Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-16

this. and though in this instance the
town of Limerick is referred to. the
remarks are equally applicable to hur-
dreds of towns in the Old Pine Trr.
State: We'll, Limerick is a pretty good
town to live in, don't you think so?
We are free from debt, our citizens are
all respectable, honest, law abiding
md our churches and schools are very
we'll supported. in fact our little town
imong the hills is one of the kind to
De proud Of. Am I right? Some day
,fter travelling far in foreign lands and
'eturning here where the associa tions
If vanished years make hallowed the
,arth and sky does not the old town
seem dearer than ever before and
would you exchange it for any other?''
West Bethefs school superintendent,
woman by the way, suggests in her
annual report that on Arbor day the
nen in the vicinity of schoolhouses de-
vote the day to helping the children
to beautify the grounds by planting
.rees and flowers. The suggestion is a
GOOD one, though it may take the rest
# the neighborhood to see that the ur-
ihins don't uproot what's been set out.
The truant schoolboy. who gives
grippe as the excuse for his absence,
S usually suffering from an acute at
ack of marbles"
A Biddeford alderman thinks he has
a better method for collecting taxes
han any in use. He contends that
where the city allows discount for
Early payment the greater part of the
taxes comes in without any extra ef-
Tort on the part of the collector and
the other part usually goes over TO the
next year. Instead of paying a col
ector salary for doing little he would
out the comparatively small part of
he taxes remaining unpaid at the ex-
,iration of the discount period in the
hands of several well known bill COL
lectors and pay them commission,
-hus saving considerable Of the ex-|
,ense and cleaning up the taxes every
iear.
Congressman Milliken has been ap-
pointed one Of the three members oil
the congressional board of visitors to
he military academy at West Point.
1t is the duty CT this committee 10
visit the academy at the time Of th.,
sraduation, next summer. This will be |
particularly pleasant duty for Mr.. |
Mflliken. for the reason that his son is |
cadet in the senior class and will be |
ne of the graduates at that time The
ooung man has made an excellent rec
'rd in the academy. He has not yet
determined whether he will enter the
.rmy or resign and take some position
civil life. writes the Washington cor
espcndent of the Portland Press.
Ellsworth's new mayof proposes to
,ut into operation the following ar
'angement for work upon the high
ways: He proposes to divide the roads
u the city into four or five districts,
possibly by wards. In each of thesel
districts he will have a foreman, who
vtll be suggested by the alderman|
rom each district and whose duty i'll
VIII be to take charge OF the work inl
lis district, with the understanding!
hat he will as far as possible give to
axpayers who wish to do so an op-l
'ortunity to work out their taxes. The
money appropriated fer roads will be
lpportioned to the various districts
n proportion to the tax paid by each
district. The foreman will be required
o make monthly reports to the board
Il aldermen of work done and money!
expended In their several districts.
Mayor Davis, as road commissioner
viii exercise general supervision over
he roads and the foreman. 1t II said
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