Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-26
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Il may not be smart and I may not
be new;
know I'm inclined to ne loud;
But still l am sure you Will give me
my due
I'm useful; of that am proud;
Though folks may abuse me-what-
ever they say.
get through great deal of work in
day.
Il stitch baby's frock and I run up
the seams
OF Molly's new gowns for the
balls;
1 tuck and I gather-ah. nobody
dreams
Just what to my willing hand
falls;
And nobody likes to put me 'on The
shelf.''
Says the sewing machine as she
huns to herself.
Lillian Gard.
The game receipts at Bangor have
climbed over the 1000 mark. which is
very good. considering that the sea-
son opened this year Is days later
than ever before. Big shipments are
the rule now and will continue to
he so until the season closes
November 80.
j. l.. Conway of Steep Falls re-
Gently picked a Mayfiower near his
cottage. He says that for several
days dandelions and buttercups have
been seen in bloom in this vicinity
but finding a Maytlower in November
surely is a cause for THANKSGIVING
for the good weather.
Maintaining that erection of two
$4,000 gallon gasoline tanks near
their property in Saco by the
Nalvoline Oil Co, and the F. A.
Rumery Co. of Portland will lessen
value of property and constitute Il
fire menace and nuisance. Frank f..
Ball and Burton II. Cutler of Saco
asked the supreme court for an in
junction. Decision was reserved by
Judge Wilson.
A Bath man, becoming suddenly
impressed with the number of Chin
ney fires, decided that he would clean
out one of his chimneys which had
not been cleaned during the time he
had lived in the house, says the
Bath Times. When he got on the job
he was surprised. to find how badly
the work was needed. Down near
the bottom of the accumulation he
found scrap of paper. 1t had been
q letter and most of it was burned
but enough remained 50 that he
found the date 1870, written on it
and decided that the chimney had
not been cleaned out since that time.
Col. Frank M. Hume of Houlton
continues his campaign for the sena-
torial nomination and some of his
enthusiastic followers are sanguine
enough to predict he will land it. He
takes the position World War veter-
ans have not received a square deal
and is in favor of an adjusted COM
pensation and the providing of an
adequate method for paying it,
There are reports Col. Hume is gain
ing strength in eastern Maine. The
Fernald men take the ground that
any marked increase in the strength
of the Houlton candidate will draw
mainly from those who would other
wise support EX-Congressman Frank
E. Guernsey of Dover FoXcroft,
whose activities have reached quite
a pitch.
1t is reported on what appears re-
liable authority that at least two
towns in this state have appealed to
a Massachusetts, institution to send
them a doctor as the sick lacked
medical attention. One of these
towns is within 10 miles of the State
capitol. This condition of affairs is
not peculiar to Maine as some rural
communities in other states do not
have enough physicians to adequate
ly care for the sick but the disquiet-
ing thing here is that SO little is ap-
parently being done to remedy this
alarming situation. Efforts are be-
ing made-and with commendable
successful check the spread of con-
tagious and infectious diseases but
that does not cover the work of the
general practitioner. The country
doctor is a practically extinct species
and his place has not yet been filled
and probably never will be-The
Aroostook Pioneer.
Manager George Sheldon, Bates s5,
of the college Glee Club is busy ar
ranging schedule for the club for
the coming Winter. Last year the
epidemic of scarlet fever that shut
up the college in mid-winter pre-
vented the Glee Club from giving
any concerts, and they expect to
make up for it this year. The first
concert will be given under the
auspices of the Congregational
Church at Mechanic Falls. The
Christmas trip will start on Decem-
Der 81, and a concert will be given
each night until January at Rum
ford, Norway, Westbrook, Sanford,
Blddeford and South Berwick. A