Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-25
maine Gossip
On the Briuge.

On the Broge.
Homes not what it used to be,
Word sounds like a Sacrilege:
Evcrything'S s. different, since
Mother started playing bridge.
Sister Julia's new young man
Sees the parlCr, and departs;
Mother simply smiles and SAYS:
Julia, why not make it hearts,?
Henrietta has less clothes
Even than the old MadOnnaS;
Mother says to be content
Oftentimes with simple honOrs.
Even Ellen. when she had
Finished with her book today
Went to mother and remarked.
Calmly. Partner. may | play?'
Fathers mad because she's made
Little Mary recruit:
"Tos." says mother. always lead
Fourth best OF your strongest suit"
7 don't dare to talk at meals.
Sit there like a heather mummy;
Mothers apt to frown and say.
please remember you are dummy"
Homes not what 1t used to be.
Word Sounds like a sacrilege:
Evrrything's gene crazy since
Mother started playing bridge.
Quincy Herald.
"'rhc coolest morning OF the winter"
Is coming along with uncomfortable
frequency.
The Maine Press Association meeting
always brings along either a blizzard
or thermometer recling cold wave
flowers while on their way to work yes
tertlay morning they have neglected to
notify the Journal Of it.
Paris appreciates it's public library
as Is indicated by the fact that it took
out 1854 more books in 1906 than in
1905.
BiddefOrd is in the clutches OF a
grip epidemic. There are more cases
Of the disease in the city at present
than has been the case for a number of
years. Men. women and children are
alike affected. and the families are
scattered that have not one or more
members on the sick list.
1t having been claimed that brown
tail moths are brought to Maine on
the Boston steamers, it is now sug-
gested that it would be a good idea
to have an inspector on each OF the
steamers leaving Boston for Maine
ports. the duty OF these officials being
"to destroy the pests on the boats"
before they reach Maine. This leads
the Biddeford Journal to remark that
as the term "pests' might include not
only brown-tail moths but any other
variety Of small cattle that travel on
steamers. the idea certainly has it's
advantages.
A Bangor man, in his effort to de-
scribe the coolest place in the world.
spoke of shed that was "too cold to
keep wood in and this was the limit
until this correspondence came in from
Mount Desert concerning the weather
down there last week: A fisherman Of
Otter Creek says big Goldfish was so
attracted by the warmth Of a gaso-
iIne heater i'll his dory that it jumped
into the boat and tried to wrap it
self around the heater. 1t froze in Il
half circle. Jed Jenkins. OF Trenton,
went to the barn to water his stock.
He fell and upset the pail. Before he
could step out of the water his boots
froze to the floor. He had to take his
boots off to get away.
One Of the features Of the opening
Of the Wisconsin legislature. says
the Madison. Wis. Democrat. was
the presence Of Robert Il. Wentworth
of Portage. who was a member in
1857. In speaking of him the same
paper says: Mr. Wentworth was born
at Buxton. Me-, January IS. 1927. and
came to Wisconsin in 1913. settling in
Dodge county. He afterward moved
to Portage, Columbia county. where
he now lives with his wife and where
he is yet interested in business as vice
president Of the leading bank. He is
50 years of age but bears his four
score years lightly and lives in large
enjoyment of life.
Maine friends of Arthur z. Dun
ming, formerly of Bath. will be inter-
ested to learn that he has recently ac-
cepted a position as private secretary
to the attaches Of the American minis
er to Germany. Mr.. Dunning is one OF
Baths bright young men who left
home about four years ago for the
German capital where he has since
been located. During this time he has
studied organ playing extensively. was
al one time an American instructor in
I. T.
since has been editor OF an American
tourists newspaper.
Although lack of help in the fall
months and an excess at times OF