Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-26

The memory of the Portland's fate
gives the coastwiSe mariners caution.
All the Indications point to regular
old Shioned Thanksgiving weather.
At last there is promise of a test case
in IL" matter uf liquor ads in Maine
newspapers.
The commercial is lahoring under the
Grange again comes to Maine il will
meet IN Bangor.
Il is a great game season and the
figures for both deer ANA moose prom
Use to distance those Of any previous
N"tr.
The cap and gown idea has followed
the "c!rSs day eXerciseS." the "bacca-
laureate sermon" the "Salutatory"
ana "valedictory." the commencement
bnll" and other college institutions
down into the high school. The ELS
worth seniors are talking Of caps
ANA gowns for next June.
As far as the returns have come in
only one Maine Selectman is also 4
football captain. The double honor
fans TO Ray JOY Of Bar Harbor Who
also enjoys the distinction of being the
youngest scleCtman in the State
If the captains Of some of the
schooncrs don't watch out they will get
caught in the ice in the Maine rivers.
In spite OF the snow that covers the
laLu some Of our brother editors are
reporting buttercups. dandclions.
straw berry blossoms, mayhowers. etc.
sent in by thoughtful friends
Bath reports its first progressive
dinner. The young ladies of the
Shakespeare club inausuratcd the idea.
1t was this way. The sweet buds en-
j"ycd the first course at the home Of
cne of their number. going to another
members home for the second
course and 50 on The dim
ner began at =. NJ and came
u a successful conclusion at ! O'Clock.
That's all very WELL and We will glad
IL accept an invitation from the club
Tor its next dinner, but where does
Shakespeare come in
III speaking of the prowess OF ex-
Sheriff DeSpeauX and Of his deeds
when h. was a brunswick deputy. Edi-
lor Dunnng Of the Portland Advertiser
IndulgeS in 4 little reminiScence Of the
tim". some ten years ago. when an
itinrrant puack drove into Brunswick
in his great house wagon and set him
Sclt up on corner lot nf Back street
ln"W. more graciously termed Fed
tral'D. and attracted attention by Vio-
lrntly attacking the medical students
on the hill The. mediCs heard the news
AMI that right 50 Of them formed un-
der the shadow Of Adams hall ana
marched silently down to upset the
wagon. within which the doctor" had
retired for the night among his pill
boxes Five academic youths ac-
co!npani-d them and sat across the
street upon a fence. The mediCS ad-
vamced bravely. bur MIR DespeauX
w4s concealed under til" wagon one
sight Of him was enough. The SO
Ntgilantes fled. and across the street
FIVE pairs of feet went into the air as
t1eir owners fell over backward into
tHe mucky depths of Woodlawn. The
qtNtck was not disturbed.
Zig Ben" Chadbourne. the popular
railroad commissioner. in a pulpit.
Sfre enough. but il isn't a permanent
change Of profession. \ year or 50
ago he delivered one in series of lay
mems lectures at the Westbrook Uni
Nrsalist church, and they liked him
WILL that. last Sunday evening, he
sIloke again This time his theme was
blaine. her climate, resource and
contribution to the higher life Of
other states" and everybody knows
that he handled il well.
9. these precocious and omnipresent
youngsters. II was four-yearold
some anxiety one afternoon last week.
\ good man visited them week ortwo
before and after he went out, a friend
If the lady Of the house. who was
present. said: The cussed fool. Per
haps she did not refer to the good man
who had left the house. but the boy
thought she did. evidently. for the
next time the man called. the boy said.
as he ushered him into the room where
his mother was: Here's the cusscd
fool. mamma 1t is reported that the
mother found it rather difficult max
ing satisfactory explanation of the
boys remark
Probably Editor Clarke of the Bath
Independent is very popular and prob
aply the young people of Bath are
very sweet tempered. Were it not 50
we, feel sure that the wreckng of the
independent Office and lynching bee
would follow some Of the enga cement
announcements and descriptions of
weddings which appear in Brother
Ciarke's bright paper. In his latest
issue he devotes half a column to ''the
great but long expected pleasure of
announcing through the Gossiper's