Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-06
A Maize Girl Abroad.

Editors of the Kenne6ee Journal:
We wish first of all to express our sppre-
citation Of the JOURNAL Whenever q copy
reaches us in our wsnderipgs we are sure
10 find much of national and world wide
interest not to mention local and State
news in lie columns. 1t always has good
word for Maine. We are glad to hear Der
praised. You cannot say too much. We
have been deeply interested in her ballot
reform, her appropriation for the Colum-
bisn Exposition, (let Maine be grandly
represented thereD her proposed new
railroads, (Maine's greatest need to-
day is raiiroads) and most of all
in her revival Of temperance feeling. Out
side of Maine we find drunken men every
where. We dodge them IS they stsgger
through the streets. We see them sitting
on doorsteps, hanging over picket fences
and lying unconscious by the roadside. We
have walked along streets, where nearly
every second door was screened, and read
Wines, Ales, Liquors. etc" We some
times fall into conversation, somewhat as
follows, With a person who would be only
too glad to see temperance overthrow;
entirely mistakened sir. do you mean to
say that liquor is not sold in Maine 2"
mean TO say that the average
for every person for all purposes is less
than three cents per year. well. l know
something Of human nature and - long rs
it is made it will be consumed" But it is
not made in Maine. II don't want to live
there" (Aside) We do not want you to-
Well don't you have liceDse2" No sir !!
IT must make great difference in your
taxes" You are quite right. Il does
Instead of allowing few men to pay large
sums into our treasury for The privilege of
making paupers, criminals and idiots Of
our young men we bring them up to be
honest industrious. sober citizens, honored
throughout the land ard we'll sble and will
log to pay all taxes to support our law and
noble institutions. well it is small
State and does not amount to much" Why,
my dear sir, it 10 nearly IS large as all the
rest of New England "0h. was think
ing of Rhode Island Well business is
always dull where liquor is not sold" But
Maine is booming. I'm triumph) well
il IL q Democratic State" No SIR. Gin
despair) well I don't know much about
Maine" ASIDE We agree with you per-
fectIy.
Not only has our own opinion Of Maine
become highly exalted since having had the
opportunity to compare her with other states,
but we frequently hear such remarks as
thes.: IAN the Maine people whom have
met are delightful. They are so honest,
whole souled and hospitable." "Our pastor
10 q Maine man, our doctor 10 Maine man,
the principal Of cur High School 10 from
Maine" The wives of some Of our lead
ing citizens are from Msine "
"Oh. are you from Maine? Have you
ever met Mr.. Blaine? He has the most
wonderful brain Of any man liv-
ing. Ex-Speaker Reed is another Maine
man who ought to be President -
Maine 10 3 grand summer resort" II
spent delightful vacation in Maine
We have oeheid the picturesque scenery
Of the Berkshire His; have travefsed the
banks of the broad Connecticut; have been
hrled through the mountain scenery along
which the Nsugatuck and Housatonic Rail-
roads thread their winding ways; have
been filed with ave BY the wonders Of
nature q Manunka Chunk and the Dels-
wsre Water Gap; have been charmed with
the wonderful view Of the Blue Ridge a.
| seen from the summit OF Mount Pocono
have stood on Mt. Penn, which lies directly
east Of Reading. and seen the city and
glorious surrounding landscape spread st
cur feet; have traversed the beautiful val
ley Of the Schuylkill; have traced the Sus-
quehsnna from = broad and mighty river in
| Pepnsylvania to its source in Osseso lake
at Coopers.own, New York, where m 9des,
stream eacurtained with trees and almost
hidden beneath their drooriug branches,
it begins its journey to the ssa. In this
charming village James Ferimore Cooper
lived al d wrote. We had the privilege of
standing by his grave in the old buryIrg
ground hard by the Episcopal church.
| On the eastern shore of the lake, Cooper
beloved Ghmmerglsss," in the beau itul
cemetery, sands the celebrated Cooper
monument, white marble shaft Crowned
with ife-iike statue Of that foes, creation
Of HE faecv, 1.-The Lssthefsto- ki7g.r Soup
tufed on the base Of the column is the
name only. ''Fenimore Cooper Webs
sp.nt 8 day ia the Wyoming yai,ey kuorn
to history sstte site Of the harrbie Wyom
ing Massacre Have been il the great coal
region Of p. ,.ylvsDis - d ihfoush III i.
vast hop fields Of New York TIE fret
| fields We sas, we in cur isnorsnce, took 10
Be s'rirg beans being raised for he city
| market II ems pity that sny'h.pg -
c'ssr,ipE rs = bop field. With rs II stoou
| Of greer, should DC devoted to beer u AZ
ing. We have visited msny of the leading