Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-12
Maine Gossip

maine Gossip
Football.
Shoulder broken. OUT of biz
Ankle twisted: oh. Gee Whiz:.
Eoth eyes bandaged out of sight.
Ribs pushed through from left to right:
Doctors rushing round all night
Football.
That's all.
Newark News.
This is the climax Of Names football
season.
Whittier field will have the biggest
crowd. today. that ever saw football
game i'll this State.
Here is an item from Fort Kent:
''Th. sleighing here is perfect as the
roads were very smooth before the first
fall Of snow
They say that ex Governor Black of
New York. native Of Maine. may sue
coed Senator Depew at Washington.
II is just as well that Maine will not
ship so many Christmas trees to the
westward as usual. There are none
300 ,.,any young spruces left in the
northern woods.
The Saco young man who has broken
the same arm twice in six months has
had more than his share Of hard luck
And it was not in football. either.
Waterville Mail Governor Hills
Thanksgiving proclamation comes very
| near being 4 record breaker for brerity
and il is as good as it is brief.
Milo holds up its head proudly when
| it announces that 200 new families have
moved into the town within the last Is
months
a South Strong correspondent writes
| that L. wis Partridg" of that place ha,i
encc the other day. In the press Of
b,lsincsS he neglected to look after his
herd OF COWS very carefully. AS they
failed to appear at the usual time he
instituted search and found them in
The apple orchard. in a dissTacefully
intoxicated condition. He aroused
them with great difficulty, and they
ree'ed home, but TIL. ceremony of milk
ing had to be dispensed with, as they
fell at once into drunken stupor. from
which they had hardly recovered the
next morning.
Bar Harbor Record: At this time Of
year II is said to be very quiet in Bar
Harhor. There has been the usual
anti-election excitement. Pauline. the
EypnotiSt. at the Casino six evenings
= dance or two. Serenade from the de-
parting summer steamers. a fire which
brought out more people in five min
uteS than are seen on the street In
August. a very interesting happening
fin tho beginning work on the water
| contract. an election benefit ball and
several minor happenings. which per-
haps have been just a. interesting.
No there's nothing doing ~ lar Har-
| Dor in fall and winter.
Down in Washington county lives
Deacon White. The, deacon keeps
store ana while his faith is orthodox
it Cues not prevent him from being a
terror when it comes to collecting a
bill. When Mike left the deacon's en-
plOv there was balance charged
a 0oi I,cf Ii and f1,;c IN, Ia
satisfied to forget. As time went on
he became the owner Of a single luSty
porkcr of which he was mO.dinately
proud One day the deacon dropped IN
to SOC Mike and seeing the pig ne
praised him in 4 way that delighted
the heart of the lucky owner Cant
sec how ye' got him so fat. Mike
Mine won't fill out for me ,lohOw.
guess it takes an Irishman to bring up
! pig. Say. I got Il shote I'll give We
| I want to see what We en- do with the
stock I have," Mix. had never heard
| OF tn" danger Of accepting gifts from
the Greeks. so he Went over promptly
| to the deacon's barn ana brought away
the -orriest looking Sinte that ever
| lived. The next day. the deacon levied
on the big hog which the law prevented
him from doing wni!c Mike had only
, one rig.
David Z. Porter. the Rowdoin stu
dent who was the first Maine boy to
win q Cecil Rhodes scholarship at Ok
/ ford and who is now at the famous
/ university. has written to the Good
VIII Record. the organ of Rev. Georg,,
W. Hinckley's famous and excellent
Good VIII Farm, an interesting ac-