Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-08

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OATS what'a Sand Man say!
Sleep. time. nah honey. shadows done
foun' yo,
Foun' .yo' an 20 po OF Nanny, too!
Whippo' will am singing, singn' all
Dess a sweet good night he means TO-
Sand Man! How do, sub! lii one am
Ready 70 to dream'a night erway:
Chune up yo' singin'.
Derry dunn! derry dunn. derry ditty ditty
OATS what'a Sand Man say!
Baltimore American.
Better foot ball weather.
The leaves are flying and falling.
If you cannot go to Bangor, go 10
Portland.
Maine has many less deer than a
week ago.
The goat was abroad in Brunswick
last night.
1t is no small consolation to enjoy
liz i1StANdl oNCi Lie pHOIt.
1t will B fitting for Bath to build the
Bagley, Barney and Biddle.
At least one Maine murderer. MUIR
ply of Mars Hill, is to be punished,
this year.
Hallowell is getting to be one of the
real sporty cities of the East.
1t is foot ball. not the foot ballist,
that gets black eye in Portland, this
year.
The first woman of the season to
shoot a deer appears bright and brave
as ever.
Washington county looks forward
with more resignation than usual to
the withdrawal of the Portland boat
And the folks down that way are not
stocking up for winter after the
fashion of chipmunks,o as they have
been obliged to do in years past.
There are now only four vacant
stores on Main street, Brunswick,
where a few months ago there were
thirteen.
Hon. Herbert NJ Lord of Rockland.
recently made a paymaster in the
army, has had new honors thrust up
on him at Manila. He is now collector
of that port, most important and re-
sponsible position.
The End U. S. regular infantry has
been assigned to the brigade COM
manded by Brigadier General Mat
tocks at Annistan, Ala. This is the
only regular regiment assigned to a
brigadier general of volunteers, who
was appointed from civil life not a
graduate of West Point.
A Blanchard member of the LIST
Maine now enjoying a months fur
Tough at home, got sweeter welcome
than any of his comrades in the regi-
ment. When he left home in May he
left an old shooting jacket hanging on
an orchard limb, and when he went to
don the jacket, this week, for a part
ridge hunting trip he found swan of
bees had taken possession, leaving %
pounds of white comb honey in the
pockets.
Brunswick Telegraph: The volunteer
system will have to have a thorough
overhauling before it can be intrust-
ed with the lives of our dear ones.
When all is done and said we believe
that nine-tenths of the ills may be
| laid at the door of inexperienced sub
| ordinates. the company cooks and the
lack of army discipline The boys re-
| fused to go to war unless their partic-
| ular chum could go in command and
| they were all good fellows, but they
had never tried to make a palatable
dish out of army fare, and their expe-
rience was similar to that of the girl
who has just graduated from young
| ladies' seminary who for the first time
| undertakes housekeeping. To be sure
| 1t ended more disastrously and the
hardships are not to be made light of.
| Tor they were real and not imaginary,
Ii this volunteer system is to be kept
up 1t should be radically changed. War
isn't an art that can be learned in a
two weeks out of the year muster.
There is large store on Congress
street. Portland, that adopts novel
plan of hiring it's clerks. All the aft
able gentlemen that appear behind the
counter are from out Of town. None of
the employees were original residents
of Portland. This plan is in such con-
tradistinction to that usually followed
by most stores that it has excited some
little attention. Stores usually go on
the principle that the more home peo
pie there are in it's employ, the greater
number of their respective friends will
become patrons. The store in question
argues that the less affiliations a clerk
mas in the city where he is EMPLOYED.
the more attention he can give to bus
mess, and for that reason strangers
can practically devote all the time to
the interests of the store And the fact
that the firm is eminently successful
in business. would seem to carry out
mis- theory. antagonistic as it seems.
one or the features of the Topsham