Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-15
Maine Gossip


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At s. .nsss: and tennis they term him 4.
At the pols-vauit and run
| He beat every one;
| Threw the hammer and shot
! In q way not forgot;
They tried to defeat him. but none OF
| them could.
tAt halne 'twas his father who blocked
Now, eenevieve Smith was a sociable
A leader. in fact. of society's whirl.
At dances and teas
| She was always at ease;
| At bridge. q sure winner;
| A belle at q dinner,
As toast Of the town. still her memory
Cher ma washed the dishes and did up
the thinks.D
Now. Genevieve Smith met Bill Jones,
| and they wed. -.
I'VE knew it would happen" the wise
They haven't home
| Not even fiat-
| Live in q hotel
| "a swell one. at that. 4,oo
Bill COLTS. and his wife with the tango
| And fsther and mother foot all the bills.
which shows you that sometimes-tho
not often So HIT
| "A E0lllnB BtOuO 6dShCAo Az AAo~'
the dough.
Maine friends of Major Walter w.
Crosby, formerly Of Bangor and now
one Of the leading road engineers OF
the country. having won great repu-
tation for his work in Maryland ana
other states, will be interested to learn
of his eminent advancement in the
military service. Maj. Crosby has
been inspector general of the Mary
land National Guard, stationed at
Salisbury in charge of recruiting, ano
has now been appointed as assistant
chief of star Of the 18th division at
Laredo, Texas. with the rank OF ma
Tor. The division Is commanded by a
regular army oflicer, major general
next In line being chief Of staff,
colonel. The assistant chief Of stan
is therefore third in line in command
in the division. an important position,
but one which Maj. Crosby will fill
with distinction. Maj. Crosby is
graduate Of the University of Maine,
where he took high rank In all studies
was major Of the battalion of cadets
and was one Of two recommended to
the United States government for mil
itary service upon graduation.
This Is a ash or fishing story In
which Augusta people figured and as
they are all living. having survived the
incident, it can be easily proven. Mr..
! and Mrs. Ray Sanborn and Mrs. c. H.
Harvey were fishing at Cobbossee.
The fish seemed to be hungry and fish
ing was pretty good, thank you. One
Of the party hooked pickerel, a big
one, and In about two minutes Mr..
Pickerel was on his way South, with
leader, hook and bait in his mouth. A
new outfit was hitched on and within
two minutes another big 'un' walked
away with the entire outfit, not even
stopping to say goodbye. The third
outfit was attached and within another
two minutes, the third pickerel made a
leap tor the bait. He took it, fought
hard to escape, but was soon hauled
into the boat-and there. hanging from
his mouth was the first Of the lost out
| fits. hook, bait and leader. Were the
pickerel hungry? The pickerel were
hungry, but one Of them is not so
hungry as he was-he is dead!
Charles H. Ford Of 80 North street,
Portland says: Il think I am the old
est printer in Portland. In 1872 I
formed a partnership with Henry. A.
Perry and under the firm name of Ford
& Perry conducted a Job print busi-
Tess. In 1880 this partnership was dis
solved and / took Frank G. Rich as
partner, and the firm Of Ford & Rich
continued in business until Mr.. Rich
moved to Bangor in 1889. After that
/ formed a partnership with Frank E..
Dow, under the firm name Of Charles
H. Ford & Co. I retired from active
business about three years ago. AL
though l am 81 years old have not
felt the inirmities Of old age" Mr..
Ford's bearing and walk certainly war
rant his statement.
The famous Squirrel Island Squid Of
Aug. /, 1876 said:
THE heaviest lot owners on the island
are the Messrs. Waite, who own IS lots.
The Chases come next. There are 81
persons owning lots on the island
| There are 20 persons from Augusta, IA
from Lewiston, IL from Bath. from
Gardiner, 4 from Hallowell, from Au-
burn and several from other towns in
Maine. Massachusetts,, New York and
Ohio. There are now about 70 houses
on Squirrel dncluding two stores. etc.
valued on an average at $500 each.
making all told $4,000 worth Of build
ings. This is the price which 500 in
land dwelling people are willing to pay
for two months snuff Of air.
E. Chester Spinney, who resides
near Green Acre. Eliot, while working
on his land recently. dug up three
stone Indian tomahawk heads. All Of
the heads are in perfect condition and
| the edges sharp. One was large and
the other two small. Those who have
inspected the heads pronounced them
at least several hundred years old. In
1890 the old Hammond Garrison House
and stockade was located near Spin
ney's field.
Mrs. William Bradley Of Fryeburg