Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-08-31
Maine Gossip
La the Flaa Wave

Let the Flag Wave
Let the Gag wave. Aye. let It wave on
It. r:s s.; fas white and blue against tbs
From crest and easement, broad and
Let the dag wave:
Let the flag wave: Aye let it wave
The hili. and valleys of the land re love,
And Ger the sea, to no mad tyrant slave,
Let the fiag wave!
lie. the aas wave! Aye. let lis glory
Let the dag wave. a symbol and sign:
To guard our honor and TO shield ana
Let the Tag wave:
lie. the nag wave. Aye wave in all mems
sight.
It's stars unsulned az the stars Of night:
Let the flag wave.
Clinton scoilard IN New York Sun.
J. A. Knowles Of Manchester called
at the Journal sanctum Thursday az
ternoon with a curio from the wood
pile, in the shape Of a section OF gray
a year ago last spring, the formation
OF the heart and Immediately sur
rounding rings being Of such charac-
ter that he preserved it. He calls IL
The Niger in the woodpile" and che
outlines Of a man from the top OF his
head 70 his feet can plainly be made
cut, arms extending outward and the
whole appearance is that he was caught
in the act and in the woodpile.
1t was learned Tuesday in Eastport
at two strangers from the American
side made a recent trip to Campobello
y. B., and were later observed max
ing sketches Of the coves and were
taken in charge by the Dominion Of
fcials While they claimed 70 be
American citizens, one having a Ger
man name was taken to St. John. n
g.. a supposed spy. while the other
was allowed to return TO Maine.
AS a result Of the trouble between the
mayor and aldermen of Lewiston over the
police appointments, On many beats a
double force was on duty all day Wednes-
day. 4 total Of 45 men were on duty, al
though the regular force numbers g.
Mayor Leu,aire has seven days in which
TO ve,o the order for the payment Of the
police who have served since May is, II
is understood that the Republican alder.
men will pass the order over his veto.
Jack, the westbrook police dog, baf1ed
IN his efforts to board a train TO attend
the annual outing OF the Pythian Field
Day Association at sebago Lake Wednes-
day, finally reached the lake. But in his
haste to get TO the picnic grounds he ran
under a moving train and would have
been killed had not woman seized him
as he went under and dragged him 70
safety. About 500 attended the outing
! Stevedore William H. Dugan returned
70 Portland Wednesday from East La.
moine, where for the past % days with a
crew Of "a longshoremen he has been en-
gagged in discharging cargo Of over TO-.
| onG tons OF coal at the government pock'
cts at that port from a steamer which ar.
rived there nearly month ago. The car
! 20 is said to be the largest ever landed
at Maine port. from an American YES
sci, and the discharge was made in good
time, considering the limited facilities al
the unloading berth.
| Sheriff Graham of Cumberland
serves notice that on Sept. ! his dep
, uties will begin making arrests fol
violations of the law relating to light.
! on automobiles, thinking thats he ha!
| shown tolerance enough and given al
hands sufficient time in which to equI
their machines according 10 'aw
Other counties are now to be hearc
| from.
Lyman Mouiton, a Portland lad, who
! has come home from France after
serving since Jan. 26, 1915, with the
Canadians and seeing his share Of the
FUN" in the trenches. being dis
charged for disability, tells gooc
story Of an Irishman's description O.
going over the top" or charging ar
enemy's trench. and how he pays hi!
| compliments TO the first man h.
| meets "If he's big fellow, shoe
TlNl, anu IL ne d lltNle SId ~ Pch'
| HIM, which seems perfectly salts
| factory.
Lester NJ. Hatch, young mill work
| er Of West Kennebunk, accepted tbs
invitation Of stranger to take az
auto ride to Old Orchard, just after h
| (Hatch) had drawn the savings o
several years from a bank and hae
| the cash in his pocket. When he re-
| covered. the cash was missing and h
| had not reached Old Orchard. ddn
| know the auto number or description
! OF the car, nor could he describe the
| man. It is not stated whether HI
| walked home or accepted another in
vitation from a stranger to ride.
Everett Ireland Of Freeport car
hardly blame q horse hitched to an in
fernal machine for the spraying Of po
, ,atoes from becoming frightened a
| the unearhly noise it made wher
running up and down the potato pate!
| and running away, knocking hin
down and breaking a leg in two
places. because even horses have Likes
and dislikes and are EXCEPTIONAL,
| sensitive animals.
rriords oP Can't Graf Anderson a