Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-23
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Once in While.
once in a while the sun shines out.
And the arcning skies are perfec-
Once in a while mid clouds of doubt
Hopes brightest stars. come peepiny
through.
Our paths lead down by the meadows
fair,
Where the sweetest blossoms nod and
smile.
And we lay aside our cross of care
Once in while.
Once in while within our own
We clasp the hand of a steadtast friend
Once in Il while we hear a tone
OF love with the hearts own voice -
blend:
And the dearest of all our dreams come
And on life's way is a golden mile:
Each thirsting flower is kissed with dew
Once in while.
Once in a while in the desert sand
We find a spot of the fairoSt green:
Once in a while from where we stand
The hills Of Paradise are seen:
And perfect JOY in our hearts We hold,
We trade earth's dross for the purest goli
Once in a while.
Nixon Waterman.
Tie hammock season is drawing
near.
These are the busy days Of the farm
ers.
Peace to the unfortunate and la
mented Boutelie.
The Harpswell lobster war is becom-
ing quite exciting.
The long list of the Memorial day
orators is out.
The members Of the 10th legislature
all have an engagement for June !, s
and 9.
While we pray for sunshine in this
part of the State. the drives on the
Aroostook rivers are hung up for lack
of water.
Lewiston is getting 50 excited over
its baseball team as to forget to keep
up an animated discussion over the 10
cation of the Carnegie library.
The number of weddings is increas-
ing as May glidcs onward into June.
and when June is really here they
promise to be more numerous than the
roses themselves.
The latest conundrum in Maine:
What town will the gang of burglars
visit next? They have evidently start
ed out on tour of the whole 800.
A big season is expected by the
hotel mon on the Maine coast. They
feel that the Buffalo exposition will
help rather than hurt their business.
The Portland Express declares that
an ordinance abolishing low dance
halls is quite as necessary in Portland
as the adoption of a curfew law. if not
more SO.
a reign of terror is said to exist in
Piscataquis county. 1t is not be Won
dcrcd at. That region has been the
scene of q series of high crimes within
a few weeks including several burg
laries. arson and the murder of four
persons. the latest in the series being
the blowing up and robbery of the
postofiice safe at Brownvillc. 1t is a
natural consequence that the people
are in state Of high nervous tension
and are arming for self-protectiOn
They would do well to organize and
put vigilance committee on the track
of shady characters. Probably. how
ever. that particular region will be-
come the safest ground in the country
for time. Tho marauding gang will
now bctake themcclves to fresh fields
where the people are less excited and
suspicious.
Mainc's murder record for the frs!
year the century threatens to be a
bad one. The Clifford Mosher case
the two men killed by Braincrd, the
three MARI children killed by their
father in Clinton. and the three vic
tins of Shirley murderer as well as
Pare killed near MOOsehead Lake
make ten victims. Perhaps there are
others for the woman who disappeared
from Lewiston may have been MUIR
dered though that is not certain. But
ten deaths from violence in a little
more than four months make bad