Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-23
figure in the festivities of that ,o,,...
occasion.

| "nere IS there . man with sod ~
dead that he cannot enjoy the en- ~
pig Of Fourth Of July .celekrs4s
When the porker is Of the razor h.cL,.
variety the sport is indeed hiIar,o..
We smile out loud to this day. WIN.
we recall the amusing incidents a.
tendent upon the mad flight of such :.
slippery little creature through ~.
streets OF Bangor-that staid a..
stately city OF the Penobscot-.orr.
years ago. In smaller wav ~
creased pole is calculated to tickle ,hs
risibilities of an appreciative puhlio
1t Is treacherous way, and succa.i.
slips away with maddening exasnar.
1 ton when II Is almost within rra.r.,
but the trial goes on till late In ~
| afternoon when the lubricator no.
| been mostly lugged away on the trou,- 4
ers OF many aspirants, and then
small boy always puts in an appearance,
and bears away the prize, Oh. nv al
| means let Bucksport celebrate and Ia.
the creased pig and the creased pols
De feature Of the occasion.
A South Albany correspondent tells
OF tramp who has twice passe.,
through that town in a single we.k
He processes to be deaf and dumb I'M,
when a sudden noise is made behind
him he starts and turns around a.
quickly as one who can hear we'll" 7,
might be we'll to appoint a committee
to see If he has an affinity for chickens
and "sich like"
The telephone has long arms. Casco
is the latest Maine town to be reached
by. it.
Republican Journal: W. o. Fuller.
Jr., Is candidate for the postmaster
snip at Rockland, and as man Of
letters. bearing the stamp of genuine
ability, he would fill the office Fuller
than it has ever been filled.
Portland Express: A little chat with
seme Of the Portland woman suffragists
recently, convinced me that the de.
cisive defeat of their California sisters
mas not been proved discOuragine.
Would-be voters are made Of sterner
STUN than that, particularly the Port
land would-bes. Besides" as one en-.
thusiast on Deering street remarked,
the 1act That $4,000 votes were polled
IN favor of the proposed amendment to
the constitution diminished the appar.
ent enormity of the SO, 900 votes against
1t. OF course, we had hoped to add
California to the stronghold that We
have succeeded in securing among the
Western cities. We Maine women
know that our conser7 alive State will
be one of the last to arbitrate for uni
yersal suffrage. and while working I'M
ceasingly at home. We have permitted
our hopes to travel on winged sandals
in the less cultured, but more progress
sive West. Therefore, we feel the dis
that supposedly gallant
California has given our co-workers in
that section of the country. l don't
know what has influenced the gilded
beau of the Golden Gate. A few weeks
ago he literally promised his vote. The
male must have frightened him. You
know we conduct a campaign with as
much vigOr as masculine voters and
he energy displayed by prominent
California women moved in a rapid
after the contest began, and (
reached a climax on election day that
frightened away the good intentions Of 4
voters. But the end is not yet, even in
the extreme West. Those who would
nave voted for our franchise this year
simply to humor us. as one generous
,ffice seeker expressed it. will vote as
We request before many days, because
We intend to make them"
Lewiston Journal: Do you know
hat within few months one-third Of
he pulp and paper product of the
United States will be made on the An
1roscoggin river? And do you know
hat already 400 tons a day are the
product of our vicinage and that with
n year 600 tons of paper will be made
Ter day in our Maine territory? TITS
veil to get acquainted with facts
which imply the consumption Of lse
million feet of spruce year. What
Toes this signify? That 10000 acres Of
Maine spruce forest will here
Ifter be stripped every year
% feed the hungry nav Of
Icres of forest are in our Androscogein q
'ircle? About one million. And 10000
viii go into one million just about
quarter of century. But there is
growth and there is forest culture;
,ut heaven knows and earth ought to
effect sthat Maine cannot too soon re.
member that the growth Of trees by
is the duty of the Maine &
nan. Forestry is not done by the hap
hazard. 1t is we'll that the big re- !
ources of the Androscoggin should not
re frittered away by fire and needless
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