Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-31

male ,prtgadier general Of the army,
ana Tor thai reason IL interesting I" all
Maine people. The miniature, which
."f,eF lapse III over 100 years, ~ Just
as iresh united az N the time ~ us
painting, SHOWS Col Knox with CLOAK
thrown across his shoulders surveying
his "S-'"am artillery as 1t arrived I'M
dor tn" lannon's Washington Elm NJ
Cambridge Another print Is a repre-
s"nihtton al Fanueil hall as ii appeared
in Revolutionary times; another Is 81
! West Point Qualifications in 1850: one
"f IN" announcement Of the Declaration
ot independence in Boston. ana auotH-
q III" entrance of the American army
into New York city in 1883. The
uriuts are nicely grouped and Il coating
"f NarniSh, placed upon them over "A
century ago, serves az a pr'SefNatfN"
a-aints atmospheric effects. The PIC
turc IL known I" be over century
old AMI was in tn. possession Of
Knox county family for over - year,.
ana remained IN the possession Of IN"
iuim.i oW ner quarter Of a century.
II Will be exhibited In Boston.
Speaking Of pictures. Wellington q.
Snehi "f Rockand. has III his posses
sion :. photograph of Abraham Lin
coin. tn" negative of which was not
rct"uched. II is a curiosity. and shows
characteristics 81 Mr.. Lincoln which a
FINER finished picture would conceal.
! 1t would be almost enough I" maxi"
itr" old-fashi"ned Quakcrs turn IN their
graves AZ Winthrop If they could read
u ~" program ~ tn. rctledi,ltoIy ~
rrciscs nf the Friends church at Win
( thrnp centre. The Friends Of years
! ago didn't believe in opening their
I"ouths AZ Il church service unless
they were duly moved and the thought
81 church music was thoroughly re-
/ pugnnut tut in This modern seq
| Nc" here wer" anthems aud responses.
and organ preiudcs AMI organ post
! lt.'irs. ana what not else OF varied
"nd cNtonSiy" musical program. II ali
/ illustrates IN" fact that times haV"
wrought MANY changes in this. one 81
the most conservative of religious "i-
I -IttiLatiuns.
! writer tn one ~ II. Portland
papers recently talked 81 tho verse az
Fam, Fern. Possibly he never read
wa IN = famous short papers Fanny
Fern" wrote. Th,N were bitter lt
times. >nt sometimes. ANA small tho
wonder for there was but precious ~
tie brightness In her life. poor Woman
l.u,i sh" married Parton. the historian.
M that was rather Hate III life. Whit.
Parton VAS writing his remarkably
siNii papers on famous mon. most,
forgotten nov. for the New YoIs
Logger. Fanny Fern" was contiiout.
in- her readable papers. destined in
ait.r wears ~ ~ published III houh
form. /" have "A great run ana Then {"
b. forgotten. and other noted writers
were making the paper 4 leader IN its
way Fanny Form" Doubtless wrot-
some good verse but her Fresh Fern
Leaves" ANA other papers collected
ant repubiiShcd made her famous ann
entitled her IN these later years IN "a
haiT q: = tablet on the house occupying
the SITE ~ the one where ~" WAS born
she hate, hey brother thc ~ less fu-
II, u> y. y. Willis ana was cordially
Hat. IN r"tuin. ana she made him ia,
un. l"aSHn' hero al a very unpleasant
rvs fairly successful story
Congressman I.ittl. field i'll an ala
aud tXhauStivr urti, T. ~ the phi!&t"l-
phi" Record. examines certain social
statistics in which the prohibition
STATE ~ Maine II compared with licrns.
stats. tn, Unfit ana prosperity III 4
nrorl is shown by its amount IN say
ings banks. In M" Maine had no say
ing> banks. Now she has deposits ~
Std; l32 81 III h-r savings banks. Will
Main" ranks "nly thc 18Th i'll porula-
zion among tn" states Of the Union.
tn":r ~" only SIN that "utfank h.
IA IA" amount Of deposits and
only seven which have IA large.
number "f drrositors. Illinois. with
ah,di seven timfS the population |
~ Marie. ha< :: "ou oou less deposits
Kentucky has no savings deposits |
.hhi". with nearly six times the ropula-
tInn NJ Maine. has 81. ono. 90" itsS a.
posts. PENNSYLVANIA, with nine times |
IT, population ~ Maine. has only $40 |
"a" NOR" deposits In other words |
Main" has in her savings banks So =, |
TOR every inhahitant. Illinois only /
ST.. ". Kentucky. none. Ohio. sail. |
P"nnNhanil. >16.79 These iigur, : NV.
made Elor" significant ny the fact I
tha' during the last two decades tn, |
denominations Of Maine have beer |
sent ~ the West for investment stead /
Ill. continuously ana relatively "a her
means. is rrndiginus amount IN |
these investments the losses have been |
h' aNN. notwithstanding this her SAY |
inGS deposits HAY" Increased $40. a"o h0p
IN tn" last IN years. ana while her
r"l"tation since 1850 has increased
only :" per cent. her valuation per
capt.? has Increased 80 per cent The
Substantial prosperity Of the people
IF ms state under our policy Of PRO
hinition, Congressman Littlo1eld saws
challenges the emulation Of ana can
hal1ly h" made the subject nf adverse
criticism by these sister states. or by |
those who decry her consistent aChc-
sion - prohibition. She can challenge
comparison not alone from a material |
standpoint. but III all OF the clements