Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-22
MAINE GOSSIP
Turn Backyard onos Nor.

Then pause for a ,noment-let's get
this thing right;
From the days of our grandame to the
present day mother
You have gone from the one extreme
right to the other.
am wondering. oh time. If you're In
=. the lead,
Or but as trying Insa to keep up with present
From nr Spstls sm; hsd ho0pskirts to straps
Is that filing The years with endeavor
Bring back the days Of the true. trust
When Divine love and rum was a
oh the days of consistency When
Linked not whisky lust with Divine
IL. will" on weather.
ward pace, 49,.
When unknown was the present day
hate and disgrace:
When people in trust believed Gods
Instead linking the parentage monkey
with man.
Oh, time in thy fight, can you not find
place
Somewhere in, between" from whence
.}IlT show thy dear face;
Where the world knows equality, sim
pie and true,
Where mistakes of the race Is not
blamed upon you.
Show us a world that our granddads
L have known,
With courtesy, kindness and reverence
~ shown;
Until God. dissusted, changed over
80 10y Grace H. Parmenter.
: Weeks Mills, Maine.
That POTATOES will be selling Mt
seven dollars a barrel before the end
Of the season is the prediction being
made by many residents of Presque
Isle.
The autumn meeting Of the Bangor
Historical Society will be held on
Tuesday, Oct. eth. The speaker will
be Prof. George E. Simmons Of the
University of Maine. There will also
be an exhibit OF some recent dona-
tions to the society's library and mu-
scum.
The state Highway Commission
held hearing Wednesday at Bangor
on the petition OF w. A. Kicker u
Castine, and hundreds Of other pc
titioners, for the improvement OF the
highway from Orland hill along the
Docian shore through the towns OF
Orland, Penobscot and Castine to the
foot of Main street in the town OF
Castine.
A Bangor man who has returned
from a trip to Skowhegan tells n
story of a woman there who offered
a ride to a supposed woman loaded
down with a heavy bag. The offer
was accepted and the stranger de-
posted the bag in the car and was
about to enter when the driver no.
ticed that there was pair of unmis-
takably mems trousers underneath
the skirts. With much presence of
mind she asked the woman" to step
to "a rear tire to inspect it, saying
she feared it was fiat. AS the strang-
err stepped back the driver stepped
on it, and the car shot forward
leaving the stranger behind and the
bag In the car. Arriving home IN
some excitement the woman opened
1.-THE bag and found In it a large set
Of burglars tools. ~ -.
1T never rains but 1t pours," so
sayeth the age old adage. and there
is at least one young Bath lady who
does not dispute the oft used quota
ton. Only last week three of Baths
most promising young ladies'. joint
owners of handsome 1921 Ford De
Luxe, were the victims Of some we'll
meaning abductor who did the dis
appearing act with a set of tires,
storage battery and coils. plus other
miscellaneous accessories. A few
days following the loss Of the essen
tial articles. one Of the shareholders
| in the proposition mislaid' her
pocketbook with considerable money
auto registration and personals
Monday the lady was delighted 10
receive an envelope with the address
OF a. Portland firm containing the
lost. But her delight was short lived
for examination disclosed thes auto
license and personals. but the money
was among the missing. There Is
little doubt but that the returned
goods are hers but as to the missing
money, suitable solution cannot be
found and that may come later.