Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-26


attend to his dogs license. Someone
saw him visiting the town clerk and
spread the story that a wedding was
imminent. The moral Is that he would
have saved both money and annoyance
If he had got his dog licensed early.
Bangor is a queer place. In an ac-
count of fashionable wedding in that
city. last week, the Commercial says
that 1.-The many beautiful presents to
the happy couple included large
punch bowl from the Y. M. c. Al
Congressman Littlefield tells of a
bad quarter Of an hour" he recently
experienced in New York, and as time
wears on he enjoys telling about it.
which was not the case at first by any
means. 1t was on Memorial Day, and
he was on his way home from Wash
ingtOn, accompanied by his wife. They
stopped over in New York for a few
hours, and. having completed their
shopping or business Or whatever 1t
was. they stepped into q restaurant
for a light lunch before going to take
their train. When they had finished.
and the waiter had presented check
for 60 cents, Mr.. Littietield felt for his
pOcket-boOk. 1t was gone and not 4
cent did either of them have. He tried
to telephone to friends whose places of
business were in that section of tn"
city. but it was a public holiday and
none Of them were in. He told the
cashier his situation. explained who he
was and how he came to 20 there with
out money. The cashier was glad to
see him, etc. But that made no differ
ence-he would not charge any more on
that account; the lunches were 60 cents,
and hurry up please. Mr.. Littlefield
offered to leave his watch as surety.
but the cashier had 10 use for 1t and
wanted the change. Finally, leaving
Mrs. Littlefield as security during his
temporary absence, lie went out and
found a pawn broker and spouted his
valuable gold watch FOR So. and cleared
up the difficulty. Fortunately. the
railroad tickets were safe and they
got home without further adventure.
Later on, Mr.. Littlefi"ld received his
pocketbook and it's contents intact. 1t
having been found hy New Jersey
man in the car. and returned to the
address found with it.
John A. MCGOWAN. Portland boy
who has been filling an important po-
sition on the staff of the Worcester
Telegram for several years. last weeh
began his duties as news editor of the
Mr. MCCOxUan start =
ed on his successful career in the
newspaper business as apprentice boy
on the Argus and he is therefore a
practical printer as we'll as first class
worker in the brain" department. He
had seen service on all the Portland
papers, and had twice been publisher
in Portland before going to Worcester
to fill one of the most difficult positions
on the Telegram.
Somerset Reporter: The person
known as the summer visitor is begin
ring to make appearance. Every year
this number increases. Generally. and
in fact very often, they come from the
busy hum of the great city. They
stop off at the railway station, or per-
chance they are going farther up the
country to the home of some relative
or to fishing camps for rest, as they
call it. Such a course is changeful, 1t
is restful, it breaks the dull monOtony
of every day life. Some come in fam
lilies and live for a few weeks at a
farmers residence which las been con-
verted into summer boarding house,
and the kitchen, dining room, and
parlor Of the country home becomes,
for the time. merry with the laughter
and song of city people. Such d GUS
tom as this 40 gears ago no one would
have predicted, and no longer than 20
years ago it would hardly have seemed
probable, but it is established and 1t
suits the tastes and desires of many
and so it is one of the things that has
got tc be. 1t is educating and helpful
1t educates both ways, by teaching the
country man and woman, boy and girl
something of city customs and the city
folks get a taste of the way folks live
down on the farm. Two classes Of
people are brought together whose
lives and mode of living are as distant
from each other as the east Is from the
west There are beautiful country
homes on the shores of the historic
Kennebcc near this village where peo-
pie from the great cities make an an
nual visit. Let them come. The coun-
try people will give them q hearty wei
comc-Somerset Reporter.