Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-30
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Singing Of Good Times.

Singing Of Good Times.
Let us sing about the good times in the
valleyS-on the hills.
The music of the hooking birds--the joJ'
of all the rillf:
Let MS see in all the winters. where the
snow lies chill and deep,
| The soil that yearns to blossom where
the flowers are safe in sleep.
Let us sin. about the good times: they
are bright on plain ana slope.
And all the world is ringing with the sill
very bells of hope;
The blue sky benuS above us-thc grass
is green and sweet.
And the violetS spread a carpet Tor tho
falling of loves feet.
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Let us sing about the good times, they
are coming Iight along.
And All the world is swcctur 70" their
hallciua song;
And no, for love and liNing-iur no bless
ing love denies.
And hfe's sweet thanksgiving To the glad
and answering skies.
-Atlantu Constitution.
1t is farewell to an exceptionally
lovely September.
A few fairs are left for October, and
the greatest Of all is at Topsham.
The usual early crop Of football acCi-
dents is being harvested
Farmer Mclaughlin says there
will he high ructions if an attempt is
made 10 divide ancient Scarboro.
1t isn't often that an editor gets
day off. but Erother Wood of the Lew
iston sun found time. Saturday, to run
UP to Phillips ana get married. Here
are hearty congratulations.
Uncle Terry" the story of the Maine
coast of which 100000 copies have been
sold. has been dramatizcd ana viii he
presented IN New York.
| The laurels of the Smith family arr
! in danger down in Knox COUNTY.
! Somebody has discovered that there
are 80 Halls in the Eockland directory
and only - Smiths The name Of
| Jones appears only IA times.
| Portland's new daily isn't bidding
for popularity with the boys of the
city 1t speaks Of the Portland High
| school football team in recent years
| as an aggregation of attenuatcd dudes
! who were knocked down like candle
| pins in a bowling alley.
| \ pathetic message was received by
DR.. Gould of Rockland recently from
that lonely place called Matinicus Dr..
| Gould has a system of pigeons which
convey MESA ges from there to the
mainland. and Saturday, there came a
| pigeon to the homing loft at Tenants
| Harbor conveying news OF the serious
| illness of Mrs. Il. 4. Young. The
| silent messenger that flew across -
| miles of seas to Tenants Harbor was
found to have seven No. | shot i'm
| bedded in her body and wings. With
| this injury by thoughtless sportsman
| the bird had flown across with her
message and true to instinct the bird
had delivered her message. shortly
| after the home coming the bird died.
| Sheriff Pearson will no longer have
to use his pocket knife when he rap,
| Cor order in the court room. County
| Attorney Whitchouse has presented
| him with a silver tipped gavcl ap-
| propriatcly inscribed.
| Waterville is getting into gear To
| arrange for the celebration of it's cen
tennial in 1902 1t is none too early.
| We are feeling perfectly safe in the
| prophecy that il will he Il grand Cele-
bration. worthy the occasion. Water
| willie knows how to do it
The Lewiston Journal thus gets in Il
mild and not inappropriate digat the
Capital city: "A meeting of the
Augusta city government always
brings to mind the ballad Of kiplinE =
| on, the East is East
| And tho West is West
| And never the twain shall meet"
| The summer girl must take back
seat. for the season Of football and
county fair, large pumpkins and long
hair. is now at hand.-Bangor Com
mercial.
Not necessarily. for the summer
girl is always fair. one Of her charms
is usually her long hair, and she al
ways has around her some pumpkin
headed specimens whom she uses for
footballs.
Biddeford Journal: The Journal not
long since had occasion to call attcn-