Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-21
Maine Gossip
In the Garden.


| with blossoms blooming everywhere.
and birdlets singing in the trees. and
raindrops flirting with the breeze, then
most Of us who have some land go gar
dening to beat the band.
| We buy a lot Of seeds and stuff, and
spade and hoe the land enough, to
make reg'lar Eden u it. and do it
| Just as il we love it, for visions of the
| radish red, go sailing through each
yearning head. we think of oukes and
! spuds and beets and other sorts Of
| tasty eats, we read the catalogues
| with glee, for wondrous crops We hope
to see.
| The neryy sparrows eat our seeds, the
plot grows up to grass and weeds, in
spite of all our aching backs, our joints
that creak and neck that cracks, but
i still We hoe to beat the band, we're out
| to cultivate the land. for garden truck
| is truly fine, to raise it is our firm de-
| sign.
| The next-doof neighbor swipes our
rake. the tramps our early squashes
| take, and when the cukes begin to
Irvine. a dog-fight spoils the tender
vine; and tho We rave and cHss and
swear, the damage we cannot repair,
but just the same we keep on diggin',
| with weeders. hoes and other riggin',
| for we are out to raise a crop, and
| nothing can our ardor stop.
| But maybe Nature takes a hand and
smiles upon our patch of land, and then
! the vines commence to shoot, the corn
takes heart and also root, and all the
neighbors envy us, and fret and fume
i md ft,CS ir,lr pn nT
our aching spine, they only see the
healthy vine, and next year they will
go and do the same old stunt with me
| and you.
| KENNETH FULLER LEE
| A generous nan is Charles Clark of
| Madison. He offers a garden spot to
any man who has none of his own and
who will cultivate and take care of it
in good shape. The land is within the
corporation limits and easy of access.
Several of the wooden ships to be
built Immediately for the government
will be built in Maine yards and 10 in
Boston.
The D. A. r. approves plan for uni
versal service. Several well-known
Maine women of the D. A. r. say that
they are willing to practice what they
preach and encourage their sons to go
war.
The Bangor school teachers have re-
ceived a raise in pay. Petitions to the
city council for more pay on account OF
the increase in the cost of living were
filed by the school teachers and the en-
! ployes of the city of Bangor also filed
similar petition. orders were passed
! for a 10 per cent increase in the sal
aries of the teachers amounting in all
to about $500. The city employees We're
granted raise of rs cents day.
| The center of attraction at the SilSby
| hospital at Rockland, recently, is Baby
Geraldine, the little daughter of Mr..
land Mrs. John Morris, Jr., of Tenants
Harder, who weighed just two
pounds when she was born Friday,
the 18th. 1t would almost seem
| that she was starting out early
in life with handicaps, but in
spite of her light weight she is ap-
parently perfectly we'll in every way
and seems quite wonderfully strong.
Her diet consists of one teaSpoonful of
milk and water taken from medicine
dropper each hour and the nurses feel
justly proud that their patient has
shown no signs Of collie.
A well-known landmark in the town
of Fairfield, the maple tree that has
stood the winds and weather for so
years, on the Woodman place. has been
this week, shopped down That tree
was planted 60 years ago by Reuel
Woodman.
Because of the scarcity and high
prices of wrapping paper and Irvine,
some Bangor gIocers are starting a
campaign for a return to the old fash
Toned market basket that grandmother
carried. 1t is one way of helping to
keep the high cost of living from going
higher.
OF the members of Company A. two
land, Ohio, one from Renfew, Ontario,
and others arrived last Saturday from
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
Three cars for the use of the company
have arrived at the Maine Central.
A rather unique and at the same time
painful injury happened to a Yelling
ton man, one day recently. He was
smoking and for some reason, it is not
told. was hit by fellow workman in
the face. The force Of the blow caused
the pipe stem to go down the unfortun-
ate mans throat, decorating his throat
in a shocking manner
For over 80 years, Frederick G.
Smyth has been conducting billiard
rooms in Bangor and now has sold out
his business and retired.
The fund of SIS 900 has been raised for
the insurance of the completion of the
handsome edifice, the ST. Johns Episco-
pal church at Bangor. The work of
completion will be rushed in order to
have the interior completed for the
grand dedicate in the fall.
The boys Of Company F Of Dover,
after coming together for further or