Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-22

Oh" sighed the judge. that the fate
To wed with creature SO divine.
With Ben for a mate, my life would
seem
Like a poets song or an artists dream:
But when they heard OF my marital
pick
How like steer some folks would kick
So. fearful of what folks might say.
Judge Nomination rode away,
And left Ben Butler standing there
With her wealth of cheek and her mesh
of hair:
And of all sad words Of tongue and pen
| The saddest are these; He wouldn't
have Ben"
The Maine State Board Of Trade will
meet today in Bangor for its annual
session. A fine program has been ar
ranged for the two-days session.
E. E. fitzpatrick of Orono. has re-
turned from Davidson (unorganized
brother. who is building up a 1000
acre farm. He already has several
hundred acres, having cleared up 200
last year He has just completed
$4,000 barn, has herd of 60 Hol-
stems, foundation for herd of 200,
ana is preparing for a 200 acre potato
neld. He has a Holstein COW that re-
Gently made 43 pounds of butter in IA
, Gays. This is certainly some farmer
who is worth Watching
strange discovery was that of Mrs
Samuel Gregory of 1856 Front street
South Portland, when she found a tiny
bold baby ring attached to red
thread in side d fish which she was
cleaning a few days ago A large
mess of cunners had been caught off
Green island by the male members Of
the Gregory household. and Mrs. Gre
CORY proceeded to clean the fish 70.
supper. In cleaning one of the largest
and the oldest Of the fish, she spied a
small red thread Quickly pulling
! from the body of the Gunner. she
found a small gold ring attached
thereto. Although the ring has per-
haps been imbedded in its strange
| place for years. il is today as bright
as when placed upon the finger of its
! juvenile owner. The little stone which
lost out. Since the find. Mrs Gregory
/ has been offered good sums for the
ring, but she will not part with it
under any consideration.
| Postmaster Hartnett of Bath gath
cred part of the peach crop Friday
afternoon in Uncle Sans peach or
chard which consists of the one tree
. on the northeast corner of the Fed
eral grounds planted by Henry Hart
leb years ago. About half a peck of
green peaches fully grown were gath
cred The small boys We're gathering
Them green, which was the reason
that they were not left on the tree TO
ripen.
! Alleged suspicion of the presence of
! German spies in the wilds Of Maine
seems to be\strengthened by the pc
culiar actions for the past few days
of the multitude of crows in Kennebec
county One gentleman living in the
southern part of the county asserts
that a great flock is being bothered
during the nights by something to the
extent that the noise is very annoy
! ing and it might as we'll be laid to
the Germans rs anything else. Another
gentleman who resides within sight of
| the Augusta Driving park also says
| that he has been awakened several
mornings recently by the hideous noise
| of flock of crows which has infested
| that neighborhood and it may be that
! the German spies have been disturbing
| the slumbers of the crows by their
presence and operations. None Of them
have yet been actually seen and it is
not true that band Of them is camp
ing on the State muster field.
Nearly all the officers and the SOL
dlers of the Portland harbor forts will
, leave on the government boats for
Boston harbor on Oct 3, at 5 o'clock
| in the forenoon A certain part of
the soldiers will be selected from each
company, and only a sufficient garri-
son will be left behind to insure the
proper care of the reservations All
the supplies which will be used during
the weeks stay at Boston will be car
ried on the boats. as we'll as the tents
and the camp utensils. At Boston,
the week will be spent in working out
| coast defense problems and also prac-
tical problems. This will complete the
war condition period for this year, and
Upon the return to the Portland reser-
Vations, the men will buckle down to
a hard winter of customary drills. 1t
IS reported that the drills at the sew
eral camps have been very satisfac-
| In telephoning the Bath police sta
ton Sunday the information that five
Bath DRINKS were in the station in
Brunswick at that moment and that
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