Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-10
Maine Gossip
NV Modern Mansion

had rich old uncle and the poor old
fellow died,
leaving me two hundred thousand
and Il mansion on the side.
1t was not modern mansion, as
modern mansions be.
And didn't suit the modern tastes of
a modern man like me.
Result Of all this disconteht-a mod
ern architect,
To turn the old place inside out and
make it all correct.
Then came flock of carpenters, with
modern tools galore.
To tear down every ceiling and rip
up every floor.
Next. plumbers came to do their
share and put in modern plumb
ing,
And soon my erstwhile quiet house
with noisy din was humming.
Modern steamfitters and masons,
electricians. painters too
They all came in to do their share
and make the old place new.
Soon the old house by the roadside
was nearly all torn down
In it's place a modern mansion stood
a credit to the town.
L surveyed the finished product with
pardonable pride,
But when the bills We're quite all in
| very nearly died,
For my two hundred thousand was not
sufficient kale
And l had to sell my mansion to
keep me out of Jail.
/ do not blame the worlmen. for they
did a fair days toll;
| do not blame the architect with
plans too good to spoil;
l don't know why my money went.
nor how, nor when. nor where
And since it's vanished from my
grasp I've almost ceased to
care.
I'll do as my old uncle did when he
took fortunes track
Just follow in his footsteps-learn a
trade and get it back.
Raymond C. Leighton.
Augusta, Me.
Congressman Wallace II. White
has finally decided not to run for
governor in the Republican primaries
this year. He has telegraphed his
friends in Lewiston to that effect.
Ice cutting will soon be underway
now that many of the ice fields. are
being cleared and this will give en-
ployment to many men for while.
Looks as if crop OF fine ice would
be harvested this year.
The annual Farmers Week at
the College, of Agriculture. Univer-
sity Of Maine. will be held March
31-April inclusive this year.
These meetings are q real institu-
ton now and it is impossible to
reckon the good that comes from
them.
Tie Portland lodge announces
State of Maine Elks' night and re-
ception to Grand Exalted Ruler
James G.. Mcfarland of Watertown,
South Dakota, to be held in the Fall
mouth hotel. Portland. on the even
ing of Tuesday. February 10th. 1924.
Portland lodge hopes to make the
event one of the greatest in the his
tory of Maine E.lkdom. Large dele
cations from all lodges of the State
will be present. There will be fine
dinner and program of entertainment.
The Maine State checker tourney
will he held in Auburn early next
month, according to an announce
ment made last night by Ray Gould
OF Lewiston, state checker champion.
Commencing Wednesday. Feb. 7. the
games will continue four days to
Saturday evening, Feb. 9. and will be
held in the Y. NJ c. A. This is the
first time in two years the tourney
has left Portland. Auburn. with her
enthusiastic county Journeys. has
heen playing a prominent part in
Maine checkers. A large entry list
the 1923 tourney.
Two OF three Portland men re-
ported Tuesday that freak coin has
made its appearance there in the
form OF a double headed Lincoln
penny. lnquiring. of one of the tel
lera of large bank who handles
thousands and thousands of pennies
each year, however. brought forth
the information that he had never
heard of such coin. The 1923 issue
of cent is the latest to be handled,
he said. and certainly he had not
run across any of that issue bearing
two Lincoln heads. Those who re-
ported the presence OF these pennies
were wondering whether they were
the result of a mistake in the mint,
or manufactured outside for some
purpose not revealed.
Willard A. Noyes OF Auburn, in
going through some old effects re-
Gently came upon a map Of Maine
published in IS45. which Is OF very
much interest and at that time there
was no Androscoggin or Sagadahoc
counties. What is now Sagadahoc
was part of Lincoln county. while
the present area of Androscoggin
was included in both Cumberland
and Lincoln counties. Wales and
Lisbon were both in Lincoln, while
Durham, Danville, Poland and 'Minot