Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-21
MAINE GOSSIP
Dawn

Dawn
"Hdsh" the cool breeze rustles,
AS it fits among the trees
And wakes again the sleeping birds
That were at ease.
A restless chipmunk sits upon a fallen
log.
While deep toned voices can be heard
From out a nearby bog.
All. a CLEAN of light is shining
Through the waking trees,
And gliStens on the dewdropS,
Upon their golden leaves.
From the wildwood comes Il murmur
And that murmur is passed on
To all the wildwood's children.
Who are glad that 1t is Dawn.
Written by Kenneth Cain, Chelsea.
Rev. David l.. Wilson will be the
, speaker at the 23rd annual meeting
and banquet of the Society of May
flower Descendants in Maine at the
Columbia hotel, Portland, this Fri
day evening. The subject of his ad-
dress will be Our Pilgrim Heritage"
Scallop fishermen who are coming
to Belfast from farther down the
bay on the scallop beds report only
about a half a catch these days and
rot a particularly bright outlook.
Just at present the fishermen are
receiving $3.50 to 81 per gallon for
their catch.
The family cat at the home Of
Fred Harrington of Damariscotta
allows that it's tough oids world,
after all. The other day a plump
partridge flew down into the 1l1r-
rington dooryard.' and puss promptly
bounced upon the bird. Mrs. Har-
rington, discovering what had hap
rened, in turn bounced upon the
cat, took the bird away from It and
it was killed and prepared for tile
table.
AS Bath people know to their sor-
row the big sidewalk clock Of A.
Hallett & Co, has been having q va
cation of late. A travelling man
Tuesday got off the four o'clock
train and when he reached Sagada-
hoe Square and saw the clock point
ing to five minutes past five. eX-
claimed quite loudly. MY Lord. is
Bath still on daylight saying timer"
It amused the hearers. and they
didn't make any attempt to correct
him.
r. L. Copeland OF Brewer was the
winner of the Judging contest We'd
nesday afternoon at the seed show.
Five lots Of corn were given and
five pecks of potatoes. The men
were to pass judgment on these and
write out their decisionS in so many
minutes. The awards for correctness
were made according to the nearness
to which the contestants came to the
placing of the awards by the official
Judges. The prize in this contest is
q silver cup, which being won three
times becomes the property of the
winner.
The Compflnity milk contest at
the Maine dairymen's meeting held
this week at Lewiston was won by
Skewhcgan. This was test of the
milk supply of different communi-
ties in the state consisting of four
samples from each community. This
is the result showing averages for
each: Skowhegan. average test.
9l.S9; the highest individual score in
this community was made by
Peter Murray who had 91.1 while
others were c. E. Mathews. $50; c..
L. moore, Sz.S, marry MCGuiTe, o5.t,
The score of other communities en-
tered were as follows: Madison,
S92: Augusta. Ss.95: Gardiner, s7.55:
Brunswick. S7.2T; Saco. s2.49: Cam
den. 7S.9: Bar Harbor. 77.45: Ken
nebunk. 67.T2. In the above con-
test special prize Of a silver cup
was given to the winning COM
munity by the Louden Machinery
Co. A second silver cup for the
best individual exhibit was given by
the Grandin Milling Co.
The housebeat. Donnygill built at
North Bath by Moore & Voss and
which left Bath last week on her
trip TO Florida. arrived at Marble
head last Sunday forenoon safe and
sound and remained there until the
heavy gale along the coast should
subside. The boat left Bath Friday
afternoon ut $50 for Portland and
with the exception of the stsrboard
stufting box freezing. making II
necessary to stop in the river for a
short time until adjustments were
made. the trip WIS without ad-
down the Kennebec but on reaching
the mouth of the river there was a