Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-20

Ny mother says, Vow bobby, dear.
When you go out to play.
Don't soil that nice clean linen suit
And don't go far away.
Don't get that awful Freddy Jones
To help you tie a can
To poor old Towser's battered tai,
But learn to be man.
My father says, .'Hello. my son,
You're too good to be true;
Why don't You get those curis cut on
Like other fellows do?
You'll have to lick the neighborhood,
And be. a baseball fan.
With grubby fists like Freddy Jones,
To learn to be man.
Another OF those particularly eX-
asperating burgiaries. where tenn
porarily unoccupied house is looted
has taken place at Rumford where II
has been found that the beautiful
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Petten-
gill who have been in Florida since
November. had been ransacked by
burglars. Many valuable household
goods and clothing are missing and
some was found packed and all ready
to be taken away. Officers staid in the
house for two night hoping for re-
turn Of the burglars, but they failed tc
appear
It has been decided to postpone the
Aero Coast Patrol meeting which was to
have been held this Monday in Portland
until after the New Year The nearby
holidays the State Grange conven-
ton in that city, with other important
events already scheduled caused this de-
cison and Admiral Peary. who was to
be present, has been notified.
The new town of South Bristol
held it's first townmeeting on Dec. Is
with about 100 men in attendance and
the first official acts Of the new town
were transacted Justice OF the Peace
r. W. Gammage read the warrant.
VIM. NJ. King was elected moderator
Everett Poole was elected town clerk.
Wilbur Bearce. Robert II. Woodward
and Capt Frank B. Wells were elected
se!ectmen. The following committees
were appointed: Roads, Robert A.
Kelsey: school. Mrs. Angie VI. Wood
ward. Drummond Farrin. Almon +.
Hatch. Appropriations Merritt f.
lnOI1ilSblI, ~ y. I URLS, w III. VI. NlIS.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F.. Smith of Thorn
dixie. Maine. are in Vienna. \. j.. where
they have feel TO spend the winters
in recent years-to escape the rigors
and bockades of Names cold months.
A letter dated Dec. 8 to the Kennebec
Journal from Mr.. Smith says I'VE
h1I of Nroi
tied up two days
The Christmas covers on the Maine
weekly newspapers this year are I'M
usually handsome and the issues of the
papers are unusually GOOD. one cover in
particular was selected by large num-
Der and is the best thing of the kind We
have seen for years. a scene depicting
little brother and sister discovering the
Christmas tree beside the fireplace in the
early hours of the morning. beautifully
done in rich colors. Other papers made
excellent selections and, as remarked,
the effect is unusually good.
,4s -------y------ 47,4..
The latest addition TO the, newspapers
OF Maine is the Newport Independent,
the initial number of which has just been
received, dated Newport. Me. Thursday.
Dee. i6. 1915. 1t is a well-arranged
paper, well printed on good stock, and in
honor of the holiday season is clothed n
q handsome colored cover. The publisher
is Arthur w. Lander, who in his opening
words TO his readers and the public says:
I'VE are willing and anxious 20 do every
l. 3
this paper for the good cause Of New
port. We are 70 give this venture a three
months trial, and if in that time we find
that Newport does not want a newspaper
we will surely stop" The independent
should and undoubtedly will have a cor
dial welcome from the public and has
our best wishes for :, Tong and prosper
Gus life.
The ignorance Of strangers concern
ing the exact location of Bangor, or
the Vastness of the surrounding cOun-
try. says the News. is shown in let
tiers received by the chief of police.
a sample being brought by mail on
Thursday to Chief O'Donohue A wo-
man desired information concerning
the whereabouts of her husband, who
is at work in the woods lust outside
of Bangor. she wrote. The place "iust
outside Of Bangor happens to be two
hundred miles away but the woman,
like others who have sent similar in
quiries here. evidently thought it
matter OF five minutes walk to locate
the person wanted. When it is real
lied that Maine is about as large as
all the rest of New England. strangers
may gain better impression of mag
nificent distances.
Remember the weather forecast made
on Dec. 10 by Ensign Chas f. Tallman.
L. S. \. RetiredD of Richmond in re-
Spouse to query made by Journal
man and published in the Journal Of Dec
-? Well, he said The weather indica-
tons for next week look wet Rain
and snow would look like it, wouldn't it:
A farmer who resides in the western
part of the city of Eastport thought
he had discovered a cheap and effec-
tive feed for his pigs in the "scoots"
from the packing tables of the factory.
and all went we'll until he disposed of