Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-04
Maine Gossip
Reciprocity of Smiles.

Sometimes 1 wonder why they stop to
| tell me How'd do.
And ask me then how old ! am and
| where I'm going to:
| And ask me can spare a curl and say
they used to know
y little girl that looked like me, oh,
Years and years ago:
And told mana how they smiled and
asked her why Il v do,
So she said if you Sni lie ut folks they
always smile at you.
never knew | smiled at them when they
Were going by,
| guess il smiled all by itself and that's
the reason why;
l Just look up from playing if its any
one | know,
And they most always smile at me and
maybe say Hello:
And | can smile at anyone, no matter
who or where,
Because I'm Just a little girl with lots of
them To spare:
And mama said We ought to smile at
folks, and If you do
Most always they feel better and they
smile right back at you.
j. w. Foley, in Golfers Weekly.
serious disaster to the new car
barn OF the Lewiston, Augusta & Wa
terville st. Ry. on North street. Bath
was only prevented few evenings ago
By the energetic work OF Supt. Fred ~
Fuller and d crew of eight men. The
wind blew a hurricane on the evening
in question and portion 80 feet long
of tile new structure, which IS being
built III sections, was unable to with
stand the force of the gale and the
side wallis had already been cantcd
about IL foot To the east when Supt
Fuller was notified and hurried to the
scene and by strenuous work in the
ii a d.d - ~ IA llS
with big timbers.
Keeper William C. Williams of the
Boon Island lighthouse had black duck
fer dinner a short time ago. He didn't
shoot the birds not capture them in
trap but they fell at his feet in the
dark ready to be picked like mamma
from Heaven. He was standing his
watch in the tower when he heard
terrific blow struck against the para
pet wall. He hurried outside and
found couple of fine black ducks ly
ing dead Thinking it mast have tax.
eI more than two to make the thump
he heard. the keeper searched the
rocks below and found four more
TEcv had been attracted by the bright
light of the tower and blinded by it's
rays OH Close approach had dashed
out their lives against the lenses and
Wall of the light.
A syndicate of wealthy sporting mer
OF New York, Brooklyn ami philalel
pha has bought of William II. RohrS,
Marsh Island, in Casco bay ard ac-
changes there. 1t is said that large
hotel will be constructed on the island
with over 500 rooms. \ water plant
Will also be installed and over 800
electric lights operated while bridge
Will be built from Marsh island to the
southeast SIDE os Long island. which
Will BRING the regular steamboat land
irSs within tasiV walking distance.
Marsh island is in Luckes sound near
the southeast end of Long island and
contains about two acres. Upon this
Island tGCre is absolutely nothing to
obStruct the view of the open Atla ntic.
few weeks more and the we'll
known Cummings house at Fort Allen
park. Portland, will be totally removed
to give place to handsome new build
ings to be erected. \ street has peer
laid out running the entire length of
the property adjoining the park and
on this street all the lots will face.
The owners arr to build a fine. modern
street with sidewalks, gas and water
pipes and also sewer
Howard Dickey, So years old, who
says that he is resident of Portland
Me-, boosted recently in Belleville, Mo-.
that he had not taken a bath for more
that IL year and that ne had not per
mitted himself Il hair cut or shave for
almost two years. The Missouri off,
Gals forced him to take bath and
then gave him 30 days in the county
Jail i'll order that be might have n
chance TO try "a bath every day for
that length of time. The charge for
which he was sentenced was vagrancy.
OWING to the fact that the income
from the Lucinda Bailey fund given
for school purposes in Bath. has
amounted 20 sSGi.54 for the past year
the Bath school board is CONSIDERING
the ACCESSIBILITY of engaging an in
structor in domestic science and the
committee on manual training is max
ing Investigations.
The South Portland home of Joseph
Claig is provided with clocks of many
kinds. His collection is very vaIu-
able one of ime-keepers of many
styles and each of them owes part of
its present fine condition to the own
er's care and constructive ability as n
jeweler. The clocks are all wound up
and registered exactly the same cor
rect tine. Several oe these clocks
stand out prominently on account of
their size, among them an enormous
"Grandfather'' clock with a German
movement and cherry case.
The old schooner Hiram was built at
Bddeford in 1919 but she has been
sailing in and out of Calais for ST.
many years that all old Calais water
| front men think of her now as "a native
| Calais vessel. The Hiram is not a
| large vessel, being only of 10 tons but
! the most interesting feature of the
craft tn ,naStar plariporg is that for