Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-19

OF granite and mica -schist
1t cooled ana lay in the self same way
That into their hearts ii Kissed.
\ million years. and the clouds Of steam
Mere rivers and lakes and seas.
And the mastodon Ia his grave had gone
In the coal that once WAS trees
Then the Master Moldcr raised His hand.
He shattered the gray rock mold
And srrinkled its core from shore to
shore,
And me dust that fell was gold
-Win,hrop Packard, in the Youths
Companion.
Augusta has the glad hand for the
National Grange.
The Portland municipal campaign
promises 10 melt the SNOW IN that
section OF the state
1t isn't a Carnegie. but State u
Maine loyalty ana generosity. which
makes possible Eliot's new $1,000 Ii
brary.
There are no less than 80 dwelling
houses now in process If erection at
Millinooket. ihe magic city "f tn" vii
derness"
The college football champions hip Is
settled. but In" preparatory school
championship remains as usual dc-
batable ana much debated question
They "rc not hoastinG 81 big chick
-ns over At Sabattus. this fall. A lat
Of Is brought into market there last
week. weighed T. pounds.
1t vas over in Greene that the mul
Of III" house brought nome a jug ~
Kerosene under the impression TIA, it
vas molasses ana his wife. without in
v"StigatinE. poured Il generous guam
tity of the SAM into her pumpkin pies
What she said is not recorded save.
perhaps. hy the recording angel
The Eideford Journal says that
even during the November evenings
the shooting star rule is not observed
BY the Young people ot that section.
fhey simply follow the old rules ana
regulations ;h.t Wcr" III force before
shooting stars We're invented
Thanksgiving is almost here. and III
might be we'll for the thousands Of
young people who arr away from
home 10 begin to consider whether or
not they can 50 arrauc" their fairs az
TO spctd that day with the odd folks
at home. There will be az usual many
joyful reunion throughout our State.
Thanksgiving is really the old home
day for Maine people. We may have
our celebration i'll the summer for thos..
who can come then on pur" pleasure
bent. but there is no time for warming
up the hearts Of father or mother At
home ike the old-fashioncd Thanks
giving. And incidentally il does th"|
Wanderer az much good az it does
those he once lett behind
The old scoW at Wnirh the mortar
battery at Fort Prvblr has been firing
for a week or two i still without a
breadth escapes. Tho residences along
the neiGhboring shores have not been
50 fortunate as the conclusion of the
firing has caused 10 little damage to
glass. Chimncys. etc.
Maine Woods: The law relating to|
accidental shooting Of human beings
by hunters, as passed by the last Leg
islature, seems to have wholly failed
in its purpose. Instead Of there being
decrease Of such accidents this year
the number has increased 1t is sup
posed that q person who knows how to
handle q rifle or gun could he trusted
TO hunt with it without a guardian.
The entire consciousness of this pro-
miscuous shooting and this malady
which some hunters have of thinking
that everything in the woods is game
is evident even to the ones afflicted
with the delusion. There is no doubt
but the author of the accident i a
great sufferer on account OF 1t, but
that does not mend the matter. I'll
the fear of fine and Imprisonment viii
not improve the hunters sight some
other remedy must be sought. HUI
man life should be preserved even if
the game interests do suffer. 1t may
be necessary to require every one en-
tering the woods 20 hunt to be clothed
in green; that will at least prevent his
being taken for black bear or a white
deer.
some Fresque Isle capitalists are in
terested in the project of an electric
road to Washburn and perham. 1t is
a prosperous farming region and the
people show much interest in the plan.
Each year sees an increase in the
blueberry canning business. and thou
sands of acres of land We're burned
over this year. One man burned be-
| tween 1900 and 1000 acres. says a
Maine grower. Land burned one year