Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-01
Maine Gossip.

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! And the wor- rid ds going to be ga lay!
Now and then there may be. to be su- re,
! A clou- -dy or rainy day:
1 But they never come to endu- RE-
! Chez -er up, Chez -er up, any way!
Chez -er up. Chez -er up. I'm he, re-
, With a thou W. sand . tnihgs 10
It's the swe- let, sweet spring Of the
Chez -er up, chez -er up right away"
("The Robin" by Mrs. A. ID. I. whitney.
when proud pied April. dress'd In all hds
trim, ,
Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,
look out for the ancient but ever
youthful April fool joke.
| March went out as a lamb, that FOUND
it's warm fleece not uncomfortable.
Now that the Bates Athletic Associ-
alton gets out of debt it will proceed to
get up it's muscle, its courage and Its
record. This getting out of debt Is
' great stimulus as the other college
athletic associations may discover.
| Segismond Duquette married his
sweetheart the other day and the club
in Biddeford to which he belongs called
upon the happy couple a few evenings
ago. They had such real good time
they stayed and stayed and not until
the robins sounded reveille at A. NJ. did
the guests realize that they had par
ticipated in the longest wedding recep-
ton ever held in that city. They pre-
pared and ate breakfast and then set
out for home.
A Biddeford man who disposed OF a
second hand safe. with the understand
ing, it is alleged. that there was no
I mortgage upon it, may not find 1t a
very safe transaction. There was
mortgage upon the receptacle and now
the fellow who sold 1t is charged with
having obtained money under false
pretenses.
Bath sportsmen are determined TO
enforce the laws against the night
hunters for duck on the kennebec.
Bath thinks of celebrating her semi
centennial and the 18th of July under
one head this year.
Everyone acquainted with the latel
Mr.. Noble realizes that those are heart
felt tributes Lewiston is paying to his
memory. today.
Bucksport has name for the enthu-
siastic citizen who planted peas week
or more ago; it is early vegetable
jockey"
Lewiston Sun: Maine will look after
a share of the prizes in the Boston
horse show which "Opens April 10
Maine. besides raising prolific crop of
statesmen for the country at large,
governors for other states. and one
thing and another takes a front seat
when il comes to horses.
Granite cutters are seeking Ninal-
haven in quest of job when the boom
begins.
Capt. Ambrose Heal of Lincolnville,
several days ago found an unusually
large egg. which upon being broken
was found to contain a perfect yolk and
white, inside of that soft shelled egg
with no yolk. and inside of that a per-
feet miniature egg with hard shell.
The captain wonders what the eggsact
result would have been if the egg had
been Matched.
Bath Times: One Of our bright little
Bath girls received letter from the
highest man in the nation. few days
ago The little miss wrote unbeknown
to her parents a little child's letter, put
the simple address. William Mckinley
on the envelope and placed it in the
box Some days later the postman
dropped an official looking epistle in
the little ones hands at the door of
her home. What was her surprise and
happiness when she opened the letter
directed to her and found pleasing
and affectionate note written and
signed by the hand of the President.
Oh, yes, there is plenty of sleighing
yet If you go to the right places in
Maine for it,
Gardiner doesn't propose to content
herself with one shoe factory. We like
that spirit.
Bangor Commercial: Among the
the callers at the log cabin over which
Miss Cornelia Crosby Oily Rod pre-
sided at the sportsmen's exposition at
Madison Square Garden, was lady
who was very enthusiastic in her ex
pressions of satisfaction at having had
the privilege of stepping into real log
cabin and talking about Maine. In the
course of the conversation she said: |
Il would like SO much to meet your
husband." $50 would t. replied
Names famous female angler as quick |
as a wink. Then everybody laughed |
and Fly Rod passed around the spruce
gum.
If the pulp mills succeed in utilizing |
fir wood in their business the State |
will be a gamer to considerable ex-
tent and some comparatively worthless
swamps will assume a value. 1t is said
the Madison mill is buying large
quantities of fir for pulp wood.
The Damariscotta Herald and Pema
quid Messenger have consolidated, the
latter paper ceasing publication and
the Herald carrying out all subscrip- ,
tons. The Herald as before will con-
tinue under the able editorial manage
ment of j. H. Ogier The former edi-