Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-26


All his life he has sought the secret
Held and boarded by great Nature
Until by death he is forced to leave it..
Can we justly call this failure?
FRANK w. LANE,
kent's Hill Sem, class '22.
He is IS years of age, but that
doesn't hinder DR.. George A. Wheeler
Of Castine from beginning the study
of the Russian language. This is his
seventh language. He is the author
of history of Castine, said to be one
of the best examples of what local
history should be.
A building boom will take place at
Five Islands next season. A number
are planning to erect new cottages
there. Another summer the cottages
at that place will be all supplied with
water from the we'll drilled by An
drew S. Merrill to the depth OF 1853
feet.
Down in Sagadahoc county, the
cranberry home, the report is that
the cranberry crop will be light this
fall. This is sad news for the House
wife, because what is Thanksgiving
turkey or chicken without the ever
present cranberry sauce in a5un-
dance? With the berries scarce that
means the prices will be high.
The dean of Bath business men is
George F. Jackson, who has been in
the wholesale manufacture and job
bling Of candy for 40 years. During
that time he has witnessed many
changes in the city and there is not
a single man in active business there
today who was on the job when he
started in work.
Austin II. MacCormick, alumni
secretary of Bowdoin college. return
ed last week from a tour of Europe
with Thomas Mott Osborne, former
warden of the Naval prison at Ports
mouth MacCormick has been more
or less identified with the former
warden in much prison investigation.
The wives accompanied the men
abroad.
Ben Green's annual picnic for the
younger boys of the town of Houlton
took place last week in the trotting
park. One hundred and thirty young
,rri,, in frnT c
fifteen, gathered to take in the good
time. Their skill was tested in all
sorts of stunts and prizes were
awarded. A bountiful supper closed
the happy days program.
For as years, George H. Torrey of
Rockland has been to church every
Sunday, never missing once. Biz
yards and hot spells did not deter
him from his 4s-year record. Mr..
Torrey sang in the choir for '2S years
but resigned owing to the fact that
his voice is rut as clear as it once
was. This does not in any way in
torfcre With his regular church at
tendance.
Lucky Bangor Pigeons" is the title
of prize winning story in the Boston
Post contest. The pigeons in Bangor
are lucky. Every day at a certain
time a man appears with a peck
measure of grain. AS soon as he
reaches Main street, he is surrounded
by pigeons. Some perch on his head
and shoulders. While others hang to
his coat and stick their heads IN his
pockets. A certain man who was a
resident Of Bangor left a bequest to
them. This is faithfully carried out.
The feeling among the Germans
against France is bitter and they hold
directly opposite ALTITUDE toward
England az we'll as regarding Amer
lea as their saviour. is what .ohn A.
Folwartshny of Portland. recently re-
turned from Germany, CLEANED. The
clique in Germany favoring return
to the monarchist form of govern
ment. is decidedly in the minority.
Among relics of his trip abroad. the
Portland man brought back a COL
,ecfion of eyceedinrly valuable SHOT