Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-05-25


With failures now expected.
| Thus they interpreted Cuban news
That negro revolution
As an exclusive call for blades
Augmenting execution.
Commenting on statement made re-
Gently by the Kennebee Journal, the
Biddeford Journal somewhat cautious
| ly expressed the opinion that English
sparrows We're nowhere forced to mas
uuerade as reedbrds on the bill of fare.
our Augusta contemporary comes back
with Biologist Dearborn's directions for
cooking the pestiferous sparrow so that
| it viii be as tasty as quail, and con-
cludes: Nov tell Sua Cuique Utilitas
Dearborn that he means boboinks,' as
you told us" This proves nothing.
Dearborn merely tells us how to dress
and cook English sparrows. Ask his
about bobolinks, Chad, and he'll tell
you the rest of the story.
Suit yourself, Deacon, but can you or
Col Condor inform us in light of the
recent Ohio decision, as to the fastest
ways of serving crow?
Calculations of woman assistant of
Camille Flammarion have changed
standard Paris time II seconds-Bos-
ton Herald.
Again the sedate Boston paragrapher
advertises his innocence as to home
conditions It's an unusual Yankee
| time from Is minutes TO an hour. one
way or the other-depending upon the
sex and popularity of her caller. and
| the fexibility of the clockhands
A former cowboy has lassoed a two
ton whale off Rockaway Beach. Long
Island, New York; but New Hampshire
summer resorts need no such advertis-
ing as that. A hook and worm and a
New Hampshire trout constitute a
vastly better combination than a lariat
and a New York whale.-Manehester
Union.
And, at New Hampshire's summer
prices put the 'small fortune" CLEANED
by the whales discoverer, sadly in the
shade.
Bear in mind, when you kiss
Wellesley girl, that your kiss is
known by her as a "dewdab. MAN.
chester Union.
shl Maybe we've been talking in
our sleep!
In cases where our path crosses those
of other great men certain courtesies
are irrevocably imperative. With the
powers of our immense circulation and
its jealous support we must consider
the unfairness of deliberately turning
thumbs down in the desperate straits
of less fortunate but yet defiant
Nuts" Thus. in instance of first Of
fence, unless too flagrant, we try to
grant as much leniency as in possible
accord with out vengeful spirit
No man, however, though his name
(like that of "Jones') be a household
word throughout the country, may,
with impunity. disparage the obvious
metrical dexterity of the manager of
this department and his So assistants
including pastecans and scissors.
Our rising ire upon reading the fol-
lowing from an envelope postmarked
''Waterville" and addressed to the edi-
tor-in-c chief will be easily understood: :
II have just read with interest your
recent editorial as well as the poetry (?)
from the pen of your assistant. How
would this do for a Comeback:
There's a man with the Kennebec
Journal
Whose poetry is surely Internal
What he wrote about Smith
Was nothing short of a myth
And 50 his disgrace is eternal
1--WE propose to have these touching
lines copyrighted before entering a suit
for SANDER against the instigator of this
vicious attack. Possibly satisfaction
may be secured from him on the bowling
alleys or i'm some other competiye sport
in our new building later on"
Considering the quality of this verse
We regretfully confess that our vindic-
tiveness was granted uncurbed sway
when we set the lines before our critical
readers.
Regarding satisfaction on the bowl
ing alley, with memory of two strings
marking up a grand total OF 76 we
reputationi
But, If he insist upon competitive
sport we wish il understood that we
are fearless. How about an exhibition
on a horizontal bar s feet and inches
from the floor, with outside assistance.
ladders and climbing guy ropes or stand
ards barred2 Or We might try kicking
| for height2
Loss of Appetite.
A person that has lost appetite has