Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-24
MAINE GOSSIP
A Pain Across tine Hills

hills,
It leads to the old state of Maine
It was the gift of the Great Creator.
This playground for mans release
A place where he could dwell I'M
Where the wonders would never
cease.
There stands the old home in the
Surrounded by the pine-clad hills.
1t looks just the same now as ever,
Though times destruction creeps
Ger the stills.
The orchards filled with the snowy
Send their fragrance across the
fields.
While down by the little babblins
, A fisherman slowly winds his reel.
In the distance a steamboat whistles
And silently glides across the bay
AS DER the towering mountains
The sunset announces the close OF
day.
Then for a day at the seashore,
| In the sparkling waters battle,
| Or view the splendor of the conflict
| Between the rocks and mighty wave.
Just climb upon cliff and look sea-
You can see little islands against
And in 'f The DIST distance the sails of ship
| That is coming to home and you.
Yes, it's q long long path awind1ng
To this land of untold worth, =,
Back to the state that leads them all,
The State that gave US 6 birth;
/ Augusta, Maine.
| The presentation Of a minstrel
show will feature the annual observ-
ance of Boys Night at the Auburn Y.
NJ. c. A., March IS.
Portland fishermen are having
hard luck of late, the vessels going
out almost daily and being forced to
return empty on account of bolster
Gus winds.
| The Auburn Y. M. c. A. plans to
carry the extension Of its building UP
another story. If financial aid Is
secured, it is announced. A drive
with this end in view. may soon be
started.
| Chief of Police Rowe OF Auburn
warns that money should not be left
in houses of that city when there Is
no one at home. Someone equipped
with a set of master keys, Is gaining
entrance to homes and steallne
money. touching nothing else Of
value.
DR.. and Mrs. c. D. Edmunds o.
Bangor left Monday for New York
where they will sail on the Adriatit
for a cruise through the Mediter'
ranean. On the return trip. DR.. ant
Mrs. Edmunds will leave the ship a
the Riviera and will travel through
France, Germany and England. re-
turning home about May l.
A petition has been in circulation
at South Paris and signed by large
number, for the location of a stat'
highway between Norway and Bridg
ton by way of the twin bridges" anC
Harrison. This road would make
connecting link between the Longfel
low Highway at Norway and th'
Roosevelt Highway at Bridgton.
} In an article printed in the BostoI
Transcript, Alfred Eden quotes
Harry Davis of Monson. the spruce
gum king of Maine, as attributing thu
Iessening demand for spruce gum t
the fact that the younger generation
has become used to the manufactur
ed article and has little knowledge o
real spruce gum, the demand beln:
confined to older people who in thei
youth learned to like spruce gum
Clear spruce gum formerly sold a
retail for 10 cents an ounce; the prlc
at the drug stores is now 80 cents al
ounce. Perhaps the demand woul'
be greater If the price were less
Biddeford Journal.
Associate Justice John Adam
Morrill,, of the Supreme judicia
court, a resident of Auburn. is no
expected to retire when he reache
the retirement with half pay ag
! limit. June 8, this year, says Tn
Lewiston Sun. Justice Morrill, vii
be II years of age on that date. l
lie does not retire at that time n
loses the half pay pension privilege
, However, he is one of the most &C
tive Justices in the State and 1t !
understood that he intends to remail
on the bench. There has been a re
mort that Louis J. Brann. Lewiston
, attorney, would be mentioned for tn
iusticeship if Justice Morrill, retlrec
The announcement that the prop
erty known as Staples Park at Oh
Orchard situated near the Old Orch
ard House, had been sold last week t
; E. C. Mason of Lawrence: Mass o
, the heirs of F. c. Staples. mas starte
opposition. Cooperation OF CIV
bodies in Biddeford will be asked TIL
week in move to retain the prop
erty. The contention Is advance
that when the original Staples prop
erty was divided into house lots an
these lots sold 1t was with the unoer
, standing that the big lot of land be
tween the hotel and First street Woui |.
he retained as a public park, ana
is claimed that deeds are on ME Z
this effect. Present owners CLAIM
that there is nothing in the deed
that would prevent the so-calle
, mark area from being cut up int
house lots. They further claim tina
tho mari, nroiect was mentioned onl
, At the time the Boston & Maine con
sidered the purchase of the land.
The star of the orchestra that j
!. furnishing music for the communit
old time weekly dances at 1slesforo
one of the Cranberry Islands. i
Mrs. l.. M. Stanley. who, IS year
Young. can make the accordian SIM