Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-17

that the trip will be made with small
| loss. The car had liberal supply OF
+! ice and seaweed
| The following Maine people have re
Gently been elected as original found
| ers by the executive committee Of the
f.; National Historical Society: George \.
! Woodbury. Of Sebago Lake. Mrs.
! George r. Davis of Portland, Henry s.
. Eaton of Calais, Miss Nellie Wood
bury Jordan of Pressure Isle and Al
bert Allen Pierce Flanders of Bangor.
! A certain Fort Fairfield man is
kerecting a nice building. which comes
livery close to his lot line, SO close that
he can not build a staging without
erecting it on the land of his neigh
Dor His neighbor is SO accommodate
ing ca that he will not allow him 20
put a staging on his ground even for
few days Behold. how good and
how pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity" remarks the
! Review.
| A permanent fireman is to be placed
on duty at the Springvale fire station.
| This is done at the request Of Chief
r. f. Yeaton of the Springvale depart
ment.
A young family man of the North
End decided that he would try the fad
| of sleeping out in the open air. reports
the Bath Times, and so. one evening
| last week. took cot bed out on
porch that opened from his chamber by
a window. and with what he though
plenty of bed clothing, he made his
bed and went to sleep beneath the
stars His young wife decided to re-
main indoors. and as the night was a
cold one she shut and locked the
window and Went to sleep in her room.
About midnight it grew much colder
and the wind began to blow. Our friend
upon the piazza roof decided that he
would he frozen stiff. If he remained
where he was, as he had not allowed
nearly enough bed clothing. He shiv-
eringly started to get back into the
house. but found his way barred. Then
| he began knocking on the window and
calling to his wife who is sound
sleeper, Let me in The racket caus-
ed the neighbors to wake up and see
| ing the form on the porch attempt
| ing to get into the house, started an
alarm that was only quelled when the
| window was opened by the better
| half and the head of the house climbed
in. at the same time explaining with
shivery voice to neighbor that it
''was-s-z-s ALL r-r-right: n-n-o
h-u-r-giing: but he will not again
| try camping out in cold weather on his
porch.
George o. Tufts of Auburn has
valuable souvenir of Washington and
Mount Vernon. When ne went with
the Medley Rifles of Lewiston to Wash
ington in 1856, for national drill he
visited Mount Vernon and was allow
ed by an old colored keeper to pick two
leaves from magnolia tree that was
planted by Washington only few
months before his death. The tree was
disappeared Mr.. Tufts values the lit
| tie mementoes very highly.
Alonzo MacMahan of Georgetown,
cousin of the Five Islands gum
maker, is wearing what appears
to be sparkling diamond solitaire set
| in ring. The diamond, he explained.
is product Of the Brown quarry in
| the Georgetown feldspar mines it
having been cut by Lapidary Towne of
| Brunswick last spring from a crystal
| that loft living q cllriOSiTS
heap of feldspar in field. Mr.. Mac
| Mahan was given the junk of crystal
and from it had five stones cut. one
about carat in weight. being this
stone in the ring. He says that the
crystal is worth eight dollars the carat.
A lot of the crystals. he thinks. have
been thrown away as useless material
and he intends hunting for it.
| Rev. Claude j. Yeomans, for several
years pastor of the Second Christian
Church Of Kittery. Me. has received
unanimous call to become at a greatly
increased salary, pastor of the Madi-
son Avenue Baptist church at Paterson,
n. J.
/ Jesse "A. lOlIIldH VI LIE IlOShisAflu
School Board presented to that organ
ization recently an order which pro-
vides that the course of study in the
local schools shall include sea SER
vice for boys of IA years or Older,
with a view to establishing a coast
defense reserve. The order calls for
10 weeks Of actual service at sea each
year, the course Of study to include
primary navigation. chemistry of ex-
plosives, handling of motor boats, re-
pairing and installing telegraph. tele-
phone and radio systems, signaling,
First aid to injured and such other
things as may be deemed useful and
necessary by officers detailed from the
Navy Department for that purpose.
The order also provides that the pu-
pills be QUILTED by the Government,
l \ - 80, h. t,o1E -