Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11

III llI SS'iCbtC lOl NilPiSS As'SiAt "| N'~
time we were to register. He could not
! speak English but was advised to reg
! lister as an alien and did so. He now
! faces the prospect Of having to enter
the United States army, having been
one Of the first to be drafted. he mas
| claimed exemption.
| The pine tree which stood so many
years on the top Of Middle Street hill
at Rockland has at last succumbed to
age and the elements and toppled over.
No one knew its age, but it was about
three feet in diameter at the butt end
and many people remember it during
the past so years or more.
| A near neighbor keeps two hocks Of
hens. One belongs to the man and the
other to the wife. Have been buying
eggs of the lady of the house and the
other night I asked for five dozen and
was brought out only one and half
dozen This she said was all she had,
! but IF I must have the full number she
would see Warren cher husband) as
perhaps he might spare some.
| Warren was seen and the five dozen
were got at 38c per dozen. Inquiry
showed that the Mr.. and Mrs. were
separately engaged in the hen and egg
industry and had been SO for years.
/ There is much rivalry to see who Will
make their flock pay best. Have a
notion the Mrs. gets more money from
/ her flock than Warren. She has the
| handling Of the eggs for home use and
both are supposed to contribute equal
! ~, but Warren says his egg basket is
little nearer at hand in the pantry
than hers.-Big Barn Door Sketches,
| in Norway Advertiser.
| Brunswick is claiming to have the
! champion blueberries as to size as we'll
as flavor. showing some that cover a
scent piece, without crowding. 1t is
admitted, however, that they are from
plot of cultivated vines.
A story is being told on some of the
Bath boys in the LIST Co. at Fort Bald
win, Popham Beach, at the mouth of
the Kennebec river. to the effect that
when the surgeon lined up the COM
pany for examination he casually re-
|
hard of hearing, step forward" and
eight of them obeyed the very lowly
spoken order. They were passed as to
| hearing, without further examination.
! It is reported, on good authority,
that young married woman at Lew
;ston has been feeding her husband on
tooth picks and water since the draft
numbers were drawn and that pre-
urinary to his examination she is so
| ing to order him TO take a couple of
Turkish baths a day to get under
| weight.
| Col. Frederic E. Boothby tells this
story that was told him by Bill Nye's
brother Frank: Certain friends of Bill
were motoring i'll Maine and when in
i Bangor decided it would be good
thing to go up to Shirley and see his
birthplace. When getting back to New
York they went in to tell him of their
visit and how pleased they were that
the citizens of the town had recog
rized the fact of his being born in that
| house by putting a tablet thereon.
| Bill expressed his pleasure and told
them how kind he thought the citizens
were and finally asked what the in
scription was and was told it said
Nine miles to Greenwich" BY the
I way, who today reads Bill Nye? For
long term of years his humorous
columP in the newspapers of the
ccdntry, Enthusiastically illustrated
by Walt McDougall was a never-fail-
! irg source Of Joy. The humorist is Of
his town time. Fashion in humor
changes. And yet to come upon one
Of Bill Nye's sketches is to enjoy
happy sensation such as none Of the
present day writer's are able to pro-
duce.