Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-07-28
EDWARD C. DAN 4.
KEEP OPEN HOUSE,
MAINE HANGS HER LATChSTRlNCS
OUT FOR A WEEK.

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"'I 'e Ihi"S "f Life and Joy-lirs.
works {" Rival Anything Ever Seen
TO answer the questions OF thou
sands of people the secretary of tho
Ola Home Week association has sent
out the following digest of the pl o,
gram Tor the week beginning Aug. u,
Whlch VIII be carried out in "A general
way all over Maine.
Low rates are to be given by some
Vi the western railroads into Portland.
Inc 500 line offers reduced rates to
iortlahd from st. Paul and Nlinneu.
poiis ana intermediate points and the
Gfahu Trunk is to do the same thing.
Inc Boston Maine railroad has made
arrangements with MIR. Hayes of
Lynn for special trains Oh both the
eastern and western divisions to Port
lahd ana has made the price for tick.
cts - for the round trip. Tickets for
this week other than those for these
| special trains will be ut regular eX.
cursion rates and Oh August I the
tickets will be sold ut the convention
rates which Is two cents mile for
short distances and cent and Il half
on distances over 33 miles.
All of the Maine railroads will give
half rates to any point in Maine. This
VIII enable western people to reach
any of the great resorts of Maine,
such as Bar Harbor, Moosehead Lake,
Poland Springs, the Rungelcys, the
washington county region and the
White mountains ut very low rate
The Portland Steam Packet COM
phny from Boston, the Maine steam.
ship company running from New York
and the International steamship com.
pany from Boston, the latter running
II day boat, are to increase their ser.
vice to care for the crowds which
will come into Maine by the way of
water.
On Sunday August 5, the churches
all over Maine will hold services appro.
pirate to the week. These services will
take the form Of church reunions
when the old ministers and former
members will greet one another again.
At the Second Parish Congregational
church in Portland the venerable
Rev Elijah Kellogg of Harpswell.
whose father was the first minister OF
this church, will preach in the morning.
He is nearly 90 years of age and nd.
mired and venerated by the people of
Maine. All the ministers of the church
who are living will be present. At
f.h rel, ln i,tI m In nF ho
Christian Endcavor society, exercises
appropriate tOthe occasion will be held.
On Monday evening, Aug. 9. there
will be grand free concert Mt which
his eXcellency the governor of this
state and his staff and distinguished
men and women who have been invi.
ted home to Maine by the city OF
Portland will be present. Tuesday
will be observed State day of Old
Home Week in Portland. On this day
the Observances of the Old Home
Week will really begin. The Old Home
Week committee of Portland has sent
an invitation to President Mckinley
and has hopes that he will be present.
Governor Roosevelt will be in the
east mt this time and Amirsl Dewey
has said that he will be mt the Ottawa,
Cushings Island, for n part of August
and an effort is to be made to induce
both to visit the city during this state
day
The North Atlantic squadron will be
In the harbor during this week and
will be open to the inspection of visit.
Ors all day Tuesday. In this fleet will
be the Kearsarge, the formidable
Kentucky and some Of the staunch
ships which We're with Sampson ut San.
tiagO.
There will be military parades and
tircmen's and other contests. Sports
Of every kind, boat and fleet races and
bands of music without number at
Portland. The best attraction Of all
is to occur OH the evening of Tuesday.
This will be n display of fireworks,
rivaling in magnifcence those given
at the Worlds fair and the Paris ex-
hibition. They are to be by all odds
the most costly and most elaborate
fireworks even. seen in this country.
This display will take place at the foot
of the Eastern promenade where
II Cusands may see it wiIL comfort
and while it is progress tile beautiful
ships of the North Alliance squadron
will be Illuminated with electric lights
and Il large fleet of yachts which Will
be at anchor III the lower harbor will
be decorated in an elaborate manner.
The display will rival in grandeur
of it's kind thi. has ever
been seen.
During this Old Home Week many
reunions of Maine regiments, Of fami-
lies and Of classes, of churches and of
schools will occur. The fraternal or.
are to keep open house.
the women's clubs are to entertain
nll visitors, the latch strings Of
every house are to be outside and cities
and towns will throw wide open their
gates and make welcome every one
who comes. There Is hardly a town or
,ity in the state which Is not to re-
rognize the week in some way. Bath
IS to have Il celebration Of her own
md is to launch the first six masted
schooner ever built. Bangor is to
lold celebration rivaling that Of
in magnificence, Castlne,
Bar HarbOr and ROckland have
planned for Mt least one grand day.
some Of the smaller towns are to hold
great picnics by the side Of some lake
u pond to which all comers will be
invited. In fact it is to be the grand
st week that Maine has ever known
md unless the signs are misleading
here will be more visitors to the state
N this week than ever before In her
history.
Two Courses Open.
1t is safe to predict that the Demo-