Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-16
Maine Gossip
A Ballad Of Mysteries

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. A Ballad Of Mysteries
What was the fate Of Edwin brood?
Who was the Man in the Iron Mask?
Was Hamlet mad or was 1t mood?
Was Martial Roman or Basque?
Who took Bill Patterson to task?
Will this State let the women vote?
Who, is 1t indiscreet to ask?
Who was 1t wrote that Bernstorff note?
Why did they build the Pyramids?
Who could've written Beautiful SNOW?
Where Is the gold they say was Kids?
When she does. which way will she go:
When the war ends who'll be the goat?
Was 1t libel on Barnes or no?
Who was 1t wrote that Bernstorff note?
What shape were Donatello's ears?
Homer, say, was he one or more?
Shall England be bereft Of beers?
Who came out through the open door?
Where the letters Junius wrote?
When will the Giants start to score?
Who was it wrote that Bernstorff note?
Oedipus. to your laurels look;
Get down to business, shed your coat.
Who was the captain and chief cook:
Who was it wrote that Bernstorff note?
Maurice Morri in New York Sun.
The heavy rainfall Of Thursday, July
8, caused the death of 1000 large lob
sters at Bristol and the consequent
loss '-of these crustaceans to the
owners. The Holsters belonged to S.
A. Shilling Of Portland. They were
taken from the pound and put into
lobster cars before the raip and the
deluge descending upon the cars over
flowed them with fresh water and the
Holsters intended to please the palates
of hundreds Of lovers Of the delicious
Maine "broiled live" came to an I'M
timely end.
A Mr.. \Colwell Of Norway probably
holds the seasons record for nose
bleed. having recently gone through
a siege Of 26 hours, every known rem
edy failing to check the hemorrhages.
1t was finally stopped by the pressure
Of surgical instrument, applied for
an hour and % minutes.
Dwight D. Warwick while in the
Zwermann orchard on the Temple
road. Farmington Saturday, surprised
and captured a young live skunk The
little animal was black as coal with
the exception Of a white V on the
head. 1t was put in a bag and taken
to the Warwick stable where the
captor planned to tame it. but the
animals docility in the open was not
an index to its true nature and it's
objections to being tanned were too
strong" and the skunk was finally
killed. There was demand for
deodorizers and perfumery by those
who participated in the attempt at
tanning. showing that even a young
skunk is quite a proposition when it
gets busy.
The Calais Board Of Trade was fav-
ored with good weather for the inaug-
uration of the Farmers day plans,
town was large. only a few reached the
Grange hall where headquarters were
established. the reason being that they
had nothing to offer owing to the late
season in this part of the State. Those
who reached the hall found a large
number Of purchasers awaiting them
and their stocks were rapidly disposed
Of. The next market day will be
Tuesday, July 20. and the board has
been assured by the farmers that they
will be on hand with goods to sell on
that date. Each succeeding Tuesday
will be known as Market day and 1t
is expected that the plan will be
thoroughly satisfactory to all con-
cerned. The day was well advertised
and the housewives were early on hand
with their market baskets. These who
were unable to purchase were natural
ly disappointed. but when the situation
was explained to them they were sat-
isfied and promised to come again.
To William Gilmour Of Westbrook,
native Of Scotland and widely
known member Of the st. Andrews
Society Of Portland. belongs the credit
Of making valuable suggestions for
the course to be pursued by Great
Britain in its warfare on the German
submarines, says the Portland Press
It will be remembered that a few
days ago there appeared in the news
dispatches q story to the effect that
contracts had been placed in this
country for the construction of large
motor boats to be used in ramming the
undersea craft, and it was Mr.. Gilmour
who conceived this idea. His plan was
forwarded to the British admiralty and
it bears fruit In this order for a large
number Of the motor boats, which are
to be about 90 feet in length and equip
ped with sharp ram penetrating the
comparatively thin shells of the SUBJ
marines. Mr.. Gilmour is not an in
ventor. and he had nothing to do with
furnishing the designs for the new
miniature sea fighters but he made the
suggestion and it has been followed
out by the admiralty.
Hon. E. L. Cleveland. the Aroostook
potato merchant. was in Rockland
last week to visit hs old Knox coun-
ty home. and while there, according to