Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-07
Maine Gossip
The Crow.

The Crow.
Haint much music in a crow,
Kinder squawky-like. | know,
And the blast er his hoarse horn
BLOWN DER the fields er corn,
Calm all his pals Ground,
Haint n very pleasin' sound,
TO the chap who's plow'd the ground,
Sown. an hoed it, Ill be bound,
But tibet sound in early spring
Seems ter hev n diff'runt ring.
When | heord ii t'other day
In the wood-lOt, 'crost the way,
| was tickled nigh clean through
And | hollered, How de do?
f en- the devil has his dues.
You're the bearer Of good news:
Welcome back, old friend er mine!
Welcome to these woods er pine
Haint much music in a crow,
Kinder SQuaWky-likc. | know.
But the blast er his hoarSe horn
BLOWN in the April morn
Makes We want ter shake his paw,
Ana | say, God bless his caw."
James Plaisted Weber, 1900, in Bow
dom Orient.
May 5, furry Of snow. Put that
down in your diaries.
The rains have given the rivers a
torrent-like aspect again.
There is yet lots of snow in the
wilderness around the headWatcrs Of
the rivers.
North Arson Academy leads off with
it's graduation, and soon they'll be
coming fast and thick.
| Those old Home week committees
should be appointed and at work be
fore the political campaign cngrosses
attention. Portland has shown the
| way.
The Phillips Republicans lead off
with the first nomination for repre-
sentative. and an editor captures the
plum. Congratulations, Brother Brack-
EFT, and all success.
Hancock county does the rainbow
business on a wholesale scale. n West
Eden correspondent reports four at
one time after one Of last weeks rains.
| Hymen is on the hustle up in South
Paris. A correspondent reports five
weddings within a week. There was
also one in the previous week. and
another is promised for this week. Two
| more young men of this village are
said to be putting deep thought on the
matter.
| Colby is not discouraged over the
| opening Of it's baseball season. Its
games lost and one cancelled, but that
sort of thing only makes the boys set
their muscles tenser for the coming
| games at home.
We like the spirit shown by the
Colby Echo in speaking of the debate
lost to Bates. OF five joint debates
with Bates. Colby has lost four, but
the Watervile boys are already look
ing ahead to next years contest and
they will win unless the stars fight
| against their efforts.
4 Southwest HarbOr correspondent
suggests that the lamp posts which
look 50 well by day. should be taken in
after dark to prevent accidents. Last
week one young perfectly sober,
and returning from a temperance meet
! ing" our correspondent is careful to
add-ran into a lamp post and sus-
tanned sundry and severe bruises.
| The report that one of the young
Vanderbilts is to marry the prettiest
girl that ever happened is a mistake.
The really prettiest girl that ever oc-
CURED lives right here in Portland, so
! Vanderbilt's bride-elect can hold
nothing more than second place any
way.-Portlard Argus.
OF course the Argus man means we'll
and his local loyalty is commendable,
but it is 4 well understood fact that the
girl in question lives in Augusta.
Not a bad suggestion, that of the
Pennington Chronicle. that in view OF
the unusual conditions which exist this
year it is doubtful if Arbor day could
be better employed than by q genera
| effort 10 save the trees already planted
the valuable apple trees, especially