Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-10
Maine Gossip
The Difference.

And they feed us beans for breakfast,
| And at noon we have them. too;
| And at night they fill our tummles
| With a good old army stew.
No more fizz OF beers or highballs
| When we've such an awful thirst;
| II you're thinking of enlisting
| Best get used to water first.
| For the lids on tight all over,
And when drilling makes you warm
/ You can't cool off with liquor,
| For you're in the uniform.
No more shirts of silk or linen
! We all wear the 0. D. stuff;
| No more nightshirts nor pajamas,
For our pants are good enough.
No more featherticks or pillows;
I But we re glad to thank the Lord
That we've got coat and blanket
| When we might have just board.
But by jing, Wen lick the Kaiser.
| When the coacherS teach us how;
For, hang him, he's the reason
! That we're in the army now.
Private Henry j. Ransdell
Battery F, 7th Regiment. Coast Artillery
! Somewhere in France.
/ At meeting of John F. Appleton Post
held Saturday afternoon it was voted,
after considerable discussion to continue
! the organization for another year at
least reports the Pennington Journal Of
| Nov. 6. Special notices were sent out to
the Is members and Of these II were pres
ent at the meeting. The ranks have been
so reduced in late years that the burden
has been heavy on a few members to pay
the bills and keep the wheels turning.
/ The unanimous opinion was that in spite
of this the Post must be continued and all
present agreed to double the dues next
year. II would be pity for the Post to
relinquish it's charter and we know We
speak for many when we say that the
public will gladly a any time contribute
funds for it's perpetuation.
Charles E. Bartlett of Hope fell from
load of wood last Friday, Nov. ., re-
ports the Rockland Opinion. and exami-
nation proved that he had sustained a
| fracture of the neck at the fifth cervicai
/ vertebra, as well as a broken right arm.
His brother, DR.. F. o. Bartlett of Rock
land, and DR.. E. B. Silsby were sum
moned and reduced the fractures, with
| satisfactory results. While the patient
suffers considerable pain he is showing
favorable progress and his recovery is as
sured. Recovery from broken neck,
while it is not so rare an occurrence as
the laymen is apt to suppose, may sun De
regarded as an uncommonly fortunate
outcome and Mr.. Bartlett is heartily con-
graduated on his escape.
Over 100000 has been collected IN
taxes for the present year at the ONCE
| nf R9nrOr
and they say that the money is still
pouring in at a lively rate.
! The Bangor police are searching for
a man who last Monday passed
worthless check for s175 on clothing
dealer on lower Exchange street.
CAPTAIN Andrew Holmes has arrived
in PASSPORT to make annual arrange
ments for opening the clam canning
season. which he has conducted for
several winters. Captain Holmes looks
after the canning of sardines at Stock
ton from early in the spring until NO
vember when the season ends on the
Maine coast and then clans are taken
in PASSPORT and the work is continued
until early in the spring.
Three Rockland three masted
schooners were reported at San Juan.
Porto Rico, at a recent date, all dis
charging coal cargoes. The three have
| all been chartered at very remnnera-
/ tive rates, the Lavinia NJ. Snow, to
! load logwood at Kingston, ia, for the
United States, the Hugh de Payens to
load logwood at Kingston, ia. for
Philadelphia and the Helvetia to load
lumber at Pensacola for the north side
| of Cuba.
The death at Tenants Harbor few
days ago is announced of Capt. S. H.
SweetIand. a known master mari
ner. The captain had followed the sea
for year and had many friends in sea-
port towns. He retired from the sea
about two years ago. since which time
he had been engaged in farming at
| Tenants Harbor.
The Bath Times gives the names Of
seven men who have left the barber
business and entered the employ Of the
Bath Iron Works. We mean nothing
against the remaining BARRIERS Of the
Shipping City, but the seven mentioned
were doubtless well qualified for their
rev work.
| George LaBrick of Old Town had a
desperate fight with an enraged fox
here last Saturday. with George on the
receiving end with the fox and Phil
Fleming as principal heavy locker on,
writes the "Thirty-two'' correspondent
| Of the Old Town Enterprise. 1t seems
that George and Phil, who were out
| here hunting, came across Brer Rey-
nard and George let fly with his
trusty rife bringing down Mr.. Fox.
Our hunter reached for the fox at the
| same time that the fox reached for
| him. but Sir Reynard beat him to the
| held by hair and fastened his teeth
| in his finger. Then ensued a wrestling
match that would discount the famous
Gotch- ZybisCo affair. George finally
succeeded in getting a hammerlock and
scissors on the fox and yelled to Phil,
who Rad taken up strategic position
q few hundred yards away and who
! had honn chaoripc confact re