Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-07
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1915.

feels the, can give him e good con.
test. Aslhe is simply an amateur. he
bars all professionals. Who wants to
try him a game?"
The Firms of West Paris had anoth-
er one OF their picnics Sunday at the
Elias McKeen farm. These picnics as
they call them are really out of door
religious services with preaching In
the forenoon a picnic dinner and then
a long afternoon service with consid-
cradle variety of preaching. Sunday
school with recitations and music and
testimony meeting. One OF our Ameri-
cans attended this meeting and was
favored with an interpreter, so she
was able to understand about all that
was going on. She even went without
her lunch that she might eat with
them and paid a small sum for her
dinner, same as the rest who did not
carry their own. She said that the
meeting was very interesting and in
spring and the attendance especially
of the men and young men and chill
dren and the rapt attention given by
all made her utterly ashamed of the
American people and or their nom
church going habits. The Finnish
pastor Rev Rata is a very pleasant
man and very earnest in his work. He
held evening meeting every night last
week. He is doing lot of good
among the Finnish people.
Willard f. Clark, who for time
past has been special constable for
road traffic in Hampden on Wednes-
day rendered his resignation to the
board Of selectmen of the town of
Hampden. MIR. Clark for several
weeks has been keeping sharp out
look for speeders and others who in
fringe upon the road laws in Hamp-
den but states that as public opinion
does not seem to care for strict en-
forcement of traffic regulations he
sees no cause why he should worry
longer.
Announcement of several changes in
the postal. officials of New England
have been announced from the office
of Chief Inspector Morse in Boston,
and will be of interest. Inspector
Walter Olsen has arrived in Boston
and will he on duty either in Maine
or Massachusetts; and c. {. Holt,
formerly stationed at Waterville, has
been transferred to Portland to take
the place Of a. H. Pierce of Bangor.
who recently terminated his connec-
ton with the department. a. B.
Shehan has been transferred from
Boise City, Idaho, to Maine. with
headquarters in Auburn.
Following closely on the heels of
the first call to arms. the Italian re-
servists in Portland have received
another summons, which does not
confine itself wholly to reservists, but
includes all unmarried Italians, and
asks for 900 Already more than this
number have siSnified their intention
of responding during the next three
months. the time limit of the call.
The first of those to respond will leave
New York before the end of September.
There are many of the younger Italian
men at work on contract jobs in Port
land and vicinity. and as soon as these
are completed they will be able to join
their brothers a the front, probably
by the last of October.
Isn't ii something to meet a school
friend you haven't seen for 80 years?
Such was the case in West Bath this
week, when at Campbell's Pond, Mrs.
Wyman w. Bryant of Lewiston called
upon Frank Williams. They We're for
merly classmates and over half a CEN
fury had passed since they had met.
One can we'll imagine the jolly remin-
iscences and how fast their tongues
flew