Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-24

"
,Whate'er 1 do, she quickly tries.
Then looks at me with serious eyes,
Puts on my hat and shakes her head
1T is too black, Grandma" she said.
Into my rubbers go her feet
She swings the door toward the
Then looks back with her dancing eyes
While proudly. clearly, her voice
Just like Grandma!
Dear God, just let me worthy be
Of this dear child who looks to me,
And in her childish way doth try
TO grow to years not yet gone by!
For her sake may each act of mine
Reflect the Perfect Love of Thine!
Helm me. that | from day to day
BE worthy of the lips that say
Just like Grandma"
After a long wait of many years
for rural free delivery mail at the
small reservation of the frontier
tribe of Passamaquoddy Indians,
they now receive mail every after
noon~N from the Perry post office.
Many Indians have set up mail
boxes in front of their houses and
are now enjoying the comforts of
a daily mail delivery.
Since the winter opened the Passa-
maquoddies have been busy MAX
ing fancy baskets, moccasins, toys
and various novelties for sale among
the white folks. especially during
the summer months when many
members of this tribe visit summer
resorts, and call at PASSPORT every
day with their. wares. One of the
necessary articles needed at the
reservation is ash logs for baskets
and in recent, years the supplies
have been so light in the Washing
ton county woods that the Indians
have been obliged to make long
trips through Aroostook county to
secure a supply which is provided
by the state every year.
An item in a recent issue of the
Boston Post said that the lilac-bush-
es at Squantum are budded. King
field can boast as much and more
considering how many miles farther
North it is. Mrs. +. o. Merchants
lilac bushes have been budded for
The Maine Coated Paper mill at
Rumford~ is closed for this week.
The Oxford mill also shut down and
will remain closed for q longer
time. The International Paper Com
is probable that several of the
machines will not be running this
week.
Thursday, Feb. II was the 11Sth
anniversary of the first meeting of
the Baptist church of the towns of
New Gloucester, Gray and Poland.
This meeting was held at the home
of Elder Ephraim Stinchfield in
New Gloucester and application was
made to a justice of the peace for
permission to form society. Elder
Stinchfield was the first pastor and
meetings were held at his home for
some time. 1t was in 1910 that the
monthly business meetings were
transferred to Gray and were held
in different parts of the town, but
principally st Dry Mills, where the
society had a. parsonage. Jonas
Humphrey was the first clerk hold
ing that Office until November, 1927.
In 1926 the towns disbanded be-
cause of the increase in member
ship.
Clinton L. Baxter and James H.
Dyer are among the Portland peo-
pie who sailed Monday on the White
star liner Megantic from New York
on the second tropical cruise of
the Winter of this steamer. The
trip will take about % days and the
ports to be visited will include Ha-
vana, Jamaica, the Panama Canal,
La Guira Ohe port for Caracas,)
Trinidad. Barbados, Martinique,
Virgin Islands and Porto Rico.
Judge and Mrs. Charles l.. Donahue
and children are also on the pas
senger list which includes more than
400 from this country
-
p, Macgregar Allen of Science
tady. N. Y. formerly of Portland,
who has for some time been engag-
ed in Y. NJ. c. A. work, sailed for
Europe to take up international
work for the same association. He
is to be located for the present in
Czecho-SIovakia as divisional secre-
tary and will serve as member of
the faculty of a school at Brno.
Austria. Mr.. Allen is accompanied
by his wife and son, who will assist
him in his work.
George Roderick, of Bath, is devel-
oping into a second Houdini. In
addition to his well known ability of
freeing himself from ropes with
which he has been bound, as ex-
emplified at amateur nights at the
Opera House. he is now able to re-
move his hands from haffdcuffs.
Two police officers one day last
week shackIed him. each with his
own handouts and Roderick extri-
Gated his hands speedily from each
pair with apparent ease.
a generous offer by one employee
to another was made Saturday at
the Texas yard where the roll of
men has been cut in two. about half
of the employees being let go, the