Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-17
MAINE GOSSIP
"House Cleaning"


upsets whole pailfuls on the slip
perry porch,
And sends :. a cloud Of smoke back |
down the chimney.
And yet she keeps. her own house |
bright and clean,
The pavements shining, and all day |
Waving, t shsII feather busters; and
There's more to do, to fold and lay |
away
The Huffy flannel blanketings. of clouds,
Sprinkle the heavens with dash
Iron them out fat like dotted calico
And polish her brass doorknob OF
But dearie me, what things I'm pratt
ing Of!
Down comes another torrent-I for
got
To take Johns Sunday suit in off the
line.
Mary Finette Barber In The House
hold.
A number of pieces OF furniture
which were purchased at the sale at
the Bath Iron Works will he used
in the new Totman Memorial library
at Phippsburg Center.
Tugs seguin and Pejepscot sailed to
the eastward Thursday after out
hauling on the marine railways of the
Portland Shipbuilding Company. Both
will start work on the Kennebec RIVER
in the near future.
News of interest to golfers Is that
the Brunswick golf course win be In
good condition for the annual Patriots
Golf tournament, if there is not
heavy snowfall in that vicinity before
Monday.
Steamer Southport of the Eastern
Steamship Company is back on the
Bluehill line, after undergoing spring
housekeeping and repairs at Boston.
The Westport takes the Bar Harbor
run.
1t is not common thing for Maine
automobile dealers to receive orders
from Italy, but that's what happened
to the Sea View Garage this week
when an order came from Miss Beulah
| Pack Of New Jersey, who is now tour
| ing that country. Miss Pack is an Of
nClal at Lne Lake 1dIlp'-
| Rockland Courier-Gazette.
The selectmen have started the
| work of taking the inventory and will
| be busy at this work for several
weeks. This week the owners of ra-
! dos will be Obliged to pay taxes. This
| is upon recommendation of the State
assessors at Augusta and this year
! I. IsNr- l,1x- lrIt n
| taxed in this town.-The Eastern Gaz-
| cite, Dexter.
| Hon Carl E. Milliken of Portland,
! secretary of the Motion Picture Pro-
| ducers and Distributors of America.
and also collector of the Port and
| former governor. has gone to Fort
! Wayne. Indiana, to attend the annual
| state meeting of the Indiana Jndorsers
! of Photoplays. He is to be one of the
/ principal speakers at this. series OF
| meetings.
| Lewiston druggist calls attention
| of people who think winter is lasting
rather late this year, to the good old
| days" He recalls when he was five
! years old (some years ago., he and
| his grandfather drove down from
! Upper street, Turner to Turner VIII
! lage over the crust, going across the
| fields, and the fences were not visible.
| That was the middle of April on Fast
| day. That same day man was haul
| ing a load of wood over the crust with
| yoke of oxen.
The white old hen with yellow legs
! that laid her master many eggs, al
| thought immortalized in song, is
| regular piker compared with a black
! giant biddy owned by Ara Ross of
Rangeley. Not only does Mr.. Ross
| bird lay her master many eggs, but
! she leaves big ones in the nest. And
at Easter tide, just to make all the
rest of the flock jealous to the ninth
! degree and bring added joy to her
| owner, she laid an egg measuring
eight by six and a quarter inches, and
| containing three perfectly formed
yolks. Folks say this is the biggest
| egg ever seen in this part of the
! country. Other black giants owned by
| MIR. Ross often contribute double
! yolled eggs. These birds are not on
| ~ heavy, but they are heavy eaters as
| WELL and so Mr.. Ross feels that they
are only doing their duty In providing
him with such big filters for custards
| and omelets.
Kenneth L. Percival of Bath re-
turned Wednesday afternoon from a
business trip to Bangor. He left
Bath Monday by auto via Rocl1land
and Belfast and came back via Water
Vile, Augusta, and Lewiston. The |
highway from Bath to Rockland, he
reports as passable and in fairly good
shape excepting a few rough spots.
There is bad section through the
woods east of Waldoboro, but this is
passable. From Waldoboro to Rock |
land and through Camden the road is !
nearly as good as in summer, but
from Camden to Belfast 1t is rough |
and muddy. From Belfast to Bangor |
especially after leaving Searsport the |
highway Is almost impossible and not |
At for man, automobile or beast. In
fact, so miles east of Bangor he had to |
run the entire distance in low gear. |
He learned at Bangor that the roads |
north Of there were impossible with |
lots Of snow. From Bangor to New |
port he found the roads in very fair |
condition, but from Newport and |
Pittsfield there Is still some snow. |
From Pittsfeld to Waterville there is |
no trouble. The highway from Water |
willie to Augusta and Winthrop is as |
good as in summer, but from Win |
throp to Lewiston there is good deal |
Of snow. In fact, Mr. Percival with |
Ave other cars got stuck all at the |
same time in the snow and had to be |
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