Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-20


my name.
| And where the mistletoe is still and
white
Your lips will turn the darkness in
Margaret Sangster.
| Bids for the Caribou postoffice,
| like those for the Fort Fairfield post
| office, were found so high that none
| could be accepted. The same man
| was low bidder on both buildings, A.
| M. Lundberg, st. Louis. Mo.
| A number Of stores and business
places in Caribou have been broken
into lately and small amounts of
! money stolen. Money was also taken
| at the telephone Office from the
| pockets of coats belonging to the
| telephone girls. Four boys were
| charged with the offense, hearing
held and three of the boys sent to
| the state School for Boys, South
| Portland. The other boy. who was In
| hiding. could not be found, but will
be sent away as soon as found.
Hart L. Woodcock, water color
artist, who has been at his summer
studio in Searsmont for the past six
| months, will sail from New York
shortly for Nassau, N. p, where he
has maintained studio during the
winter season for more than 20 years.
Mr.. Woodcock exhibits each season
at the Colonial Hotel where smart
English and American society gath
ers in winter, and his work has gone
practically all over the world. Much
of his finest water colors has been
done in Nassau with it's picturesque
old homes. it's walls overrun with
| bougainvilla, it's 4wharves and boats
with colored sails, and the quaint
and curious old types of humanity
which frequent the waterfront. Many
| of these types and much of the pic
turesque beauty has Mr.. Woodcock
caught and preserved and his work
| today carries Nassau far afieId.
While digging away the south
foundation of King Tavern at Bath,
Alton Lewis, Foundation Co. en-
| ploye, picked up an 1S-carat solid
| gold wedding ring which crumbled
from natural setting of mortar.
| He had just prfed a huge granite
block loose from it's cement setting
| s1hA q idby iiuS was eApOSpu
in the mortar as if 1t had been drop
ped there back in the early fifties
! when the tavern was moved from the
site now occupied by the postoffice.
! After a careful study Of the ring a
! local jeweler stated it was undoubt-
| eddy between rs and 100 years. old
| and its value was considerable as
| such rings go. The ring which is
small, has scroll work about it and
On the inside are the three initials
! of the owner who undoubtedly has
passed on by this time. Though
| there seems to be little chance of a
claimant for the ring 1t would be
interesting to know the history Of
the small piece of jewelry.
BILLY" the saco goat is no more.
For several years he had been the
mascot of the saco fire department
| and had been one of the features Of
| the football games at Thornton Acad-
envy. He had roamed the streets of
| Saco in perfect freedom, even though
he had interfered with the freedom Of
| others. He was almost as we'll known
as some of the other landmarks of
that city. Although he had an enor-
nous appetite. the question of finding
| lOou LOT MIN was never serious one,
as Billy was in no way particular as
to what the meal consisted. Most any
thing in the way of hardware or cloth
ing would do, although he drew the
line at heavier articles of food, such
as iron or steel. He had been q boon
companion to several of the youths of
| the city and will, no doubt, be missed.
! He used to parade Main street, calling
at several places which he knew were
| good for handouts. He was to be seen
| a great deal near the Saco fire house
| on Thornton street. the members of
which will no doubt miss him a great
| deal.
A Bath man who let's his alarm
clock awaken him every morning at
five got up little earlier than usual
one morning recently. One of his
children had party and during the
evening someone set the alarm al
two instead of five. The Bath man
did not notice the change and wound
the clock as usual when he went