Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-16
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The Ess' Boycott
Let the subject not be broaehed;
l refuse to eat them poached-
IT'S in vain the hon ha. toiled.
decline to eat them boiled.
Any weakening I spurn;
From an omelet turn.
Till the prices downward slide
I shall scorn to eat them fried.
TIL they grow moro circumspect
Any scramble reject.
Tho take my stand alone
shall not receive them thrown.
But II might be-well-ahem!
! perhaps may weasel them.
-McLandburg Wilson in New York sun
The Boston & Maine through its safety
first department is making an effort to
cut down the number Of accidents at
grade crossings. Orders have been given
the gate tenders to keep careful count OF
all teams and autos that pass. the speed
at which they go. their numbers and such
other facts as can be collated- 1t Is not
known just what is to be done with these
facts, but without doubt somebody IN au-
thorlty has something on his mind with
view to cutting down the number OF ser1-
Gus and ofttimes fatal accidents.
The position Of shipping commissioner
for this port which we understood was
held up for some reason, says tho Port
land Argus, has been finally confirmed by
the appointment Of Mr.. Leo. c. O'Brien.
We are told there were several applicants
for the position. but the appointment
comes under civil service rules and regu-
lations, and Mr.. O'Brien who has served
faithfully and we'll as deputy shipping
commissioner was considered to be fairly
entitled to the promotion, it was given
him.
Some years ago a gray squirrel on
High street, Bath, was caught in trap
and the trapper let it go after placing
on the animals neck a collar with lit
tie silver bell. The squirrel Is still seen
on upper High street roaming around
with the tinkling bell.
Swinging signs over the sidewalks At
Calais are receiving the attention Of the
City Fathers, who were told at their
last Monday evening meeting that 81
now existed. The matter was tabled for
a month for investigation.
The Canadian authorities pay IS
bounty on each bobcat killed, in their
territory and the workpen on the new
$3.50 sawmill on Campobello island
are laying in a supply Of cartridges for
their rifles. as the hobs have appeared
there in considerable numbers. Maine,
when she paid. gave but 81 per.
Sir Hiram Maxim followed distin-
guished Maine precedent in winning
knighthood in the service of the en-
pire Of his ancestors, says the Boston
Herald. For Woolwich and Kittery
both gave to the world sons who
died with the British ESir'' before
their names as one Of many high
honors won. In the little Office of
the Woolwich town clerk, across
the Kennebec from Bath, they will
show you the faded and curiously
embellished parchment that came
from London in 1894 as an invitation
to the town fathers to attend the fu-
eral Of Sir William Phipps, son of
Woolwich who became royal Governor
of Massachusetts,, and much more than
that. at the parish church In Lumbard
street. And Kittery shows its visitors
the Site Of the baronial Mansion Of Sir
William Pepperell, who won Louisburg
for the British flag and whose lands
extended along the c. st Of Maine far
Their than he could ride his horse In a
day. No other state has given three
sons to British knighthood, and the
story Of each Of these three Maine
boys reads like a romance of high ad.
venture framed by the Imagination for
the inspiration Of boys Of all time.
A peculiar specimen Of the fish tribe
found its way into a weir near the lower
wharf in Calais on Saturday. and was
found stranded there, when the tide had
receded. The carcass was brought to
Smith Brothers fish market at the bridga
and attracted lot Of attention. Y wa,
ABOUT three feet long, and in places two
1eet wide and was possessed Of a for
midable mouth and throat that would
take IN a good-sized dog. The creature
Is described as having four legs and two
great horns and would have been a yerv
ENJOYABLE thing to meet in thu wa+sr
One man who inspected It, called It a
monk" or goose fish, and told a
story Of being present at an inquest on
one or its brothers that was found to
have five black ducks slowed away in its
interior. but he declined to verify the
assertion Of another present that the
whole five Of them were alive when the
autopsy was performed.-et. Stephen. N,
b., Courier.
The members Of Passamaauoddy In.
dams Of Pleasant Point reservation arc
assured plenty Of work for the winter
and ready sale for all the fancy has.
kets, moccasins and all Indian novelties
they can manufacture. as a party from
New York arrived recently at the reser.
walton and made arrangements with
members Of the tribe for the entire out
put OF their village, and It Is stated that
enough money has been deposited In
Eastport to pay for all Indian wares
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