Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-17
Maine Gossip,
April.

| The FIR Dough about tine iouSc mas
fulfilled its mission, whatever that may
be.
Bangor News: 1t is related for sad
| fact that a certain Bangor man-not a
very poor man, either. gave his little
boy a cent as a bribe to go TO bed with
out his supper and then. when the
| child was asleep. stole softly UP ana
| softly stole the cent
| Foxcroft wants Mayor Beal's new
road, the Penobscot Central or rather
an opportunity 10 ride over it without
going away from home to board the
cars.
The company that is working in me
interests of stock yard in Bangor
contemplates sending several carloads
| of sheep into Aroostook county. No
doubt il would be a better paying VEN
ture than the introduction of those
stock horses several years ago.
The Bangor Commercial says thai
community Is "ollSiHb iiioie o'ci tAiO
dressmaker's bill than over the Dingley
bill We don't believe the Commercial
is much worried about the latter, in
fact, would rather like it.
The lone selectman in Garland is
lonesome taking the valuation.
Enough of the frost is out of the
ground for railroad projects TO put
forth shoots. It's such short spell be-
tween frosts that early cultivation is
desira BILE.
Ex-Governor Gareelon, who as every
body knows is a doctor, drove "A miles
one day week ago in making his calls
upon patients When asked how that
agreed with his "a years he remarked
quite forcibly that the travelling was
"devilsh." Anyone who feels called
upon to criticise the doctors vigorous
language should at least not do so un-
til they have ridden an equal distance
over roads equally bad. This woulc
row be impossible for there has beer
great Improvement in the condition Of
the highways in the past few days.
The April showers have been wheedling
Jack Frost from the depths of the earth
to the surface where the occasional,
sunshine and wind get at him with a
power he cannot resist. All this serves
to remind one, whose duties do not re-
qure constant riding over roads of all
sorts and in all seasons. of the bless
ings he enjoys No doubt it would
bring the roses of health to the cheeks
of many a face that is now character
lied by its pallor if its owner was
forced to undergo a certain amount of
this roughing it, but we fear that the
jaunts to which the country doctor and
the stage driver are bound by the rou-
tine of their work would not on the
whole be healthful. In some instances
there certainly is not that encourage
ment which one needs to do the best
and enjoy the most of life. Think of &
mail carrier plodding over a five-mle
mud route for As cents a day. But
that's the experience of the gentleman
who plies between Sumner and East
Sumner. OF course he makes an odd
penny in other ways occasionally and
his neighbors constantly remind him of
tne beauties OF the scenery along ms
route.
But there are others, as we are re-
minded by little item in an exchange
to the effect that a certain resident of
country village has done a thriving
business the past winter putting OLD
and unwanted horses out of their
His operations could be ex-
tended with pleasure to the horses i'll
not with profit to the owners. And this
leads us to wonder how much of the
scenery along these underpaid stage
routes the poor horse that drags the
vehicles through the almost bottomless |
mire of the spring season really en- |
joys. Visions of reeking steeds with
knees trembling and lean sides CULVER |
ing excite the feeling that if human
beings have right to sublet a mail
route for less than it is worth they
have no moral right at least to take it |
out of the poor horse SO unfortunate as !
to fall into their hands. We have no !
especial party in mind and know by !,
experience that the horses on many
routes are as well cared for as could be
required. Nevertheless the possibilities
and the probabilities, not to mention !
sights Of actual occurrence, are suffi-
GENTLY painful to excite more COM
passion for the animal that is driven