Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-30
MAINE GOSSIP
Whatta World!

whatta World!
Whatta world! With graft and muir
ders,
Holds ups, robberies and such,
Coal strike looming in the offing,
Rents too high for folks to touch!
Whatta world With income taxes
Eating up the cash we save,
Death, divorce, fire and arson,
Accidents on land and wave!
Taxis nipping us at corners.
Washers, swindlers, f1appers gay.
Plots and wars, intrigues and scam
dals-
Leastwise-so the headlines say!
Whatta world-but tell me, stranger,
Did you see the moon last night?
Did you watch the gold-red sunset
TIP the mountain peaks with light!
Have you seen the roses growing
Round that cottage Ger the way,
Have you heard the mothers laugh
ter,
Watching her children at their play?
Have you listened to the music
From that masters violin,
Did you see that home that opened
Just to let a wanderer in?
Have you seen the scouts" that daily
Into better men have grown?
Have you felt the cheer and comfort
OF some friend that you have
known?
Has some picture. song or poem
Made your spirits rise again,
Have you looked on bounteous har-
vests,
Thought about Gods goodness then?
Isn't there a heap O singing.
Laughing, loving heights to win?
Whatta world! Say. tell me, stranger,
Isn't it worth living in!
e. NJ. Brainerd.
Plans are being formulated at the
Lagrange High School for a school
paper. This is the first venture in
the field of journalism and doubtless
will meet with hearty cooperation
among the students.
The village school at Topsham
was closed Monday for the week
because of the presence of scarlet
fever Four cases have been dis
covered and every precaution taken
to stop a spread of the disease.
William H. NJ. Sheriff, schoolboy
attending the Bancroft School at
Owls Head is the beneficiary Of
trust fund under the terms Of the
will of his late mother. amounting to
approximately $1.5o0,oo0.
Supt. A. F. Goldsmith of the
Burnham & Morrill, Co.. corn factory
So. Paris, thinks they established a
record for the state last Tuesday.
when they put up 102,539 cans of
corn. He estimates that the seasons
pack will be at least 100000 cans.
Tuesday night Five Islands Grange
celebrated it's eleventh anniversary
with a special program and the
!, burning of the mortgage. This
mortgage for $500 was recently paid
off and now the order is free from
all Indebtedness.
The partridge season opens Thurs
day and ought to be promising. the
| dry Spring having afforded the
chicks a chance to develop. Deer
hunting in the eight northern coun-
ties commences Oct. 16. at daybreak
| and is said to be plentiful in most
sections. Johnny get your gun!
The Maine Musical Festival will
mean more to the people of Aroos-
took County this year, and especially
to the people of Caribou, owing to
the fact that Miss Marion Hitchings,
talented pianist of that town is
one Of the artists to appear in
Bangor, Lewiston and Portland.
B. F. Randall Of Bath was pain
fully if not seriously injured Monday
afternoon when a side Of the ditch in
which he was digging caved in on
him hurting his back and chest. He
was one of the men employed by
the Central Maine Power Co., in the
laying of a new gas main.
Sons Of four members of the class
of 1901, Bowdoin College, have en-
tered the Freshman class this fall.
They are Harry Cloudman Of Okla
homa City, Oklahoma. William p.
Portland and r. E. Bodwell of Au-
gusta.
Mrs. Alice ]. Sheffield who has
been organist at st. Patrick's Church
in Lewiston for nearly 80 years, has
rendered her resignation, giving ad-
vancing years and poor health as her
reason for leaving the position. She
has been prominent in Lewiston
musical circles for nearly SO years
and is widely known throughout that
section Of the State.
The story goes that a henhouse
was recently moved from George
town Center to Robinhood, a trip of
four miles over a rough road, and
that there was found on a beam.
after the trip was over, and the
house had been located on it's new
site, two freshly laid eggs. In
stead of the slogan Smile and keep
moving" we would suggest "Jostle
and keep laying.
A lipstick case containing a 500
bill was found by Annie Shields, an
employee at the Columbia Hotel in
Portland, a few days ago and after
several unsuccessful attempts the
rightful owners were finally located.
1t was found to be the property of
newlyweds who had been spending
their honeymoon at the hotel. What's
500 anyway when you're just mar
riedi