Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-03

PioIeu II cGEaH OF the DlFUS, ueSAAeA
TO interfere. but suggested that she
| child pray for her feathered friends
/ Presently noting that serenity hao
succeeded to sadness, she asked for
late details Of the affair. "Oh. it's all
| right, mamma" came the prompt ano
smiling response. I've fixed it
| three ways. First, / asked God to
make Johnny a better boy. SO he
wouldn't want to be trapping the
poor little brides; then / prayed that
no poor little brides would get into
the trap, and then" with perfec.
seriousness but distinct eye twinkle,
I went out and kicked the darned old
trap to pieces"
The amount of money sent to Greece
and other countries by the foreigners
Who have located al Biddeford within
| the past 10 years is from $500 to 1900 .
week. according 10 reliable Information.
Most OF the money is sent by express.
| While the members of the foreign colony
| do not make big pay. il does not cost
| them much 10 live. and large part OF
/ their earnings are sent home. Many OF
| them. however, patronize the postal saw
| ings bank to some extent
| DR.. James Brier Cochrane Of Dover
believes he is the only man living in
| his county. if not in the State, who ever
heard Daniel Webster make a speech.
Dr. Cochrane also recalls that ne cast
his first Presidential ballot while stu
dent at Bowdoin college, walking the en-
| tire distance from Brunswick to his
| home in Fayette, 30 miles, to vote for
abraham Lincoln.
| The handsome new home OF Abou Ben
Adhem Lodge Of Odd Fellows at Lewis
ton was formally dedicated Monday
evening, about 100 Odd Fellows and
! friends being present. The Grand Lodge
officers performed the impressive oere-
nony Brief addresses we're given by
! several officers and solos were given by
F. A. Clough and Mrs. Guy L. Spear.
Music was furnished by -Adou Ben Ad-
ham Orchestra ana refreshments were
served. The hail was thrown open TO
the public from 10 O'Clock in the
| afternoon. the trustees and committee of
arrangements receiving the guests.
/ It being alleged by Geo. a. Allen Of
! the s. P. c. A, on complaint, that
Thomas H. Trask OF Mechanic Falls
| had been cruel TO his horse in not feed
ing or caring for it, Trask was arra:sneI
Monday before Judge Prince at Mechanic
/ Falls, found guilty and hned s. and costs.
| 4 couple of Bath young men last week
went to Lewiston TO make arrangements
for pcddhng fish about the city, but were
turned down by the. city officials who
declined to give them a license, stating
/ that the merchants would object, as they
paid rents and taxes. says the Bath
! Times. So the Bath men returned home
wondering why the farmers were allowed
TO sell TO Lewiston residents, claiming
/ that the principle involved was the same.
/ Speaking of the mystery o. the late
| William King. who is the only man il
Bath to have two distinct and separate
| funerals because of mistaken identity,
! and there being three William Kings,
all lumbermen in this section OF the
State, the Bath Times says il is not 50
strange when it is recalled that Maine 5
! first Governor was a William King and
| that since his day it has been common
among the various families of that name
| to give boys the name of the distin-
guished statesman. Just as among the
| Erench people Napoleon is SO often
| gr<en. AMI this reminds the Times man
| that it was Napoleon LaBel.e who was
I
the two going from this section to Wald-
oboro 10 work in the lumber camps over
there.