Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-23

Understood the loss and gain;
Would the grim external roughness
Seem, | wonder, just the same?
Would we help where now we hinder?
Would we pity where we blams?
All. we Judge each other harshly,
Knowing not lfe's hidden force;
Knowing not the fount of action
Is less turbid at its source;
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good
Oh, we'd love each other better,
If We only understood.
| It'd Bits
The Journal received two little
packages, Wednesday morning, one
containing raspberries and the other
violets The raspberries were found
by Caroline Whittier of Readfield
Depot, near her home, Oct. 21. The
violets were picked by Mrs Fannie B.
Northley of Cooper's Mills, oct. 20.
The Bath Times tells of clever
to decoy and shoot the first young,
little blue heron ever known to have
been taken in Maine" The young of
these birds are snow white in plum
age, and 1t was this fact that gave Mr..
Monroe the idea that resulted in a
novel decoy when proved entirely
successful. Finally he rugged little
blind in the marsh grass near the
edge of a big brackish pool. Taking
white handkerchief he fashioned it
into the model of a birds head and
stuck il on the edge of a pliable briar
twig. The birds at once approached
fata oh,
Representing the Naval Militia of
Maine Lieut.. Reuben X Dyer of
Portland a former Bath boy, will
make the cruise with the Atlantic
fleet under the command of Admiral
Badger to Mediterranean waters.
Lieut. Commander Dyer left Portland,
this week, for Hampton Roads where
he will be assigned to one of the nine
battleships to sail Saturday on two
months cruise The fleet will visft
Marseilles, France, Naples, Genoa,
Villefrancho and Malta. The ships
will return to the United States about
Dec. % Every naval militia organi-
cation in the country was invited to
send officers for the trip and several
have taken advantage of the oppor-
tunity. Lieut. Commander Dyer is
the only officer of The Maine militia to
make the trip.
Bangor declares herself we'll pre-
pared TO accommodate the largest
meeting ever held by the Maine
Teachers Association. The dates are
Oct 80 and 81.
The Lewiston journal says someone
has figured out just 80 hours of sun
shine in the month of October, and
asks, Just where did he find those
30?.
$50 ~
Prof. Carl NJ. Anderson of Passa-
dumkeag, who has wide reputation
in that section of the State as a
weather foreeaster, says that the
latter part of October will be marked
with severe disturbances, heavy
rains and gales. November will come
in bright but cold wave will set
in by the 18th and there will be early
snow and fine sleishing for Thanks
giving. The later part of the month
will be real wintry weather, cold
with northeast snowstorms. Deem
Der will be cold and stormy month
with billiards. and much bad wealth
er off the coast. he new year will
open with a mild spell in January,
followed by heavy snowfalls and will
finish up with cold wave and high
winds 1t will be cold through Feb
ATap no fnu f..p
the winter will come in scattered
storms and will be heavy.
Maine friends of John Coombs, the
Colby boy and pitcher for the Phila-
delphia Athletics will be glad to hear
that his condition is improving. Mrs.
Coombs writes to an Auburn ae-
quaintance:
Mr.. Coombs wishes me to answer yours
of the 18th. He would willingly write
you II possible. Owing to his condition
he lies with extensions on his bed carry
head. The doctor gives us great encour-
agement as TO the outcome of the dis
| ease which they call typhoid spine. He
suffered great pain for five weeks and
| they were afraid his spine would become
permanently twisted but the heavy
weights have taken away those pains.
TWISTS ana nlSn temperature, so we are
greatly encouraged. Seven weeks Mon
| day since he was stricken. AS soon as
| he is able to travel he will go to Maine
and will be more than glad to have you
1 spend a few days on the farm with U.S.
.fSinverely yours
| MRS. j. COOMBS."
| Twelve years made quite A difference
| in the fortunes of Ernest Goose who
was the Adonis of his set before he was
married. for he swore in the Lewiston
/ D1n1 faA Nlaxr hat
used to be struck on him and that his
! wife married him for revenge" while
| the same wife was sitting in the witness
| seats few feet away listening to his
explanation of the assault and battery
charge that she had brought against
him. She told the court that because
/ she had gone to a moving picture show
| that her husband had choked her and
struck her and although he denied it,
saying that he threw her onto the be
when she wouldn't give him some money.
the court decided that it would be better
! Tor them to part.-Exchange.
Any goslings left uncovered?