Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-30
MAINE GOSSIP

i MAINE GOSSIP
Deep Fishin'
Hi Somers was the durndest cuss
Fer ketchin' fish-he sure was great!
He never used to make no fuss
About the kind of pole err bait,
Err weather, neither; he'd just say,
Il got to ketch a mess today
An towards the creek you'd see him
slide.
A-whistlin' soft an 'walkin' wide.
I says one day to Hi, says ].
How do you always ketch 'em, Hi?"
He give his bait another swish in
An chuclslin, says, Il jest keep
fshin'."
Hi took to reading law at night,
An pretty soon' the first we
He had lawsuit. won his fight.
An was lawyer. I'll be blowed!
He knowed more law than Squire
McKnab!
An tho he had no gift of gab''
To brag about somehow he made
A sober sort of talk that played
The mischief with the other side.
Explain how he got in condition
He laughed an said, Il jest keep
fishin'."
Well. Hi is Gov'nor Somers now,
A big man round the State. you bet.
To me the same old Hi somehow,
The same olds champeen fisher yet.
1t want so much the bait err pole,
1t want so much the fishin' hole,
That won for Hi his big success
Twas jest his fishin' on, I guess.
A cheerful. Study. hopeful kind
OF keepin' at it-dont you mind?
An that is why can't help wishin'
That more of us would just keep
Ray Clark Rose, in 1.-The vaga-
bond
Ernest L. Jones, the new chief of
police at Old Orchard, has announced
his organization for the summer. and
has appointed eight regular men. two
plain clothes men and six special Of
fcers for Sundays and holidays.
A big campmeeting will be held at
East Livermore Camp Grounds. Au-
gust % to 81. The chairman is Rev.
]. L. Pinkerton of Oakland and the
leader is Rev. c. o. Perry Of Farm
ington.
Erwin D. Canham of Auburn, men,
Der of the Bates debating team which
has been meeting British colleges, re-
turned home Saturday and left Sun
day for Boston where he will take up
his duties on the reportial staff Of
the Christian Science Monitor. The
remainder of the team is on tour of
the continent.
Among the party of 81 New Eng
landers who left Boston. Saturday
night for Dawson and the Klondike.
following the old gold trail of '9S,
were Justice John A. Morrill, and his
two daughters, the Misses Dorothy
l., and Olive A. Morrill,, of Auburn.
The trip will be extensive. taking the
tourists through some of the finest
natural attraction centers in the
country.
Next Saturday, July 4, is 1ndepend-
ence day and public holiday in every
state in the United States and in the
District of Columbia, and also in
Alaska, Hawaii, Panama, Philippines,
Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 1t
is also a holiday. for various reasons,
Uruguay. Nowhere else, however, does
the Eagle scream quite so shrilly and
persistently as in the United States,
says The Biddeford Journal.
The directors of Opportunity Farm
| near Portland met in special ses-
sion at the Falmouth hotel yesterday
afternoon to discuss the replacement
of the Kendall House, the main build
ing at the farm, which was destroyed
by fire May Z. This structure was
RACED after being set afire by John
Murray. a 13-year-old boy living at
the farm. The youth confessed to
Sheriff King Graham of Cumberland
county that he did the deed because
er waxing sorry.
The Universalists of Portland are
keeping their big central church at
Congress Square open through the
summer and are appealing to the au-
toist, both native and tourist. by
holding the service at $50 in the
morning. The enthusiasm and en-
dorsement for this scheme has cheered
the board of control. People want to
go to church and they want to go to
the country. Both are healthy and
church believes in both. The plan
this year provides for both.
Memories of days gone by were
brought to mind by the old-fashioned
barn raising held early last Wednes-
day morning by about so men. neigh
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