Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-10
MAINE GOSSIP

MAINE GOSSIP
Fishing Time
When the alder buds are bursting,
And there are violets on the hill,
And the sun is running higher every
day;
1t is then long to wander
Through the forest by the. stream,
To the deep hole where the speckled
beauties stay.
AS child I'd take my bait can,
With my crude old hook and line,
While on my way I'd break off an
Then I'D scramble up the stream,
Just below the foaming falls,
And land string Of big ones from
that hole.
Oh, the music of the water
AS it surged down DER the falls,
1t always seemed to thrill me
through and through;
And now that I've grown older,
And seen fortune frown and smile,
Those are still the happiest times
ever knew.
Now I've put aside my business,
And I'm on my way to Maine,
Just to live those old days over
once again;
For the alder buds are bursting,
And there are violets on the hill,
So it's fishing time again, folks, up
in Maine.
Iva w. Huntington, Ashland, Maine.
The pageant. 1.-The Capture of the
Margaretta," which took place in
Machias Bay, June IL, 1775, will be
celebrated by the schools of Machias,
June IL, 1925, on Normal Hill, Ma
chias.
A mass meeting of ,Perryville, Au-
burn, residents was held Monday
evening for the purpose of planning
a Fourth of July celebration in
Perryville which will surrass the
monster old fashioned celebration in
that district. July 4, 1906.
The name of Leon S. Howe, sheriff
of Aroostook county. is, being men
toned by some Of the newspapers as
good Democratic governor timber.
Mr.. Howe has many enthusiastic
he was elected the first Democratic
sheriff since the Civil War.
Clayton w. Cousins of New York,
formerly of Biddeford. Me-, has been
appointed by Secretary Herbert
Hoover, to represent the Wall Paper
Manufacturers Association, at the
international exposition of modern
decorative and industrial art at
Paris, France.
The Eastern Pulp Wood Co. are to
erect a. new building at the Calais
end of the International bridge, for
the use Of the U. S. Customs Offices.
and the U. S. immigration. The build
ing will be one story with manset
roof. The dimensions are IS feet
long and % feet wide. One part of it
will be used by the customs staff and
the other by the Immigration De-
partment. The present Office effects
Of the immigration department will
be moved from their present quarters
in the post Office to the new building
when completed. This will make it
better for all hands, especially the
handle all their business from the
new building near the bridge.
public addresses and messages to
the legislature from 1921 to 1925 of
Ex- Governor Percival p. Baxter, has
been presented by him to the Maine
Historical Society. The volume be-
gins with the address on Mount Ka-
tahdin State Park, given at the an
nual meeting of the Maine Sports
mems Fish and Game Association,
January/27. 1921, and ends with the
farewell message to the people of
Maine, delivered at the State Capitol.
January z, 1925. The volume is illus
trated with four views of Mount
Katahdin, two portraits of Mr.. Bax-
ter, and pictures of his dogs Garry
and Erie. Garry is the dog whose
death is commemorated by a tablet
in the State House.
In view of the fact that the centen-
NAL of the class of 1926 is to be OBJ
served at the coming commencement
at Bowdoin College, the subjoined
brief notice of the 50th reunion of the
famous class will be of interest. The
class of 1926 graduated 80 members
of whom 13 were living in 1876 and II
of them were present at the 50th re-
union held in July of that year. The
II present were John S. c.. Abbatt,
Charles ]. Abbott, Samuel p. Ben
son, Horatio Bridge, James w. Brad
bury. George B. Cheover, Nathaniel
Dunn, Henry w. Longfellow, Cullen
Sawtelle, David Shepley, William
Stone. The three other living men,
bers of the class were Joseph J. Ev-
eleth, Augusta, William Hale, Dover,
N. H.. and Alfred Upham, New York
City. The feature of the reunion was
the reading of the poem written for
the occasion by Mr.. Longfellow. The
poem, entitled Morituri Salutamus,
noble production, was read by the
poet before a large audience in the
congregational Church. The Saunt-
erer, who was present as a reporter.
has never forgotten how fine the poet
looked with his wealth of silvery
locks and flowing beard, or his clear,
musical voice. Longfellow died in
1882, Sawtelle in 1887, Cheever in
1890, Bridge in 1893 but James w.
Bradbury, United States Senator
from 1S47 to 1853, outlived all his
classmates, dying at his home in Au-
gusta, Jan. 6, 1901, at the age of 80.
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