Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-23

The Mother Job.

II really isn't nara TO De n1otner
There really isn't very much to do:
The days are just exactly like each
other
You simply shut your eyes and wander
through!
For six o'clock is time enough for rising,
And getting all the children washed
and dressed.
And breakfast cooked-it really is sur
prising,
But mothers never seem to need q rest.
The lunches must be packed and jackets
rounded,
And everybody soothed ard sent to
school,
To say that mother rushes is unfounded-
She's nothing more to manage, as a
rule,
Unless it is to finish piles Of sewing,
And cook and wash and iron and scrub
and sweep,
To order food and keep the furnace go
And then perhaps to hide herself and
weep!
And when at last she's tucked them IN
And seen to doors that dads forgot to
lock,
Triumphantly, at midnight. she discovers.
shes nothing more 10 do till six O'Clock.
The old Rogers mill at Whiskeag
is one Of the remaining tide mills
with up and down saws in this vi
cinity. They are more picturesque
than useful. lumbermen say, as the
new style portable mills can, it is
claimed, saw from 10000 to $1,000
feet Of lumber a day whereas the
tide mills with the up and down
saws only saw from 5000 to 1000 feet.
In connection with the wonderful
weather we have been experiencing come
from all sides signs Of. spring" so un-
usually early as to make them remark
able. We hear Of maylowers being
picked in the woods, deep sea founders
have made their appearance off Cape
Small Point, weeks earlier than usual
and the wild geese have put in their ap-
pearance. a flock Of at least so having
recently been seen Mt Oak island in the
Sasanoa river. It is well known that
winter Is over when the wild geese ar
rive.
a neighborhood flower garden is the
latest at Bath. Fred S. Curtis is the
promoter and good progress is being
made. The kindness Of the Ledyard
family secures the use Of the lot at the
head OF Spring street and il is already
being cleared up and made ready for
painting just as soon as the weather is
suitable. The plan is TO divide II into
small lots and have the children plant
and care for the flowers. the seed being
furnished them free. Mrs. Fannie Nc
Fadden. who is taking a great interest
in the project, has offered to supply all
the seeds needed. 1t is expected that the
spot will be one Of the handsomest in
the city, when it is in full bloom.
The 40-hour schedule went into effect
Monday in the saco-Lowell Cos plant
at iBiddeford and will continue until
business conditions are better.
Rev Herbert F. Moulton, formerly
pastor of the First Universalist church
at Biddeford and later pastor of the Uni
tartan church at Sanford. has accepted
call to the Cniversalist church at
Fort Plain, n. Y. a church with
membership of about $50.
The State OF Maine Association Of Cal
ifornia on Feb. Is held its mid winter
meeting at Odd Fellows hall in San
Francisco A banquet was served and
the founder Of the association. Charles
G. Reed, writes the Journal that I'VE
enjoyed the good od-fashioned New
England dishes of baked beans and
brown bread, doughnuts and cheese. cof-
zee. ETC." after which a short program
was rendered, consisting of musical and
literary numbers and all OF which were
enjoyed by the company. a letter has
recently been prepared and sent to
Maine people in California, not members
of the association, urging them to join
and assist in caring for the large num-
Der Of Maine visitors in San Francisco
turing the Panara-Pa Exposition
1t is planned to so entertain these visit
OTIS from home that they viii! always
remember it. The annual meeting Of
the association will be held Saturday,
June 5, at Shell Mound park, to which
all former residents Of Maine. with rel
atives and friends are invited. The pres
ent officers OF the association are: Pres
ident. Ira 3. Dalziel, San Francisco; LIST
Vice President, Elmer H. Benjamin. San
Francisco: 2nd Vice-President, F. H
Woodman, Oakland: Cd Vice-P-esdent
Mrs. R. A Sarle, San Francisco; 4th
Vice-President, Capt B. NJ Newcomb
Berkeley: Secretary. F. W. Thaxter, z4S4
Ashby avenue, Berkeley: Assistant Sec
rotary, H. L. Corson. San Francisco:
Treasurer, n. c. Kendall, Oakland
Trustees, VIM. H. Wharf. Elmer H.
Benjamin, Ira b. palziel. F. ". Thaxter.
"A. n. Grant, n C. Kendall, Edwin H.
Black, F. H. woodman, DR.. A. H. Mill
berry, NJ w Mcintosh. Nelson Page.
Ralph L. Hathorn, Henry L. Corson. F.
W. Durgin. c. A. Brown. Chas. g. Reed.
B. N. Newcomb Mrs. Elizabeth Merrill,
Mrs. r. A. Sarle, Anson Hilton, Mrs. NJ
E. Harrington.
The Damariscotta Herald reports
that people cutting let near the head
Of Damariscotta Pond found an enor-
nous number Of young alewives
frozen into the ice. The supposition
is that they were unable to get out
Of the pond on account Of the ex-
tremely low water and persisted
when the water became cold.
E. S. MARI. postmaster at Popham