Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-12
MAINE GOSSIP
What 10 to Come

|
| have suffered 4. even so
Shall we not take the ebb who had the
| flow?
Life was our friend. Now. IL 1t be our
| foe
Fen though 1t spoil and break us!--
need we care
| What is to come?
Let the great winds their worst and
| widest blow,
Or the gold weather round us mellow
slow;
We have fulfilled ourselves, and we
can dare
And we can conquer. though we may
not share
In the rich quiet of the afterglow
! What is to come?
by w. e. Henley in the American
Penman.
The editor of the Biddeford Jour-
nal expresses doubt that the half
million baby Holsters recently re-
leased Off the Maine coast will soon
be growing toward ultimate trans
formation into "broiled lives" "Con-
sidering the many moving accidents
by flood and field to which the young
lobster Is subject, probably a very
Small proportion of that half-million
will ever reach the broiled live stage
of their development" he asserts.
George D. Pastorius. president Of
the Lincoln Fair Association, gives
the information that the Association
is now out of debt, although when he
became it's head a few years ago
there was a minus sign in front of
its finances to the extent of $1,000,
and since that time the sum of $12,-
600 has been expended in improve
ments. The fair had the largest at
tendance in it's history on the second
day this year where there were about
1000 paid admissions. There We're
"a trotting horses on the ground this
year.
F. S. Keep. Of Rockland, treasures
among his possessions a copy of the
Lords Prayer, artistically done in
pen and ink by patient at the Sum-
mer street insane hospital in Wor-
cester, Mass, after his recovery. Mr..
Keep was an officials of the institu-
ton at the time. Although the copy
was made In 1874, it is still ve'y
clear, and each letter is easily de-
ciphered. Mr.. Keep also has a letter
which was sent to his father, Francis
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| land, Mass, in 1S49. when envelopes
and stamps were not in use. The
amount of postage required was 10
cents.
The City of Lewiston can employ
aliens according to the ruling sent
counsel, to Mayor Wiseman who
sought information on the question
when it was found that the city pay
!, rolls included at least three aliens.
The mayor was quoted as saying in
regard to employment of an alien
by the water department, that the
city council had little to say, as that
department Is governed by a COM
mission. Mayor Wiseman is a mem
Der of the water board and Alder
man Bernard is chairman. But
neither the mayoI% nor the alderman
) i,favors the employment of aliens
> when there are citizens out of job.
A horse trade In which one of the
animals is alleged to have been a
/ wind sucker and the other kicker
: was aired in the supreme court room
S at South Paris on Tuesday. before
: Chief Justice Scott Wilson of Port
land. According 70 the testimony H
MacGowan of Turner sold a horse to
| Harry Staples Of Hebron, the trans
saction involving $50 and a horse
: which MacGowan received as boot.
Now comes Staples and claims that
| the animal he bought developed
l wind sucking to such an extent that
1T sucked too much and died. He asks
for revision of the contract entered
, into between the two. MACEDONIAN, on
the other hand. asserts that the ami
NAL he received was a kicker. De-
t cision in the case was reserved.
:
Two Bath owned horses have just
; been taken with an illness which
: seems unexplainable. One belonged
to man living on lower High street
He found the horse lying down In
> the stall and unable to arise. AL
: efforts to get the animal on its feet
failed and finally it appeared tina,
the horse was so Ill that it's owner
decided best to have him shot. The
, other instance was that of a horse
belonging to a North End grocer
The animal was expected to do its
: usual work Tuesday morning but
sank down on the ground. The har-
,, ness was removed and the horse
,, arose after a while, only to go dowr
: shortly after. Once again the poor
: beast struggled to it's feet only tc
drop shortly after. Early in the
afternoon the animal was still lying
= down and no one seemed to know
what was the trouble with the ami
NAL.
The proposed "cutover" for the
railroad in Biddeford is underway
The location is about q third of Z
! mile beyond the bridge on the ALFRED
road. and when the "cutover" il
completed, will permit trains to enter
. or leave either division by a manipu
lating switch tower. It Is under
> stood three telegraphers will be EN-.
: ployed, each on an eight-hour shift
thus giving continuous servic,
,, throughout the day and night. Con.
: siderable comment has been made
, as to the reason why the railroad
/. company should locate so importan
, an operating location SO far removed
! from the city, and where the track,
of both divisions come closer to.
, | gether than they do at the selected
! spot. Grade" has everything to de
. with the location, as one can readil,
! understand by viewing the long
, sweeping ditch where the work ha,
already been started. Both divisions
have down grade' which will SEND
= them into the "cutover" at a good
rate of speed, and no other point be.
tween either of the Biddeford sta.
| lions and the "c1lfovor1 boc n t,,,;1,