Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-31


We've another bunch of tireless. fight
ing chaps
Nearly half million strong
Growing bigger right along
Who work for you from reveille to taps;
Hear them chant the Kaiser's knell'
AS they give their battle yell:
We have stamps and bonds to SELF"
COME ON"
Whether work or whether play,
You will find 1t true as day
That little dose of ginger aids success;
If things worth while at all
1t deserves your giving all
The enthusiastic effort you possess.
See that fellow in the lead?
stem to his fighting creed:
Get a-going-show some speed!
COME ON"
The Cave Scout in Boys Life for Oct.
The first mackerel shark to be
brought to Bath to be cut up for the
retail trade, arrived in the sloop
Venetia Monday noon, having been
received by Capt, Pinkham on his
boat nearly as soon as the big fell
low had been caught off Five Is
lands. The fish weighed 200 pounds.
Mackerel shark meat, when broiled,
resembles halibut and sword fish and
is quite palitable. In the old days
horse mackerel' as the mackerel
shark was then called was classed
with sturgeon in Maine and thought
rot suitable for food. Now both
sturgeon and shark and whale meat
are readily sold in the markets Of
the larger cities.
The trustees of the Maine State
fair will shortly hold a business
meeting when the matter of adding
another hundred feet to the new
building will be considered. This
was the original design, but was not
carried out this season because of
lack Of time and funds.
In speaking of the recent volcanic
eruptions in the waters around Porto
Rico, n. B. Tracy of Auburn says:
Il have always contended that these
eruptions are caused by the chasms
and caves in the earth and have
been thhrown up in past geological
ages. A chain of these passages I'M
derlie the ocean from the tropics of
South America in Italy. When they
become filled with oil and gas the
result is spontaneous combustion and
an earthquake. The shell of this
earth is only about 40 miles in ex-
tent, or about the same proportion
as the shell of an egg. The oil and
Gaj come from the fires beneath.
The Atlantic coast is comparatively
free from these explosions, but the
reason for this is hard to say. The
time may come when the entire
crust of the earth may burst, and
then we shall all get what our an
cestorS taught-hell."
The report that robins have gone
south month earlier than usual
leads some of the weather. wise to
predict a worse winter than we had
last season. Listen to the old kill
joys, says the Rockland Courier Ga
Zette.
Two moving picture actors made it
possible for Bucksport to go far over
the top in the Liberty Loan cam
paign. William Farnum subscribed
$4,000 and Dustin Farnum $1,000.
Both are Bucksport boys and are al
ways loyal to their birthplace.
Work on the State road has been
considerably delayed lately on &C
count Of sickness among the prison.
ers who are employed on the job, re-
ports the Camden Herald. The cul-
vert work is about all done and now
the street work is the gravel sur
facing.
Commander Charles F. Smith Of
Fred S. Quincy Post, G. A. R., Saco,
has joined the chop half cord Of
wood club, and is making good
cord of wood in six hours, and plans
to chop a similar amount one day a
week until the snow flies.
Harold V. Wilson, known as Bud
dy," has been elected executive sec
rotary of the Lewiston Chamber of
Commerce.
Miss Mary Chase Weston and Miss
Isabelle Bancroft Weston Of Bangor,
left Saturday night for Boston on
their way to New York to report for
overseas duty to the Y. NJ. c. A. in
the division of entertainers. They
will attend before sailing a confer
ence Of overseas workers at Barnard
College. The Misses Weston have
long been prominent in the musical
affairs Of Bangor. They are the
daughters Of the late DR.. and Mrs.
James Chase Weston.
Mrs. L. E. Norton and daughter Of
Porter are doing their share of farm
ing. They have dug 20 bushels Of po-
tatoes and gathered about 100 bushels
of apples and put them in their cell
lar besides caring for four cows, one
horse and two hogs and a flock OF
hens and doing the homework for
five in family. One of the family is
an invalid and one aged and infirm.
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