Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-14

& = party OF popham BSach hunters On
I Dec while OFT after foxes near Morse's
! river, found large gray eagle. disabled
I and unable TO fly but short distance a.
time He was captured after smart
struggle and taken home TO Pophanl.
where ne is known as Uncle sam He IS
/ being we'll cared for and viii Re i!oerat-
ed when able 10 ~ He had evidently
been wounded by sou:a hunter, who has
: TO respect for our national bird.
( Ideal conditions for numbering are said
70 exist n The Moosehead regions since
| the recent fall Of STOW, according TO
! Greenville reports.
! Al East Winthrop lad had pet roos-
/ ter, which answered 10 the name OF
( Jack. We say had" because Jack IS
( no longer in the land OF the living. hav-
ing departed suddenly, III response 10 an
Unsuitable desire OF the part OF his owner
% know why The boy, on a visit
with his father. had for the first time
I seen some ducks swimming in pool.
Returning home he thought It funny that
he had never seen Rooster Jack swim
7 ming, So tried Jacks ability in that line,
by putting him IN a water barrel. Leav-
ing Jack there 70 sink or swim, Jack
/ sanE-because his swimming Assoas had
! been sadly neglected. The boy is sorry,
/ very sorr. that he has lost his beloved
1 pet. but he can't understand why Jack
didn't swim out
/ The following pathetic ard touching
li-,le story from the Bath Times was
passed 70 the journal Office girls. one by
one, with the question. Isn't that Just
Ike 2 g.rl2" and every one OF them
seemed miTed. Wonder why?
The young ladies' taking gymnasium
/ lessons Al the Y NJ G. 4. are telling 4
. good story On one Of their class. i
seems that q rex penny in the slot ar
+ rargerent has recently been installed
/ in the locker room fer the sale Of soap,
The young lady mentioned above thought
il was for the sale II gum and dropped
. in her penny. The package seemed all
! right and she tried 70 chew X, with very
unpleasant results.
! The directors q the Maine Forestry
Association met Friday in Bangor =
discuss plans for general me@t.ag.
Beyond deciding to Hold such I lreet-
ing nothing definite was 1}ne-
L. J. Kcyes, formerly physical Gree
tor Of the Bangor i. N. =. \. held
similar position with the y. u. c. a.
Of Hopewel ~, which was wiped
ont BY fire last week. Mr.. keyes
household goods were shipped last
Thursday from Bangor.
Few people know that the Bangor
post office ranks eighth in the United
Sta-es in handling mail for ana from
foreign countries ard al the customs
business with such mail Is handled
there. All mail matter from New
Brunswick for all parts OF the Urited
states, including Alaska, Hawaiian Is
lands and Porto Rico. are handled in
{ the Bangor Office. The same force also
inspects al! mail from Europe and Asia
for the entire state Of iain". This
mail j. ppuched III Nv Yor!. ana for
warded 10 Bangor without examIna-
tion. The Christmas season Of course
4 causes q great increase in the a!?oInt
\ III br,s;ra-s ard T,ar.u4, Collector
C'olb, In charpe yin mis- ,-.ar paya
. eigt. assistants
About JG0 sailors have sn far no.r az
animal >. t,.,,,.l. ~ n,;4a
able seamcn under the now United
Ut q '"Aeii
( ana c-h.r defects Of vision ana hear,
/ weakness are me principal causes Of
rejection.
A remarkable pump has been in
/ vented BY Nelson T. Waldron OF Lew
I ;s-or u.tn l.. Ella ;, ta... o,,.;.,,
WILL
'.'' ''' ''ei-s '''e COL
= r. ~ i"e result 81 nj
said thu, ~. ,.r,ar.,;no ,o,,.or =, 49,.
down fully one-balf by this invention
The haste r,rirrir1. ~ III. r,,r,n :, ~,
f,ffuga1 forc4 ~ FRAT rorca .,.;dar. J.,