Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-07


A head aureoled in golden spun mesh,
Ten toes that uncurl like the buds of
Soft tendrils of fingers. unconscious Of
Blue. questioning eyes, pink dimple
That seem only made for the tiniest sips.
A laugh. sweetly shrill, that sings at my
Gay. innocent glances that never knew
This is the dear little Pendulum. who
Keeps my clock Of life swinging the
whole year through.
The entire country Is just now over
run with men who claim to man
that they are seeking employment and
while that in some cases is doubted
one of them the other day at Bath
proved that he was in earnest. He
stood beside q machine watching its
operation and saw the operator lose a
thumb. The injured man turned and
asked the job seeker If he wanted to
tackle the machine, receiving the re-
ply that losing q thumb was a mere
tribe compared to being out of work.
The man was there on time.
About 40 tramps were lined up II
front of Judge Blanchard at Bangor
Tuesday and asked If any Of them
desired employment. Every man
raised at least one hand. The judge
was a bit skeptical at this unanimous
and soul-stirring desire on the part
Of the men who have up to this time
been perfectly willing to accept the
hospitality Of the city to join the
ranks of the daily toilers. He Incl
dentally told them that If they ap-
peared before him as tramps, after
showing such burning desire to
work, that he had plenty Of 10
months and 29-days sentences await
ing them and plenty OF rock breaking
at the county jail.
That Bath Times cat editor do GER
tainly" dig up some good 'uns about
the felines of that city. He now has
one-a black one-which, when call
er seated himself at a table to do some
writing and the electric light was not
lighted, jumped to the top Of safe
and attracted the callers attention by
trying and finally succeeding in turn
ing on the light. That must be a
brother of the cat in a store Of an Au-
gusta merchant that is SO fond Of
sugar that when anyone mentions
mixing pitcher Of lemonade. he will
at once go out and steal a lemon, car
ry it to the store and patiently await
his reward in sugar.
E. c. Plummer of Bath, while a
student in Bowdoin, taught school in
Rumford Falls. While there last week
he recalled the fact and made the little
old schoolhouse CALL Four teach
ers had been thrown out Of the school,
house window. before Mr.. Plummer
accepted the Job. He was informed of
these facts when he arrived to take
charge. 5 But although there were boys
under him large enough to throw him
out single handed. he remained by
making friends with them all and had
a very pleasant term. For the term
his pay was $35 but he paid only 81
per week for his board, so that he
managed to save up money.
The Journal recently told Of the lit
tie Bath child selling some valuable
silver heirloom spoons to peddlar fol-
three cents, the little one Of course
being ignorant OF their value. The
family naturally was somewhat in
dignant at the peddler and requested
an officer to see II he could trace
the spoons. He did some quiet detec-
tive work, with the result that the
other day the lady Of the house found
the spoons lying on the floor Of the
hall, where they had evidently beer
thrown from outside.
| A Bath man who resides at Hard
ing's on the shore of the New Mead
ows, one day in the middle Of 1914 wa.
investigating an old and unused vel
and thought he saw an eel at the bot
tom. He got stick with nail in Il
and fshed out a very fair sized eel
Then he borrowed dip net Of a neigh
Dor and flshed some more until he hat
one barrel and half a second one f1llet
with cells which he sent to Boston ani
sold. Last fall, thinking he might FIND
some more Of the same in the well
the Bath man purchased q new dill
net and flshed and fished, but h,
failed to get one all through last win.
ter. Just how the eels got from thu
New Meadows, or the pond to tn,
springfield well on the side Of the hill
is still mystery.
Passed by Censor 218'' was the in
scription on letter received by Q
Bangor man Thursday from his broth
er. who is fighting in Belgium, says
the Commercial. The censor places a
triangular mark with a rubber stamp
on the letter with the inscription. con
tanning his number. The letter con-
tanned the information that the sixth
battery Of which the soldier il a mem
Der. is In Belgium, but where he was
not permitted to say. The battery