Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

in the similitude Of a dream,
| "A picture unfurled.
Thousands of homesteads smile
| Standing in stony field
How soanty the crop they yield
Yes, but they bring forth men
| MRS. c. W. d. RICH Of Lewiston, call
| up u series Of pictures out of her past
! describing for us an old mause hom
! and telling US of
THE tinkling COW bell. the hum of ~,
| bees,
The ripping brook hiding under IN,
trees,
The whispering pines with their sbi,,i
and CLEAN,
The dear ieafy nook by the side Of III,
stream.
MARTHA Il. DUNN, whose building o.
the schoolhouse many Of YOU will remern
Der, describes an old time Sabbath in .
country town in Maine, and in the poem
Memorial Day" tells us that
The souls eternal Old Home dav
Is where our Love and longing are"
MIR. w. T.. $. WHITMAN, our w,ll
known author and journalist writes -:
letter full of the promise of the joys Ira
await those who keep the Old HON.
week, and says that There is every ev.
idence that during the stay Of our Main,
born sons and daughters they will be
royalty entertained. When the visit ends
they will probably come back to thei!
adopted homes with new ideas and pleas
ant reductions of their trip. Undoubt-
edly, they will realize that the old Pine
Tree State, from what they have. seen,
and as time rolls on, will show still
-itb
greater possibilities of wealth, and with
a greater expansion Of manufacturing
industries. In fact, they will see that at
the beginning of the century Maine has
entered upon d new era Of prosperity,
with every prospect of brighter and
more glorious future"
JULIA MAY WILLIAMSON, the poet
ess of Augusta. Me, sends a poem about
The shining hills, the messy hills,
The granite hills Of Maine
All notes that ring are echoing
on the granite hills of Maine"
The REVEREND ARTHUR w. LIT
TIE, now of Evanston, ILL.,, sends i geo
graphical and pathological idyl on the
names in the States Of Maine, in which
he sarcastically asks;
rs there aught 50 sweet as the sounds
that greet
Our listening ears again.
In the sigh Of the seas or the Old pine
trees,
But the names in the State Of Maine?'
MISS SELMA WARE PAINE of Ban
gor, sends a poem entitled ''At the East.
the subject Of which is of course. our
weil-bcloved Maine. One stanza must
suffice t. give an example of this she
writes:
"lIow far thou lcadest east.
As at ;he nations PROV,
To seek the truth Of newest day
And to reflect the crimson ray
That earliest lights thy brow"
HORATIO {. KING. our Idwycr-cditor-
sends us a delightful
letter ~ "reminiscences of his younger
days in Maine. ana of the friends of his
youth who have passed away:
'Somr are in tile churchyard laid,
Some sleep beneath the sea.
And few are lett Of our old boys
Excepting You ana me.
And when our time is come. dear John.
And We are glad 10 go,
| hope they'll lay Us where We played
Some fifty years ago"
MRS. ELIZABETH PULLEN. journal
isl and author Of Portland. sends q ses-
tina entitled AN Island Pine" 1t il q
fine description of our State emblem no
quotation from which will be adequate.
ana | must leave You to read it in the
little volume.
DR.. q. ID. L. PEPPER. our ripe thcO-
Logan, in i most interesting letter treats
US to some rccollcctions of Colby Col
legc. dating back To 1861 III the course Of
which he says that Maine has been 80
fruitful in authors is due in part to her
colleges. Colleges 10 not create genius
or talent. but they inspire ana develop.
TO Bowdoin, Lonsfelow and Hawthorne
owed 4 debt which they were ever ready
to acknowledge ana never slow to repay"
Cascu bay has inspired JAMES PHIN-
NEY BANTER. the historian. with a
poem from which ] quote the opening
stdnzd:
There never was a wanderer from thy
shores.
O bay of many isles
But turned to thee with a longing love,
BegOtten of tears and smiles,
As he thinks of thee far away,
q dear old CdscO Bay
MIR. ] W. CHICkER1NG, educator
and scientist. sends a most interesting
chapter Of Maine "reminiscences. ana
says:
What wonder that every son and
daughter of Maine. whether her child by
birth or adoption. loves the grand old
State. is proud of her record, and re-
joices On occasions like this to sing her
praises, 10 tell her story. and do honor
to her namer'
CHARLES a. PILSBURY. formerly
State senator, tells us the story of
few Belfast books and their authors, and
President CHARLES f. TIMING OIL
College. eXpounds the two char
acteristic elements Of the people Of our
State, their belief in the value of hard
work and the high purpose with which
they are moved.
L. II. HALL, another Unitarian clergy
sends a poem entitled The
Pine Tree State Club" inviting every
loyal son of Maine to celebrate this oc-
casion.
A. S. PACKARD of whose fame as a
geologist and zoologist we are all proud,
valuable article on some
Maine Naturalists, which goes TO show
that 1.-The Influences and traditions. as
well as the natural environment and the
love of nature born and bred in Maine
have placed them in the front rank Of
American Naturalists.
MARY AGNES TINCkNER. the trav-
eled and cultivated authoress Of Els
worth. sends poetic and pretty de-