Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-18

Green mountain. whore the enemy bull
let would do but little. II any, harm.
This leads the Ellsworth American to
comment in this fashion: Who can
conceive Of a more roVei or exciting en-
tcrtainmcnt for the summer vacation
than day. n night perhaps. perhaps
several days and nights spent amid the
pristine beauties OF Green mountain
while spread out beneath YOU is the
grand panorama Of a modern naval
fleet in serious action. with a burning
village in the foreground, while rolling
up the slope towards you comes the
rear Of battle and of deVouring flames
punctuated here and there by bursting
shell or huzz of bullet nearer at han1
Here you are Bar Harbor. season If
ls"s-crand panorama of naval fleet in
action, Reduced rates on all railroad
and steamboat lines, Buckhoards to
Green mountain every two seconds
Come early To avoid the rush. Secure
points Of vantage on the mountain in
advance. Meals served on site Of the
historic Green Mountain house, only
$3.50 a plate
Lewiston Journal: The Maine game
commissioners aud uaNl Of our CORE
spondcntS seem to be radically in dis
sent. The former say the stories Of
slaughter of game are badly c&aEcer-
atcd; many correspondents say that
the slaughter has been enormous We
elsewhere give the commissioners an
other chance to tell their story We
notice the pcaching in Somerset county.
f,,,. a.
leading guides have banded themselves
together 10 protect the game This is a
better remedy than suppression Oi- dp-
preston. There Is no doubt there has
been terrible slaughter in the backlo,s.
Allowing even for eXagseration in some
cases many cases have not been re-
ported at all, 1t is Well that the people
of northern Maine sec that winking at
the slaughter of game II KILN. one ot
the geese that LAYS golden eggs. This
agitation should not be suppressed I'M
Ill every guide sees that it is his in
terest to he volunteer game warden.
Dent expect the loud takers To 40
any tighting, They aee not built that
way, as was Well illustrated in East
No. ''iH HttS last nttN- a Sttlt -.
more bloodthirSty patriots of the most
JinSolStic type We're in a store shouting
Ter war with Spain, at once. Pres dent
Mckinley was denounced in un-
measured terms IN language more
forcible than elegant. for alleged lack
of sand and for being the tool Of
Wall street, etc; he should have de-
clared war before this and relied upon
the patriotic sentiment Of the country
to furnish men and money for war
against the naughty Spaniards. 1t was
hot stuff the boys We're firing off and
nothing less than war to the daa III
would be listened to. Just at this mo-
ment Capt. Hume Of Co. l. n. G. S. NJ
opened the street door and holding a
telegram in his hand, said: Boys I
want 80 additional men for my COM
pany. right away; this telegram from
Col Philbrook authorizes the enlist
ment Of the full quota of 20 men to he
ready for immediate service" If
cold wave direct from the North Pole
with an iceberg accompaniment had
struck that room its effect could not
have been more paralyzing. There was
no more war-talk.-and no one offered
to enlist.-But elsewhere. where no loud
talk was being made. Capt. Hume
found his recruits.