Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-02
MAINE GOSSIP


And the orchard grass IN gray
With dew
Might Just be caught and put in the
OF The he's. gypsy man. for he's near the
Hiding where the shadow 10 black,
SO you'd better 60 baek' 90 back!
The s spec, e y hump-backed guinea
go back, little boy, Go back!
If you go. to the fairy ring to play
When the moon shines overhead,
You'll vanish from sight and leave no
And Seu y mother may weep. Al.s'
Because you wouldn't go back, go back
As the. wise old guinea fowl said"
That's why they shout At the close Of
day
..Go back, Go back! Go backw
-Wtnifred III. Let's in The Forum.
About three o'clock Tuesday after
neon the dam across the violette
Brook in Van Buren, went out caus-
ing damage estimated at $1,000.
Kenneth Wentworth Of Poor's Mills
Ia the champion farmer Of Waldo
county. He has had lettuce and
radishes up for nearly two weeks.
He 10 seven years old.
Leroy d. IIiles of Portland has
been appointed Editor and Manager
Of the Maine Central Railroad En-
ployes Magazine to take the place
Of Oscar d. Shepherd.
The Maine shipbuilders are getting
. lot of orders from the Massachu-
sets fishermen for new vessels, over
20 having been constructed in the
different yards within few months,
A bird lover of Bath reports seeing
an English pheasant last Tuesday in
a field just west of the city. 1t Is
unusual to see pheasants In that
vicinity though several were seen In
Maine last year.
The growing of green peas in
Waldo county is on the increase. this
year 1t being estimated that 1909
acres will be devoted to this crop
and will be grown mostly In the
towns of Unity. Troy and Thcrndike.
The Nains Publicity Bureau
and Maine Development Assoc
citation have promulgated q plan
whereby Mary Roberts Rinehart. Ben
Ames Williams and other noted au-
thors will tell the world IN print Of
the wonders that abound in Maine.
The worst street in Lewiston. ac-
cording to a local autoist, II Court
street which extends from the foot
Of Goff Hill to the top of Merrill
Hill. He claims 1t should have been
called Garage Street for that is
where. most cars have to 60 after
traversing 1t.
A debate by the pupils of . the
eighth gra lie of the Brunswick
Grammar school was held last Fri
day after which the pupils were called
upon to write an account OF the
event for a newspaper item, this be-
ing O part Of their English work. The
writer of the best story was Lydia s.
Riley.
When the New York to Portland
and Portland to Eastport services of
the Eastern Steamship lines become
effective about the middle Of June, It
will be possible to make continuous
trip from New York to PASSPORT.
Close connections will be made In
Portland between the New York and
Eastport boats.
Herbert A. Goss of East Auburn
has In his possession a copy of the
Lake Grove News, published August
5. 1887. The paper has four pages
and was edited by James H. Heath
who Is now living at Escondido.
California. Only two of the firms
advertising are now doing business
In the two cities.
A horse in the stable of II. G.
Winter & Sons OF Kingneld, Is act
ing as godmother to litter Of three
kittens born In corner Of its crib
two weeks ago. He carefully noses
around the kittens when eating and
has never offered to Sat the hay in
the corner where they are and keeps
attentive eye on all who come to
look at them.
A letter on the first air mail from
Bermuda In the big u. s. dirigible
Los Angeles to Lakehurst, was re-
received last Friday at Bath from
Sara =. Tucker. a former Bath wo-
man. Stamped on the envelope is
"Bermuda First Overseas Airmail'
and the stamps are q two and a half
pence, regular stamp and q I'd. epe-
cial Bermuda Commemoration stamp.
The demand for Maine cattle Is on
the increase. Last year 5,b2s Maine
cattle were tssted for shipment to
the Brighton Market in Massachu-
sets and the figures at the office OF
the livestock division of the Maine
department Of agriculture show than
1873 cattle were sold at the Market
this week and that the total for the
last month was $50.
Thomas M. Laffin, former resi-
dent Of Eastport, has been decorated
with the French Cross of the Legion
Of Honor for his heroic work In the
Yokahan fire, when he saved the big
French liner Andre Leoon with 200
persons on board, from destruction
from fire on the Ya1ornfno ~ 1aSt 0ar