Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-11
Maine Gossip
Ghosts

n--Bremerton--Iong, long ago:
a graw house in Bremerton and white,
white snow.
The blue of the water and the blue Of
And Bremerton shall have my heart
until l die.
The little port OF Bremertons
landlocked place
Set about with green trees and ferns
like lace.
The girds fly low in Bremer,on, and
east and west
The weary ships to Eremerton creep n
Tor rest.
There's clover at The threshold ard
rue beside the walk:
And In the grass the muttering of
banShee talk.
No candles in the WindOw-no laugh
ter through the trees
Black mustard in the garden, but no
heartSeaSe.
Brcmerton-Br cmcrton--l long, lang ago:
a gray house in Bremcpton and white,
white snow,
The blue of the water and the blue OF
the sky
And Bremorton shall have my heart
until | die.
--Byrne Marconnier in The New Re-
public.
a good season in Florida means
more to Maine than the average
person realizes. This is because it
is very likely to follow that Il rush
of tourists South in winter means
similar rush to Maine and the
northern resorts the following sum-
mer, and it is to be hoped that this
will be the case this year.-Port-
Land Express.
From n mere monetary stand
point. they are many who believe
the Maine people who so south this
winter viii take more out of the
state than tourists from the south
crn states will bring back in several
Years. Tie exodus from Maine this
winter has been greater than ever
before. and there's hardly a COM
munity in the state which has not a
few vacant chairs waiting for the
prodiSalS to return.-liiddeford Jour
nal.
Outside Of many prominent Elks
from all sections of Maine. it is
expected that a number of promi-
nent members of the order from 9TH
er sections of the country will be
present with Grand Exalted Ruler
James G.. Mcfarland of Watertown,
South Dakota. on the evening of
Feb 10. when Portland Lodge, No.
ISIS. will hold State of Maine Elks'
Night and reception 10 the grand
exalted ruler and other grand Of
fcers and will be followed by q
banquet, entertainment and speak
ing.
Roger S. Bragdon OF Biddeford,
for years engaged in the marketing
of live stock in Western Maine. and
widely known in Masonic and Odd
Fellow circles in the western par,
of the State. recently announced
that he was a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for sheriff in
York county. For some days II had
been intimated in Republican politi-
cal circles that Mr. Bragdon. VINO
never before sought n political Of
Hce would become n candidate for
sheriff. an Office held for the past
eight years by Sheriff Haven \.
Roberts of Saco.
Thousands of dollars worth Of
striped bass used to be taken out OF
The creek at Winnegance every WIN
ter but when the dam went ont the
fish stopped coming in there TO feed
and his source of revenue was lost,
rs they did not make their appear
2nce elsewhere. Once IN while
net fishermen at Winnegance or
Whiskeag pull out few of the
bass which are but two or three in
ches long. showing that there are
still some of these fish coming into
the kennebec. Where the larger ones
locate no one has yet been able to
learn. Fifty years ago stripped bass
weighing 90 or 20 pounds each were
often caught by the fishermen.
Frederick c. Dudley Of Portland
was elected president of the Cum
berland County Public Health AS
ISOLATION at the February meeting