Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-31

One Of the places in Portland that
will be decorated on Memorial day is
little known to most Maine people,
although of course seen daily in pass
ing by scores of local people. 1t is
the last resting place of 81 soldiers
of the War of 1912, on the lower side
OF the Eastern Promenade, near Que
bee street. The plot is enclosed by
an iron fence between granite COL
umns. with rough granite boulder
in the center, partly finished and
bearing the inscription:
within this enclosure were buried
81 soldiers captured by the English
at the battle of Queenstown. Can, in
the War of 1912. and died in hospital
here while on their way to Boston for
exchange"
History says that 900 Americans
survived the battle, all being cap
tured. An epidemic broke out on the
transport taking them to Boston and
a number of them were landed at
Portland for treatment.
A prominent Augustan is RESPONSE
BILE for the following, although he
doesn't know that anyone overheard
the remark. It is recorded that he
was closely watching the somewhat
cratic driving Of an auto around
Market square in the Capital City by
a man who apparently had for once
got the upper hands Of the Volstead
act The course of the machine was
steady--in progress, but it cut no
straight lines in the dust. At last
the driver just managed-and that
was ALL just managed-to clear the
Baker Memorial drinking fountain in
the center of the square. The by
stander and close observer-the
prominent Augustan-was then heard
to calculate, in tone of the deepest
disappointment:
MY God! He missed IT,"
Herbert Caryl of Boston has as
sumed the management and editor
ship OF the Aroostook Daily News,
Houlton. Mr.. Caryl has had 10 years
experience in the newspaper game.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Sampson Of
Ripley were both born and have al
ways lived in that town and for the
past sc years have been together in
happy married life. Four children
were born to them, of which three
are living.
An inmate of the Knox county Jail,
recently assigned to the task of
cleaning the law library, became
much interested in the many por
traits which adorn the walls. Final
~ he caught sight of Judge Miller's
picture. There" said he, 'is the
DIN cuss who sent me up" His eyes
were next focused on portrait of
Associate Justice Morrill, before
whom he was tried in Supreme
Court. There's the other one" he
exclaimed. Judge Miller tells the
story at his own expense, with an ap-
preciative chuckle, says the Courier :
Gazette.
A fish story is supposed to be more
or less unreliable-usually little
more; but this fish story is absolute
ly true from beginning to end, and we
think we can prove the facts, says
the Fairfield Review. Joseph S. Will
hanson of Fort Fairfield, the expert
bookkeeper, member of the firm Ben
jamin F. Townshend, Inc, profess
sional accountants, returned home
Friday noon from an automobile trip
of a week through Winthrop and 9TH
er parts of southern Maine, going in
all 800 miles, carrying a fishing pole
and rig with him all the time, and
trying it in many brooks and brook
lets. ponds and pondlets. lake and
lakelets. with extraordinary success
one trout four inches long. Mr..
Williamson being good in figures has
ciphered out that this fish cost him
at the rate of $3.210.15 a pound. but
being a particularly good fish. was
probably we'll worth it