, to take a
course in civil. and forestry engineer.
ing under the United Fruit Comnany.
He has had experience in timber cruis-
ing IN Canada, Florida. the Adiron-
oach ana Nova Scotia regions, and was
! with the 3U1st engineers on the Marine
and with the Army of Occupation.
A Navy destroyer has been ordered
to Bangor on October attn to take
part in the observance of Navy day"
in that city at the time of the big
three-day meeting of Shriners, accord
ing to an announcement at Bath
Wednesday by Harold NJ. Sewau.
member of the Navy League, who is in
charge of making State wide arrange
ments for that day.
No shipments of game have as vet
arrived in Bangor by rail for inspec-
ton at the Union station, Chief Game
Warden Frank NJ. Perkins said
Wednesday afternoon. Although it is
too early to expect deer in any quantity.
he declared, it is probable That lue
shipments will be small SO long as the
warm weather" continues.
schools OF cells have been causing
considerable trouble to the electric light
plant at Lubec. When the lights go
out the natives say: Those pesky cells.
again. The cole
fresh to salt water down the Orange
river. AS the regular channel is tenn
porarily damned by work on a new
bridge. the cells have no way to get to
the ocean except through the pen
stock of the powerhouse and come IN
such numbers that they clog the water
wheels requiring shutdown of ali
hour or two to clear them out.
The water situation in the vicinity
OF harrington is getting serious.
Farnum Pond, which supplies Farm
ington and Wilton with water for
drinking purposes, as well as mechani-
cal. including water power for mills in
Wilton, is the lowest ever known, and
measurements recently taken show but
two feet of water above the Farming
ton supply pipes, the gates having
Geen lowered for the benefit of the
East wilton mills, it is stated. It is
feared that should the drouth continue
much longer, there will not be water
enough for efficient fire protection, and
water takers are being cautioned to be
as saving as possible of the water.
An estate valued at $20O036.s9 was
left by John B. Porteous of Portland.
dry goods merchant, who died several
months ago. according to an inventory
hled in the Probate Court by three ap-
praisers, John c. Cobb, Fred c. Hussey
and Harry d. Lakeman. The land and
buildings of the Porteous home at 90
70 Carleton street, are valued at S26,-