Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-30
Maine Gossip

II the flush of good health
Could be purchased by wealth
And the wealth We're then given to
all;
If the things that We see
And now want were free
And to have them we had but 70 call;
If to count up the cost
Were an art fully lost
And our air-caS stiles only were real:
And all months were gay
With the sunshine each day
DO you know how we mortals would
feel?
We would use our last breath
In welcoming death,
If wishing produced ali We crave;
And we'd mourn al each birth
And have peace on the earth
Assured-whcn we all reached the
grave.
If all hearts were true
There's be nothing to do
And victories would not be in style
The spice in real life
Is the jest and the strife
That makes this old earth worth the
--Adeline Marshall Durlin, in LOS
Angeles Times.
Sweet old Grannie Hamilton Of the
kokad-jo. Moosehead region, has
passed away and will be greatly
missed by the frequenters of that sec
ton. She was over 80 years OF age
and had endeared herself to all. She
became famous as a midwife in the
days when doctors presence IN that
she probably otficiated at over 500
births. She made ner home with her
sons at Kokad-j o Inn, where she was
made Of by everyone, including her
twin granddaughter, children of w.
l. Hamilton
The arrival some weeks ago was re-
ported of H. Ross Maddocks at Booth.
bay Harbor from Boston in his sea-
plane. The plane has since then been
calmly reposing in West Harbor,
where it has been viewed by thou
sands. Mr.. Maddocks was again down
early last week. planning to fly home,
forced to return by auto.
The New Hampshire man was evil
IDENTIFY sincere in his announced de-
cision never to do it again" after
having lighted a match to see how
much gasoline he had in his atuo tank.
while being filled at Biddeford
garage. The blaze that resulted
promised to destroy the car. but the
quick-witted young lady who was
selling him the gas seized a pail of
water. after the auto had been pushed
by bystanders away from the garage
and managed to extinguish the blaze.
Thomas Johnson, employed at the
American Can Co at Eastport as fire
man. was injured in a peculiar manner
last Friday. He was shoveling pea
coal into the furnace when an explo-
sion took place and he was struck in
the side by something that cut through
clothing into the flesh. He was taken
by auto to the St. Stephen hospital
where a piece of steel jacket from
some kind of a cartridge was located
by X-ray. His condition Is not seri-
Gus.
Mrs. George G. Morse and Mrs. E.
S. Kennard of Rumford have given
the Maine Historical Society unique
chatelaine bag with a chain to go
around the neck. Both bag and chain
are made wholly of seeds, pronounced
by Mr.. Norton of the Natural History
Society to be seeds Of the wild tam
arind tree. This bag was found by
the donors in what is still known as
the John Russell house on Casco
street. Portland This John Russell
was the father of John S. RUSSELL city
clerk in 1892 and who died June 26,
1913
The way business can be done by
women is illustrated by the following
paragraph i'll the Orland rews, Ban
gor News:
Frank Bray of East Orland has sold
his farm to Miss Lehman of Wash
ington, d. g. The story of this sale is
reported something like this. true or
untrue: Miss Lehman was motoring
and the place attracted her attention.
She stopped and asked Mr.. Bray how
much he would take for his farm. He
named a good round sum and she
quickly answered, Il will give it."
somewhat surprised he said: Il sup
pose you want me to get out right
away" "Oh no." the lady replied
Stay here as long as you wish"