Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-24
EWTIaTla( PRESCRIPTION
NAMES WEAK WOMEN STRONG
AND SICK WOMEN WELL.
Maine G0sslp|
Ny Little March Girl.

Come to the pane, draw the curtain
There She is coming, the girl of my
See where she walks like queen in the
Weather defying. calm. placid ana sweet
Tripping along with impctuous grace.
JOY of her life heaminS out of her face,
Tresses all truant-ike. curl upon curl,
Wind-blown and rosy, my little March
Hint of the violet's delicate bloom,
How can the wind help from kissing her
Wrapping her round in his stormy en-
brace?
But still serenely She laughs at his rout
She is the victor who wins in the bout
50 may life's passions about her soul
Leaving it placid,-my little March girl.
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
The Saco is the first Maine river to
be clear Of ice.
Only week to April FOOLS day
which Is really ana truly spring.
The familiar "honk" Of the north
W ~ D'uiIi " li'l t'ttsNt II ll'ttiu
Potato smuggling is making quite
connection along the Aroostook-
Canadian border.
Northern Maine was never much
worse showed up but its courage is
higher than the drifts
Director Chapman is talking festival
plans 50 that the musical people are
already eager for October.
Several of the Bangor churches will
services.
one newspaper points it out as sig
nficant that Bishop Goldman had only
visited Portland and Brunswick when
he made those alleged remarks.
Calais has Il citizen. IS years old. al
ways an intelligent and Industrious
man, who lives in the house where he
was born. ana has never been in a
town larger than Calais.
What whitening scorn from feminine
tongues will be heapcd upon that
Biddcford newspaper man who de-
clarcs that this springs hats are just
| like those If a year ago.
| The Portland Press thinks it trine
| suspicious there are somany candidates
| for overs"ers If the poor. when on its
| face the business Of taking care Of the
| poor without any compensation but a
monthly supper at the aImshouse
would seem to BE- anything but de
| sirablc.
| "Oh. Lord said the little Auburn
| girl with The German measles. as she
| knelt at prayer after having petitioned
| for all the other members of the
| family. oh Lord. Now if you will
| excuse me. | want to say a few words
| IN my account. | am all covered over
With little red spots that keep me in
| The house. l want you to clear these
up and have the job done by Satur-
day night"
Lewiston Journal: The crying need
| Of Lewiston, it strikes us, is more in
| dustries and less politics. There is
such a thing as talking small politics
| 50 long that every industry with an
| eye to business will shun the town.
| Southeastern Maine is not the only
section where electric roads are boom
ing along. Penobscot feels sure that
the lire from Bangor through Exeter.
| Corinth and Charleston to Dexter will
| soon be a reality.
| A small Belfast boy appeared among
| his marble playing companions,
the other day, with con
| trivance. evidently of his own
| manufacture. that predicts for
| own manufacture, that predicts for
MIN a career as an inventor. or an ex-
/ pert Sambler-we leave the future to
decide which. His machine consisted
OF a cigar box with a hole cut in one
| SIDE at the bottom and an index and dial
above. The boys were asked to roll
| their marbles through the hole. and