Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-21
Maine Gossip
When the Telephone Was New

TelegraTS.
Messages sent in the voice Of the sender,
Hard-hitting explosives, cuss words and
other dams.
Silvery. juicy words. loving and tender.
Cant call EN- tell-ye-grams.
Orders for pickles, for paint or for cordu-
roy,
Lumber or fish hooks, a dog-cart or
Send me nurse GIRL" or lend me an
errand boy"
Or hunt UP my baggage-my name is
the tag on
Cant call EN- parley-grams.
When the transmitter works buzzy and
sputtering,
When the induction is frying its fishes.
When the receiver gets weak and is tot
tering,
Death to inventors hobs up in our
Can't call EN- kill-a-grams.
When it works we'll and somebody is tell
ing you
Bright, startling stories that shine like
the horseshoe
That light incandescent that some one
keeps selling you
Till loud. merry laughter goes crazy-of
course you
Cant cali EN- funny-grams.
Since we "hullo" every time that we have
call,
Whether it's serious business or fun
ming,
Whether it's preaching or something
that's comical;
"Hullograms.'' wouldn't that sound rather
cunning?
Let's call EN- hullograms.
&C. c. Haskins. in the Indianapolis Jour-
nal, February l, 1880.
The monster steamer Rhode Island
Will he launched this Saturday after
noon at the Texas Steamship Cos.
yard at Bath, and although the yard
will not be opened to the public, owing
TO war conditions, a big crowd will
witness the launching, for Front street
and the broad kennebec river will af-
ford accommodations for all
The statement having been made that
the sporting and summer camps in
patronized this season, the Bangor &
Aroostook Railroad officials state that
more people are in these camps now
than usual at this time Of year and
the season has not really begun for
them.
Albert Henry Lloyd has two draft
numbers. but he isn't worrying be-
cause he has two chances of being
drawn to any other fellows one. He
does not care if he is drawn. He'll go
willingly Lloyd was afraid he
wouldn't be in town on registration day
and registered at the city clerks Office
a few days before. BY a special effort
he got back on registration day and
registered again, to make sure he
wasn't stacking. He registered as AL
bert Henry Lloyd and was numbered
52S. The second time he registered as
Albert H. Lloyd and got the serial
number 594 When he found both num-
hers published opposite his name he
learned he was liable twice. He said he
didn't care.-Bangor Commercial
Calvin B. Woodbury. of Cornish, is
expressing himself as we'll pleased
with the recent performance of his two
homlng pigeons, Blue Band and Sporty
Maid. They were released from
crate at Medford, Mass, at S.l2 a. M,
one day recently and arrived at their
home cote in Cornish at 1880 a. M,
having made the distance, some 100
miles, in two hours, Is minutes. Mr..
Woodbury. has only been training
these birds since June l and now has
10 in all and has made successful
flights of from % to 100 miles.
most interesting visitor at Old Or
chard beach this week has been Mr..
Shelley X. S. Tang of Hangkow,
China. In fact if the plan of heredi-
tary rulers had beeen preserved his
father was in direct line for the lead
ership of the kingdom. Mr.. Tang is
we'll versed in the practical studies of
the American schools, having studied
extensively in economics. He is TAX
Ing an intensive course in railroading
! in this country, even at present work.
ing on the Boston & Maine in order to
get ideas to assist in running a large
railroad system which is owned by his
family ir China.
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