Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-02
Maine Gossip
The Winning Way.

III You put a little iovln into all the work
And little bit of gladness and !i.Ne bit
And little bit OF sweetness. and little
bit of song,
Not day wifi seem too toilsome; not a
day will seem too long;
And your work will be attractive, and the
world will stop to look.
And the world will see a sweetness like
the tinklin' Of a brook.
! In the finished job: and then the world
will turn TO look at you
| With worlds appreciation of the thing
you've found to do.
Just little bit of iovin, and little bit
of song,
And some pride to sort Of make it
straight and true and clean and
strong:
And the work that you're a-doin. pretty
near before you know.
Will have set the world a-taikin, and
the little winds that blow
VIII bring echoes Of it to you, and you Il
see that you have done
More than you had dreamed or hoped for
when the task was first begun
And you'll find the bit OF lovin' you have
put into the same
Has come back to you in lovin, and come
Judd NJ. Lewis.
Mrs. G. \. Stoddard of Belgrade
"iiteo lHc JUL lAdi tHdt Lueii tiIeI :
mometer on the south side OF the
house. near Belgrade stream, regis
tered 80 degrees below zero on Thurs
day morning, Dec. 81 and 40 below on
Sunday morning. Dec. 80. She re-
marked: Some cold"
The old-fashioned way Of thawing
out frozen water and sink pipes with
heated flatirons, pokers and even curl
| ing tongs is much safer method than
| torches and lamps. except in the
hands of experienced workmen.
Inner Casco bay presents an almost
unbroken sheet Of ice and the Island
ers are recalling the old days" when
they walked and drove to the main
land. The great" freeze was that of
hall a century ago, when team load
OF hay was driven from Jewels
island, outside Long island, and in
through White Head channel to Port
land The thermometer hung around
zero for about six weeks and the ice
filled the bay for an unusually long
time. the wind remaining offshore
| Vessels We're frozen fast in the har-
Dor
The Stroller tells the following in
tho Express:
| In an effort t. rival Houdini, a
prominent young local physician
worked an hour the other afternoon
before he released himself from his
automobile in which he became a
prisoner when the lock refused to work
from the inside. 1t was pretty cold
I when the doctor started to work on
the lock after he found that something
had stuck, but by the time he got
through, he had discarded everything
in the way OF outer raiment excepting
his trousers and the beads of perspir-
alton stood out on his forehead as he
labored in his stirt sleeves. When he
| had exhausted every device, and was
about 10 attract the attention of some
passer- by, even if the lock had to be
broken, he suddenly bethought him
self of the simplest and easiest way
Then he called himself few pet
names for his stupidity, and reaching
into his tool box produced a small
screw driver, unscrewed the lock
plate, and easily manipulated the lock
so that the door would open. It's so
easy when you know how"
The Stroller credits Edward Pen
nell Jones, the forecaster and head OF
the Portland Weather Bureau, with be-
ing a star at his business, for he saw
The colo wave approaching and hied
himself to Miami. Fla, where he is not
suffering much worse from the cold
snap than we are.
The seizure by government officers
Of some of the sardines packed this
year at and near Passport by dealers
who refused to enter the National
Gamers Associations inspection
agreement. is making those firms and
individuals wonder what will happen
to them and their goods
Because Of the unusual conditions exist
ing at this time. kcra Temple Order Of
the Mystic Shrine. will omit Ladies night
this year This decision was reached at
a meeting Monday of the executive COM
mittee. At the last regular meeting of the
Shrine, Potentate Williams was structed
to appoint committee to arrange For the
annual Ladies night. The executive COM
mittee was made the committee on ar
rangements, and at a meeting of this
committee Monday in Lewiston it was
10 init al
this year. The Shrine Ladies night has
become a social event of State wide i'm
portance. Last year it was held in Port
land and it had been planned to have it in
Lewiston this year
j. d. Mulvaney of Bangor, president
! of the Maine State Checker Association,
announces that the annual State tourna-
ment will be held at the Bangor Y. NJ &.
A. Jan. @ to 26 The play is open to
present members and any who may be-
come members at that time by paying the
membership fee of s1.50. This tourua-
ment is expected to bring together some
of the best checker players in Maine and
+ there will be some lard-tought matches
number of Bangor and Brewer PLAYERS
Will see what they can do The connect
tors Will play two games with each other
ana nave five minutes to think over