Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11

Happy childhood knows nc, sting
That the age of stealth doth bring.
Stealing hours from the day
Takes the joys of strength away,
Stealing hours from the Night
Taking all-for rest is Might.
When we steal away q Trust.4
Nothing ever can we give
Back to him and so We must
Never Steal, but Give to Live.
by Rudolph Valentino in Day
Dreams"
Some fast horses have been fur
nishing plenty OF excitement at the
Northern Maine Fair at Pressure
Isle. The final track event yesterday
was the battle in the free-for-alL
Zone week from today the guns
will be popping at Merrymeeting
and the other bays in this section
as the open time on ducks and other
water fowl will begin that morning"
said the Bath Times Of last Thurs
day.
Air in the vicinity Of Bath was
heavy from the smoke at the Phipps-
burg forest fires Thursday morning.
Wednesday night the boys of Bat
terry H and residents of the town
were fighting considerable fire in the
Parker Head neighborhood. the
flames having broken out anew fol-
lowing the rain Of Monday which
had not extinguished them.
The Canadian cable steamer
Tyrfan arrived at Eastport harbor
Tuesday and is anchored off the
Dominion village Of Welchpool on
Campobello island, n. B. The
steamer looks after the many gov
eminent cables extending from East
port to Campobello, Grand Manan
island, Deer Island, Indian Island.
, and connections, and arrives in Pas
samaauoddys Bay occasionally each
year, being the only Canadian gov
eminent cable steamer operating on
the Atlantic seaboard.
Ex- Alderman Irving S. Mitigate Of
Biddeford, who conducts fish mar
ket at the Pool, said: II remember
when l was boy, the first time l
| went fishing. 1t was with my father
in the times they caught mackerel
on jigs. He took me out one day
in the vessel he went fishing in. /
was very little fellow. but they
gave me one line-the others used
two Or three-and / had to fish off
the stern of the boat so that /
wouldn't bother them. That day. the
first time I ever went fishing.
caught nearly half barrel Of mack
| erel.'
Clifford A. Gagnon and Miss Eli
zabeth Murphy, both members, of
the Van Buren, Tennis Club journey
ed to Fort Fairfield on Wednesday
for the final match in the invitation
tournament which has been in pro-
gress at Fort Fairfield for the past
week. They defeated Miss Clarke
and DIR. Small by the score of 60,
GA in two hard contests nearly
every game going to deuce. In COM
ing through and winning the mixed
doubles event, the Van Buren, Ten
mis- Club Is sure of getting one cup
out of the many cups offered at the
tournament.
The raspberry canning season is
fast drawing to a close and to date
the canning factory operat d here
by the H. A. Johnson Company of
Boston has preserved more than
they did during the season of 1925.
There are still a few barrels.of rasp-
berries coming to the factory but the
season Is fast drawing to q close.
The factory will continue to preserve
as long as there are blueberries
available for preserving. The blue
berries are plentiful just now and it
is thought that the factory will be
busy for several weeks yet.-Van
Buren, correspondence in The Bangor
News.
Roland H. Smith post, American
Legion, at Bath has taken up the
drive for a more uniform display of
the flag by the business men of the
city on holidays. This movement
has been spreading throughout the
country and has been adopted in
many Of the larger cities. In Maine
the drive has been completed in
Portland, Lewiston and other cities.
Under the new plan representatives.
working for the local post are intro;
ducing to the business men new
brass standards which are to be
placed in front Of the stores and
upon which a standard sized Amer
lean flag is displayed every holiday
and for patriotic observance.
Plans for the proposed Central
Maine Power Co., office building and
store at Brunswick, to replace the
quarters burned last year, have been
submitted by the architects and
negotiations are now being COM
pleted preparatory to beginning con-
struction. 1t is hoped that actual
work can be commenced early in
September so that the store will be
ready for opening Just previous to
Christmas. The architect is John
Howard Stevens Of Portland. AL
though nothing has been decided
definitely, general plans call for
building about 40 by IS feet. The
building will contain the main office.
superintendent quarters, Cashiers
booth and general displaA room for
appliances with a separate fixture
display room and "cozy corner"
OCCASIONAL REMARKS
Horse shows are becoming popular