Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-12
Maine Gossip
The Early Christmas Shopper.

The Early Christmas Shopper.
The carly Christmas shopper hicd linn
slcefully to town
The Sle1ShbcllS were a-JinSllnS. the SNOW
And he said: This is. the season when
I'll lay in my supplies.
Cause the early bird in shopping Is the
wise bird. | sunmisc.'
That's what the early shopper said
Twas clever bless his eyes!
The early Christmas shopper sought il
favored corner store.
Where the Christmas gifts were spread
out in Il maze on every floor,
And he ordered this and that thing. but
when ii came to pay
His features were expressive of Il Keen.
heartfelt diSmay-
That's what the shoppers features were,
because he felt that way.
He hunted through his pockets and ho
turned them inside out
That they Lad long been empty there
wasn't any doubt.
And to the clerk he murmured. as he
forthwith turned to 80:
Il for early shopping one must have
the catly dough"
That's what the early shopper Sald-WaS
it not clever, though?
-Dcrver Republican.
The grip will get you if you don't
watch out
The deer hunters must soon call it off
for another year.
Among the birds not on exhibition at
the Portland poultry show is that ia
nous Argus rooster.
Pansics. dandelions. bluebcrry bios
SONS and butterflies are daily arrivals
at the Maine newspaper offices.
"EIng Pepper" so pleasantly remem-
bercd in Gardiner Augusta and Bruins
wick, is to be staged in Bath this win
ter by the kennebcc Yacht Club.
Harry NJ. Bigelow. a former Augusta
boy and for several years city CLERK of
Portland. has succeeded A. l.. Il. Cum
min&S. city clerk elect. as correspOn-
dent for the Boston Herald and other
newspapers with which Mr.. Cur
minSS has been connected for some
years.
DR.. Crockett comes back from visit
to Hearst with q fine supply of en-
thusiasn, etc, and gives out word that
Iearst's Independence League Gncor-
poiateD will henccforth be the whole
thing in Maine politics.
\ Lewiston young lady post card
collector has had an amusing expert
cIcr Gor her friends. She recently
caused ner name to appear in The post
card exchange OF Il New York paper
Desiring cOlOred cards only, she. ac-
cording to custom, inserted the word
''colored' in parentheses after her
name. And then came Il card written
( as follows: Miss -- -- (cOlorcd).
Please exchange with me. John
Smith (whitc), Pittsburg."
Portland led all ports in apple ship
mcnts last week. Her record was 81,
196 barrels which is 10000 ahead of
New York which was her nearest COM
petitor. The later port shipped 21,379
barrels. while St. John, n B.. was
third with a record of 1871 barrels
Boston footed the list with only Il. 9Oa
barrels and Halifax did not ship a bar
RI. The total shipments from all ports
for the week were %. sos barrels For
the same week one year ago Boston
shiT ped 1856 barrels: New York. %,
0S0 barrels: Portland. 11,4S2 barrels; St.
John, 1,1S6 barrels and Halifax, So
barrels The total shipments of APP
pies from the different Atlantic ports
up to the present time this season have
been: Montreal. 624.930 barrels: New
York. ;0G959 barrels; Boston. 237 go
barrels: Portland. l1,267 barrels; Hall
fax, 212296 barrels and st John. 26
100. The total shipment from all
ports. to date this season have been
1.o2Ol31 barrels The shipments from
| Portland the past week were as fol-
lows: Liverpool. 1S.O2S barrels: GlaS.
gov. l1.-54 barrels: London. J2t5 bar
r2ls; Bristol 1853 barrels
Residents Of the Davis house. 81
called on Court street. Auburn neal
TIE Maine Central Railroad station, are
recovering from illness due to poison