Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-14
Maine Gossip
The Case Of War.Talk JobkiI

The Case Of War.Talk Jobkins
Jim Jobkins was a salesman. wondrous
Made welcome in a hundred country
stores;
His firm esteemed him quite the bright
est ever:
Where others brought one dollar. Jim
brought scores.
Expenses. though, abated not whit;
The firm thought faithful Jim was get
Twas hinted that he'd better rest a bit.
ing:
I'll tell you just why Jim is falling
His customers with war talk he is pain
ing,
He's spouting fight in every country
Instead of goods a war maps on the
table,
He tells of Krupps and zeppelins and
But war talk doesn't help this firm DER
much
So Jim received a telegram next morning
1t read: Leave war TO those who have
And now no stores with war maps Jims
adjoining.
He took the hint, and orders came all
If all the Jims upon commercial high
Talked not a word of war 'twixt train
and train
'Twouid help prosperity along the by
Let war-talk Jobkins' case be not in
vain.
Arthur Chapman in New York SUM-
II. E. Palmer Of Whitefeld thinks he
can so the Bath kitty one better with
Caesar. A well-pole hangs by the out
side door. When he wants to come in he
will rattle that easily. Getting no an
swer, he will take his paw and throw the
pole out. letting it go 'ker whack.' On
opening the door, he will express his
thanks by showing his love for his mas
ter. Kitty is also very fond of oyster
crackers. On hearing any paper bag
rattle he will not be satisfied until he
looks in the bag. His happiest moments
are when he can accompany some one
on stroll in the woods. Caesar can do
anything but talk. Show up your pets.
The troubles of the good ship Aryan
which were told Tuesday in this column.
have. been adjusted. The ship was load
ing m9ino wool at Sydney, n. s. w, for
New England mills and was held up by
an embargo imposed by the Australian
government on all wool shipments. Cor
respondence has been going on for two
months and finally, assurances being
given that the wool will not be exported
from this country, the vessel and cargo
has been released. The Aryan will fin
ish loading and Immediately sail for Bos-
ton. New England mill owners and
operatives We're both viewing the holdup
| of the Aryan and her cargo with alarm,
for the supply was and is being rapidly
exhausted.
Two Bath men have a contract to
cut some 500 cords of timber on the
Mccormick lot in Westport into four
and six foot lengths for shipment to
Massachusetts,, where it will be sawed
into lockwood. This is the second cargo
to be cut in Maine, the first having
been cut near Bath and shipped from
that city. The venture proved a sue
cess. SO that the Westport lot was
tackled. Roxwood is becoming diff
cult to find in Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, hence the opening up of
the Maine field.
Another line and unexpected mussel
bed has been discovered at Eastport,
in the st. Croix river, close to the
western part of the city. Its exact loca-
ton is being kept quiet, to allow in
Nestigation SO as to determine the
of
A prediction of the Quoddy fisher
men has proved true in the appear
ance in the bay of Fundy of great
schools of herring of just the size used
by the sardine Gamers at Eastport
and other American canning centers
from April to December. These fish
ermen say the coming season should
be a big one, basing their belief for
one thing on the fact that observa-
ton has shown that the fish come in
greater quantities once in every three
years and this is the third" The can
ners are perfectly willing.
Oxford county citizens feel the need
CT larger and more suitable quarters
for the county officials use at Rum
ford and will hold a meeting Tuesday,
jan. 10 at the court house at South
Paris for the purpose of considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of building a court
house at Rumford and to discuss pro-
posed legislation for the same.
January II, 1s65-General Hood ad-
mitted losing so pieces of artillery and
several ordinance wagons in the fight
before Nashville but asserted the num-
Der of killed and wounded was small
Two hundred and five captured
rebel battle flags are now stored in the
war office at Washington - Scouts
reported that Gen. Sherman was NOV
ing gunboats and that six transports
had passed Savannah loaded with