Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-18
maine Gossip

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The Facts in the Case.
Maud Muller, on a summers day
Stood i'll the meadow. ralting hay.
The ;udgc rode up. and stopped to chat;
Maud said: II find I'm getting fat,
And so workout what's the use?
1t seems / simply can't reduce.
The Judge replied: "You fat? o. fudge;
You're simply plump, or I'm no Judge.
Maud sighed: I'm not bones and skin!
The sad part is: l might have been
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The old fashioned gardens are in
their glory.
There was never a more beautiful or
successful Governors dry than the
First enjoyed.
The Watcrviile baseball season was
painfully brief but ,her.. was red-hot
sport while it lasted.
A census of Ocean Park with the sea-
son AZ its height showed 1"a5 summer
residents At the reso"t.
South Portland r,.inl,'"; in the pros
pect of Il complete system of ncW sew
t.rs. ii viii cost about $lo.ID.
sSp,I iS CT i'll hooded tn rn1nnlptp
the fund to save "Fry,acrcs," :he
Abbott home at Pennington. There
should be no lack of contributions to
such a good cause.
The Maine marksmen in Massachu-
sets continue their winning work and
are getting the lions share Of the
prizes May they do as well at Sea
Girt.
Portland gained over $1,150,0OO in
valuation, the past year. making its
present valuation about $t1 900. 600. Its
polls are returned as 15.072, and the
city boasts of 2.335 horses, 69l cows, 50
hogs and 8 oxen.
Probably no Old Home week visitor
has been away longer than Henry J..
Norris of Somerville, Mass, who is
visiting his native town Vt Wiscasset.
He left it when nine years of age and
has not been back for Il years.
At the reunion Of the Pennington
Normal school reunion. last week, it
came out that of The 1000 graduates
Principal Purinton carries in his head
the addresses of all but two or three.
and in the case Of all these who ara
married he knows who they married.
1t Is this continued personal interest in
them which makes him SO loved by all
his old pupils.
The Philadelphia youth no was sent
to Jail for ~ days FOR kissing two girls.
is seriously considering; whether it was
worth while. Now il they had been
Portland girls there would have been
no Observation-Disclosures Express.
The Portland girls are probably Won
dcring just what is meant by the last
part Of this ,,ert paragraph.
1t was hard luck that Col. Morrilrs
races had to be postponed. but judging
from the entries some great sport is as
sured for today and tomorrow.
Northern Maine has been getting
in hA ri of
the State, this summer, and the water
in the ArSOStOOk river is the lowest
known for a good many years. In fact,
many streams have gone dry and scv-
cral "never-failing" springs have also
gone dry. This part of the country hes
been suffering for lack of rain: pOta-
toes have felt the droIth and seemingly
have been at n standstiil. in places the
vines dying. Grain. also. has felt tho
lack Of moisture. This weeks rain.
however, has helped things out.
At Il meeting OF the board Of man
ayers of the Maine SOcie-y of the Sons
Of the American Revolution. held in
Portland, Tuesday afternoon, it was
voted to participate in the exercises of
the unwilling of the tablet to mark the
location OF the shipyard where John
Paul Jones' Continental ship-of-wa-
Ranger was built. on Badgers Island.
in Kittery, Maine. during the year III,
and the day. Sept. 23d. was selected for
Il field day for the society. Hon. Au-
gustus F. MOulton. the historian of the
society. will speak Cor Maine on the