Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-21

| The fragrance of her life.
Alice e. Allen in Our MISSION WORK.
Rockland licenses 165 dogs this
wear. but at that isn't going to the
bow vows.
Col Frank Hume of Houlton, dis-
tinguished Maine soldier, will be the
Memorial Day speaker at Bangor.
A cargo of GAS tons of china clay
brought on the Danish steamer
Dansborg from Fowey, England, was
being unloaded at Portland, Tuesday.
Bath does not get many circuses
now days." says the Bath Times, but
many years ago the P. T. Barnum
circus, then in its infancy. came to
Bath and showed in a field on High
street. At that tine +. L. hlHlseH
was with the show"
"Fiddler" Fling Of Rockland
nainted in 1850 a panorama of Main
street, from which photographs were
made. and these scenes The Courier
| Gazette is reproducing in Its col
umns. Needless to add these invite
comparisons with modern Rocklano
quite inspiring to the present genef-
j alton.
OF Harry Colvelle Hull, recently
reelected to his seventh term as sup
erintendent Of the Rockland ana
Rockport school union, The Courier
Gazette remarks: when 1t comes to
being the storm center OF pontical
contest he has shown an admirable
knowledge of when to hoist an UNI
brella."
Isaac Berliawsky of Rockland,
showing prospective customer over
the house he wished to sell, did hot
make a sale last week although SAID
10 be a good salesman. Isaac has a
GOOD excuse for his inability to make
a good trade for the place caught hre
while the trade was being talked
over. However there was a little IN
surance.
Motorists returning to Lewiston
from Waterville the other day, says
the Lewiston Sun, were surprised 10
see a State highway policeman
speeding while seated erosswlse OF
the saddle. his legs crossed ana
stuck out at right angles to his mo.
torcycle instead of the conventional
manner of sitting astride. He passed
one or two machines while going
fully so miles an hour. Some OIL
those who saw him remarked That
he did not set very good example
to motorists.
The trustees of the Maine State
Fair Association at a meeting held
at Lewiston, announced that the as
ISOLATION is in the best financial con-
/ dition it has ever been in it's history.
in the past three years." they sald,
1--WE have spent more than $2S,0oo
in repairs and improvements on the
grounds. The total outstanding IN
debtedness today is only S27.ooV'
while the physical valuation or the
property is conservatively estimated
at 100000" The trustees predicted
that the old Lewiston State Far
the coming season would ecnpse any
show of it's kind ever attempted III
Maine.
The story is told of carpenter at
Bath who was stopped on the street
few days ago by a(man and was
consulted regarding shingnng a
i house, The owner or the mouse
asked the carpenter to call on MN
and make arrangements Tor the worA'
The carpenter thought that he knew
where the prospective customer hveu
and the next night called at tne
house of his supposed customer.
n
the carpeuter explained that he
thought Mr., - lived there and ne
had called to see about shingling ms
house. "That is all right" said the
man whom the carpenter had au,
dressed "come right in and we VIII
talk It over. I want my mousse
sbin1,ed. too" The trade was mace
and as result the carpenter ianded
both jobs.
The 6-passenger de luxe coaches
of the Maine Motor Coaches, Inc.
which are appearing in the state are
attracting considerable attention.
The company owns two OF these DIG
coaches which are equipped with IN,
div,dual chair seats with spring ana
air cushions, affording a greater rld-
ing comfort. These coaches are pulit
by the International Harvester COM
nany and have wide treads, a low
center of gravity and are equipped
with all known safety devices, IN
cluding four wheel Westinghouse ar
brakes. Several additional coaches
of the same design have been or
dered and it is planned to furnish ser
vice on the several routes by diner
emit capacity coaches. according 10
the traffic. The company desires 10
install its service on the various
routes in the State and hearing VIII
he held before the Public UuE'les
Commission at Augusta at ~ A. M
| next Tuesday.