Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-27

she did YOU when boy.
Forget the money maxim an the heh'in
An Se a ane child i'd of Nature if it's but for
Get close to God an simple things an
| just once try to be
A little brother to the foA' tne qunii "i'u
MJacksonyille (Fla.) Times-Union.
| The MANY friends here and in Alfred
will be pleased to learn that James
Hewey, clerk of the United States court
at Portland, who has been so crltlcaiiy
i'll with heart trouble, is somewhat pet
ter.-Sanford Tribune.
The Brewer city, fathers have voted
to build a fire station for Ward 8, at
cost not to exceed $4,000.
lin Eye. Jr.. gets after Jim McCor-
rison in the Harmony letter to the
Rockland Opinion thusly:
Jim McCorrisoh had another narrow
escape from total humiliation on eiec-
ton day. For a long time Jim mas oeen
|
going with wet feet because he was
unable to get pair of leather SHOES
that would shed water. Perhaps you
remember that Jim is one or those
mail order house friends. so ne sent
to Wisconsin and got a pair of alum
mum soled shoes, put them on and
went to the village, where he encoun-
tered several Englishmen. who m1stook
| his red sweater and new SHOES Tor
those two notorious and obnoxious
German submarines and tried to tor
pedo him and had it not been for one
of Harmony's numerous highway mud
puddles close by, so he could submerge,
1t would have been all up with him"
| An item in news letter from busy
Maine town tells of the faithful work
of the members of certain organiza-
ton to raise funds for its very worthy
object and concludes with the state
ment that they have been collecting
waste paper for six months and sold
il to a company buying paper. thereby
resulting in the association securing the
sum of $685." On account of the
war" prices do not seem to have struck
that burg for waste paper!
This wedding, which recently took
place in a Maine town, must have been
an unusually cheerful affair. judging
by the following extract from report
| of what is usually supposed and in
tended to be rather a joyous occasion
| in most communities. even II neither
| of the happy" couple have another
happy day:
1.-THE service was both instructive and
interesting, and the schoolhouse was
we'll filled. In the course of the cere-
mony the minister spoke of the impor-
lance of the marriage VOW and deplor-
ed the increased percentage OF divorces.
He also dwelt upon the necessary ele-
| ments leading up to happy married
life Evidently the speaker created a
deep impression upon those present. for
they were all very serious. Two hymns
| were also sung by the congregation.
dispatch from a Chicago paper an
nounces that out in Waukegan, ILL.,, NOV
| ing picture proprietors hit upon the
unique plan of offering admission to the
show to all who bring two potatoes to the
door as tickets Of admission. 1t was
highly successful and the Chicago papers
have made much Of 1t. The old York
| Transcript now announces: But there Is
nothing original In this. York people will
remember that about two years ago John
b. Gigere, who then had moving picture
show in the town hall. pulled on the same
| stunt" and it was altogether successful.
With the hens in this locality on
strike grain nearly $3.50 a bag, flour
about 81 per barrel and sugar 81 cents
per pound, we fail to see the food Wilson
times which were promised us, and we
,, sincerely hope that the near future may
see decided change in prices-Cushlng
letter in Courier-Gazette.
Hon. Ira G. Hersey. Congressman-elect
from the 4th District is to retain Frank
C. Merritt as his private secretary. MI
Merritt is now Congressman 0uernseys
efficient secretary and Is considered ono
OF the best secretaries in washington.
Unless President Wilson calls a special
session of the Congress which adjourns
March 4tll next, Mr.. Hersey VIII not take
his seat until the first Tuesday OF Decem-
Der, ls17.-Pioneer, Houlton.
Walter Carmichael has bought the Ira
Ph,nney farm on the Greasy Ridge Road.
tho purchase price being $1,000. A com
parattyeiy few years ago Mr.. Carmichael
bought what is known as the McConvhIe
farm on the back Caribou Road, OF A. =.
Irving, his capital at that time 0sins
chiefly his bare hands and willingness
TO do lots Of hard work. He 70 anotner
example Of what can be accomplished oy
grit and bone labor In this wonoeHu'
countv.-Star-Herald, Pressure Isle.
The granite quarries in Kenneoonkpor'
have been idle for a long time. Inc o'o
...s,.. IN Portland, which was de-
stroyed by fire in 1856. was punt VI