Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-14


Sing of my achievements
And | will make YOU laureate"
Whereupon the poet
Sang Il song of destruction,
And forfeited his head;
The king, too. soon met the aNman's
blow.
Only the song lived ....
lie Baron Cooke i'll Shadowland.
Politics We're played picturesquely
in a Maine town, when the voters
from one district banded together in
order to get measures passed. the
leader. clad in a bright red mackin-
aw, with cap to match. would rise on
, the calling OF the question and sing,
"All hands up" and "All hands
down" and the voters followed his
lead with military ecision.-Boston
Globe.
/. There is a big drive on in Bidde-
ford and vicinity for daylight saving.
Old Orchard, at it's town meeting.
voted big for daylight saving, while
kennebunk and Portland are to have
the new time. Last year Biddeford
and Saco weretOn standard time. and
parties starting from Biddeford at
U clOCk lOt L VI tl'tIiti- 81 tAiNi w
fore o'clock by their time. 1t was
bad miXup all around, and 1t was
advocated that representatives of the
cities and towns in this vicinity
should meet and agree upon one time
and make it universal.
A pretty tale of romance is woven
about the quaint old Indian bridal
costume, which Mrs. y. Y. Campbell,
wife of the widely-known artist
photographer at Calais is shown
wearing. The costume was worn by
one Negua- NeSquos. daughter of
chief, who ruled the PasSamaquoddy
tribe at st. Andrews. n. B., few
miles from Calais, many years ago.
One John LaCoote, French noble
man. was engaged to marry men,
Der of the French nobility but she
Tilted him. To forget his grief, he
emigrated to Canada With four SER
wants. and took up government
grant of 100 acres of land. afterwards
embodied in one of the principal
streets in Montreal. Some time later
he visited friends at st. Andrews. met
the daughter of the chief of the tribe.
fell in love with her and received the
PERMISSION OIL llcI ldlllCL " W GU aISl'
Still keen and active. the head OF
a five generation family with 10
grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren
and one great great grand child. Mrs.
Annie NJ HoXie of North Fairfield
will observe her 93rd birthday, Sum
day. In spite of the short time wo.
meu in Maine have been privileged to
take part in state and national cleo
tions. Mrs. HoXie is interested in
politics and goes to the polls when
opportunity offers. Mrs. HoXie has
always enjoyed fancy work. espec-
tally embroidery which she has done
up to within a few years, She is
member of the Tuesday club, which
meets among the neighbors. to sew
for the needy; also member of Vic
tor grange of Fairfield Center. Mrs.
Hoxie now can see distant objects
without her glasses better than much
younger people. having What some
call second sight
The death of Francis w. Petty
grove, former Portland, (Me.) res
i6ent. which occurred recently in
Portland, Ore. has brought to light
the story of how the city on the Pa
cific coast almost was named Boston
instead of Portland. A flip of a coin,
fixed the name of Portland, Ore, on
what was then. but tiny settlement.
The coin was Tipped in the autumn
of 1913. A man named A. L. Lovejoy
of Boston, and second named +. w.
Pettygrove of Portland, Me. were
new settlers in Oregon and were joint
owners of a small store, one of a few
buildings in a settlement on the Will
lamette river. The settlement was
called everything from the village
to "Stumptown." and the partners
determined to dignity it with real
name. Lovejoy wanted to call it
Boston: Pettygrove, preferred Port
land. Finally they agreed to toss a
coin. The Portland man called. the
turn over the Boston man, and the
village forthwith was named Port
land, Ore.
Harry-Did you feel the earth |