Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-24

but the son of one OF them holds now
the same position his father held then.
treasurer. In the days of so years ago
this official was Edward Gould. To-
day it is John NJ. Gould, his son.
On the railways of the Atlantic
Works in East Boston is barken
tine hauled out for a re-coppering of
her bottom, a square-rigger of the
American registry and one of the few
surviving vessels of the once-hourlsh
ing foreign-going merchant navy. The
Mabel l. Meyers was built in Sears
port 90 years ago, when there were
still four other vessels from that port
in the deep-water trade. All of them
have gone to their last berths but this
barkentine. She has been wind-jam-
ming up and down the western oceans.
carrying lumber to Italy and to the
Argentine, picking up charter where
it was to be had, and a crew ons,much
the same principle. 1t not infrequent-
IL happens that the officers are obliged
to accept a crew which knows nothing
of maneuvering square-rigged vessel
land then it's lick them into shape
the best way YOU can. The work has
to be done, and they have to do 1t,
that's ALL" On her last voyage, the
barkentine had the unique experience
of carrying an almost exclusively Am
erican crew. OF her three officers, Cap
tain c. N Meyers and his brother are
Maine men; the cook, though Cuban
by birth, was naturaliZed American
citizen, and of the six men OF the
crew, two were from Massachusetts
| and two from Maine. All were young
and nimble men and sailing became
for once a pleasure to the officers
They could hang on and carry sail
as long as the sticks would stand 1t,
confident that they had men who could
spring into the rigging and shorten
sail when the need came.
! The Biddeford Journal informs the
Portland Press as to the conditions
facing the country editor. Said the
| Press:
"The editor of the Skowhegan Reporter
| and the editor of the Rumford rams
| Times must have lot of time on thelf
| hands. They are reported as oeiiis ~
gaeed in a checker match by wire IN
Sbich both parties make one move a
day. Sort of a mud turtle game as II
! were"
And comes back the Journal:
"In assuming that those editors have
| lots OF time, because they make put one
| move a day In that checker game, the
| editor of the Press got in wrong AS
/ matter of fact they make but one move
a day probably because they nave no
time for more. The country eollor, why
! does editorial work, sets type aoeS lop
printing cleans the rollers sweeps floors,
saws wood for house and office and keeps
on the track of the financial end OF ousi-
ness, hasn't time to play ~hoie gdine
of checkers, as it ought to be played, at
one sitting
| Portland and Gardiner follow this
wear in the steps of those cities that
took the initiative last year in the mu-
n;eipal Christmas tree movement. The
tree comes at the suggestion OF MISS
Dunbar of the Y w. c. A, and II II
proves as attractive here as 1t has In
i other cities doubtless will become a
permanent institution. Last year
| New York has it's first municipal
! Christmas tree and speaking editorial
| " of it the Tribune said: 1T stirred
/ the city's heart as only really oia-
! fashioned things will; it gathered
vast crowd which clogged every path
! and oyernowed into the snoWdr1tS'
many pausing ten minutes or SO to
gaze at this amazing thing, to hsten
to the Christmas carol swelling from
the throats of "a big chorus of devoted
men and women in the bandstand, ano
to turn away again with tears m their
ewes homeward bound with theif
! Christmas bundle"
We fully agree wie'l Hon. w K. Fat.
taneall's claim. "If there is one thing
that the people of Maine need more NOR ftaa. tnan
! ANYTHING else it is larger ana 1reer
insure nles sure of social Intercourse" What is
true true of the people of Maine as D a whole ne ! e
/ ,ocalities In other words we need lar
ger and freer measure among the people
of our town and villagef-Llsooh Enter
prise.
4 Sort of e-Tallest-in-the- -City-for-
/ sc" style?