Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-10-19
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Sonnet
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I have watched thee gliding seaward,
With the summer heavens mirrored in
thy tide,
And sunshine on thy bosom deep and
wide:
I have seen thee racing madly. with the
Of the froth upon thy swollen, pulsing
neck;
have known thee in thy ever-changing
I have glinpsed thee in thy northern
solitudes,
And where the smoking, choking steam
ers ride;
have dreamed and strayed and loitered
by tiny banks.
AS, mumuring of love ye rippled by,
Or stopped to kiss the verdure at thy
fanks,
And smile back at the beaming moon on
have felt the sweetest breathing OF thy
breast
And I love thee.-ot all streams, love
thee best!
A caller at the Journal sanctum early
Fridav morning said that he had noticed
the Me. Cos paragraph about the local
householder saving about half the usual
amount of coal used in the furnace by fill
ting one-half the crate area with ashes
and thus reducing the size Of the fire and
added that he had called merely TO in
quire why. II another furnace was started
on the same plan, the householder
couldn't save all the coal Please don't
answer all at once.
! A remarkable case OF mistaken identi-
ty, imposition upon kindly man, or mis-
understanding Of the manifest-yea, per
haps the contents had been camoufiaged-
, is told in the following from the Port
land Express:
! Groaning under the weight of an enor-
nous telescope grip filed with something
50 heavy that one of the handles had
been broken off by the strain, James
BARLEY Of Jackman was walking through
the Union Station Monday night when he
was espied by Deputies Paine and
Doughty.
What you got in the case?" asked the
latter.
Nothing but canned goods" replied
BARLEY. I'm taking them TO my broth
er's camp down in the woods, he added.
mo LIQUOR In the grip" returned the
deputy.
"Not drop" came the quick answer.
| The deputies thought they would satisfy
! their curiosity however and when they
| opened up the case they found 32 pints
and a half pint Of whiskey which is said
+o he the worlds record for single grip
load.
I When this was discovered, BARLEY de-
clared that he supposed there was moth
ing in the grip but canned goods lie
was bringing II down from Boston for ms
brother. The deputies took BARLEY and
1 the so-called canned goods along with
/ them
| That positions as deck officers
aboard vessels under control OF the
federal shipping board are highly re-
munerative is apparent If the salary
to be paid Daniel E. Rodrick of Free
port is any criterion. Rodrick, who is
well known In shipping circles. has re-
ceived an appointment aboard gov
| ernment vessel at salary of 1915 a
month. He had retired from the sea
and was enjoying life on the farm
when the call came from Uncle Sam
for officers for merchantmen and he
at once enrolled in the reserve corps,
taking his examinations in New York.
| The services of blacksmith at Fort
| Mckinley, Portland, were needed re-
Gently to unshackle a couple Of slack
ers taken by an Aroostook county Of
fcial. He had the two men shackled
! hand and foot and when he arrived in
| Portland great was his chagrin to find
that he had left the key to the irons
| back home.
Leslie f. McIntire asserts that
Waterford is the only town in the
state where a free street fair is held
yearly and ground rent can be collect
ed without complaint. Three TO four
| thousand people is the average attend
ance on a big day. An old timer who
| is IN the position to estimate carefully
stated 5000 or more visited the square
at this seasons fair. Four hundred
autos lined the streets vacant lots
and door yards.
James Welch. one Of Rumford's sue
cessful farmers, started last spring to
beat the high living cost by planting
field Of yellow corn. and few eve
nings ago held a good old fashioned
husking bee In his barn. Friends and
neighbors gathered and husked out
some so to 75 bushels OF splendid yell
low ears. after which the party ad-
| journed to the dining room where
tables were spread for % people. who
enjoyed the good things our farmers
wives know so well how to provide.
Mrs Sarah Jordan Of Sandypoint