Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-28
Maine GOSSIP
Mud! Mud! Mud !!

Name GOSSIP
Mud! Mud! Mud!
The following poem. descriptive Of con-
dtions at Camp Greene, Charlotte. y. e.,
where Bangor boys IMillthen RegimenU
have been stationed until recently, was
Written by a soldier at that camp
Mud, mud mud, mud, yellow, gooey,
Shiny mud;
You see it here, YOU see it there.
You see it almost everywhere
Just mud, mud. mud.
Mud, mud, mud mud; sticky, slippery
yellow mud;
Damndest stuff I've ever seen.
They grow il in this dump, Camp
Greene
Just mud, mud, mud.
Mud. mud, mud mud; yes your mess
kits full of mud,
It's on your pants, Your leggngs, too.
III fact. the darn stuff covers you
Just mud mud mud.
Mud, mud mud, mud; there seems to be
no end of mud.
IL it stays so thick and thin
| think I'll turn my time card in
Just mud mud. mud.
Mud. mud, mud mud; I never saw the
likes of it;
But still Joined for best or worse
so Id better stand the curse
OF mud, mud, mud,
Mud, mud, mud, mud: Shiny gobs OF
gooey mud.
Last night lay in bed and dreamed
The world was made of mud, 1t seemed
Just mud, mud, mud
Mud, mud, mud, mud, slippery, sidey,
sloey mud.
II Id died and went below.
Hell wouldn't be as bad, | know,
AS mud, mud, mud.
Mud, mud, mud, mud; plastered up and
Caked with mud.
At reveille tie up your shoe
Or else the thing will stray from YOU
In mud mud, mud.
Mud, mud, mud. mud; round YOUR bunk
house all is mud
The Colonel cussed, the Captain swore
Sherman was right about the war
With mud, mud, mud.
Mud, mud. mud. mud make a sled and
ride the mud.
Bring the Turk and bring the Hun
After mud they'll just be fun.
It's mud. mud, mud.
E. q. l.. in Bangor Commercial
The government will have a lob to
do in Lubec as a result of the big ice
embargo that existed there last week.
When the broken-up foes We're pass
ing out through the Narrows in the
swift tide, the end of huge cake
struck the granite breakwater, and up
set the heavy anchoring stone to-
gether with several others of the top
layer of squared blocks, each weighing
more than a ton. This is the first
time that damage by the ice has been
done to this useful piece of masonry,
which is all that has stood between
the water front and destruction by tide
and ice. Immediate steps will proba
bly, be taken to repair the damage
In speaking of the Bowdoin men in
the military service of the country.
Dean Kenneth G. NJ. Stills, acting presi-
dent of Bowdoin college, stated that Of
all BoWdoin men. alumni, non -gradu-
ates and under graduates one in five
is in the service of the country
Lewiston folks have received letters !
from Col Roosevelt. dated Feb. u
showing that his health is steadily i'm
proving. IF possibly can" he writes, |
Il shall attend the Portland convention |
on March IS"
Chester Mitchell of Sanford sent a |
telescope to the United States govern
ment last week which has been handed /.
down from generation to generation |;
since the French revolution. The in !
strument was used during the horrors |
of the revolution which spelled the (
end of the French loyalty and at that !
time it was the property of Mitchcll's /
great great grandfather. The tele- !
scope was given to Mr.. Mitchell BY his |
grandfather.
One case of scarlet fever has been |
reported in tire town of Bowdoinham !
and the good folks of that town are not |
running any risks, but have already |
taken precautions by closing the /
schools i
An effort is being made to preserve .
the bee making industry in Saco !
Ernest l.. Morrill, agent of the Pep !
perell Manufacturing Co. is much in
terested in bees and has Il fine apiary
near his residence
Percy Montgomery, the we'll known
centennarian, who lost his home in
Warren When the Lewis Montgomery
house was destroyed by fire last week
was brought to this city Friday, says
the Rockland Courier Gazette. and is
now located under the hosptable roof /
OF Leslie a. Ross at Rockland High
lands. Mr.. Montgomery showed rare
presence Of mind in the fire, saving his
trunk and suit case, even after the fire
had come so close to him as to SINCE
his beard. He walked in his shirt
coughs.coIds i