Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-28
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The Country Stands.
The country stands
Firm founded in the front of al the
lands:
Her flag floats free
In ripplcd red from laundering sea l"
The un,rampcd garland Of great
Liberty,
The country stands
In honor throned-no stain on heart or
hands:
Supreme and great.
With Freedoms stars fair streaming ocr
each state
Freedom that lives and triumphs owe:
Fate,
Atlanta Constitution.
The sportsmen are counting the
days.
Northern kennebec roads all lead to
Sidney. today.
The launching of the Cleveland is the
feature VI iiit IAN Ct lam
The Biddeford Record demonstrates
that Roosevelt is the saith President.
Among those entering the upper
classes at Bowdoin, this fall, are stu
Cents from Yale Dartmouth, Williams,
Colby and Bates.
The first football games. today Bow
dom plays New Hampshire. Bates
PLAYS Exeter and Colby plays kents
Hill L. Of NJ has no game ar
ranged.
There is a job for the bear hunter
up in West Phillips. The bears are
breaking off limbs in the orchards
which are over two inches in diane
ter.
Waterville Mail: The open season on
human beings has already a considera-
bic list of shootings to it's credit
Given fool and a gun. and it follows
as a pretty certain consequence that
somebody will get hurt even in so
sparsely populated a district as the
Maine woods.
Tenement houses are a scarce artl-
Gle in Blaine. The fire on July Attn
DESTROYED many houses. and several
families have been obliged to move out
Of town. In every other village
around. every place suitable for
dwelling is occupied. and there are n
vacant places to be had. 1t would
seem as though a building boom were
due there.
Speaking about raising potatoes by
the roadside an exchange suggests that
in Aroostook there are no stone walls
BY the roadside. to encourage the
gathering of bushes. weeds. and rock
heaps. and il looks a great deal bet
ter to see the fields cultivated to the
roadside than ii would to have a strip
left to be devoted to bushes and
weeds In this part Of the country
where there are walls. ii is different.
The Bangor Commercial discusses
clearly and at length the question o
our fairs 1t deplores the holding Of
the fairs earlier than in former years
with the result that instead of being
agricultural exhibitions they are
horse trots and amusement carnivals
1t recommends one big fair. instead OF
two, held in alternate years in Bangor
and Lewiston. We nave an idea that
Lewiston will not take kindly to this
suggestion. The Commercial also
recommends that all the State and
local fairs be under the management
of the State and county oranges.
A Bar Harbor tragedy Of thirty
seven years ago is recalled by the only
surviving member of the accident, Miss
Blake, who, through a friend. asked
to hear the story of the terrible day
from an eye witness. Serenus Rodick
recalls every detail of the accident
wildly. He was living on Rodick's
island and was at work or play at the
shore when he saw two sailboats well
filed with people coming over from
Southwest Harbor. A very strong
wind was blowing. While Mr.. Rodck
was watching, one of the boats cap
sized and the other appeared to be in
q precarious situation. Capt. Royal
Higgins who was in his sailboat,
| quickly went to the rescue. but all of
the seven occupants of the capsize1
boat had drowned with the exception
of one little girl. Miss Blake. who was
flOated by her skirts. The girl was
carried to the home of Mrs. John A.
Rodick where she was tenderly cared
for. Her parents had been drowned in
the accident. Miss Blake later pre-
sented Capt. Higgins with a handsome
souvenir in recognition Of his gallantry
and prompt action.
Kockland Star: Names business Of
! enierta ming summer visitors has