Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-01

| 10 o'clock. but it again registered ia at II
o'clock.
| Sunday, July q, was the ath birthday
anniversary Of Isaac Bishop, who resides
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry sher-
man on tho Hallowell road. Chelsea, and
the event was celebrated In a most fitting
manner. for Mr.. Bishop said Monday. it
made him feel 10 years younger. At "a
| Mr.. Bishop Is a most remarkable man.
His eyesight does not require lenses, he
can handle gun so we'll that the crows
are not willing to give him any kind Of a
chance He rises early. works hard. re-
tires early. uses neither liquor nor tobac-
| his good health to outdoor life and alb
staining from liquors and tobacco. He is
a Civil war veteran.
Cornelius Anderson and Mrs. Leon
| ard Of Bowdoinham recently enjoyed
their first automobile ride, being taken
, to Bath Mr.. Anderson is 81 and Mrs.
| Leonard So years of age.
Congressman John A. Peters, on a
recent trip Of inspection with the COM
mittee on naval affairs, had the inter-
esting experience of an underwater
trip by submarine.
| Because she can speak French in a
very fine manner and becaues she feels
that she wants ito do her Bit" Miss
| hos nj fr
teach French to the young men OF
| Ellsworth who are likely to go to
France with the colers. Of course time
is not sufficient to give thorough in
structions, but Miss Purdy, who speaks
French as well as she does English
will give instructions in. colloquial ex-
pressions and words in most common
use. which will be invaluable TO the
American boys in France.
The people Of York and of York
Beach are becoming sensitive over the
fire alarm system. according to the fol-
lowing report which appeared in q
York weekly:
"Why Is it that the York Village fire
department Is called to York Beach
every time there is a fire? This COM
pany has made a half dozen useless
runs and the thing has passed beyond
the stage joke. The Beach department
is fully able to take care of their sec
ton and don't want any help from the
Village until it is needed. 1t makes
both companies appear very foolish to
call the Village boys over there, only
to have them arrive with the fire out
and the Beach boys going back to their
fire house. There is certainly lack o!
system somewhere which should be
remedied. The boys here are perfect
ly willing to go, and the Beach lads
never failed to come at our call. hu,
neither want to be made a laughing
stock Of"
! Here is an amusing story of how
former Bath man became the mem
Der Of an exclusive club in a big city.
says the Bath Independent. The mem
bership is restricted to active and re-
tired sea captains. When the Bath
man took up his residence in his new
home town he was introduced by a
member Of the club as a captain. At
first he looked at it as a joke and made
efforts to correct the mistake which
his friend, former captain. had made,
but found that ii was an impossible
fob and gave it up. He says that lots
of his mail has Captain attached to
1t
BY all reports there must be another
very large beast of some kind on our
island again. for it was sighted last
Saturday at midnight by three of our
young men who were returning home
from Boothbay Harbor, says the West
Southport correspondent Of the Booth
bay Register. OF course they had been
to the movies but they cannot get any
bug juice there or fire water, so they
were not seeing things, and according
to what they say. 1t might be another
bull moose or rio hippo.
The Great Works correspondent OF
the Old Town Enterprise has consid-
cradle humor in his or her makeup, as
is evidenced by the following from his
lost weeks batch Of news and other
wise:
Up from the South at break Of day
No voice to warn--no hand to stay
A weasel. crafty, cruel and slick
Killed twenty one Of Hen Fletcher's
chick
No voice to warn-no hand to stay
And Hen Fletcher twenty miles away.
Bob Clark planted some pole beans
but they refused to pole. not being that
kind Of bean, as Bob has since found
out, but the curious part Of it is that
the poles are growing at a great rate
and bid fair to develop into good sized
wood lot in a very short time.
John Veazie. while initiating his
father into the mysteries of driving a
motor truck. attempted to climb a
telegraph pole and met with consider
able success. He managed to break
the radiator which set him back just
$500.
Bog Gray threw a monkey wrench
into the cog wheels Of industry the
other evening while he sat in his fliver
and soulfully poured out the heart
stirring strains Of Come out Rosie in
the bright moonlight" on his Klaxon