Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-01

Wild. wild regrets. but ali in vain.
For that surceasc We ne may win.
oh. speeches. heritage of pain
The anguish of the might have been.
Jerome NJ. Foster.
May the days in June like those May
gave us be rare indeed.
The June 1901 wedding list is sure to
be of exceptional proportions.
OF course somebody is worrying lest
the great amount of rain this spring
means IL long summer drouth.
Many good people are thinking hard
in the attempt To locate some relatives
in Buffalo y. Y. or vicinity.
The teachers and pupils are laying
plans for the summer vacation. and
the rest OF the world II wondering how
ii would seem to get 10 weeks of from
work. each summer.
1t takes some murders longer to out
than others. That Bridgewatcr mys-
terry which is cleared up by death
bed confession. after 30 years. makes Il
long distance record FOR Aroostook
county.
That was q sad sight in Lewiston.
last Tuesday. or glorious one. all
according to the point OF view OF the
bystander. There were spilled $500 gal
Ions Of beer, io,0o0 drinks, down into
the sewer.
Watcrvillc is pleased. and we'll II may
be. at the si25.0o0 increase in the
valuation during the past year. The
present years increase will probably
be still more. If one may judge from
the amount Of building being done.
one Of Sargcntville's captains reports
that he caught 500 pounds Of Goldfish In
twenty minutes. His neighbors all
minutes longer.
Last week the mail was the means OF
transportation by which pair Of toads
were brought from Oklahoma to Jones
port The gray backs We're packed in
a pasteboard box and. strange to say.
without food or air. when liberated
We're gaIny fellows and began breaking
their fast by a lively attack upon flies.
The seventh annual field day of the
four Maine colleges will be held at
Orono. this afternoon In each Of the
previous six Powdoin has won more
points than its three rivals combined.
and is expected to repeat the perform
anca, today The only interest is in
the size of Bowdoins score. and in the
fight among the other three for second
place. Last year the score was Bow
doiu. 9.i2: Colby. Il: Bates. 10. and
University of Maine. 12I9.
The summer of 1901 Is expected to be
A record breaker for Portland. Cot
taEes on the islands are being rapidly
engaged. ana liberal patronage Of the
| tourist hotels is assured. Mr.. Gibson.
| proprietor of the Ottawa hotel, says
| that never before have the inquiries for
rooms by June 10 been 50 numerous.
! VI Last week WAS
a phenomenal one for drunks in Port
land. plausible explanation is that
the vile stuff now alone obtainable in
| the dcns here makes larger pcrCcn-
taEc of those who use it intoxicated
than did the article formerly to be had.
| The number of drinkers, doubtless, has
lessencd, and there is encouragement
1 in the thought that the men who will
continue to use split can not long
survive as the nuisances they are. II
has the merit of "kill-quick" tippc.
Talk of the solid Democracy of the
South. Hancock county has "A solid
Democracy of her own. At casual
meeting of five Ellsworth Democrats
one day recently discussion turned
from politics to lvCirdupois. A com
pari sOn of notes showed the following:
Elisha Salisbury. SIS: j. A. Cunning
ham. 800: Frank s. Lord, 20: George
Il. Stuart, 209: Carlton McGown. 200
Here is an aggregate Of 1852 pounds. OF
an average Of 2?2 2-5 pounds per man
Perhaps in this very prcpOnderance OF
weight may be found the secret OF
Democratic weakness in Hancock
county.
The Portland Argus has heard some
thine; which is apparently entirely new
under the sun. young lady member