Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-03

| one thinks or visiting AndONer now
without hunting up and taking look
at Mr.. Sutton, and see if he really is
handsome as the Leader stated.
October has come and gone and the
great temple of the Living God at Shi-
loh is not completed; in fact, little or
no work has been done upon ii since
the spectacular dedication of August
IS. The best of prophets sometimes
! get twisted.
The white flag of Victory still
waves over the tower of Jerusalem at
Shiloh and a little band of workers re-
mains there to guard the ramparts till
the leader returns from England with
| the promised reinforcementS. But the
autumn winds whistle drearily through
| the great, empty. half finished struct-
ure that crowns the sandy hill, and
those who see it from the trains across
the river predict that it will be known
as "Sandford's folly rather than as
the Temple of the Living God" Still,
| if finished and furnished it would
make n fine summer hotel.
October comes in with a winter-like
burst of temper. The wind of Sunday
and Monday cut like a lash. and fur
ries of snow are reported from all
parts of the State.
They are putting on the storm doors.
talking about banking up the
houses, and wondering if the furnace
fire must really be started now. But
there, winter is still afar off, and the
balmy weeks of an Indian summer are
yet to be enjoyed.
This is the week that Maine raises its
voice in worship of Music, and there is
nothing diminutive in the quantity or
quality of the sound. Western Maine
is assembled at Portland and later in
the week Bangor will have its turn.
The festival is bound to be a hummer.
this year.
They have caught some of those
people in Portland who have been
guilty of that cheapest and meanest Of
all forms of theft.-the taking of news
papers from doorsteps in the early
morning hours. Let them be made an
example of. A man who would be
guilty of such business would steal
flowers from grave or a cent from a
barefoot boy.
Saturdays games opened the college
football season in Maine, and the out
Hook is opOd for some fine games before
the end of November Boston College
and Bates played a tie game at Lewis
ton. and Colby was beaten by the Port
land Athletic Club eleven. II to 0. Bow
dom plays its first game tomorrow, its
opponent being Harvard Last year
Bowdoin Inundated the big university
by scoring on it in handsome style by
straight football. All the Maine college
teams have lost good men by gradual
ton, but they are working out the new
men in promising fashion.
The last act of that awful Mars Hill
tragedy of a year ago was staged in
Houiton JAIL last week. 1t was the
death of Daniel Murphy. convicted of
killing his own father. 1t was a most
cold -booded murder and the only de-
fence made was provocation and alb
sence of control on the part of the
murdered The jury found a verdict of
murder in the first degree. but vari-
Gus appeals. etc, We're taken and pend
ing their decision the youth was in
Jail. where he died. He was under 20
years of age.
| Here is some sensible advice given
by the editor of the Bath Independent
to those who write for his columns:
will our able correspondent kindly
heed our oft repeated injunction to
write mems names, leaving off the
meaningless handle Mr. Mr. means
nothing. 1t is a waste of type and
space to set it up and print it and it
is eXhausting to ones nerves to run
through copy week after week and
. scratch out every Mr. as we do Mr.
is a comedy in Journalism A mans
plain name without the Mr. is entirely
respectful and proper No mans name
contains Mr.. Mrs. in a wOman's name
shows that she has been We'd: Miss
q that she has missed that blissful state
SO far Mr.. means, We repeat. abso-
lutely nothing. Don't use it in letter
writing for publication.
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