Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-10
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! TRAVELLERS ALL.
On the way we all must wcnd-
| Some they go so YEARLY.
With our moods it's pictures blend,
| Blithesomely or drearily:
, Sweet the souls from brooding free.
| JOY they find all mindfuily;
Glad the eyes that beauty sec
| . that some go blindfully.
, On the way we all must wend
Some SO cold and spitcfully.
Love of sweetheart and of friend
(, Brigh,ens IL delightfully."-:
Beauty, gladness. love and song.
Life. they are the strength of IL.
| For. with them: no way so long
That we mind the length of it,
Ripley d. Saunders in ST. Louis Hepub
lie.
There are two weeks for the Christ
mas shopping. and Santa Claus ha'
ordcred the weather.
Just the moon and just the sieighins
when 4 girl and q good team are par
ticuiarly appreciated.
Not quite dry yet. There were 2
arrests for drunkenness in the city o
Portland, last week.
May Bath get one of those big battle
ships TO build. The awarding OF sucl
contract there would be a good thing
for Bath and for the government.
A total Of 9S liquor indictments i.
kennebec county means an unusua
amount of wailing and gnashing OF
teeth among those who persist ir
violating the law.
The fun details of the martyrdom o,
Misses Gould and Merrill in China will
probably never be known TO the world
Auburn is organizing a board OF
trade. We hope it will come up to ex-
pectations and accomplish lots OF good
for the city.
Exit Phillips Photograph" and en-
ter Maine Woods" 1t Is the same in
teresting and breezy paper with a new
name TO indicate better its field OF
news il covers so well. Editor Brack-
EFT announces that the change of name
will be made with the next number.
The man who gets into Jail by trying
to get his friends out is making a poor
trade. Mr.. Myrshall OF Bangor, should
have known better than try TO cast I'M
favorable reflections upon Sheriff
Browns hospitality. Penobscot's
sheriff is justly proud of the reputation
of his hotel and will maintain il ut any
cost.
In the absence of the great Bryan.
the star attraction of the evening al
the Maine Democratic clubs banquet
in Rockland viii be Miss Edith May
Miller who was DR.. Crockett's first
lieutenant in the victorious assault up
on Knox county. last September.
Portland is TO have a luxury which
other smaller Maine cities have long
enjoyed and regarded as a necessity.
The outer doors into the corridor Of the
postoffice win hereafter remain open
all night, 50 that the public can get at
the lock boxes and mail letters.
Colby and Bates are thinking OF dis
cussing the Philippine problem in their
annual debate. later in the winter.
This was the subject of the Harvard
Yale debate last Friday evening.
Turf, Farm and Home: Dairying and
poultry breeding are popular today be-
cause. first, they rest on a sound foun-
dation primarily. and their strong
points have been set forth in 4 realistic
and logical manner. Well IL is for
Maine that these important branches
of agricultural industry have been sc
inteligently handled by wise and
sagacious speakers and writer's, under
the guidance of the board of agricul-
ture The success of the COW and the
hen means prosperity for many a
Maine farm. Long may they wave.
Bath has been fortunate in the gifts
which it has received. The Pattens
and Moses gave it it's splendid public
library, while the building of the
Young Mems Christian Association
| was a gift of Mr.. Moses. Its orphans
home and it's churches have been re-
| cipients of gifts. The act of Mr.
Sewalls sons in designing $4,000 as
| a gift TO the poor of the city mot re-
ceiving support from the almhouse;
and S. 600 for the endowment of per
petual free bed for Bath people in thu
| Maine general hospital is one the
nature Of which will be gratefully ap-
preciated by her citizens. There are
always some to give to the missionary
work, and to schools. and to public
| libraries. but few to give in such way
as to bestow the personal comfort and
| assistance to the needy classes of oui
own. as will the gift of the Sewalls to
| the people of Bath. The blessings
| which il will confer, the sufferingS il
will help to assuage, the hearts it vii
| cheer in all the future, who may tell
| The name of Sewall. long honored il
| the Shipbuilding city. will thus be for
| ever held in grateful remembrance
| The good that men do lives after them