Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-30
Maine Gossip
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The babys wavering smile,
Msy army. npns abOa sead
(She's sleeping sweet the while).
Thanks for the kindly things. dear
The Eitchen's westward view.
Bills patience when the meals are late,
The goldenrod beside the gate.
The old cats friendly NEW.
Thanks for the human things. dear
Bilrs rough cheek on my arm.
The funny dent in baby's nose, :.
Like her own perverse charm.
The big things are Thy keeping; Lord
But little. kindly. human things.
Whose blessings never cease.
Margaret w. Jackson in Farm Life.
Turkeys will be scarce this year for
Thanksgiving day dinners, the price
being quoted at 20 cents a pound.
The American bird will roll in the
fat and sizzle before another Sab
bath. Bath In Other Days." Nov.
| %, 1ss2.-Bath Daily Times.
William S. Oliver, veteran driver
| of the mail route between Bath and
Small Point, has sublet the mail con-
tract to Edga, Pye, who has already
| commenced work Mr.. Oliver, who
haa seen continuous service fol 20
| years, has retired to his home in
Bath.
Deputy Sheriff Philip W. Wheeler
told the Free Street mems club Of
Portland that the oft repeated joke
about drinking embalming fluid when
people patronize bootleggers was
more truth than poetry. He said
| there are three different kinds of al
cohol on the market but that three
tourths of that brought in by rum
runners is actually embalming fluid,
rectified to make it drinkable.
Wytopitlock, a little town of 600
inhabitants, has been without a
doctor of any kind for the past three
months and has called upon neigh
boring towns, IS miles distant, in
case Of sickness. But when winter is
here, it will be almost impossible to
obtain medical aid from neighboring
towns. The selectnen are planning
+. to advertise for a doctor to locate in
the town and will offer full house
rent and n practise of $4,000 a year
Those in the region of Old Town,
who looked out onto the broad Pen
obscot Monday morning and saw
that it was skinned over from shore
to shore, doubt not that winter is
really on the way. More than that,
the ice skim was SO firm between
Indian island and the mainland that
the lightfooted red men were cross
ing over the natural bridge all day
Also the skating pool which the city
keeps flooded for the youngsters to
| skate on, froze over and was cover
ed with children Monday.
The animal caught last week by
Paul Willoughby of DiXfield and
which is on exhibition at the Ellis
grocery store, is attracting consider
able attention. 1t is four feet, two
inches long, weighs 90 pounds and
is light brown in color. Some think
it may be an extra large wildcat,
while others feel sure that it is a
Canadian lynx. Mr.. Willoughby
caught it in a trap in the Back
Kingdom swamp, and succeeded in
shooting it after a most exciting eX-
perience.
This week the Christmas tree in
dustry of Maine is at it's highest,
trees being shipped to all the large
New England cities. and to New
York, Baltimore, Washington and
Philadelphia. A dozen years ago the
industry was confined within a
radius of 20 miles from the town of
Bucksport. Now, trees are shipped
from every county in the state and
the revenue brought into Maine from
these will not be less than 100000.
A carload Of Christmas trees are
worth to the shipper on an average
of 5000.
Phony "fivers" have been warned
against by Secret Service Chief John
]. McGrath of the New England
bureau. Indian head IS notes are
being turned out by persons in var
ious parts Of New England, who are
not recognized by uncle Sam. Chief
McGrath allows that the imitation is
favorite with Illicit booze purvey-
ors. The counterfeit is said to have
faint ink lines in place of the we'll
known silk threads. The printing
on the face is somewhat too dark
while the back is noticeably light in
color. 1t is also a trif1e longer and
wider than the real thing.
Steam rising from piles of sand
and from the steel-work of the Main
street canal bridge. at Lewiston.
suggested smoke and a brewing fire
to many passers-by Monday night.
But no fire broke out in the neigh.
borhood. Monday night was the first
! when steam was run through pipes
to keep the steel Orders Of the
bridge and the sand for the concrete
warm during the chill evening. It
was said that the Orders and the
sand must be kept at a certain temp
erature so that the concrete formed
OF the sand and placed on the grid
ers. might set properly.
In the city of Bath, Maine. while
workmen were busy recently quarry
ing out stone from a stone crusher.