Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-15
Maine GOSSIP
N Autuu,u SPIRIT

While folks is still asleep,
Comes a lii long nosed man
A-workin' for his keep:
He's got magic paint po.
And brush bigger'n himself.
/ never seen Queerer man
Than this iii woodland elf.
He scampers up the big trees
An sits down on a leaf ~
An paints the strangest patterns
In bright an bold relief:
The leaves he put most paint on
Go fyin' down below,
He paints, an paints. an paints on
Till all the old leaves go.
l seen this lii queer man
90 sailin from tree
Tessin' on an oak leaf
Through an airy sea-
Inspectin' all his paintin's,
Till at OIL Soils detu'
This long nosed III queer man
Vanished with the dew.
in the Chicago Tribune.
A. L. T. Cummings. manager OF
the State Chamber of Commerce. will
attend the first Fall meeting of the
Rockland Chamber of Commerce.
next Friday.
Lobster fisherman a. the mouth o.
the kennebec report a great abuA-
dance Of these nsh along the coast
now. HOLSTERS have, up until re-
Gently. been very scarce, SO much
SO that many summer people were
forced to go without them during
their vacations. The unusual catch
es lately are enabling the fishermen.
who depend on their Eauls for their
ltx-Al hn,r ri
wage.
Harold NJ. Sewall of Bath, Repub-
lican national committeeman from
Maine has gone to New York. where
he will undergo a major operation
in a hospital on Thursday. Mr..
Sewull had planned to go to the
Lanigan camps at Parl;n Pond, with
party of friends Saturday, but
disclosures of an examination of d
trouble Of which he had been aware
made it necessary for him to leave for
New York to enter the hospital. Mr..
Sewalrs family accompanied him.
The next Legislature will be asked
by the Aroostook Rural Letter Car
riers' Association to pass law per-
hitting rural carriers to have free
license plates for their automobiles.
This was decided upon at a recent
meeting of the association in EaSton,
the carriers asserting such legislation
would be a great benefit to them.
There was good attendance at the
meeting. considerable routine bust
ness being transacted, and the asso-
citation accepted an invitation to l.u.
its next meeting III Houlton.
The Rev. Thomas J. Michigan, =. Il.
pastor of st. Johns Catholic church
at Bangor addressed members of the
Holy Name Society Of st. Johns last
Sunday giving a comprehensive and
interesting report of the Holy Name
SoCiety's convention held in Wash
ington. In addition to Father Nelli-
gan, the st. John Society was repre-
scented by Matthew +. Dunn and J.
Dudley Meagher. Following his re-
port on the convention Father Nelli-
gan urged the men to work Tor a
great interest in the parish in the
society's affairs. The exercises were
closed with benediction of the Blessed
81 crament. ...
There will be quite drive to
convince the legislature that more
money should be devoted to stock
ing the ponds and lakes of the state
with salmon, trout and other fish.
Few will deny that much has been
accomplished in this line with the
means afforded but the state must
now decide IL 1t is to continue the
present system of inadequate pro-
vision for the fishing interests or
If it will spend money toobtain more.
The work of the fish propagation and
distribution of the fry can be en-
larged indefinitely. Such enlarge
ment costs money but many believe
that every dollar expended in this
direction will bring back many. The
possibilities Of Names inland fish
ing are very great. The number of
fishermen attracted to the state can
be vastly increased with better sport.
Bangor Commercial.
According to an officer Lewiston
is wetter now than it has been for
several weeks. He said it was sur
prising what wide variety of alco-
holic beverages is available in these
cities. "One who didn't know, might
think from some Of the stories that
are printed. that smoke or canned
heat, was all the boys could get to
drink" he Gaid. But such Is not the
case. There Is plenty of stuff and |
am told that some of the home brew
has the big town favor and an ever
lasting kick. l don't happen to see
many arouDd after canned heat. |
can't understand why anybody would
bother with that stuff. Many intox-
icated persons We're seen about the
streets Saturday night. One officer
remarked that he had not seen a wet
ter looking night in Lewiston for a
long time.-Lewiston Sun.
The Coast Guard cutter Ossipee
on Monday came off the railway at
the Cumberland shipyard where she
has been undergoing repairs and
went into her old berth at the State
pier at Portland. where she will re-
main for the present a few addition
al repairs being still needed, which
VIII be given her at the wharf. Pos
teis are out calling for the enlist
ment of sailors for the Ossipee, they
being intended to form part of the
crews or the score or more 70-fopt
rum CiIasers that are to be built at
Freeport. Boothbay and other Maine
yards. Two of these boats ex-
pected to go into the water in a few
days. 1t is understood that the crews
for the rum chasers are to be en-
listed for only one year, the govern
ment doubtless believing that by that
time the rum traffic will be stamped
out.
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