Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-17
Name Gossip
Conuress Of KINGS

Congress Of Kings
King Alcohol said to Old King Coal:
THE public's getting restless and beyond
control.
But they're growing rather weary of our
great expense"
King Beefsteak said to Old King Wheat:
We're getting SO exclusive that we sell
For the man who dimes on meat, it's said,
Has exhausted his resources till he can't
buy bread"
King Butter said to Old King Milk:
We're officially inspected till we're fine
as silk.
Our tax would not be quite so great
If it didn't cost so large a sum to SAM
tate"
All the various kings Joined the great
powwow.
They passed some resolutions which de-
clared as how
Twas the place of old Vox Populi
To pass along his pennies without asking
why.
Washington Evening Star.
Senior and Mrs. Emilio de Gogorza have
returned to Bath from Boston, where
they have beer for the past three weeks,
Senior Gogorza having been confined to
his room at the Touraine nursing painful
injuries, sustained when he was hit by an
automobile racing on Boylston st. Ne is
| slowly recovering and able to take short
walks.
Mrs. Emeline Pratt of Bowdoinham vii
fage, a lady 50 years Of age. beats the
record on raising squash in that section
at least from one seed she raised IS
pounds Of squash.
The carrying Of canes is stylish,
and there are many styles of canes,
but Mrs. J. Perley Putnam has one
which we believe has no duplicate,
and we doubt very much If it ever
will, says the Old York Transcript.
The cane is one formerly owned by
r. G. A. Freeman, who will be re-
membered by older York folks as hav-
ing made his home with the Putnam
family some IL years until his death.
The cane was made by a prisoner in
the ~Charlestown State prison. who was
serving a life-term. and judging from
the amount Of work which must have
entered into the making OF the walk
ing stick, we should judge hat at
least half Of the sentence had been
served before the stick was COM
pleted. It is composed entirely Of rings
from one-sixteenth Of ar inch to one
quarter OF an inch in width. the larg-
est ring measuring three inches around
il and the smallest an inch less.
The n is two feet, seven inches
in length. which will give you some
idea OF the number Of small rings
there must be. Just how many differ
ent kinds Of wood was used in making
the rings. we cannot say. but there are
many, and gives the cane a very hand
some appearance. On the knob end a
deer's head appears. being Of a white
wood. set into a darker shade. The
ramrod Of a gun was used to string the
rings on, running the entire length,
where it is fastened with a common
iron nut. BY unscrewing the top the
rings a all be taken off the rod.
The cane has not been entirely an
ornament. Mr.. Putnam having used it
a good many times. Mr.. Freeman, the
former owner, always carried it at his
side. never using it as a staff. He
claimed that 1t was all the protection
he needed from tramps, ETC., although
an amusing story is told that he was
once held up and. forgetting every
thing, dropped his cane and allowed
the tramp to 60 through his pockets.
The members OF the Small Point
| Cunning Club have arrived for their
semi-annuai trip to Maine. Several
years ago a certain boy in Phipps-
burg. who had waited on them. was
, given a sum Of money when they left.
! The lad refused it,. In a few days
a bank book reached him from Boston,
| with the amount he had refused plac-
| ed to his credit. The boy has added to
lit until 10 he has a snug little sum
in the bank.
Bridgton News-"Figures won't lie
it has beer said; all the same il is
better not to use them in making copy
when one intends to tell the truth.
Write them out. The Kennebec Jour
nal, disposed to toss a pleasantly at
the longtime Secretary Fifteenth
Maine Regimental Association rendered
Me Cos for Tues
THE boys Of the 18th Maine. after
having for the past Al years taken
time at their reunions to go through
the formality Of electing and re-efect-
ing Major H. A.. Shorey of Bridgton
as their secretary, decided the other
day that It was a needless procedure
and elected him for life
| The forty-one should be rendered
thirty four. The Association. orga-
nized In 1881, has held but thirty-three
annual Reunions.
Hats OF to Mrs. Elizabeth l.. Has
kell Of Sebasco. who the other day at
Bath. when a little boy and little girl
a4Annad direcfly In front az her a,to .