Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-11
Maine Gossip
A Good Man

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A Good Man
A good man never dies
In worthy deed and prayer
And helpful hands. and honest eyes.
If smiles or tears be there:
Who lives for you and me-
Lives for the world he tries
To help-hc lives eternally,
A good man never dies.
Who lives to bravely take
His share Of toll and stress,
And. for hts weaker fellows sake.
Makes every burden less
He may. at last, seem worn
Lie fallen-hands and eyes
Folded-yet though we mourn and mourn
A good man never dies.
James whitcomb Riley.
The employment bureau Of the Bath
Iron Works received an unusual applica-
ton for a job few days ago from Rock
port, from young man who desired a
position In the machinery department.
says the Times. The writer stated that
he always liked to be around machinery
and concluded his request with the infor-
nation that he was seven years old and
would be pleased to have an early reply.
The officials say that the communication
, established a record In the employment
bureau for a youngster asking for a job.
Capt. Frank A. Garnsey of the I'd
Maine Regiment has just been pre-
sented with unique souvenir of the
Civil War by Amos N. Hardy, who
found it among some old papers. It is
pass issued to a surgeon ofTthe I'd
Maine Regiment from Fort Corcoran
to Washington by Col. Charles w.
Roberts of that regiment, and reads as
follows: Headquarters. Sept. 8, 1851.
Fort Corcoran, I'd Maine Regiment:
Pass Surgeon Morrison to Washing
ton and back on important public
business connected with his depart
rncnt. Charles w. Roberts, Colonel.
To General Porter commanding di-
vision" The pass was written on a
sheet of ruled letter paper and Is still
In good condition, as though it had
been written last year. The ink Is
black and unfaded.
Speaking of intelligent dogs Police
Officer Place of Bath was reminded on
reading the Times item of the mink
dog Pete, of a black spaniel that lives
with Peter Pushard who resides alone
on the Witch Spring road and who is
crippled from rheumatism, that is Of
ten sent by Mr.. Pushard with a note
tied under his collar to the Place
home. whenever Mr.. Pushard desires
an errand done. The spaniel will trot
into town about mile to the home
of the Bath policeman and bark until
somebody comes and takes from him
the note.
Another intelligent dog Is that
coach dog, formerly owned by sewall
Percy. but now the house dog of Mrs.
Frank Jones of Woolwich. This dog
will go when sent by his mistress to
the stable and the dogs appearance
/ there is recognized as summons
for some of the men to show up at
the farmhouse. A Bath man, over
| there on business the other day, saw
the dog sent into the woods nearby
to summons a woodchopper to come
to the house to lend a hand on some
work at the farmhouse. The dog was
gone about 20 minutes before he
found the woodsman, but finally
brought him to the house.
Again speaking of intelligent dogs,
some ten years or more ago, when
John Place lived in a brick house off
Centre st. on the hill, he owned a
water spaniel. One night the spaniel
came bounding into the bedroom of
MIR. and Mrs. Place and awakened
him. He discovered, on being with
some difficulty aroused from his
sleep, that the house was filled with
gas from a stove in which coal was
burning, and his wife was uncon-
Scious, as were also two young ladies,
roomers in the house. He got a doc
tor as speedily as possible and all
three ladies were resuscitated from
the gas fumes.
The Bath Times dog stories caused
a Faith Greek, Angelo Kakos, manager
Of local fruit store, who received
and was reading Tuesday his home
Greek paper, to send the night editor
Of the Times the gist Of dog story
that was published in the Greek pub
LEGATION. 1t seems that a steamer had
left Piraeus, the seaport of Athens,
and had reached distance Of only
four miles out, when it was torpedoed
by an enemy boat and was sunk.
The crew numbered 81, Of whom rs
were lost. The five saved with the
captain were in a boat which was
capsized, throwing them all into the
sea where there was swift current.
With them was a large Newfoundland
dog, owned by the captain. The cap
tain was an elderly man and was
having hard time of 1t swimming,
the dog swimming directly ahead of
his master and often looking around
to see how the captain was getting
along. Finally the dog decided that
his master needed his assistance and
turning back grabbed the almost
sinking commander by his clothes
and held him up until the boat was
righted and coming up took both the |
dog and captain on board. On arriv- |
ing ashore, the dog was the hero Of
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