Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
Maine Gossip
The Random Shot.

| shot an arrow into the air,
II Tell IN the distance, l knew not where,
Till neighhor said that it killed his calf
And had to pay him So.
! bought some poison to slap some rats.
AND neighbor swore it killed his cats,
Ana rather than argue across the fence
l paid him "a and so cents.
One night set sailing a toy balloon.
And hoped it would soar till it reached
the MOON
But the candle fell on a farmers straw,
And ne said l must settle or go to law.
And that is the way with a random shot
1t never hits in the proper spot,
ana the Joke you spring. that you think
SO smart,
May leave a wound in some fellows
heart. -Handshake.
The will of the late Lewis NJ. Fulton
Of Bowdoinham provides for the estab-
lishment Of a fund for the High School
OF that place, the interest of which is
to be used for prize declamations.
Many are the inquiries as to the rea-
son for the odd color appearance Of
many Of our newspapers for some time.
Part Of an edition may be the usual
white and the balance almost a Manila
in color. 1t is due to the fact that the
supply Of certain chemicals used in
the manufacture Of paper stock has
been exhausted and as the source of
such chemicals has been the European
countries, it has been impossible to
renew the stocks. Hence the paper-
makers have been obliged to work out
another solution of the problem They
are succeeding nicely with their expe-
riments and announce that they are
approaching point where they will
soon be able to furnish the customary
white paper stock. That will be an
preciated, because about nine out of
ten readers have been finding fault
with the varied colors of their daily
papers, even if they could find nothing
else about which to kick.
Ark Mariners goth anniversary was
fittingly observed at Masonic hall.
Norway. last Monday evening. Some
two hundred were present and 35
candidates were admitted. At the
present time there 337 who have TAX
en- this degree and are members of
Oxford Lodge, No. 1. Ark Mariners.
This order was first organized in Eng
land in 1898, was instituted in this
country in Richmond, Va, some years
later and flourished there for many
years and was abandoned at the time
of the Civil war. Some 20 odd years
ago Merton L. Kimball of Norway,
who was gathering books for a Ma
sonic library, discovered this aban-
doned order and obtained its charter
and rights to institute one here. The
records and charter and dispensation
were forwarded here and the order
was re-organized and takes it's second
birth in this county in Norway, Me.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Venerable patri-
arch, Ray H. Eastman: ark master,
W. S. Cordwell; ark mate, U. c. Gam
mon; treasurer. S. w. Goodwin; sec
rotary, G. w. Holmes; tyler, Charles
D. Seely.
An article in a recent edition Of
The Old York Transcript. written by
Hon. Edward C. Moody Of York about
the old Sewall bridge in that town
states that it was the first pile bridge
built in America. Agitation for
bridge began in 1743, but it was not
constructed until 1851 It has we'll
stood the wear and tear Of years. with
the many changes, repairs, alterations
to fit the changing requirements of
the times. The builder was Major
Samuel Sewall, from whom the bridge
was named. He lived 1724-1s15 sand
became an engineer of renown.
Henry st. John Smith of Portland,
a Harvard graduate and athlete, who
is now taking course in aviation in
California, is the first applicant as an
aviator in the Aerial Coast Guard
and offers to contribute $500 to the
Maine Coast Aeronautical Coast Pa