Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-03-03
Maine Gossip
Skating.
Bonneville Journal.)

Sk1ttu4.
(Somerviiie Journal)
The day was cold ard the ice was glare
Al he stood upon the shore.
He came to renew his youthful Joys,
As others have done before.
The thought Of gliding on glittering steel
Just filled his heart with JOY,
And he thought he'd pirouette and wheel
AS he used to when boy.
He clamped the skates on his sturdy feet
And he struck out with a vim.
Alas. his dreams were quickly Ger.
For something went wrong with him.
His feet went up and his head went down
With bump that cracked the ice;
And we'll draw the veil right here and
nrw.
For his language wasn't nice.
The SO per ton rate .on coal paid
several Of the Portland five and six
masters last fall from Chesapeake Bay
ports to Rio Janeiro looked pretty large
at the time, but vessels now charter
ing are getting a big advance over
those figures, the schooner Mary F.
Bartlett having just been taken at sl6
per ton, March loading. the highest
rate ever paid on a similar cargo to
any section of the globe.
| When Sheriff Wilbur G. Oliver went
home Tuesday afternoon, says the Bath
Times he was taken in hand by his
grandchildren who led him out to the
dining room where in gala dress the
table was spread for a chicken dinner
and on the table was a birthday cake
with 13 candles for the sheriff's 18th
birthday. In addition to the handsome
cake with its candles, the sheriff was
the recipient Of many gifts.
| A travelling man who was telephon-
| ing to his wife from the Bangor House
to Manchester, n. H., Monday night,
told her OF the great concert that the
Bangor band was giving in the lobby
prior to the municipal banquet. She,
naturally. expressed desire to hear
the music, and he good naturedly
opened the door of the telephone booth
to allow the strains Of music from Ban
gor's famous band to float over the
wire to New Hampshire. This was all
very nice, but the time went faster
than they anticipated. When it came
| to settle up with the telephone girl,
the travelling man found that the bill
was just $55l. Pretty expensive
music" he commented as he handed
over the money with the best grace
possible under the circumstances.
Ought to hear grand opera for that
price,"
| Lieut.. Col. Barre, commanding the
l50th Canadian Regt. and Capt. LIE
Prohon, both veterans Of the present
war. addressed a meeting Wednesday
In Westbrook composed largely Of
French speaking people. The object
| Of their visit to Maine was to interest
tho French speaking people in their
regiment. They are anxious for them
to keep in touch with the French
Canadian soldiers at the front, and
send them the same comforts accorded
other British soldiers. Lieut.. Col. J.
! q. Heating. British Vice Consul at
Portland. accompanied the officers.
They spoke in Lewiston Thursday and
will speak possibly at other points.
The 150th Regiment will leave Mon
treal in May under the command Of
Col. Barre and a large number Of re-
cruits are now at the concentration
camp at Amherst.
| The Penobscot Legal Association, as
the new social organization Of the
members OF the Penobscot bar Is
known, now has 56 members. The
club was formed for the purpose of
gaining closer personal relations
among tho members Of the bar and for
the assistance Of young men just en-
tering practice, in the way OF advice
and instruction in the ethics Of the
profession. All members Of the bar
In Maine are eligible. The Officers are:
President. Gen. H. L. Mitchell: vice
presidents. Donald F. Snow and Will
liam B. Pierce: secretary, Edward I.
Glezner: treasurer. Raymond Fellows;
executive committee, Willis Y. Patch.
Milton 8. Clifford, Raymond Fellows,
James M. Gillin. Daniel I. Gould.
F. ]. Cooper, long distance walker,
whose homo is in Bluehill. reached
Machias Feb. 20 in his jaunt across
the continent and back on a wager
that he can mako 1900 miles in $50
days. an average Of 80 miles n day.
He Is far ahead of his schedule hav-
ing averaged better than 40 miles
since he left San Francisco. Dec. 1st.
He will 60 az far a. Calais. then turn
back toward the Pacific. He has been
81 days on the road and his record Is
now H7A7 milea He reached Machias