Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-04-12
Maine Gossip
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Is mother a-rockius the cradle
Where beautiful baby 5 asleep
Is mother ut dinner tu ladtv
The broth of the elderly sheep
Nay. mother is seen
With cans of bcn2iuC
IgHitins a structure IA Ghepe
Does sister nditc a lov,.-lctter
To cyril or AlgY Esquire2
Nay. sis has a game that Is better
That militantS greatly admire.
With matches of wax
Through pilar-boN cracks
She sets others letters aAret
Is auntie. the musical. hearing
\ work 10y lcbuSsy OF strauss
Ne agntic today is appearing
Where iiremen are rushing to deuse
The flames she has set
To WorrN and fret
The tSrduts of Parliament House.
Does Cousin Maria still lecture
Where learned societies mtcta
No, that's a mistaken conjecture.
She's locked in a cell that is neat
Where daily she tries
To hlacken the eyes
OF men who would force her to eat.
Is grandma enjoying her knitting
CrochctinS some ancient design?
In peace at the hearth is she sitting.
Her eyes with affection ashine?
Ne. grandma has come
TO set off a bomb
Where Asquth is going to dine,
john . keefe. in New York World
CITY Treasurer Brown Of Bath re-
eeieed a check, Thursday morning.
from T. II. and G. c. Low. executors of
tie Mary \. Wiggin estate in the sum
OF S500o The money was left by Miss
Wiggin soi The Bailey School Of Indus
tries and viii be known rs tie Mary \.
WiSsin fund The income is to be used
fer the ban,iit of the Bailey School.
II has been G. years since Mr. Levi
LonsfelloW left Machias. being husilp
eng sed III taking care of his large bus
mess enterprises in Minneapolis. Mr
LengfelluW is accompanied by his
brother .. w. Longfellow. who wae
born ia the west and this IS his first
visit Ia Washington county. The great
er6eresS made during the last six de-
cades N our beautiful shire town has
Proven a revelation to him.
@grd has been received in Bath OF
the narrow escape OF Mrs .Nddie
Ehoades in the Western aned Mrs.
Rhoades is q sister Of Isaac Iuegin OF
fittn ana formerly lived in Bath and
has heel frequent visitor there. Sae
was residing in omaha with her son,
HemS, Il real estate broker, when tlte
dams burst above Omaha. Their
house vas tipped over Oh it's side AMI
MIS-. Rhoddos and other occupants Were
badly bruised. MI of the furniture III
the house was ruined. including 4
srand piano. a house near them WIS
smashed into kndling wood. Mis-.
Ehoades is now residing Win her SOL
William. cashier of the First National
bank. in Dundee a suburb Of omaha.
Lewiston Journal: Buckspprt has Il
Young artist, Robert Jones. of whom
The town is Justly proud Mr.. Jones. be
fore the snGw went. modeled in snow =
bust of Abraham Lincoln. This bust
Stood over four feet hieh. and Was Il
si,ealNing likeness of the famous man
Standing on the open ground Of the
jones residence ii dominated the al4d-
seapa. ana sas visited by Il large num-
bef Of people. The bust vas modelled
with his fathers snow shovel and a
Large carving knife tlken from his
mothers kitchen, which lack of work
ing tools makes the work all the more
marvellous. Mr.. Jones has never re-
ceived any instructions. his work being
the outcome Of wonderful natural tai
cnt. Mir Jones is a young man. not yet
81, Il student of the +. NJ. G Seminary,
and che Of the y. Z. Telephone CO rep
resentatives i'll Bucksport. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Jones Of
Bueksport.