Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-20
MAINE GOSSIP

An Autumn Morning
I made haste to be abroad In the glow
ing, flowing morn,
When little .rimplins wind in the
heart Of the west was born
That stirred the alfalfa bloom and the
tassels upon the corn.
A dragon fly went by with simmer
of gauzy wings;
And heard the CHEEKY word that the
minstrel cricket sings.
I saw the pumpkins gold and the ore
of the goldenrod;
And the down of the milkweed danced
like a white sprite over the sod;
And the blue of the aster's eyes was a
lure where'er trod.
And all of the orchard boughs cried
out to me in glee,
And the brimming barns and byres
showed me their treasury,
And I knew the mirth Of earth, it's au-
tumn ecstacy.
"And this" to myself I said. "is the
height whereto we climb:
If we strive, as the valiant should,
through the seasons heat and
rhine,
A harvest shall be ours from the open
ndnQ OF time!
Clinton Scotland in N. Y. Sun.
The fall meeting Of the Oxford
Baptist Association will be held today
at Paris Hill.
A good-sized delegation of Maine
people left Monday for Washington,
D. c., to attend the National conven-
ton of Congregational churches. Rev.
Milo E. Pearson of Lewiston is dele
gate from the Maine conference.
A son, born Oct. Z, to Mrs. Major
Frasier of Bath, is becoming pre-
cocious child. He is the 18th child
born to Mrs. Frasier and is perfectly
developed and husky. The fond pa
rents are receiving the congratula-
lions of their numerous friends over
the arrival of their 18th child and
already some of them have sent such
remembrances as flowers, fruit and
cards.
Among those from Maine attend
ing the 5Sth biennial convention of
the Universalist Church at Syracuse
are Mr.. and Mrs, Stanley Manning
of this city, Hon. Ebert Hayford of
Farmingdale, Mrs. Milo G. Folsom
of Gardiner, Hon. Leon Tebbets of
Waterville, Ralph w. Z. Hunt and
Mrs. James w. VALENTINE of Port
land, Glen r. McIntire Of Norway,
Rev. James F. Albion D. D. of Bruins
wick.
Acting Mayor Fred W. Quimby of
Bath has been appealed to by the
photographic Office Of the Navy
Department for information that will
be of value to aviation pilots relative
to gasoline facilities, the location of
filling stations and whether they
are on mooring scows or on land.
This information is to be published
in 1.-THE Pilot" a publication shortly
to be issued by the bureau. The de-
partment has already designated a
point in Woodwich somewhere OPP
posite the city, its exact location Is
indefinite, and another on the north
east end OF Arrowsic as suitable
seaplane anchofages.
Behring'S from the Woolwich shore
Of the river bottom have been COM
menced by S. X. Allen. the engineer
in charge. A lighter has been moor
ed close to the Woolwich shore about
opposite the east end of Vine street
in Bath and several soundingS have
been made. A ledge of solid granite
makes off for at least $50 feet at
that point, one of the best founda-
tons for the piers for the proposed
Kennebec bridge that could be found.
This week Mr.. Allen proposes to
come out into the river for further
borings in the river bed and then will
gradually work his way across to
the Bath shore.
"Lucerne in Maine" Is the name
given to a tract Of about 5000 acres
of land completely surrounding and
controlling beautiful Phillips Lake,
10 miles our of Bangor. and accord
ing to plans of its promoters there
will be carried out one of the great
est projects for developing summer
homes. H. NJ. Saddlemire of New
York City, a summer resident of
Kennebunkport, has purchased the
tract and plans to make it a great
summer colony with its own water
supply, golf course, and other at
fractions. The land adjoins the
State highway and is on the rail-
road from Bangor to Bar Harbor.
When Is a detour not q detour?
The answer given by some Of the
tourists who were having troubles Of
their own Saturday on the Sabattus
road detour from Lewiston, was
when 1t Is not tourable." A num-
Der of machines were stuck fast in
the mud and there was considerable
complaint that there were no warning
signs which would have given an OPP
portunity for the drivers to put
chains on the wheels. With the main
road closed and under repairs at this
late stage of possible road building
weather; with the detour impossible
and side roads in an equally impas-
sable condition. State motorists
voiced their scorn of those respon-
sible for these conditions. In order to
get to Sabattus they had to go by
way Of Monmouth, they said. City
teams were put to work during the
day hauling sand and rocks to try
and make the detour passable.
Rev. w. F. Brown Of China, who
accepted the call to come to Old