Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-06
Maine GOSSIP


Tied Robinson, in Cleveland Plain
Dealer)
Come with me and ramble. o thou
that adorest
Well walk in the woodlands and frisk
in tho forest.
And learnedly chat Of the beauties of
Wen note how the chlorophylI fades
from the maple,
And fading gives place to the
brightest of hues.
And wild d,dn vegetation shall furnish the
OF ali the profound conversation we
use.
The a sss. s,ssn, and thistle shall take
The sweet poison ivy we'll handle
with care;
We might even mention the lovely
. fringed gentian-
rare.
Each flower that we notice shall huge
: With cries such as this we shall
gather them in
20. look. There's a wonderful wopus
PhlebitiS.''
And Here's Gallallopis Fustulus,
Linn"
Well ramble unroped through these
verdurouS Edens,
Through dales and through dells We
WI, shall daintily dance:
Wen speak OF the spores and the
And accumulate dock-burrs all over
our pance.
The artless arthrosia, the timoid
tephrosia.
Wen pop them all into our little tin
And we'll gather US armfuls of amber
ambrcsia
To make ourselves loved, riding
home on the cars.
Asking woman at his window how
she voted. William E. Weber. paying
teller of the First National, was quite
taken back when she replied:
Il voted for Cox, but L hope Hard
ing wins
Can you beat that?" asked Mr..
Weber when he had told me of her an
swer?" l was too polite to ask for an
explanation. but I cannot help wonder
why she voted one way and felt an
other" says The Stroller in the Ex-
press.
But We know an Augustan, who DELHI
erateiy bet on Cox-because he said
he never won a bet and that was the
only way beside voting he could help
his choice win.
1t was just so years ago that the
change of gauge ON the Maine Central
was completed and passengers able to
go from Portland to Bangor withou,
change of cars
About three inches of snow is report
ed in the regions north of Moosehead
and hunting conditions are now ideal.
Can a squirrel lick a rate You bet
your life the gray squirrel that saw
did," says Miss Gladys Mcclure, typ.
list in the register of deeds Office at the
court house. at Rockland. Miss Nc
Clure declares that as she looked from
the registry window the other day she
saw what she supposed was two squir-
relS fighting but when she looked more
closely she observed that the squirrel
was fighting with a rat 4 third bigger
than himself. After a hard tussle in
the squirrel drove the rat to cover and
chartered about on the grass for a few
moments. as if in defiance. after he
had driven the rat to cover. nc
The story is told of a Wooiwich
man of large size who built a store
house with one door. 1t was a cold
day when he put in the door and he
worked from the inside. When he had
the door all hung he started TO open
it to come out and was unable TO open
the door. He had to take the door off
its hinges in order to get out.
St. Mary's church at Bath was built
in 1856 and is one of the most inviting
and pleasing of Catholic churches in
Maine. Many improvements have been
made during the pastorate of the pres
ent priest, Father Nicholas J. Koran.
The pews are handsome and comfort
able seats and will accommodate zoo
persons In the gallery are seats that
will give sittings for IS more Sundays
rather Koran usually breaches to 1850
persons that attend his three services.
Catholics" remarked the priest ARE
brought up to attend church
1T is the only October in my life in
which l can remember the leaves simply
dying and falling from the trees from
their own weight. without the least
assistance from frost said an Au-
GUSTAV on Flday morning, when the
thermometer in the sun was register
ing 20 degrees above
Hon. Frank E. Guernsey hung out a
flag on Election day which is of his
toric interest. says the Observer of Do
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