Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-11
SHE SAYS

/ In the mill of the Edwards Mfg. Co.
at Augusta. one of the bosses asked one
OF the men how many children there
were in his family. The man told him
that there were II and two dead. But
his friend over there. nodding to a man
just across the aisle. had q children in
his family. The man with the @ chill
dren was asked if that was true and he
said, in a modest manner. Yes, g not
much. have two wife,
In Augusta there is a building which
is built half way up of sturdy, pretty
blocks of good old Pine Tree State gran
lite. 1t is a beauty to the eye. The
other day / saw man with a brush
and a Iot of paint and he was painting
over the blocks with very white paint.
MAY be that was the prime coat and he
is going to have the blocks of orange.
purple or some color like that. 1t might
appeal to some folks. like the natural
color and state of the granite Who
likes Kelly green carnations, even on
S.. Patriek's day?
Everybody was hurrying to work. It
was Monday morning. He was the
friendliest pup you ever saw. He was
tapping at a big chunk of ice which was
on the sidewalk in front of a store. AS
he lapped his tail went back and forth
just as if Re was saving that he thought
that dandy good scheme to get a
drink. And this recalls to my mind a
story which was told in New York city
some time ago when certain ice invests.
cations were going on. 1t seems that
the ice melted very fast before being
taken in by the Office folks. One bright
young man said that he knew how they
did it. The ice man went the rounds to
the Office buildings. with a large bar
re! of water in his cart. As he came to
each door he dipped a quart dipper into
the barrel and threw the water onto the
office steps. When the first clerk came
to take in the ice he would see the wet
spot on the step and say. My good
ness. it's going to be an awfully hot day.
see. the lee has been delivered and it Is
all melted so quickly" l did not wait
to see If the dog ate or drank (Which
would it heo all the ice.
Ever sit1on the tail end Of a trolley
car and watch the carrier boy deliver
papers along the line? It's worth the
price OF the ride. On a certain ELECTRIC
car on certain run and during the de-
livery Of certain paper it is a real Joy
to watch the paper being delivered
along the line. At one farm there is a
dog-the regular kind of a dog to asso-
ciate with children, one that romns
through life with both eyes and mouth
open-he Is just in the initial stages of
learning to deliver the paper. Each
time the car bearing the boy who bears
tie PAPER comes along the dog follows
his 'ouns master to the car. The paper
is stuffed into his mouth and he romps
back to the house where he deposits the
paper on the front porch after some
persuasion upon the part of his young
trainer. Not very long from now that
dog vii he so trained that he will 20
down to the car all by his independent
felf. take the paper and trot Up to the
nous, with 1t. Even now he realizes the
Importance of his job as he rushes
ahead Of the boy and stands waiting for
him on the porch. At another place =
man goes out to meet the car. He is
glad to get the paper. of course, for it is
delightful layer sandwiched in be.
tween the routine Of the day. But he
says to himself. well, I've got the
paper tight in my hand. but I guess thai