Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-30

Lad of my dreams delight
Though he is far and l away
From him who dwells apart,
red bud greet the Flanders day
That blossoms in my heart.
Private Edward YerXa in Boston
Sunday Post.
The discount on Canadian money
at Passport for weeks has been l.
per cent, but on July /, and
most of the merchants will accept it
at par and hope to regain some of
the Canadian trade lost through the
discount.
The hay crop in Aroostook will be
poor this year, according to present
indications. The grain seems hardly
fair in condition. The gardens are in
general from fair to considerably
poorer than fair, reports the Fort
Fairfield Review
Sir Auckland Geddes, the British
ambassador to the United States, who
has a summer place this year in
ISltSDoIO, VIII De unaDlc 10 accept the
invitation of the City of Rockland to
attend the Fourth of July celebration
under the auspices of the American
Legion of that city, owing to being
obliged to return to Washington and
probably not being able to return I'M
til August.
The boys who man the brakes on
the handful. Senator Baxter of Bath,
had her out last week and squirted
2}1 feet ana inches in practice
That, Of course. was not the only rea-
son. but they then voted to invite the
firemcn of DamariScotta, Rockland,
RoCkpOrt and Thomaston to be their
guests on the night before the Fourth,
on their way to the Firemen's mus
ter grounds at the Fair grounds,
Topsham.
Old Orchard has many guests, in
Guiding Pappabriantaf1opoud Ar
istos, who is having just as nice a
time as any other Yankee.
Isaiah King of Bath is said by the
Times to be Al on boiler work. He
was at work recently repairing the
boilers of the Steamer City of Rock
land and found that some Of the big
plates could not be put into the boil
or room through the usual entrance.
SO instead of worrying about it, he
rugged Il tackle and engineered the
plates through the big smoke stack
down into the boiler room. Easy,
Nh and Mrs. Augustus Small cele-
brated their silver Wedding Monday
night with Il reception and dance in
Bridge hall. Winnegance. with about
1870 guests present. An hours re-
ccption. refreshments and ii dance
until midnight made most enjoy
able evening.
Captain James r. Hall of Bruins
wick, who followed the sea for so
years, rather discrcdits the pirate
theory in the disappearance of the
crCW Of the schooner Carroll A. Deer
ing and believes that if any trouble
occurred on board, it was mutiny
His own opinion of the mystery is
that it was believed that the vessel
was in danger of being wrecked and
the crew took to the boats and were
lost.
The, engineers on the Norway
l,.1,o r1 lni Of hn
exhibited by auto drivers, says the
South Paris correspondent Of the
Oxford Democrat. The branch, as
everybody in this part of the coun-
try knows, crosses the state road
twice between the station in this viii
lage and that in Norway, and that
thoroughfare, under the new con-
ditions, has become speedway.
Autoists have apparently become
intoxicated in the matter of fast
rolling on the smooth concrete, and
have great Discrimination to shut off
power. They cross the railway "a
head of train with utter abandon
ana pay no attention to whistle or
bell. Unless more regard is paid to
the warnings a serious accident may
occur any day.
Patrons of the Saco postoffice are
interested in the announcement that
parcel post deliveries will be re-
sumed there July /. The service was
discontinued last March because of
lack of funds.