Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-19
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Tho Man Who Could Pia,

Like pigs at feedin' trough.
That beautiful jamboree,
But we'd drunk our fill of the brimmin'
cup,
AS meier as men could be.
The ladies' had brought to town.
An a blue-eyed boozer whose name was
When he seen the box, set down.
His name was Paul. That was all We
Exceptin' his brand Of dope:
For he drank enough for loggin' crew
An he pulled at paper rope.
Paul run his fingers over the keys
An tested her with chord:
Then he bowed his head an he bent his
knees
An begun to play-an'. Lord!
The thunder roared like a Summer
Wind whistIed among the boughs:
Then the sky was blue an the sun was
In medders we heard the cows.
An far an away we heard
The drippin' water of coolin' wells.
An then the trill of bird.
AS soft as the stir of an evenin' breeze.
AS loud as the roar of fails,
He fingered over the ivory Keys.
That boy in the overails. -.
An he give his hair fling.
An we clapped our hans. but he only
II used to could play the thing"
Douglas Malloch, in the American
Lumberman.
One Of the gamiest Of salmon and
one of the most interesting incidents
Of the fishing of the season is that
figuring in the fishing experiences Of
Charles Lander and Frank McClay,
two boys. who started from the ferry
in a canoe Monday evening and
about 8 o'clock hooked a 14s pound
salmon Just above the railroad
bridge. reports the Bangor CONNER
cial 1t was $50 before they landed
him and he made things interesting
Immediately. They had no gaff or
net and the fish took them in tow to
Oak Grove spring and back. came
near winding their line around
buoy and otherwise brought them to
the edge of various mishaps. Once
they were SO near shore that one OF
the boys jumped out and tried to
land their recalcitrant catch by force
of arms, but again the fish was too
lively and it was only when tired
that he was finally taken into the
boat. The boys were using q fly
known as the Yellow May and had
no idea that they would get a strike
so far from the pool.
Capt. Lethbridge Of London, Eng
land, an officer Of the Grenadier
Guards, Kings Regiment. wearing
the War Cross and four stripes for
bravery in battle. Is the guest of his
uncle, Emilio de Gogorza at Bath.
Capt. Lethbridge on one occasion
captured, single handed eight ma
chine guns and Is prisoners from the
Germans during the great war, for
which act he was given the War
Cross.
Bath thought it might have the
highest tax rate in the State. with
it's IS mills rate. but c. S. Weymouth
Of Troy writes us that Troy's rate Is
D
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker Of Island
Falls. was one of the most interested
of the delegates to the w. c. T. U.
county convention at Presque Isle.
Mrs. Walker was a guest of her
grandson. Wilmont Dow and his
wife. Mrs. Walker has q grandchil.
dren. her own family of children be-
ing eleven. nine of whom are living.
She also has five great-grandchil-
dren. and is not an old lady either.
being only 70 years old. She has
been chaplain Of the Order Of EastS
ern Star eleven years and is planning
to make a trip to California soon.
Her activities are very jealous in
every good work.
Instances Of everyday heroism are
constantly being recorded, which in
a measure Offset some of the crimi-
nally negligent driving by automo-
bilists. One OF the latest cases is that
Of DR.. J. M. Plaisted Of Limington.
who while ascending Waldron's hill,
met boy who had lost control Of his
bicycle. The doctor hoped to avoid
a collision by ditching his car. but
the bicycle swerved to the same side,
smashed into the auto and the lad,
Ernest Berkeley, was thrown under
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