Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-23

<AslQ tne SldQ uISOIucT WHICH
Prove the home with joys is rich.
Than the mansions stiff brocade
Where no child has ever played
Edgar A. Guest.
With great locks of crows reported
in Maine, and cities worrying about
ice supply for coming hot months.
midwinter seems to have been mis-
placed bit.
Prices for eggs. butter and vege-
tables are coming down, but have you
heard of anything that farmers have
to buy falling in price?
President William Trufant Foster
of Reed college, formerly assistant in
English at Bates College and later pro-
fessor of augmentation and debating
at Bowdoin, has again been sent to
France on Red Cross work. He is to
have practically the same duties as On
his first trip. He will serve as an in
spector and general adviser of the va
rious Red Cross posts. He sailed for
France, Saturday, Jan. 4th.
Tentative plans for remodeling the
Cumberland Shipbuildng plant in South
Portland into a steel ship building yard
are under way. Completion of Govern
ment contracts for building Ferris type
wooden hulls is in sight
The river below the Saco Wharves IS
dotted with smelt shanties. The fish
ermen have not caught many frost fish.
and they are unable to account for the
poor fishing. In years past they have
been able to catch a bushel in a night
when the fishing was good
At a meeting OF the board of man.
ayers of the Maine society, Sons of
the American Revolution, in Port
land Monday the following were
elected to membership: Hon. Carl E.
MillikeA of Augusta. Hon. Albert NJ.
Spear of Gardiner. George A. An
drews of Waterville. Charles a.
Moulton of Buxton, Edwin +. Smart
of Livermore Falls. Arthur W. Stew
art of Augusta filed supplementary
papers. Plans were discussed for the
annual meeting and banquet to be
held Saturday, February 90.
A particularly voracious ret enter
ing q Bath home the other day and
! finding the food kept in lat-proof
closets obtained revenge hv gnawing
off the electric light wire in the shed.
An electrician sent to repair the dam
age at first scoffed at the idea OF a
rat gnawinS off copper wire but when
he made an examination had to con-
TESS that the rodent had don, good
job.
benedict Arnold, Errand- boy"
Not the military officer who was born
JAN IA, 1741, in Connecticut, came up
the kennebec in 1875 accompanied by
100 soldiers. made q brief tarry in
Pittston, then prccccGd to the terrible
hardshipS of that memorable cXpcdi-
ton to Quebec. but that officers
namesake. an English pointer. also
born Jan. IA. but in 1914, in Pcnnsyl-
vania. He came up tho kcnncbec
that same year, making the trip from
Philadelphia to Gardiner, unaccom-
panied, in box by railroad train.
When he reached Pittston hardships
incident to this journey of a baby
bow-wow ended. Here he has re-
NAMED a petted and useful member
of household. He is a trusty
errand-boy. He is frequently sent to
the store of \. T.. Lord for groceries
and a telephone message of instruc-
tons precedes him. He has learned
to understand the message that ne is
to he sent and begins to whine before
he is told to go to the store" When
let out the house and given instruc-
tions he does not go Immediately to
the store but only a little way from
the house where he can watch. and
when the store door is opened for him
he goes like a race horse. His long,
slender. aristocratic legs making
speedy return. He is a newspaper car
rier. Twice recently when he has
brought home meat he has
displayed reasoning. One day there
were long rib-bones which seemed
too long for his MANAGEMENT He
would, not attempt to carry them as
given to him but arranged them to
suit his own ideas. He cooked his
head aside TO keep them up from the
ground. made Il detour around the
house corner to avoid colliding and
delivered the family dinner safely
Another day he laid the meat on the
threshold, so he could have his mouth
free for barking. went to a nearby
window. stood up on his hind legs and
barked his message that he had done
the errand. On last New Years day
his mistress wanted a package which
she knew awaited her at a neshhor-
ing house. The phone was brought to
use, the package was sent to the
store, Ben was sent there and brought
it home These are but commonplace
doings of his within few weeks
past. He is amusing as we'll as intel
ligent.