Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-09-02
Maine Gossip.

The new month made a pretty bow
and what rousing encore there was!
Say au revoir but not good bye to the
departing summer visitors.
Waterville girls are not exempt from
the rule that it's best to look before
you leap. 1t may help them If they
bear in mind another old saying that
there are just as good fish in the sea
as ever were caught.
Portland bachelors identified with
public affairs have been interviewed
relative to the absurd, sensational at
tack which Mrs Smith of the
Womens Rescue League recently made
on unmarried men in public life. Of
course they had no difficulty in demon
strating the Stiffness of Mrs. Smiths
bid for notoriety. Any towns bach
elors. or old maids for that matter,
could easily do that.
A West Ellsworth veteran of 70 not
only did his haying unaided. but drove
from the field the man his family hired
to assist him. We do not know whether
he draws a pension but such an active
man must have earned one.
Portland is persistent in its efforts to
bring the Maine Medical School from
Brunswick to that city. The Press
says: THE efforts to move the Maine
Medical School from Brunswick to
Portland is proceeding in a very per-
sistent and apparently successful man.
ner. AS was published in this paper
some time ago an attempt is to be
made to get $4,000 from the Walker
fund to aid the school. 1t is under
stood that 100000 have been subscribed
in this city. and that if the $4,000 can
be obtained the school will be sure to
come to Portland. One difficulty in the
way so far as the Walker fund is con-
city of Portland is ahead with an ap-
plication for $4,000 or more for a man.
ual training school, 1t is understood
that an effort will be made at the next
city meeting. Monday evening, to have
the city withdraw it's applications and
thus leave the track clear for the
medical school,"
That vaudeville company playing
along the coast and travelling alto
gether by boat is delighted with the
''seaweed circuit" There's no count
ing of railroad ties, it's true, but there
ic Ia Of
sive appetite.
Hon. ]. F. Sprague of Monson, has n
word to say in the Piscataquis OBJ
server, about the moose law. He says
it is absurd to hold Commissioner
Carleton responsible for it and adds:
1t was presented to the Legislature
by the Maine Sportsmen's Fish and
Game Protective Association after
much discussion relative to it and after
very deliberate and mature considera-
tion on the subject. The reason for it
and what suggested it to the minds of
those most interested in game protec-
tion in Maine was the fact that many
rich men. and the sons of rich men,
from other states, have habitually come
iCiC Ioi iIldIy years tHOEOuSuly or
ganized for the purpose of killing
moose in close time. This class of per-
sons have never been and never can be
reached by fines no matter how large
they may be. While a fine of $1OO may
often be an oppressive one for many IF
our poor backwoodsmen our woods are
infested every summer by hundreds of
visitors who care no more for a fine Os
500 or $500, if they succeed in carrying
to their home set of moose antlers,
than they do the purchase of a box of
cigars. Men who can afford to give
''Seeley dinners" laugh at fines for kill
ing moose however excessive they may
be and have only contempt for the
most faithful wardens. 1t was believed
that Imprisonment for this offense even
If inflicted for only a few days would
deter them from committing these un-
lawful acts and place the wealthy citi-
zen from metropolis upon the same
level with the dweller in the Moosehead
or ,Allegash regions. So far as know
1t met with the approval of the guides
and backwOodsmen of this part of
Maine. ..
Washington county is banking on"
better times. to bring that railroad
Look out for the engine when the
bell rings" But you may be sure of a
business revival down that way when
the shovelfuls of dirt begin to fly.
One might suppose Bath to have
been tempered by experience to resist
all novel sensations. Her self poise
was always noticeable and it was pre-
sumable that she had become quite
rigid of late. But here is one of her
worthy citizens thrown out of gear, off
his balance and into a fit of-well judge |
for yourself from this which appeared
in the independents: ''She was vision |
that's what she was! -.
Around the corner came, with a frou