Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
MAINE GOSSIP
B1ack-Eyed susans

The sky was the bluest blue,
The clouds were the fullest white,
AS over the hill we went. we two,
To look for a new delight.
And we found it not far away
In field near a singing brook;
A riot of color so gay
That we fingered awhile to look,
Then / lifted her over the fence
For her age is-well, not quite three
And we hardly knew where to COM
mence
To harvest a treasure so free.
Oh, the Black-eyed Susans, pretty lit
Such a lot Of susans, in frocks of
orange-gold.
How my little maiden loved their
tawny brightness.
How we kept on gathering all her
hands would hold,
And her own frock was yellow, dark
her eyes are. too.
My dear Black-eyed Susan, so glad
am she grew.
katherine Allison MacLean in
Christian Science Monitor.
The factories of Luhec have been
taking fish quite steadily the past
week and although some of the fish
have been large. few have been re-
fused by the packers. The advance of
10 cents per case on certain varieties
of foods has stimulated business, and
the quality of the pack is being kept
at or above standard this spring Some
sales of cartoned goods are reported
by three factories at least, one of
which has carload marked for Cleve-
land, Ohio. The American Can Co. is
operating with some overtime in the
shipping department and has put on
several more men ,as well as in other
departments.
The contract for the addition to
Hedge Laboratory at Bates college,
was awarded Tuesday to the H B.
Cummings construction company, who
are erecting the new gymna SUM. The
work will probably begin at once. The
addition will be made on the west side
of the building ,on the side next to
Hathorn hall. 1t will extend the entire
width of the building and will be so
feet long and two stories high. Con-
struction and equipment will cost
about $4,000. The Ivies planted on
that side of Hathorn hall in past years
by different classes at their Ivy day
exercises. have already been removed
to another part of the campus.
Printed and sold by Benjamin
Franklin at Boston, in 1923, copy of
the New England Courant, the first
issue published under F'ranklin's man
agement, is now in the possession of
Charles Parent, % Chestnut street,
Portland, dealer in stamps and coins.
Somewhat torn at the crossings and
yellowed by age, this newspaper is
printed on a sheet about the size of
letter sheet of the present day.
The contents of the paper are far
different from the newspaper of today.
The chief accounts are those of the
speeches in Parliament of King
George the Third. One article tells of
the new policy of the paper land the
remainder of the issue is taken up by
short items of Boston happenings.
The great highway pullman owned
by Holman H. Linn of Morris, N. Y,
was in Presque Isle Friday and parked
on a grass plot Just southeast of the
B. & A. station. This is a very inter-
esting piece of mechanism and Is a
veritable house on wheels. 1t is 34A
feet long from front to rear bumper,
25A feet in length from cowl to rear,
and u feet wide inside. As ordinarily
equipped 1t weighs $4,000 pounds. The
motor is a 125 horsepower, six cylin-
der. The cost was S24,102 all equipped.
Mr.. Linn designed the car himself. It
has an ice making plant and under the
floor is cellar which furnishes space
for five months provisions If need be
for those who travel in it. It has sep
arate toilet and bath room and a fully