Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-21
Maine Gossip
Game Sonnsts.
THE PITCHER.

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THE PITCHER
| Oh, say, the pitcher is the cheese and he
Is fine to hang your lamps on when he
| Out there and twirls the leather in his
hands
A strike. or ball, or any other thing. by
His jumps, the lobster thinks he under
stands
| Amt like it looks to all the bunch Of
But gan him, Birdie. but what's the mutt
to you and me?
And say, there's nothing punk about the
It's for him what's the hot; he's got the
nerve
curve,
Or rush 'em out to where the baggers
And they won't find him sleeping at the
switch!
Oh, Birdie; keep your eyes off; amt he
grand?
THE CATCHER.
Well now and will you please get onto
Amt he the nervy one to stand like that
And eat the leather goods right off the
bat?
Say, Birdie. amt he better than the Wild
And don't he look like cork and cotton
grows
All over him? And listen, If that mask
was fiat.
How would the nose of him do for
mat?
A good thing when we see it. and we've
1t right before us now. If could be
A man like him. say. Birdie, would
Wow, look at him! He's nipped a lick.
He banged it down to second-hear 'em
Yell. Birdie; yell! He's put the whole
side out!
New York Times.
The Knox County Teachers Asso-
citation will hold it's annual Conven
ton in Rockland. Friday. May q.
An old diary owned by Lewiston
man sets forth the fact that on May
Is, 1920, heavy snowstorm prevailed
in that section and that sleighs were
used on the streets.
The trustees of the Camden Saw
ings Bank have declared dividend
at the rate of four per cent. per an
mum, which will be payable to de-
postors on the third Tuesday of this
month.
The International Paper Co.. is to try
practical experiment in reforestation
by planting 10000 three-year-old Nor
way spruce trees on some of the Com
panys abandoned farm lands in Let
ter E. Plantation, near Phillips and
Madrid in Franklin county.
Business is rushing at the plant Of
the sagadahoc Fertilizer works at
Bowdoinham and last week the crew
worked until ten o'clock nights to keep
w with orders. The company has
been shipping from 10 to 20 carloads
a day of it's products and it keeps the
Maine Central freight crew at the To-
taking out filled cars.
The Lubec Sardine Co., has large
number of men preparing the founda-
ton for the new two-story concrete
Factory B. 1t will be 225 feet long and
60 feet wide. The engine room and
other buildings are to be separate and
il will be considered as nearly fire
proof as possible as well as neat and
sanitary. 1t is expected to be COM
pleted in about two months from the
beginning of the actual building
The three-masted schooner Rich
ard w. Clark which has been build
ing at the yard of Frank S. Bowker
&. Son, Phippsburg. is fast nearing
completion and will be ready to launch
in from two to three weeks. The
schooner is named for Richard w.
Clark, a box lumber manufacturer OF
Marion, Mass, and will be commanded
by Captain A. A. Corey of New Bed
ford. 1t is reported that as soon as
she il, overheard this firm will COM
mence upon another schooner OF about
the same size.
The latest newcomer in the field of
Maine Journalism is the Somerset In
dependent owned and published by
Clyde II. Smith. The Independent is
q clearly printed eight-page paper
In its editorial greeting to the pubic
the Independent announces that 1t will
be what it's name implies, having no
allegiance to any political party. 1t
announces it's purpose, while covering
the general news of the State and ma
ton to pay special attention to the
Cal news of Somerset county and
Skowhegan where it's plant is located.
Papers have been passed for the
property of Rufus A. Soule at the
eastern end of Chebeague Island in
Casco bay and the property Is now
owned by the Chebeague Park Associa-
ton of which Herbert c. Needham
of Hudson, Mass, is president. The
property includes 10 acres Of the most
beautiful land on Chebeague Island