Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-06-25

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I'll grieve if sorrow press
| l have no heart of stone
But 'tis my whim in my distress
To grieve alone.
| Take thou my treasures fair.
| My purse is wholly thine,
| But ask me not my woes to share
John Kendrick Bangs.
| The 40-foot cabin cruiser formerly the
Trilby. arrived at Bath from Portland
Thursday night and has been assigned
for duty in the coast patrol service in
the Bath Section of the First District.
Lieut.. Carroll G. Brown Or. Grade)
came over in the craft and delivered
her to Commandant NJ. F. Cate. The
Trilby is manned by E. S. Turner,
machinist's mate, H. B. Rowe, quarter
master and E. E. Kennison. seaman,
students from the University Of Maine.
and w. j. Copeland Of Salisbury, Mass,
cook. She is the first craft to be as
signed to the Bath Section. and will
have a berth at Kennebec Yacht Club.
The June term Of the Maine law
court will open Tuesday at Portland,
beginning with the Androscoggin cases
and following alphabetically through
the list.
II was pleasing to sec the 50 drop in
the price Of -four during the last of
last week, but, did you see the drop af-
feet the retail price?
Tho Portland station OF the Weather
Bureau in June, 1906, recorded a rain
fall in the first % days of June Of us
inches, which established record
which it was thought would last many
years. but it was shattered in June
1917, when 9.04 inches were recorded.
Who was present at the dedication
50 years ago next Fourth of July of the
Augusta Trotting park?
Two men registered Friday at Port
land under the military act, who had
varying excuses for not having done so
on June 5. One was on duty. on the
Portland lightship and the walking was
not very good. in addition to the fact
that Uncle Sam had failed to provide
him with leave of absence. He volun-
tarily appeared and carried an affidavit
from the department of commerce to
that effect. The other appeared in
charge of Il deputy sheriff and said
that. having been approached just pre-
vious to registration day by a person
who took his age. height, weight and
other data, he supposed he was suffi-
GENTLY registered"
1t is proposed by members Of the An
droscoggin Bar to have a portrait of
the late Chief Justice Savage hung in
the Court House library at Auburn in
cLmme moration of the Justices great
, interest in that institution. He was to
all practical purposes the librarian and
took great pride in keeping up its eff
cheney. Six new sections arrived the
day before his death and he was to
personally supervise their installation,
to relieve the congested condition.
Maine takes great interest in the
recommendation of an additional pur
chase OF more White Mountain lanu Dy
the government, just made by Senator
Gollinger for the Forest Reserve Com
mission under the Weeks law. 1t in
clu6es los acres in oxford County, Me-.
owned by George HaZen and the price
recommended is S. per acre. The aver
age price per acre for the entire
amount recommended is Sab. Lands
previously approved We're 364.719 acres
at an average price of $6.5S per acre.
Wildcats are becoming unusually
bold. One was recently reported seen in
Augusta and an Oquossoc man reports
seeing one near his home, running
across a field with a rabbit in it's
mouth.
An authority says that wearing the
same underclothing the year around
will save you a lot of colds. People
about here have worn the same under
clothing since last September and yet
the colds are "Wid us."-Farmington
Journal.
Hmm, Haven't we heard of cold
water cure for colds?
The recent rainy unpleasantness evil
IDENTIFY reached the neighborhood Of
Moose Pond, for Jim Eye Jr in his let
ter to the Rockland Opinion has the
following to say:
We notice that our Wheeler Bay
friends arc wondering if we are hav-
ing any rain up this way. Guess
they'd think so if they could see the
wonderful sight in our henyard.
Wife and l have been busy night and
day for two weeks sewing oil cloth
on our hens feet to make them web
footed 1t was mighty tiresome
work, but will have tendency to re-
duce the high cost of keeping hens.
as they can float around now and
catch worms and frogs. AS we are
only 800 feet above Moose pond, it
dow hnfn