Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-13
Maine Gossip


Ma and Her Auto Ride.
Before xe take an auto ride Pa says 10
Nov ius, remember dan-t need. assist
ance rom the rear: 80
IL you win jus, keep stu back there aiio
hoId in check your fright
I'll take you where you want 10 60 anu
get vow back all right 40
Remember that my hearings coca ei-a
also I'm not blind.
And / can drive thi. car without susses-
tons from behind
Ma promises that she'll keep still. then
of we gayly start
Bu, soon she notices ahead peddier ana
his cart. ,s
TO let him know we're near,
He uiRht turn out" and Pa replies.
Just shrek at him. ny ~ a Nan. sur
VIII make a lot Of dough
BY putting horns OF tonneau seats io3
women folks 10 blow.
! A little further on Ma says: He sig
AMI Pa avs: aD.d her' il tone that's
hot enough 10 burnl .y.-.s-. Ma
cries nov do 60 SLOW A.. D.
I'm sure ne doesn't see our car AZ 70
j ,h. zasi don,s e4 need glasses yet but
Tina, / am blind ar cannot see Wna' :
! RICH, in front Of NE
If Pa should speed the car oil some
Ma .ays: Vow do be careful. You-2re
, driving much 200 fast -.
An all the time Snes pointing ~
Az. keers him posted on the roads wnere
stree, cars he will meet ..
Las; night when We GO. SAFE. ho'-
said. MY Dear
I'm sMrs we've ali enjoyed the drive you
gave Us from the rear
Charlie. Dana Gibson the noted IL
illustrator. and Mrs. Gibson were visi-
tors Wednesday IN Bath. They drove
down from Boston Tuesday. ana
s-opped over night al hing 'elh'
ard Wednesday morning mo1ored 70
Camden where they met their motor
heat. which took them over 10 Ihoa-
sand Acres Island in PenobscoI Bay
which they own jointly with MISS
Rose Cleveland sister of the ials
Presiden, Cleveland and where 'aes
have one Of the most oeautuCi sum
mer homes in Maine
Z. NJ
emily received a IL ID salmon from
Puget Sound. which was sent 20 her oE
her nephew. DR.. P. 3. Wing Of Tacoma
WASHINGTON. The fish was packed IN
ice and arrived in excellent condiIlon
and was very delicious. A letter which
arrived a few days before stated that
il was 10 be sent and also said tha'
7 Wing VINO
was interested in raising small fruits,
had harvested nine tons OF biackpar-
ries which were raised OH one and
quarter acres Of land One thousand
crates OF raspberries were also grown
by him. These gentlemen who are now
living in the west are cousins OF Hon
George c. Wing OF Auburn and the
late Dr. Wing OF North Arson.
Samuel Richards Of South Paris,
jeweler and optician. is having plate
glass windows placed in his store
from, and the oxford Democrat says:
Mr. Richards intends to keep up
TO date, though he is So years Of age,
and the Oldest man in business IN the
place He has been in that building
continuously since 1856, and says
he. Il have advertised in the Oxford
Democrat every year for the fifty
Pine years. and I don't believe there is
another man that can say that
Another thing: | served three years
apprenticeship at the jewelers. trade
with Uncle Simeon Walton. and |
don't think there is another jeWeier IN
the state that worked three years 10
learn his trade
Two old sauare-rigger ship COM
rnanders were Sunday evening talk
ing over the old days OF the sea at
the regular session Of the Tall Stove
Club al which by the way. attend
ence is becoming more regular as the
evenings grow cooler. records the
Bath Times. One Of the captains
said that he had recently met ana
conversed with Navy boy who had
lust taken his examination as ordinary
seaman He receives s2l month,
has chicken three days a week and
more and better food than the ordi-
nary well to do family is able TO nave
right along The old seadog asked
him if they gave rations Of salt boss
I now DAYS. Bless me-" exclaimed the
captain. If the young navy felio"
knew what l meant"
Residents of Waite township were
startled recently By heavy firing right
in the village. and they thought that
the town was heings invaded. 1t
turned out, however, to be merely d
Calais marksman trying to shoot
deer which he discovered quietly
feeding in turnip patch. The
hunter and his companions were re-
turning from an expedition further up
country and spied the deer as they
were speeding along the highway III
a motor car. One of the party
Jumped GU, and approached within 30
Yards of the deer and, steadying his
rife acrosa tho limb of convenient