Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-21
Maine Gossip
A Football Martyr.

A Football Martyr.
lie went away that fateful day,
His head erect and proud
His eye was bright, his step was light.
His brow was free from cloud.
His handsome face, his manly grace.
His perfect figure strong,
Caught many al eye ad!n,insiv
AS he passed the streets along.
When he came back-alas. the wrack-
He was fearsome sight:
Gol.c were his toes ana half his nose.
10th eyes were shut up tight.
Left was one tooth; his ribs. forsooth.
Were stove in on each side.
And which was mud and which was blood
Had closest look Gelied.
The doctors said they'd sew his head,
Cut off Il leg or 50.
That through the knife, he would through
life
A human remnant 60
lie tried for speech-thcy bent to reach
The feeble message there
TO cncS most dear-tlIiS did they hear:
we won. and | don't care
Baltimore American.
This is Merchants week over in
Lew iston.
That long predicted snowstorm is
bound 10 arrive sometime.
Only week to Thanksgiving and
the Old Home reunions.
Baths 18th annual food show is Sec
ond only to the Tercentennal celebra-
ton.
After the class football games, the
college athletic interests vii! turn to
hickey ana basketball.
There is Il move to set off DiXfield
village from the eastern part of the
town. the part 10 be set of going as far
as the Carthage line.
The Elmwoed at Waterville has long
been known as one Of Names best
hotels and the proposed addition OF 90
rooms Will make this popular hosiery
bigger, better and buster than ever.
Mrs. c. r. Chandler of Phillips tells
rat story that viii bear repeating. Be
ing much troubled with rats she Sc
curel a fine Maltese cat and the follow
ing morning Mrs. Chandler was sur
prisId TO note a peculiar tran leading
from her cellar window towards q
nearby church, in which there were
countless tiny imprints in a straight
line, as il made by a large body OF rats,
Evi,iently at a rat council it was de-
cidcd unanimously to quit the prem
isc $ in a body, for never sine" mas
there been a rat in the house and inc
big Maltese eat is out of 4 job.
Wien the Spanish ships We're
smashed to pieces at Santiago, Bon
Evans was asked how he felt and he
said he felt as if he had drank about
eight glasses Of champagne all al
once. There was an old boy on the
terrace in front Of the Hubbard grand |
stard last Saturday who must nave !
had similar feeling for when Bow
don made about its sixth touchdown.
the old chap soemnly took his hat
from his head, held i: at arms length
and put his fist smack through the
crown. Then he threw the hat high !
into the air and let out whoop. Guess
that old BOY wasn't feeling pretty
good about that time.
Rockland Opinion: Many of the old
timers remember steamer care !
CIarita, which ran on the Rock
route thirty-odd
wears ago. But we doubt if they know |
her history. or are aware that she was
originally yacht. The November
number of Century has the first of
series Of articles by Mrs. CORVALLIS
West. memoirs of her eventful life, in
which she sets down the fact that her
father. Leonard jerome. lent MS
private yacht, the Clara Clarita. to
CYRUS Field. when the first Atlantic
cable laid from steamship Great East |
ern. parted, and Mr.. Field went out in
her to try to pick up the broken ends
Mrs. Co,nwalls-Wes mentions that
her fittings were Of pale blue velvet
and silver Mr.. jerome sold or gave
her to the L. 5. government, and she
was used as Il dispatch boat. She was
condemned and sold. and purchased 1or
the Ninalhaven route. She was even
tI,en 4 fine coat of a beautiful model
and fast ana powerful. But her legs
were too long for the route. and she
was sold and transferred TO some
place The last we ever saw OF the
Clara Clarita, she had been trans
formed into a fishing steamer. painted
a dark red-when she was on the
Vinalhaven route, she was pure Whlte
and covered with curry in place OF
the blue velvet and silver. The L.
S. Shipping List of 1906 gives her name |
and nut; her down IS a tow-boat. nail
ing from Boston. Boats. like men. |
have their ups and downs in life. And
their merits do not depend on their tit
tines. The Clara Clarita is beaut-
ful boat, wherever she is and what
ever she is doing.
Reports continue to be received OF |
the damage done by the heavy gale OF
lest week. And thousands Of dollars
will not begin to cover the damage |
done The outer islands. the Gram |
berries Bakers and the cluster along |
the southeastern side nf Mt. Desert. |
suffered the most from the storm. ana |
+l,> G,b,rr,,p,,. ,aar ,yoc in most eases |