Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-13
Nv La
Maine Gossip
After Rud Kip.

! For the female OF the species can MINK
faster than the male.
When they're whacking up the Doodle
| that he's earned throughout the
And deciding how to spend it, he's a
| pretty helpless geek,
1T is sad for him to look at his percent
| age of the kale,
For the female of the species can grab
| quicker than the male.
When they do their weekly shopping and
! linger round the store
| Till the husband thinks that living is a
| most decided bore,
She can take a 50-cent piece and get dry
| goods by the bale,
For the female of the species can buy
| cheaper than the male.
When it comes to information on the gos-
J sip of the day,
On the neighborhood activities and things
| that people say,
She has got her husband beaten when
she gets upon the trail,
For the female of the species can hear
| lots more than the male
Biddeford Journal The official end
/ of Dog Days came on September 5.
| Those we have been getting since that
| date have been unlicensed.
Tie appearance of a large number OF
yellow ard white flowers on the fields
of South Portland, says the Portland
| Express Advertiser, is attracting
much attention. The yellow flowers
are it is believed iron weed while the
white flowers are those of the wild
carrot. The resemblance of the yell
low flower to the dandeion and the
white flower at a distance to the daisy
is very noticeable.
The heavy passenger travel on west
bound trips of steamers of the East
ern Steamship Corporation still con-
tinues and staterooms are being en-
gagged a week in advance. The rush OF
travel back to the cities Will continue
until the latter part of the month, al
though it is gradually diminishing i'll
volume. The passenger lists on east
bound trips have dropped off greatly
during the past fortnight and there
is now no difficulty in engaging state
rooms mp to within a few hours OF
sailing time.
Tuesday, Oct. 1, has been set as the
date for the celebration of Foxcrofts
recent meeting of the general cont
mittee and plans are already under
way FOR a fine program for the event.
1t planned to have several bands, in
Guiding those at Milo, Guilford, Mon
son, as well as Taylor Military band
of Dover and Foxcroft. There will be
d trades and historical procession,
band concerts, ball games and an all
Of 70 int
the large number of people expected to
be present. Special rates Will be
granted on all of the railroads and one
of the largest affairs ever attempted
in the twin towns is anticipated.
That music does not always possess
the charms which are attributed to it
in the familiar quotation seems to be
attested to by a paragraph in the
Rockland Courier Gazette, which
says: "A bigpiper visited Rocklandi
yesterday and scared a good many
horses with the quaint melody which
used to be much more familiar on our
streets some years ago. Two discord-
ant hand organs have also been doing
the city"
| Inc DlueUGtTy lGClOIS at
has closed the seasons packing opera
tons. and the total pack exceeds 5000
bushels more than was put up, last
season. 1t was predicted at the first
of the season that there would be 4
short crop. and many of the factories
were not opened, but it was found that
there were many berries and all the
| factories that have been running have
| had more than they could handle, be-
| ing obliged to work nights and SUM-
days in order to take care of the sup
| ply.
| The West Congregational church at
| Portland, Rev. Carl NJ. Gates, pastor,
| is planning to observe it's 50th ami
| versary, Oct. ad z, combining the
event which will bring many of the
| absent and former members of the
| church and congregation back for the
| occasion, with Fall the rally day of
| the church and Sunday school. Ar
engagements are now being made by
the general committee of the church.
| 1t is hoped that the three former pas
| tors, Rev. S. X. Perkins of Manches-
/ ter, VT, Rev. L. NJ. Cousins of Old
| Town, and Rev. John Boardman of the
| Good Will Farm Association, will be
| present and participate in the exercis-
es OF the anniversaries There will be
| special addresses in connection with
the anniversary observance and rally
| day on Sunday, and on Monday rail-
Nv and reunion of the members of the
church An historical paper, which is
being prepared by c. M. Mower, will
b. one of the interesting features OF
the occasion.
Tribute to the Onion.
Kill the onion and you leave gap IN
the universe. Kill anything else and
There is a substitute. The potato is akin
ito the cereals squash and cabbage and
lturnips and caulifiower are of the same
family, beans are elongated peas, the
lemon is pessimistic orange, beef rein
carnated grass, watermelons just the
survivor of very fit cucumber, and sc
ION. But the onion is sui generis; alone
unique, triumphant. 1t is special crea
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