Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-02-27
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"rhis 10 the House"
Here dear. we built our airy castles
And wished with longings then the
seasons through;
In ones bright world Of hope. what
II were to live to only prophecy!
The veerys song, the sea, will TESTIFY
OF days in planning years to come
Sweet springs Of promise in our rem
devious,
So prodigal, expectant.-you and I.
This is the house-hers is the place
Of old;
Again we stand here by the vine and
Was this an ending, too. our schemes
Or then fancy in those days Of yore?
And have we changed? or altered once
our theme?
Love kept us well to celebrate our
Justin Henry Shaw in Boston Tran
script.
Fred A. Burdin Of Dover~Foxfroft
has entered. the class of old-time
fiddlers that has come into publicity
this winter. He began playing 81
years ago, when IL years old, and
still has the violin he first played on
It is in good condition and Is re-
puted to be $50 years old.
For some weeks the sewer In
Franklin street, Bangor, between the
American Express Company's Office
and the outlet in Kenduskeag stream
has been choked. Wednesday It was
opened to locate the trouble. The
workmen found the sewer almost
completely filled with mash from a
distillery, and now the prohibition
officers are trying to locate the dis
tillery, no outward evidence of which
is visible along the half-block af-
fected.
A few days ago, Arthur Chapman
of Norridgewock. heard one Of hts
geese in DISTRESS On going to the
barn he found the goose in the
clutches of big owl. He tried tc
liberate her but the owl would not
let go. Getting a weapon he dealt
the owl blows which he thought
were fatal After attending to the
dying goose Mr.. Chapman went tc
get the owl but the bird had gone
Two days later Ralph Chapman san
a big owl back of their house de-
vouring one Of their hens.
The town of Norway has been put
in the limelight by Nellie Dunham
but is backing him in good shape
and incidently blowing its owr
horn," as we'll 1t may.
One way it has done this Is by
having $4,000 four-page rotogravures
S1z II inches, printed which were
distributed by the Keith people
They contained pictures of Nellie
and Gram. a full page picture oi
Lake Pennessewassee. and two views
Of Main street in Norway. 1t is 8
very attractive production and we
hope 1t came to the attention o. the
Editor Of the Congregationalist who
| wrote of Nellie as being dis
tinguished fiddler" whom "Detroit's
King Henry had summoned from the
Wilds of Maine"
An old house in East Sangerville
built more than 100 years ago, ha:
the odd distinction of having wit
messed more proposals Of marriage
Maine.
Isaiah Knowlton. Sr.. went from
Natick, Mass, to Maine more thar
100 years ago and it was he WHIT
built this Cupid -obsessed house.
OF the Ia children of the builder
of this old house. IL lived tc be ovel
20 years old. w. S. Knowlton of Mon
son is today the sole survivor.
A surprising fact about all thes'
marriages is that there was not {
| failure among them. No separation:
| or divorces, and all lived happil,
whose romance had begun beneath
| the roof of that Cupid house
A hint to the wise-the old hous'
is still standing.
A quit-claim deed which was pre-
sented at the Penobscot county reg.
istry a few days ago for recording
probably breaks all records in Maine
| for age before being placed in the
records of the county. The deed wa.
dated Nov. "a. 1923, having been II
hiding for over 102 years before tht
official action was taken. By 4
James Mayo and Robert Young O
! Hamden conveyed to Micajah Snow
also of Hamden a certain lot o.
land in that town Of 24h acres. i
was executed before Jno. Knowles az
! justice of the peace, the witnesse:
being Jno. Knowles and Zeb Young
Jr. The deed was found in an ole
trunk by a defendant of Micajaf
Snow in. settling an estate. With i
was presented for registration
'another deed of Yates Nickerson o.
Hamden to Miacajah Snow, convey
ing a lot of land of 10 acres II
Hamden and dated Aug. 26, 1853
| This required over 70 years for re.
cording on the books at the regis
| try of deeds. but was much over.
shadowed by the deed Of 1928.
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