Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-31

So get thee from us. We are cold, God
Even as thou art.-We remember not
How blithe we hailed thy coming-Ihat
TOO long-too long ago!
Get from us utterly, Iio, Summer then
Shall spread her grasses where tiny SHOWS
have been,
And thy last icy footprint melt and
mould
In her first marigold.
James Whitcomb Riley
Another escape from a flood.
This would hardly seem to be Il
favorable time for a labor organization
to sickle over technicalities. At this
distance it looks as if the Auburn shoe
strikers would have been more likely
to secure an advance in wages had
they informed their employers directly
and before they went out on their
strike.
Certain people in Old Orchard are
sion; that this charming summer re-
sort may soon be nothing more than
an international summer home of the
Christian Alliance people
The fright experienced by a bald
headed Portland man the other night
could not have been an altogether un-
pleasant sensation, for he said he iei,
his hair rise.
a Bucktield woman will buy no
more needles for while; she opened
found therein 1S9 needles, as good as
new.
Bridgton was so excited over the
strike that a man to saw wood could
not be found.
That Shaw failure is still a warm
lject OF conversation in Pencbscot
county.
one Eiddeford contraC tor says nc
shall ask the courts to determine Why
his contract for work on the new city
hall was set aside by the new city gov
ernment.
Over in the town of Rumford q man
has been going about dressed in blue
drilling, barehanded in the coolest
weather. but as he was so earnest IN
doing missionary work. reading appro-
a. "a &C from a little
Bible he carried and distributing tracts
that he didn't mind the cold ana the
people didn't mind his odd dress.
That was a good sermon a Calais
pastor 81 years old preached the other
Sunday. and they say he knows when
to stop as well as a younger man.
Waldoboro had a wet day to vote
upon the water question.
Not all those who voted at the
Presque Isle town meeting to reduce
school appropriations and refused 10
appropriate any money for police and
night watch in that thriving Village
are entirely satisfied with them
selves.
Oakland now has 10 secret societies
The superstitious should hasten to or
ganize the 18th.
The following tale of a belliserent
rooster comes from Lewiston and the
sequel of it is expected in a few days:
This rooster lives near the Maine Cen
trail track, and the other day. haVin"
licked everything he could think OF and
from the ennui that is sup
posed to come with the thought that
there are no more worlds to conquer
he decided to challenge an express
train. OF course the train didn't notice
him and that made him all the mallder
The other day he got right in the
middle of the track and faced the train
with his dander up. When he first saw
the engine approaching the distance
made it appear small, and he made up
his mind to fight it out this time. As
tn" train drew nearer and nearer and
larger and larger, the rooster fairly
danced up and down with wrath. and
when the iron monster was within ten
feet of him he flew into it's face and
gave the headlight a scratch with his
spurs. But the next minute the feath-
cred biped was rolling down over the
bank among the bushes. The owner
saw the encounter and turned SORROW
fully into the house and told his wife
that he had lost a good game cock That
afternoon the sickest king whipped
rooster come crawling up over the bank
and into the stable by the cats hole
He didn't come out for several Gavs.
but now his wrath rises Visably when
the train passes, and he appears to be
making up his mind to tackle ii AGAIN
The students ushered in spring with
the usual enthusiasm. \ number of
freshmen We're locked in their rooms in