Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-12

Hundreds of boys and girls as we'll
as many of the older people who en-
JOY skating are bemoaning the injury
and in some cases destruction of
their favorite winter sport by the thick
coating of dirt and sand blown from
the roads and fields onto the ice
The Country Club is receiving and
is entitled to congratulations on its
handsome new club house at Fall
mouth Foreside, which was thrown
open Thursday afternoon and evening,
for an informal inspection. An orches-
ira furnished music and refresh
ments were served. The large party
during the afternoon and evening
thoroughly enjoyed looking over the
handsome and superbly equipped
apartments, everything being modern
and arranged for the comfort and con-
venience of the members and guests.
The building is $50 feet long. A grand
feature of the 22x44 lounging room
is a fireplace that will take in
5-foot log.
December 10, 1ss4-Union vessels had
just reported the capture of rebel
craft a new and fast steamer, with $50
bales of cotton. trying to run the
blockade *** The 5th Maine district
had raised surplus of 140 men
The treasure box on the lost steamer
Florida, with it's $4,000 in gold, had
been recovered by the navy depart
ment *s* The government had been
offerer $4,000 barrels of flour at prices
ranging from s11.T5 to $12.55.
Has Bath a new specias of gray
squirrels or has the Times snake edit
or been writing the Nature-as-she-be-
found paragraphs? A recent item tells
of a cute little mother squirrel hustl-
ing along the sidewalk carrying On
her back two young ones. who seemed
to be enjoying their ride immensely
Some of the bugclogists up this way
say that the incident is very pecui-
lar one for December and also hint
that the gray squirrel does not carry
it's young in that way. Next.
Bangor Commercial.-The children
of the public schools are busily en-
gagged in preparation for singing
Christmas carols around the municipal
Christmas tree, under the instruction
of Miss Gail Littlefield and several OF
the pastors of local churches have eX-
pressed their willingness to familiar
ize their parishioners with the hymns
that are to be sung by including the
hymns in coming Sunday services.
Some families have already started
practice in their homes and there Is
indication on every side that there Will
be a volume of sound even II exact
harmony be somewhat lacking around
the municipal Christmas tree.
Portland expects to ship thousands
of horses for the use of the allies es-
pecially the French, but steamer au-
thorities in that city hear that the
number sent through that port VIII De
but a small part of the grand total TO
be shipped from the Atlantic water
front, from New Orleans to st. JOINS,
N. S. Halifax is also shipping thou
sands. Good rates are being ootalheu'
one steamer recently sailing from New
York getting $3.50 per head. Inc
heavy expense of fitting a craft for
the shipment of horses, however. cut
big slice from this seemingly heavy
| freight.
Enoch w. Whitcomb, formerly OF
Pennington, Me-. has been elected
state senator on the Republican ticker
| from Lamhi county, Idaho, fact that
his many friends in Maine will DC
| pleased TO learn. He is a son OF the
| late Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Whitcomb OF
| Pennington.
Maine will be we'll represented at the
| 10th annual meeting of the New Eng
| land Fat Mems Club, which will pe
held Friday, Dec. IS, at Hale's Tavern
| wells River, VT. Portland has severa
members, who manage to hold up then
end on the right Of the line.
| And now comes the call for meet
| ing of the Maine State Checker Asso'
| citation to be held Saturday, Dec. II al
| Oxford. The sessions will be held after
noon and evening and when the pusl
ness Is attended to the time will bt
| given up 10 tHe Sdhhc' <Aihohe
business will be the decision on tins
date and place Of the annual tourna
nent The club has had several add
tons within the passed few months.
The drought which is causing grea
inconvenience in this section of tn
country received little relief from tn
recent bluff at a storm, while points
west and south Of us feel better Th'
digger-out- of-ancient-ya yarns which ap
pear with unfailing regularity in tn
Bath Times has learned that years age
similar drought held sway in thi
section and also learns that the goo
people Of Small Point were actually II
distress and finally decided to hold ;
meeting in the schoolhouse and pra.
for rain They did so. Prayers Ion: