Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-02
Seven ships of the line!

| Seven ships of the line!
| Brave as ships could be-
| They circled there in a crescent fair
70 conquer the world for me.
| But Sunday. Monday and Tuesday fled.
With their sails all cleaning bright.
| 70 race race with the flying sun
For the star-SCt goal of night
And Wednesday and Thursday were 50
That the wind could never tell
Whether two ships there were he sped.
Or whether two shadows fell.
Friday and Saturday. wing wing.
Like white ghosts hoated last
| And | curved my hand to hail t. them.
But swift as thought they passed
Dim in the west hull down. and gone
And only dreams wnrc mine,
had lost them all beyond recall
Seven ships of the line
-Lippincott's Magazine.
A village doctor whose most trouble
some patient was an elderly woman prac-
tcaiiy on the free list, received Il sound
rating from her one day for not conlirr.;
when summoned the night before,
y on can go to see your patients -
night said she. "whv cant you come
wh"2 send for YOU? Amt my money AS
good as other -peoplp'S?"e
II do not know, madam was the re-
ply. Il never saw any of it,"
Nhtnp tiirk thlilkS that since tho
practice Of dueling was given over in
ms country men are not 50 careful in
they were in the old DAYS
Why" says Mr.. Clark, there was an
| Incident In lnGiana not long ago which
goes to show the difference. In a case
being tried there in court the two law
ycrs opposing became engaged in 4 ho4t-
ed controversy which resulted in one veil
| ing at the other, You're liar
Wh2t do you think the other lawyer
in I-nip nr-i,,S
sion. he replied. Sir. do YOU mean that
Two Washington negroes meeting in
the street fell INTO a discussion Of the pc-
cunartieS of mutual friend. Said one
nat KIND o q russon is dat man. any
work" W. "'
oh. he is industrious. all right"
promptly responded tho second negro
even if he don't do nothin h;sself. Why.
only las week dat man spent two whole
davs tryin' to git his wife a job
| Two Americans Were being shown
British soldier. Hating at certain spot
On n" raradc-ground their guide pointed
| to z small cannon.
This said he. ''is gun we captured
| kcr Hin"
Quick as flash came this reply.
| ''W"l1. as We kept tho country we can
afford to let you have the gun"
| ADMIRAL Dewey grew reminiscent az
| inc lSt Of May rolled around this year
manner in which he learned that there
were two cables instead of one, as he
supposed. in Manila Bay.
| II mad found and cut one cable" said
| the Admiral, land thought that ended the
| whole business. as far as communication
went. when captain Of small boat. to
out some refugees from Manila, came on
board to thank me for the privilege &C
dprd iol him lie bad made seTcraI rail- hun
cld"ntal!y. While on board he casually
remarked:
| "'T"ngo entondido que listed ha cortado
| I'M cah" TELEGRAPH, Amiranto?' fI IN
| dtrStand Won have cut a cable. Admiralty
Il Informed him that had and when
NJ innocnntiy asked. Which one? L be-
| and cut"
Each man around the store had told his
| tale Of the hardest rain he ever saw fall
ont of the sky" Tom Linkins was
easy winner with his of the great harvest
1 rain I'm 90
''H hogan with biz drops kinder scat
| t2rin' like" he said. Then 1t got to a
shower and ] just thought Id crawl I'M
dcr the canvas on the reaper till it was
| sir when III" lightning took to hittin
right at that binder ! concluded to get
o"i from there. had gallon-and-a-
half bucket on my arm and I lit out for
the mulc-shed. When 7 about half
way there the thing began To get heavy.
looked down, and If the blamed thing
wasn't full Of water I'm a -
The lank individual who had been lean
ing against a barrel broke in: HI
We'll. now I reckon that must a been
tho day am thinkin' about What made
me know II was rainin' some was seeiu
Ia flock o wild ducks 60 over. Gents:
them ducks had folded their wings and
WIS Just naturally paddiin.
For the space Of two minutes not
sound WAS heard sa 70 the purrinE Of the
cat asleep on the counter: then silently,
with bowed heads the crowd dispersed
The editor decided to try "fonetic'
spelling IN his paper, and the experiment.
seemed a success until he got the follow
ing:
Deere Sur: 7 hey tux yure paper fur
leven yerns, butt ef yew kant spell env
better then hoy bin doin fer last to
mnnths yew ma jes stoppit.'
The Mid-Surrey Golf club in England
has posted a rule that no bridge shall
be played in the clubhouse on Sunday.
This was not done because the members
objected to cards on Sunday. but be-
i. cause 1t looked az if bridge was ahvut
to kill Sunday golf.