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

A cOmical man, so the people all say,
That humorous hcxametrist, Holmanicus
Day.
When he writes sort O. rural and farm
1t smells of the barn. the tie-up and
NOV.
Them fellers that lie, Cy Nye ana Zeke,
Why, ye b'lieve ev'ry word. Day draws
EN- 50 true.
N that uncontradicted old benjamin
Why. We feel sure enough he's a real liv
in man.
Ye can hear him geein. hud-duppin'
Ye feel almost stunned when he hohers
that whoa
N that steamer Ez Johnson. with her
We can see her ploughin' that thick Sid
ncy dew.
n DiclxerSon too, at the TuckVille grand
ball
\ calm, off figgers. why, yer right in the
hall.
Hes the man to bring back the day Of
This Day OF ali Days, Of romance ana
truth.
| knew him in college. hayseedy lad.
He came from down river, his diction
was bad
But under the surface was genius 50 rare.
Al Iut emu Ol IL ear lIlt Itts SSth ~ "a |
He dug up the roots, both Latin ana
Greek.
Kept pluggin' away, both modest and
meek.
Got sermons from stones, all gloom was
Il myth
Attracted attention from good old Prof.
Smith.
Prof polished him up and told him to
write.
He took the advice. sIung ink day and
night.
And now he is famous. 4 poet renowned.
\ library Teller right down to the ground.
There's moral in this, you notice no
doubt.
To succeed in this life, keep grindin her
out
Make play out of work, not work out OF
Take a lesson from humorous Holmanicus
Day.
Portland Advertiser.
1t is a very near-sighted man who
cannot see the grass and leaves grow
ing, these days.
powerful sermon against blood-and-
thunder literature.
1t looks as though South Berwick's
tragedy would be added to the list of
Names unsolved mysteries.
The skating on Moosehead lake is
reported to be in a most uncertain
condition, but it is as good as the boat
ing.
Four alarms of fire in one day. this
week, almost gave Calais nervous
prostration, but each time the city was
more scared than hurt.
Portland is to have new publica-
ton during the summer season, de-
voted entirely to news in general OF
Peaks, Cushings, Long and both Dia-
mond islands. 1t will be known as the
Islander.
Remember that in his Arbor day
The homes, villages and cities of
Maine can be rendered still more beau
-iful and attractive if all our people
will use the day in the spirit and for
he purpose for which it is set apart
Editor Pilsbury of the Belfast Journal
takes some of US to task for referring
10 him as formerly State senator" He
says: We have no claim to this dis
tinction; never having held. or aspired
to hold, this office. Another Charles
A., the great flour manufacturer of
Minneapolis, did sit in the Minnesota
Senate, but he was a New Hampshire
man, and, moreover, has passed from
earth.''
The Campus, published by the stu
dents of the University of Maine,
vigorously protests against the report
that that college is becoming a sec
tartan institution of the Methodist de-
nomination. The catalogue of the uni
versty for 1S99-1900 shows that there
are in the faculty 80 men who rank as
professors or instructors. OF these only
six are Methodists. while Is are Con-
gregationalists, three Baptists, five
Universalists. two Unitarians, two
Catholics, etc.
A gentleman who has been in attend
1nce at the Masonic meetings in Port
land, this week, has had the curiosity
to count the different styles of
emblems worn by the members. He
inds 81 different styles Of pins or