Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-16
Maine Gossip

IGH!s!9see:z 'R y.
A Sad State of Affairs.
Mothers at the sea shore,
Sisters gone away
Brother Bill is catching perch
out there on the bay,
Everyone is happy,
Having worlds of fun
'Cep,ing Dad, who never will
Get the dishes DONE
Heaped up in the kitchen.
All the dishes stand:
All the common china
Al the !IaNiand.
Mothers heen away month.
Dad has used them all;
Now he's eating off the plates
That decorate the wall.
Mother, n,othcr hurry,
Come back from the shore:
Lac. can only lind enough
Plates for two meals more.
lie is up against it
While you stay away:
Nov he's eating breakfast fooc
N From the large ash tray.
lie will not wash the Dishes
lie piles them in the sink
Ii you coIld only see them now.
I wonder what you'd think.
Oh hurry, mother, hurry,
Come back to us today:
For father hasn't washed dish
'''"''> Detroit Free Press
Half of August gone; improve the
brief remainder of the vacation seaS"r'
According to the almanac dog DAYS
are with US until Sept 5, but nobody
would suspect it now.
With haying over, the family
reunions, the Grange picnics and the
berrying parties are now in order.
Dixmont, Pennington and Monmouth
have been this weeks most prominent
Old Home centers, and Houlton ana
Jefferson will hold the center OF the
stage next week.
On the posters for the Houlton ccie-
bration it is announced that there VIII
be "a grand Calathumpian parade"
Now what do you suppose that Is?
Portland and vicinity suffers severe
loss in the destruction by fire of the
beautiful resort at Underwood, and
there is much regret at the announce
ment that the place will not be repulit.
The cruel war in Portland harbor IS
being waged mercilessly, and it IS
rare day when the city is not destroyed
by the attacking force and a fleet or
two sunk by the heroic defenders.
A panther is reported in the Perry /
woods. about II miles from Eastport,
and in the vicinity of the camps at
Boydens lake, where many of the we'll
known eastpOrterS own camps ana
cottages, and make frequent visits
there during the entire season.
Portland Express: A report from
Old Orchard says '"Another big hotel
soon to go up" With the end of the
season SO near it is no wonder care
lessly worded sentences like this worry
the fire insurance companies.
1t has been decided by Madame
Nordica to make extended repairs on
her birthplace at Pennington. The
house is to be painted white with
green blinds and the walks about the
grounds are to be graveled. The
interior will be newly painted and
papered and piazza will be added.
Portland claims the oldest active.I
barber in the United States. if not in
the world, in the person of John M.
Todd, who pleads guilty to SIS years.
The Biddeford Journal suggests that it
be a bad idea to form an as
ISOLATION of those who have passed
under John MS razor and shears.
Although the finance committee on
Baths Tercentennial has not completed
its work as yet and consequently will
not be able to make definite report
for some days it is understood that the
committee believes that if all the
are paid promptly that 1T
will be able to meet all of the bills OF
Baths big show which will be sur
prise to good many who belieVedI
that an assessment would have to bel
made to cover a deficiency of several
thousand dollars
The main object in calling Farming
tons special town-meeting for Satur-
lay is to get authority from the town
to construct a sewer in the southeast
part of the village in order to prevent
the pollution Of the tannery brook. So
called, which has become menace to
public health.
A bird, rare for these parts, was shot
by Earl Jordan at Waltham last week.
and brought to Ellsworth to puzzle
local ornithOlogists. None was so bold
rs to venture more than guess. The
bird was about two feet long, with a
wing spread of four feet. black in color.
with hnokad hill head and Inn act l