Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-30
Maine Cos sip
The Batter Day.

If man would take pattern after the
And be content with his lot,
TO cheer some poor brother, aud help all
along.
What different place this old world
would be,
All lending strong helping hand
Thus lifting life's burdens for you ana
for me,
Doing favors that none can demand
Oh, may We all, in that last Great Day,
When we reach that bright Home, 50 |
fair,
In the mansions prepared over there.
Mary Bruce Bureh.
Mcdowell. Mo
THE 18th annual reunion Of the But
bier family was held in Avon Satur-
day. in the grove near the home OF NJ.
q. Hubier OH the Mile Square road.
There was picnic dinner. and Il lit
er;4ry and musical entertainment
Bath was visited. sunday evening,
by numerous devils darning needles,
and the mosquitoes were fierce" says
the Bath Times, but these two evils
are apparently offset by the news that
there are many ducks III the bay anu
Warden Willis reported seeing one
flock of 200 or 300 Johnny get your
gun.
Bath is this week expecting summer
tourists will buy antiques IN that
place. Where does that city get its
supply?
In Weolwieh, the hueberries have
been SO plentiful that the residents
have become tired If picking them,
apparently. and abandoned the at.
tempt Now il The railroads anu
steamboats, will make BURBERRY rate
fares. people at a distance Will be glad
To make an excursion to Wool~ieh,
and an incursien into the fields. anu
remove the surplus berries
George w Marston of Woolwieh,
by doing his haying late and giving
tile grass on the loWands chance,
has secured about quarter OF crop
mere than he did one year ago. lie
has developed new variety oil potato
BY crossing the Early Rose and STRAY
Beauty. These potatoes are OF good
size. prolific. and ct pinkisn unge
From his exertions in lighting potato
bugs. he has become convinced that
there is some connection between
bugs and rust.
Many poultry owners in Woolwieh
are sitting up nights with their chick
ems not daring TO permit them out OF
sight. The chickens, however. are not
i'll but mysteriousy disappear. Forty
fine pullets left one owner without
giving any clue to their destination
\ dozen or more belonging To an
other resident did likewise. and the
chicken raising men of Woolwich. have
determined that they will not permit
their remaining birds. to be lured away
| in tile same manner.
Thirty to 81 hogsheads Of Ice cream
was the amount consumed in Bath
during the hot weeks. this summer.
Chester Childs of Leeds Center,
while playing baseball, Saturday. was
struck on the head by pitched ball.
He was given his base and scored, and.
after playing another inning, tainted.
He was taken to a local hospital.
where he did not recover conscious
ness. but died that night. He Was
81 years of age, and married. Safe
and sane baseball would seem to re-
qure compulsory head protection,
were these occurrences frequent.
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All descendants of the original
BODICE settler are invited to a picnic
dinner and other festivities at the an
| nual reunion of the BODICE family. in
knights Of Pythias hall. in South
| Windham, on Labor day.
The Paris Hill Golf Club fair and
| entertainment Aug. %, netted about
| $23o, of which $50 came from the fancy
| work table one feature of the event
was a tent surrounded by wild woods.
| within the hall, in which a gypsy for
tune teller exchanged wonderful for
tunes for the present material medi-
um Of exchange. the coin Of the
realm
| Carleton Berry of Portland, had Il
marrow escape from death, Saturday.
| while battling at Peaks Island. He
| lost his hold on the rocks. and was
carried beyond his depth, but the
| friendly waves threw him upon the
| rocks again. where he chung after
| sustaining severe cuts and bruises
| Among the new voters registered
in Portland is a gentleman, WHO has
| not voted since 1888, although he mas
| been resident of that city during his
| entire life, and his age is - years,
| II every man who is careless In Vol
ing will vote September IL, and VOTE
| RIGHT-for prohibition, the honor OF
| Maine, and last, but by no means
least. for the safety and happiness of
its people-he may well be forgiven
for negleetng less important oeea-
sions for exercising his combined
privilege and duty of vote government
Each man is responsible to the extent
| OF his vote for every act OF govern
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