Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-22
Maine Gossip
The Useful Potato.

Lie pepper ana salt to invite
on. what is So tempting for breakfast,
AS plate OF potatoes we'll fried
Or hot baked potatoes for supper
When a norther is bowling outside?
AND mashed to a creamy cOnsistence
with plenty of gravy and hot,
They're fit for an epicure's table
AND always go right to the spot.
A stew with a favor of onions
Is diet delightful to MUNICH.
And salad OF cold boiled potato
Is tasty addition to lunch.
inougn the prices of terrapin, salmon,
And similar dainties are steep.
VINO cares while the lowly potato
The wholesome potato, is cheap.
Addison Sinclair. who lives on the
Ridge road at Shirley went down to his
meadow barn Jan. 10 for the first time
for several weeks. and says he didn't
know ne had a menagerie on the place
petore Some unthreShed grain. a few
bushels of sugar beets and a barrel of
cider. supposed to be carefully concealed
had been left in the barn last fall. Ad-
diton says that when he opened the door
a raccoon nearly knocked him down as
1t made bolt for the open Then he
caught sight of a skunk Just going
through hole in the floor and a pair of
gray squirrels scooted up to the high
beams. Hearing a commotion in the TOP
o. the barn, he found a wild duck irving
to get through broken window and its
iuttering had disturbed big Arctic owl
While not far off were two more owls of
smaller species. In one corner, where
there had been some salt for the sheep
there were six porcupines and they had
nearly eaten up the pianking There was
evidence that one of his choice white
leghorns had stolen her nest there. but
all that remained to show was some egg
shells and an aluminium leg band. 1t
was no place for a defenseless hen.
There was nothing left of the grain or
the beets, but the cider had escaped.
None Of the ZOO appeared to have any
use for that. Mr. Sinclair went back to
the house and told his son Bud about
the menagerie Bud took his gun, but
forgot to tie up the dog and by the time
no got the porcupine quilts out of the
dogs nose the rest of the game had
had vanished although Bud is quite sure
the skunks are denned UP under the
barn.
The Rockland Opinion in its last
edition clears up the mystery of the
dreaded airship in that vicinity by
telling Of the discovery of the wreck
age of the great machine in the town
of Rockport. The report was duly de-
livered in Rockland and an expedition
to the scene organized. The proceed
tngs after the arrival Of the party in
Rockport Is told as follows by the
Opinion:
They were received by an awed
group Of townspeople who informed
them that the mysterious aviator
whose nocturnal manuevers have
stricken the countryside with horror
and headlines had ended his career
by plunging into big tree near the
Central Square hotel. Arrived there,
in the gathering dusk. the outlines of
the giant air craft could be seen
through the branches it's torpedo
shaped body fully Is inches long. A
closer inspection showed the worst
fears Of the city editor to be realized.
Printed on the side Of the invader
could be read the ominous legend,
Made In Germany"
Under the caption 'Haines sets an
Example" the Worcester, Mass, Tel
egram says:
William T. Haines leaves the gov
ernor's chair in Maine and goes to
the State University to learn how to
be farmer. His profession as an at
torney at law does not attract him in
the older age when his eyesight is i'm
perfect and his health impaired by too
much politics. He goes to the Maine
university as a student, not as a pro-
lessor by reason Of having been gov
ernor, or to wait until he shall be elect
ed a United States senator or ap-
pointed to a foreign diplomatic office.
That looks like more progressive way
to dispose Of the lame ducks"
The Portland Teachers Association
has plan afoot which II carried
through will mean a great deal Ut
pleasure and educational benefit to all
who take part. The idea is to have &
vacation trip taking up the entire
month Of April, with an opportunity
given all Maine teachers to join, II
they wish. Three routes have been
mentioned. selection to be made later
when the plans have been developed.
They are: A trip to Bermuda; a trip
to Atlantic City; or a trip to mon
treal and other Canadian cities. A
special committee Is hard at work on
the details Of the plan.
Paul F.. Ramey Of the Montreal Y.
NJ. c. A., has recently been in Bidde-
ford. Me-. and Portsmouth, N. H., in
behalf Of Rev. Harold H. Folsom,
whose wife, who is now in Biddeford