Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-31
MAINE GOSSIP
Work


Let me but do my work from day to
In field or forest. at the desk or
.. In roaring market place or tranquil
room
,, Let me but find it in my heart to say.
I When vagrant wishes beckon me as
This is my work: my blessing. not
my doom;
OF ali who live. am the one by
whom
This work can best be done. in the
Then shalt l see it not too great. nor
small.
,, To suit my spirit and to prove my
Then shall I cheerful greet the la
boring hours,
, And cheerful turn. when the long
shadows fall
AT eventide to play and love and rest,
Because | know for me my work is
yHenry Van Dyke
On Tuesday morning Daniel Lord
Of Belgrade Lakes picked a beautiful
pink rose in full bloom, with two big
buds. from the flower garden. which
he cultivates.
During the potato digging season,
Carl. the 11-year- old son of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Coleman o. Ireland of Fort
Fairfield, picked on an average. so
I barrels Of potatoes daily while work.
ing on his fathers farm.
Prominent among the eleven stu
| dents chosen by the Mt. Holyoke
College faculty as the best students.
is Miss Evelyn Oliver of Bath.
Maine. Miss Oliver is one of the
two students chosen from the junior.
She attained the highest average of
her class, singular honor at Mt.
Holyo ie.
The owners of the Dolly-Davis or
chards at Old Orchard take great
pride in one Baldwin apple tree
which they refer to as the grand
father of the orchard. 1t is a Won
derful tree for bearing apples and
! this season the owners got over IS
barrels from 1t. They claim that in
| the last $50 years 1000 barrels of APP
Piles have been taken from this parti-
| cular tree.
A Bangor doctor sought to relieve
the house, help scarcity by refusing
| his consent, as guardian of his
| housemaid. to her marriage, claim
| ing she was in debt to him. The
! maid insisted she had to tend fur
! mace. shovel snow. clean houses and
| office also the home of the doctors
mother. and that in eight months
service had only received S2S. The
recorder informed the doctor that
| the court could not be made col
lection agency.
! BY the will of Charles NJ. Farrar
| of Milo prcka ted recently in Piscata-
| quis Court of Probate. the Grand
, Masonic Lodge Of Maine will bene-
! fit to the extent of nearly 100000
| upon the death of Mr.. Farrar' s
widow The will provided that dur
| ing the life of the widow the income
shall go to her support land after
| her death the whole shall GO to the
! trustees of the Masonic Grand Lodge
| to be placed in a fund to be known
as the Charles NJ. Farrar fund and
| be used at the discretion of the
| trustees for charitable purposes.
| Through the interest of members
OF the Mousam Valley Sportsmen's
| Club thousands Of small trout and
salmon have been placed in Mousam
Lake, Square Pond. and a number
of brooks near Sanford. during the
| past few days. The fish are shipped
1 from the State hatcheries and are in
! charge of a game warden until they
/ are distributed in the places to be
| stocked. George Clayton. Sanford
game warden. has made a number
| OF trips to Portland for the purpose
| OF relieving a warden Of Cumberlan nd
County Of fish being shipped there.
l It is estimated tina, SO far 10000