Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-14

VS. the var tkat once vas maintained be-
tween the college boys and the ..yaggess'
- the town boys were called. But thai has
given way TO advanced civilization and -
viii tbe Harrington quarrel when the boys
get their eyes open to the fufiicfoas spec
| tacle they sre making Of themselves Yes,
| IL they must have rivalry try . spelling
match a. one exchange suggests
| Tbs Poet Whittier 10 not visible at he
convention of Friends 10 Portland this year.
Bat Friend Whittier Iefr something oehiat
when he took his last journey that vii be
N inspiration 70 those Who may BE- gathered
together in any good caase 20 long A. the
language in which his thoughts art written.
10 spoken or Known 10 the World. Friend
| Whitiier will always be . power at the
Friends yearly meeting.
| Il isn't at al surprising To hear Of Maine
men coming to the front in other states
Ario BATES the gifsed journalist, author,
and poet, native Of East MAehias and
graduate Of Bowtoin College in the class Of
| 1915. has Just been elected professor Of
| English literature in the Boston School Of
Technology.
The trial trip Of the Machiss shows that
| the Pine Tree State can more than hold
her own in the building Of iron ships.
Maine citizens have just reason 10 feel
| proud Of General Hyde and the magnificent
industry which he and his eo-workers hav.
| built up within our borders.
The sympathies Of Maine people will go
out 10 Wabdoboro In the loss that has been
Inflicted upon that town by the FIRE hend.
A i've place like that, however will noe be
long in raising new buildings from the
ashes Of the old.
"A very good match all around" Is what
IL said Of the recent marriage Of Ag. Kyaw
to Ma Ma B~ia in India. Maine people or
some of them at least, will be interested IN
this because Mig. kyaw was educated at
Colby University and was very popular.
lie 10 said to have secured delightful con
sort in Ma Ma Bwin, one who will be of
great assistance 10 him in his missionary
work among his people.
Those forged checks on the First Ma
tiOnal Bank at Lewiston were 80 skillfuIly
done that the man whose name was forged
couldn't distinguish the original from the
counterfeit. Evidently the rascal is a
genius. The marvellous skill displayed
stamped him q man Of intellect. The fact
that he did it at all stamped him not only
a. a moral weakling but as devoid Of good
sound sense. That one act has practically
closed the door on any honest achievement
in life. His scheme so srtfully contrived
succeeded but few more attempts in the
same line, very likely one more attempt,
will land him behind the prison bars.
In the Bangor Wing Of June 18th, Con-
sressmen Boutele pays a Enthusiastically
eloquent and feeling tribute to the late
General James A. Hall. In closing he says
" lie was Il genial companion, scrupulousy
temperate in his habits. and always cheer
ftd and bright. His death affects US as
personal sorrow and we sadly bid farewell
10 beloved comraie and honored friend"
The fishermen say that the trout have not
been more numerous in the Maine streams
AMI ponds for many years.
Bangor appears to be clearly entitled to
the belt on the number of dogs licensed.
City Clerk Brett has already collected pay
for 100, and the end ia not yet.
rhe stockholders in the Portland plush
mill ar beginning to realize that if they
sell OUT to parties who make success of
the enterprise they will feel chagrined.
This feeling may stimulate them to continue
the enterprise as there seems no good rea
son why they should not
Not alone the Episcopalians of Gardiner
but those of the State AMI in fact all Chris
tan people rejoice that today the centennial
celebration of Christ church, Gardiner, is a
celebration of 100 years of fruitful Chris
tian endeayor.
SO long as the fame of +. T. Barnum
lives, 80 long will live the recollection that
he fully appreciated the public's
delight in being occasionally hum
bugged. This quality in human nature
doesn't seem to be confined to any particu-
lar class and no one appears TO he so really
inclined always to grasp at naked truth in
preference to positively shrouded in
mystery which invites attention. II is
this quality to which the
charlatan, the qrock the sensationalist
successfully caters. fhe prevalence of
this quality was well represented in the
opinions expressed at the disappearance of
Mr.. Mitchell, whose body was recovered
Tuesday. The probable cause of death,
and what proved to be the cause,
was that while swimming he was seized with
cramp aud was drowned. This was the
probable cause, strongly probable. And
yet there were many whose first
thought was that he had been foully dealt
with. Then other possible explanations were
caught up. 1t really seemed that any solu-
ton was more readily believed than the
most probable one. Rumors set were shoat
which tended to heighten any mystery that
might exist. Some of these rumors found |
their way into public print and were eagerly |
read perhaps by the very ones that gave
rise TO them. To such an extent did this pc |
cuiar human quality assert itself that few |
were found to say II told you So" when
the real cause of the disappearance became
apparent. |