Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-21

bursts OF laughter are Indicative OF scod
humcr and good Fellowship. Iners cal,
he no harm In this. 1t does men soou
to meet and exchange ideas, ana tney
are happier and live longer TOT II
North Arson Adyocate.--No harm per-
hams unless they are leaving tine
women folks to rake the lawn ana
|take of the double windows.
The local scribes tell us that In some
communities a. dog fight has been a
welcome relief to the monctony OF mud
time.
Some Bath ,w0rkmen repairing III oiu
house found an cid smallpox flag the
other day and gave the passersby
scare by hanging 1t out of the window.
Liberty, the town, doesn't mean
Elicerse to all the inhabitants to do as
they please. judging from the follow
| ing in an exchanges correspondence
from that town: "Smithton don't SIT In
the corner while your better hair scrubs
and papers. but lend helping hand. :
We trust for his own sake and that or
his better half Smithton will take
| warning, for Liberty is not unac-
quainted with the adhesive properties
of tar and feathers grow as naturally
on the breasts of the Liberty fowl as
ferns in the Liberty valleys.
Han thia,,oS oco worrying the good
people of Springvale. The early owner
may yet catch the poor human worm
that stoops so low
Portland is seriously thinking Of
naming the new schoolhouse on Munjoy
hill the Longfellow school as 1t Is near
where the poet was born and acquired
the rudiments.
The Ellsworth American thinks those
who are so delinquent in sending in the
returns for marriages, births and
deaths should be given taste of the
law which provides a fine not to exceed
$780, One cannot dissent from the
Americans conclusion that "a few en-
phatic fines would do more than year
of argument"
Bangor Commercial: In the Boston
Transcript OF Saturday was published
an interesting article Of two columns
in length giving a history OF that old
war ship the Constitution, or. as she
has more Familiarity been known "old
Ironsides." To this account Col. j. w.
Porter of this city adds an interesting
note. published in the edition of that
paper for Wednesday as follows: You
might add to your account In the Tran
script Of April TO- the following: Her
three masts were cut in the town OF
Malta, now Windsor on the north side
of the Augusta road between Cooper's
Mills and Bryant's Corner. Thomas
Cooper of Newcastle. and one Gray cut
the trees. swamped a road to Puddle
dock in Alma in the winter Of 1869
and hauled them into the Sheepscot
river and in the spring took them to
Wiscasset. where the government
agents yoked them at both ends with
pieces of white oak. 5xS. slipped
through mortices in the trees and then
tcwed them to Boston" There are
few matters concerning the local his
tory Of Maineh to which Col.
Porter is not able to add
something of value from his rich
stores of material relating to almost
any point of interest to Maine. as well
as to the men who have made her a
State and are making her history a
matter of the literature of the times.
The Arson Center correspondent
squeezes vast amount of mystery into
this little item: THE young gentleman
and lady who undertook to make some
molasses candy a few nights ago and
resulted in a failure have come to the
conclusion that when making candy
that business must be attended to first
and other matters postponed
In it's report of the proceedings of the
Methodist Conference when the subject
of Hon. Frank Jones' connection with
the board of trustees of the Maine
Wesleyan Seminary was under discus
sion the Portland Press says: Rev.
DR.. c. w. Gallagher. president of the
Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Female
College asked for the privilege of ad
dressing the conference which was
granted. He said he had been con-
Eected with the school for four years.
during which time he had worked hard
and ccncientiously for it's best interests
and had grown to love it. Three years
Of this the country had been passing
through period Of great financial de-
preston and the school was meeting its
expenses by it's income. DR.. Gallagher
said he must confess to feeling his posi-
ton as principal of Kent's Hill as one
C. great embarrassment under the
present conditions. He said that he
could justify his action in speaking as
he did because he had already placed
his resignation as president of Kent's
HIN in the hands of Mr.. Locke, the |
president of the board of trustees. |
While he entertained the highest re-
spect for Mr.. Jones as a man he could |
not close his eyes to the business he |
was engaged in and for this reason and !
on account of the embarrassment of the |
position with Mr.. Jones member of
the board of trustees. DR.. Gallagher |
said that he felt called upon to resign. |
He said he had no doubt that the trus-