Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-28


pretty governess and she was obliged
to pack her trunk and depart at one"
for London. The young German is
planning on trip to England
| The fragrance of the new mown hay
the sun shines upon is celebrating
Nature has no sweeter perfume for the
haymaker.
Maranacook assumes a greenish
tinGe today. 1t is A. o. III. day beside
the beautiful lake
one of West Minot's most estimable
young ladies disappeared recently, and
there were wild rumors of foul play
and suicide. The search parties at last
gave up i'll despair and now it appears
il was just the old. old story. She
| loved and eloped, and is living happily
ever after in New Hampshire.
Don't forget the annual eclipse of
the sun on Thursday, the first one Wis
ible in Maine since 1892 This is one of
those eclipses in which the moons
shadow is not large enough to com
| pletely cover the face of the sun. but
leaves ring of light encircling the
eclipsed portion. This phenomenon.
/ however can only be seen in a certain
| limited belt. Throughout the United
| States. Canada, Mexico and the north
| ern part of South America generally.
the eclipse is only visible as a partial
/ eclipse. The eclipse in Maine will be-
gin about $50 a. M and end between
II Il. m. and Il III.
! 1t is evident that Speaker Reed
thoroughly understands the temper
ance situation in Maine. One day
| Senator Tillman in speaking of the
| South Carolina dispensary laws turned
| to Speaker Reed and remarked, The
/ State of Maine is prohibition state
/ and yet you have four bar-rooms to
our one" But" retorted the speak
! er. eve simply keep those for the en-
/ tertainment of our visitors" Much
/ laughter and applause.
| a wise old York county fisherman
/ cate Democratic success in this fall
| elections They are a lean. half
/ starved worthless kind Of mackerel
/ not the fat, prosperous looking fish
/ that always mean Republican success.
I Influenced by the hot weather, a
! hankcring for Frenchy escapades and
cargo of Bath fire water a citizen of
| the shipping city attempted to do the
/ town on recent evening. clad in an
/ "all-tosether" attire. He was coralled
/ after an exciting race and the blushing
! buds continued their shopping in
/ peace.
| The new propeller Lincoln is waking
! the echoes of the Maine coast for the
| first time with her whistle, this week
/ May she ever be crowded with Maine
/ bound tourists
/ 1t seems odd to read in an exchange
/ that promising colt is being broken
1 for Rev. Elijah Kellogg of Harpswcil
/ This grand old man, the author of a
score of boys books, wholesome. fas-
/ clnating reading, and of those declama-
| tons "Spartacus to the Gladiators," and
/ 'Regulus to the CarthaGinans, known
| to every American schoolboy for two
| generations. is one of the most unique
! and picturesque characters in Maine
! For almost three score years he has
/ been pastor of a little parish of fisher
| men and farmers where the sea runs up
! the HarpSWell inlctS. He is very poor
and always has been. though his writ
! ing have made the fortune of his pub
/ fishers; but he is rich in those things
/ money cannot buy. Bowdoin college
has graduated more famous men than
EllJah Kellogg, but not one of nobler
/ heart and truer worth, and none who
/ nave stronger hold on the under
graduate body. Almost every Sunday
group of students go to HarpSwell to
| near him preach in his quaint old
fashioned church; and when the modest
old man can be induced to come to the
| college to preach all the boys turn out
to listen to cloquence such as few con-
| gregationS in the country are favored
! with. In June. 1894, when BoWdoju
celebrated its centennial there wera
| Zoo alumni gathered around the tables
| IN the big tent erected on the campus
! for the dinner representing scores Of
/ classes and every section of the coun-
/ try. Some of the country's most ia
| nous men were there, statesmen
jurists, divines, soldiers, college presi-
/ dents and leaders in every vocation
but OF all the post-prandial orators not
enc when he arose to speak received
| such a wild storm of applause and
| cheers as greeted the little, gray haired
pastor from HarpsweIl. The hundreds
| OF alumni came to their feet as one
man and kept up the tumultuous well
come until the old man blushed like a
school girl under his a-bronzed skin.
| Then he spoke. quietly at first, then
| warming up with a grace and force of
/ eloquence that thrilled that great and
notable gathering as no other speaker
had the power to do. II was a Won
derfui effort, and the scene will live
| forever in the hearts of all those pres
| ent When he ceased the ring Of his
magnetic voice was followed by husc
of awe and reverence, and then came a
prolonged thunder burst of applause
and cheers, the greatest demonstration
of the day. Before the cheers had died
away the old man had made his way
out of the great tent, unhitched 1his