Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-14
Name Gossip
Cannino The Kaiser

Bring the good old bugle boys we nave
Sing It with a spirit tina, viii start the
| world along; ,,,;,,
Sing It as we used to sing, half million
strong.
| Chorus.
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Wen put you up with ginger in the good
old Yankee way.
While we are canning the Kaiser
Hear the song we're singing on the shin
ing roads Of France,
Hear the Tommies cheering, and see the
Africanders and Kanucks and Scots with
out their pants,
While we are canning the Kaiser.
Bring the guns of Bethlehem by way of
| old New York,
Bring the beans from Boston, ana don
! leave out the pork,
Bring a load of soda-pop and pull the
| grape juice cork,
While we are canning the Kaiser
Now we're started on the job, We mean
10 put IL InTOuRH,
Ship the Kings and Kaisers all, and make
the world anew,
Clear the way for common folks, for men
like me and you.
While we are canning the Kaiser
| Chorus
! The contractors finished pouring the
concrete top Of the New Meadows
bridge last Saturday. reports the Bath
Times. They hope it will harden
enough this week SO that it can be
opened for traffic next Monday. They
are now at work on the side rails and
filling in the highway on each side of the
big piers which support the bridge.
Another crew is at work repairing
the side walls Of the old bridge lead
ing out to the new part. Bath is
fortunate in getting this bridge COM
pleted this year. although there have
been many complaints about the folly
Of waiting until the road was built
before building the bridge. But there
was considerable delay in obtaining
the proper authority and money from
this city, Brunswick, as well as Cum
berland and Sagadahoc Counties and
State officials. Anyhow, it will be all
ready for next year which means auto
lists can get their cars out and tour
with safety to the West earlier than
before.
A wonderful sight was witnessed
Wednesday morning about o'clock
when the watchers at the coast guard
station at Cape Elizabeth saw an i'm
mense ball Of fire descending from the
heavens and striking the water to the
south east Of the lightship. Sparks of
fire were flying from it in the descent,
and the surrounding waters were light
ed up as from a searchlight.
! The Daily Visitor seated himself in
the editors chair and picked up some
illustrated scenes from Mark Twain's
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn,
including the famous one where Tom
assayed his school defamation and told
Of
Under the spreading blacksmith tree,
1.-The village chestnut stands-er-er-r-r
-um.
Under the blacksmith &esting tree-1
mean-er-er-um.
t"Ah: Under the chestsmith Wiling
stands
| "Under under" and he fled
THAT reminds me-, said the Daily
Visitor, "of an incident years ago in
Dex-. Well, there, it's out, it was
Dexter. A youngster in my school was
on the stage for his first defamation
He had selected piece beginning L
suppose you will all laugh, ETC. He
made an elaborate bow and started
out nicely with
I suppose you will all laugh and
hesitated. The school obeyed the i'm
Piled order to laugh.
I suppose you will all laugh, he
bravely repeated and again hesitated
This time the school roared with
laughter. wishing to be as accomodat-
ing as possible.
He tried it the third time and got
out I suppose you will all laugh,
and the ship again stuck on the ways
"The school simply howled, the
teacher joining in the gale Of laughter.
The latter finally took pity on the or
lator and dismissed him for that oc-
casion. Having made the hit of the
day. he was, if remember correctly,
given Iull CreQit TOT MS defamation
and no one was punished for having
complied with the laughter request"
Senator Frederick Hale Of Portland
tand Congressman John A. Peters of
Ellsworth were among the guests last
Saturday evening of the Grdiron
Club of Washington at one of its IA
nous dinners, an invitation to which
is highly priced. the newspapermen be-
ing the most famous entertainers in
the National Capital. The President,
Vice President, the cabinet officers, nu-
merous foreign ambassadors and min
listers and other men prominent in pub
lie life were among the guests.
A chopping bee which was held re-
Gently at Robinhood in the vicinity of
Georgetown when men from that dis
trict and Arrowsic gathered at the
woodlot which was willed some years
ago to the Riggsville church and par
sonage and worked for the greater
part of the day. At noon a luncheon