Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10
MAINE GOSSIP


live in the house at the foot Of the
hill.
Just down by the side OF the road
And many a time my heart has ached,
For the horse with too heavy a load
I've grown to be quite judge of men
As / watch them, day by day,
Driving the horses that haul their
loads
There are men who ride to the top OF
the hill,
And men who fret and fume.
But give me the man who jumps down
and walks,
And cheerfully whistles a tune.
There are men who swear and get into
fare.
And use the cruel whip,
Who use their strength to bury the
Into the tender lip.
There are men who lazily keep their
Clean to the top OF the hill
With never thought of the tired
flesh,
Straining so hard at the thill.
There are men who nag and worry a
horse
Who know how to drive.
But the man who walks by the side Of
the load
To him l would trust my life.
But the man who rides to the top Of
the hill,
Is the man I most despise;
Who adds his weight to the burdened
beasts,
Shows the meanness that in him
lies.
Today when see a ten-ton truck
l thank the gods for the big ma
chine
For the hardened steel that cannot be
And the power of the gasoline.
1t Is seldom now that / see q sight
That causes me pang
And 1 often wonder az I watch
Where is the old time gang
Who whipped and cursed and kept
their seats
Clean to the top Of the hill?
They're not all gone, I'm sorry to say
Alas' we have some OF them still.
Gardiner, Maine.
Ted Hughes, 1e. son of Rev. and
Mrs. Thomas Hughes of Kennebunk,
and Leonard Lombard. II, started
on foot across the continent Tuesday
morning. They carried 40 pound
knapsacks. They will work their
winter in California, returning in
the spring via Panama Canal route
Salt water sme1ts have struck into
the Saco river and are being caught
off Camp Ellis pier. A large school
has come up the mouth Of the river
unusual for this time of the year,
possibly driven in shore by the tuna
fish which still are providing much
sport for deep sea fishermen of the
York county shore.
The Lewiston police recovered a
handbag for travelling salesman
Wednesday. He left 1t on the curb
and never thought of it again until
he reached Portland. He phoned
police headquarters. The bag was
found by Charles Turner, who re-
ported to the police-Why shouldn't
the Governor boast that Maine has
no crime wave?
The Savings Banks of Maine have,
at the present time, over $120,000,00o
Of resources, and more than 500 Of
this amount is invested in the state
Of Maine. either by ownership of
corporation bonds stocks, or loans
secured by real estate mortgages,
etc. This type of institution runs
back for nearly 100 years, with
banks existing at the present time,
which have done business con-
tinually for that length of time. The
average gain in deposits during that
period has been $100.000,000 an
nually. There is nothing about all
this to delete the joy at the 33rd an
nual meeting of the Savings Banks
Association at Belgrade today and
tomorrow.
The State Of Maine has purchased
and paid for the land which will be
used in Woolwich for the highway
and plaza at the end of the bridge
now being built across the Kennebec
river.
The highway plot includes a strip
HOO feet long and Sc feet wide while
the land required for the railroad is
about 1000 feet long and Sc feet
wide. In addition a tract measuring
800 by 100 feet has been taken by
the State for a plaza at the end Of
the bridge. In addition to the cash
consideration the purchasers agree
to construct a steel and concrete
bridge over the kIaine Central
tracks which shall connect the north
ard south parcels Of land owned BY