Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-15

Before the morning Of my birth.
Nor do l know that other sphere
From whence / came, and yet feel
Today that other sphere was real.
Safely found this unknown place,
! Safely I'm sure that l shall go,
When l have run this earthly race,
| Unto a world / do not know.
What lies beyond l need not fear,
I trust In him who brought me here.
| Detroit Free Press.
The following was overheard in an cleo
trio car Tuesday AZ It wa approaching
the State House, after the speaker.
stranger, In this section. had admired the
building and groundsi
Use they make the laws of Maine there7
wonder why 1t is that 30 often see in
your papers official notices from officers
Of the law that they are about to enforce
some particular law, which may have
been on the ststute books for some
timer"
And no satisfactory answer had been
thought Of by the party asked. up to the
time Of our leaving the car.
A big black bear wandered into a pas
ture at Carthage the other day and was
interview by lad who was after the
cows pastured there The boy was not
frightened and tried to set his dog onto
the bear. but the dog was not enthusiast
tic over that performance and after BruIn
had watched boy and dog maneuver as
long as It interested him. he marched
slowly and with dignity into the wooos.
Florence Herbert and Nettie McLeary,
two women who arrived in Rumford the
latter part Of last week, were ordered to
leave town. Sunday. by Chief of Police
Dennis. reports the Rumford Falls Times.
Saturday Chief Dennis received informa-
ton from DR.. Young secretary of the
State Board Of Health, that the women
had just finished nursing in families af
flicteG with smallpox, in South Strong.
DR.. Young said that he had been In
formed that the women were planning to
come to Rumford and requested Chief
Dennis to locate them and send them
back to South Strong After considerable
telephoning. Chief. Dennis located the
women In Mexico, and Sunday after
Moons train took them back to South
Strong.
Last spring with it's cold weather and
backward season in the leaving out Of
the trees, was a bad one for the newly
Matched birds and is said to have been
the ost disastrous for song birds Ar
many $ears in Maine
The annual reunion of the alumni of the
TO- a.. -
at Sandy Point with good number pres
ent and fine time being enjoyed by all.
The Maine Homeopathic Medical So
ciety at its annual meeting last week In
Portland adopted resolution declaring
that doctors who do not so to the front
should give percentage of their receipts
to the families of those who do. The
resolution was introduced by DR.. F. A.
Ferguson of Portland and was discussed
at length.
Major William l.. Cousins Of Portland
was present and addressed the members
saying as an introductory remark:
You'll be sorry Ii the time comes tn7v
you had done something to help"
The speaker said lat he t:,d sent 1T
ters to at lea st 12;N medical men through
out Maine in the past few weeks and 1t
was surprising to him the replies that he
received. But four letters were received
from doctors of about 80 years of age. 1t
seems that medical men are not exactly
satisfied with leaving their practice and
becoming first lieutenants at a salary Of
5000 Many claim they cannot afford to
leave their practice for this mere pit
lance. DR.. Cousins said that this salary
was as large as good many of them are
now getting, because statistics have
proven 1t. Several letters have been re-
ceived from medical men who are past
the age limit stating that they wished to
God they were young enough to do their
part and they have offered their services
II Of any use. Major Cousins says he
will try his level best to give the men g
chance. Seventy-one men have been ex-
anined SO far and 2os are needed from
Maine.
Portland had a distinguished visitor
on Monday in the person Of Joseph P.
Tumulty. private secretary to the
President. who with Mrs. Tumulty are
on an automobile tour. They arrived
from Burlington. VT. and proceeded
on Tuesday on their way back to
Washington. much pleased with New
England.
Fourteen-ycar-o Rosie Pearson.
the Portland girl who has for almost
month been travelling about the
State disguised as b1' with a man
named VIM. Cook. ageo SO years, was
found Monday evening in Portland ana
given into the custody Of the police.
Cook is still at large.
A deer was so bold, hungry or
wanted to make friends SO badly the
other day that 1t walked slowly into
and through the garden Of ]. F. Har-
mons home at Caribou. passing the
house and finally leaving for the
woods. apparently disappointed at
making the acquaintance OF no une.
Hundreds Of people will be interest
ed in the following item from the Ar.