Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02

I'd leave some breathing space, some
nooAs of leisure,
If I were you.
j. d. Crabbe, in Forbes Magazine.
Big game receipts on Saturday
were large and the total figures were
greatly increased, being: e147 deer:
So bears; rs moose.
The annual meeting Of the Depart.
ment Of Maine Union Veterans Union
was held in Foxcroft Nov. Is, the fol-
lowing officers being duly elected and
installed: Department commander, E.
T. Munroe. Foxcroft; first deputy com.
mander. Thomas T. Tabor, Bucksport
second deputy commander. Olsen Stacy
Saco: surgeon general, Frank Torrens
Foxcroft; chaplain. Joseph A. Glacier
Gardiner. Reappointed, adjutant and
quartermaster-genera John W. p
Johnson, Gardiner. The officers were
installed by the Past Deputy Comman.
der John w. p. Johnson.
Mrs. w. W. Brown, who lives on a
farm on the road between Gardiner and
Richmond, noticed the news item in the
Journal concerning the light phenome-
non Of last Wednesday evening, report
ed from the West, and writes that she
saw the same wonderful appearance oil
light in the sky on the same evening
She says:
1T was between and s o'clock that
evening when we noticed a flare in the
western sky. We at first thought /,
was lightning. but it lasted about /;
minutes. 1t seemed to shed or throw
sort of a phosphorescent light and was
SO strange and beautiful that it is al.
most impossible to describe it. It re-
sembled northern lights more than any
thing else
The railroads are expecting an imme.
date return to private ownership con.
troll. 1t is said that the Maine Central
stations employees have received orders
to resume the old billing system. which
most of them do not consider equal in
efficiency to the government system
could be billed and prepaid to any place
In the country when shipped Under the
OLD SYSTEM. a prepaid piece of freigh,
starts from-say Augusta. Me.,-paid
to Brunswick or Portland and the Lord
only knows what charges will be added
from there to its destination, nor the
time 1t will take to ascertain the ex-
! pense.
II is understood that the Swear reser
visits have been notified to hold them.
selves in readiness for a call for service
indicating that something NAV no
scheduled to take place along the Next
can border. if not nearer the Mexican
capital.
A bee buzzing about the head Of a
man standing on Water street on SIM.
day morning was not seen by that in.
dividual. but the latter said the bes
was whispering: "Some spring morning
eh?" oi "i's
we should judge, for at least two
reasons, that the Salvation Army or
at least its activities are dead IN
skowhegan. according to the follow
ing paragraph. clipped from a port .
land paper: VI
AoJutant Armstrong Of the Ioca,
oaivation Army forces has been in
oKowhegan assisting in the work of
opening up a corpse of the army in
tnat town. The business men and
others there have taken much infer
ese In the endeavors of the army.
Edward H. Emery of Sanford. one
OF the officials Of the Maine Civic
League, has returned home. after a
trip through the State in the inter-
ests OF his organization, and found
local conditions in need of his atten ,
t'on, even one Of the churches helm.
on the list Of violators of the law. The
church people were holding whist
parties and awarding prizes contrary
to law and he ordered it stopped. 4
lodge was to give a whist and dance
and offered prizes in priceless sugar
He ordered 1t stopped. A dance
with turkey prize. to be awarded by