Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-04
MAINE GOSSIP
The Old Phctograph

In the carryall the picnic party
Turned gay eyes TO be photographed;
The dim old snapshot is loud with
1t is long now that they have not
laughed.
A collie dog barks at the heads of the
His name, Laddie. is written below.
No one wrote down the names of the
1t does not matter. No one would
know.
There was day once rich with laugh
With lakeside frolics and country
games;
The past was yelled and the future
forgotten.
They are dead now. None knows
their names.
1 alone know of that day of laughter:
l will tear the picture. then no one
will know.
I am tired of laughter, and l must be
must hurry on. have far to so.
Morris Bishop, in Poetry.
The Coast Guard cutter Ossipee Is
expected to leave Portland Tuesday
morning for Boston. where it is be-
l.eved she will join The fleet of gov
eminent boats now kept busy in
watching the movements of the YES
sells engaged in peddling rum on the
Massachusetts coast. Albert Hayes,
who has been chief hoatSwain on the
Ossipee for some time Jeff SatIrr-,
day night for Cape MAY, he having
been promoted to the command OF
the Coast Guard towbeat Kickapoo
stationed at that port
Two young hoys. Lcander r.
Nichols and Maitland Iushard Of
Wiscasset. about IS years of age,
We're in court in that town Saturday.
charged with the possession of a
still. According to the report, the
two youngsters lad set up and oper-
ated secret still hidden in the
woods about the town. which was
recently located by the police. The
boys admitted the charge. The sen
tence was suspended and they were
placed on probation. the probat ton
officer being Charles Sewall. prin-
cipal of the Wiscasset High School.
A two days. annual meeting of the
Boys and Girls club connecteH with
the Twin County Farm Bureau, clos
cd at Auburn on Saturday when the
winners of the various contests were
announced and prizes awarded.
There We're about $50 boys and girls
from the different clubs in An
droscogGin county in attendance,
and the meeting was one OF the most
successful ever held hy the Farm
Bureau. II was announced that the
United Staes Department of Agrl-
culture has awarded charters to the
fC lowing clubs: Tho Willing Work
ers Of Durham; The South Bend
Club Of Durham; The Busy Bee uf
North Turner. and the Wales
Workers of Wales.
While driving her motor car down
the steep hill on Davis street. Ban
gor on Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
Frank Lewis stepped on the accel-
orator instead of the brakes and the
car raced at terrific speed and crash
ed through the side of a frame dwell
ing house owned by Mrs. Sarah
Head and occupied on the first floor
by Thomas Whalen. A hole feet by
6 feet was made in the wall and a
piano that stood on the street side
VI the room was nurIeQ nine feet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whalen, who were at
dinner in the next room. thought that
the heating plant had blown UP and
rushed into the street The car was
not very badly damaged ana Mrs
Lewis escaped with few scratches
The damage to the house is estimat-
ed at $1,000.
At the ship yard of the Rice
Brothers, East Boothbay. eight of
the 10 75-foot boats they are con-
structing for the United States gov
eminent to reinforce the fleet or
rum chasers on the coast are now
building in one shed. two being we'll
advanced and almost ready for
launching. Others are expected to
follow in about a month These
boats are similar in type and equip
ment to CG-100. the first of a fleet
of 1873 fast boats building in various
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