Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-11
MAINE GOSSIP


Stand Firm
What matters the wind to the strong
lone pine?
Tho March may bluster. November
whine.
Or June breezes temper her warm
December may whistle. angry and
| Treacherous billiards. Of winter may
chill
Yet steady and still sands the strong
lone pine.
What matters the luck to the strong
fixed will?
March moods may argue, November's
thrill,
June may bride with a summary skill
April may weep, Autumn may pray,
July have not angry scandal to say
Yet steady and still stands the strong
fixed will.
Joshua Jingler" in The Northern.
A mother partridge and several
young were noticed Tuesday by a
Phippsburg woman near her home
and she went out to get a closer
| view Of them. She approached
within about ten feet of the mother
bird when the latter bristled up and
started toward the woman as If she
would attack her. But, not being
| molested. she turned and took her
brood across an open space to a
thicket and went into hiding.
With the exception of two mack
| erel schooners the Portland fish
market was practically bare We'd
nesday. One or two small gill net
! ters arrived with a few fish but the
! local market coulu not be supplied.
| The schooner Marion McLoon, from
| Gloucester arrived early with 1000
| pounds of new mackerel, for which
/ she received Is cents a pound. and
| later the schooner Audrey and Theo.
/ also from Gloucester, arrived with
| the same amount.
Much interest Is attracted by a
| unique map of Maine, which are be-
licity Bureau at Portland. They are
/ made of tin. and have pictures on
| them showing few of the adj
/ vantages OF Maine. For instance. in
! the northern part is a picture of a
| field of potatoes, advertising Aroos-
| took county and in the southern
corner beach Is shown. The
maps are made to be attached to the
radiator oe automobiles. They are
pictured in colors and are very at
I tractive. Tie distribution is through
| garages.
The three surviving members of
the class of 1856 Yale University
are Chauncey NJ. Depew. James Ly-
man Rackleff, 81, of Portland. a
! lawyer and Virgil NJ. Dow of New
Haven. Recently Mr.. Depew made
| the remark that he supposed Mr..
: Rackleff was gone too, and Mr.
Rackleff fired back, Il don't know
how it feels to be dead" Mr.. De-
| pew said he thought he was the only
member of the class who could ap-
pear and said he didn't feel like din
! ing with himself. make a speech to
, himself and be lonesome. Mr.. Rack
left says, after, that nothing will keep
! him away.
i DR.. Wendall c. Phillips, presi-
dent of the American Medical AS
! ISOLATION of New York, will be q
speaker at the annual banquet OF
| the convention of the Maine Medical
| Association this Friday evening at
Poland Spring. There will be an
address by the president of the as
Southwest Harbor this afternoon
1 DR.. Leonard H. Ford, N. D., of Ban
gor will take part ina symposium
on obstetrics, reading a paper on a
phase of the subject Saturday morn
ing. The principal business ses-
sion will be held at l o'clock Sat-
! urday afternoon, at which time re-
ports will be made and officers
elected.
| A woman who has lived in Saco
/! for a number Of years comes for
ward with the suggestion that in
| improving the Saco river 1t would
not be a bad idea to move Cow
island out Of the way. She is of
| the opinion that, as the island is of
no use, there would be more room
| for boating and shipping If the
island was cut away. She suggests
that the work could be done in sum
mer at~little expense and work could
be given to those who need 1t. BY
working at low tide apd with a few
men, she believes the island could be
cut away in short time and thus
| greatly improve harbor conditions,
and with the dredging of the river
| much safer approach to the local
I wharvcs would be secured.
A veritable deluge, accompanied
! by hailstones so large that some of
them had not melted Wednesday
morning descended upon Farming
ton Tuesday night just as the auto
| mobiles and floats were beginning
to line up for the big parade in con-
ncction with the merchants week
. observance. Some of the cars were
driven to shelter. while the decora-
tons on others were ruined and they
| did not appear in tie parade later in
! the evening. Streets were flooded
/ during the downpour, the lights
went out several times and there
were frequent drizZles after the
i worst of the shower was over, but a
| good sized crowd collected to wit
| ness what there was of the parade.
! The awards were made to the fol-
| lowing Pennington fire depart
ment. first: l.. w Rapley, second:
Lakes Little Place, third. The
| baby show in the afternoon drew a
big crowd and the competition was
| close.
Raymond Jensen and Theodore
johnson were awarded the Harvard
Books fer 1925 and 1926. respective
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