Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-26

The annual Commencement Exer-
cises of the Pennington State Normal
School closed Thursday evening with
a program somewhat unique in the an
nails of the school in that there were
no class parts given, the class having
done its duty with great fidelity in the
two preceding evenings, when under
the direction of Mrs. Nina D. Palmer
scenes from three of Shakespeare plays
were given before audiences that taxed
the capacity of Merrill Hall. The
plays selected were King Henry VIII.
from which the trial scene of Queen
Katherine was used; The Merchant Of
Venice, introducing the street scene
where the loan from Shylock was made
and the court scene; + and AS You Like
1t, from which eleven scenes We're used.
An unusual but delightful canoe trip
in pleasant weather-is this reported
by the Boothbay Register:
Russell MARI. Louis Holton and Ned
Hahn returned home Wednesday. ac-
companied by Donald Welsh of L. OF
NJ, having enjoyed a four day canoe
trip of over 100 miles. They started
Sunday in two canoes Rock and
Rye" from Newport, Me, coming
down the Sebasticook River to Win
SLOW thence down the Kennebec to
Bath and then around to our harbor
They had a fine trip in the rain. They
were eight carries. all but one of which
| they made una ssisted. The next to the
last days trip. was 80 miles and the
| last only H.
| At the Tall Stove Club in Bath one
recent evening one of the members
paid so cents to another member for a
debt; the latter passed it to a third
member for another obligation, and the
third man recalled that he had bor-
rowed a half of the first man and paid
! it on the spot. The first man took the
half that ne had withdrawn a few sec
onds before from his pocket and re-
turned it to its former resting place..
The coin had liquidated four debts.
| There will be a celebration at Isle Au
Haut July 4th Ball games in the
forenoon; chicken dinner; small prize
games in the afternoon. with a dance
in the evening. Putnam's orchestra
will be in attendance with three pieces
of music
| One Rockland man who has fire.
quently had the pleasure Of meeting
Mr.. Hughes, and hearing him speak, is
Walter H. Butler who was a class
mate of the Presidential candidates
! rlp Tr
| University. when Mr. Hughes speaks
it makes the thrills run up and down
your spine" says Mr.. Butler. Charles
! w. Littlefield, now or a visit to his
former Rockland home studied law in
Mr.. Hughes New York office.-Courier
| Gazette.
The Camden Herald explains in the
Observer section a number of old say
ings. Among them the following:
The origin of the term Brother
Jonathan" as applied to the United
States was thus: When General George
| Washington after being appointed
commander of the army of the Revo-
lutionary War, went to Massachusetts
to organize it, he found great want
of ammunition and other means of de-
Tense and on one occasion it seemed
that no means could be devised for the
necessary safety. Jonathan Trumbun
the elder was then Governor of Con-
| necticut and the General placing the
greatest reliance on his excellency's
judgment remarked I'VE must consult
Brother Jonathan on the subject"
Thenceforth when difficulties arose, It
became the byword, we must consult
Brother Jonathan, end the name has
been designation for the entire coun-