Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-19

IL Is not strange that / shoui' u! '"
! acquire land in the best state III '"c
union. | love Maine, its shores an"
it's mountains and am always eager
to come here. even If / have to Walk
This IS the way the school year oc-
gins in Portland according to the
breezy Daily News: An army OF Sooo
strong marched today through the
streets of Portland peacefui ana
orderly army. however, whose Only
ammunition was books and whose ann
was 10 storm the fortress oi h"o"
ledge. Pretty and inspiring sisht.
, Young men and maidens, hoDpIeday
boys and gigglng girls. tiny tots VINO
were making their first little journey
in the world alone-all were there anu
all in quest of that open sesame OF
modern life, knowledge The great
! scnoolyards thronged with sons ana
daughters of the taxpayers Of the FOR
est city. Last years acpuain'ah'tS
were renewed. grudGes forgotten,
II iendShipS started and anii'athie&
! formed. Little girls eyed one an
others tresses, praised each others
: irocks ard criticised looks in general
! Little boys sWapped toys ana tolu or
| hair breadth c@capes ny flood and field.
Big girls with more ceremony compar-
| ed notes on summer experiences, sum
ncr conuucsts and summer gowns.
while big boys. awkward ana silent,
looked snyiy OF. ana wished thew too
could talk so much about nothing.
In All Miss Kate Nannah has written
some li5 compositions including iieiio-
goland, n light opera in three acts
written IN conjunction with Fillmore
Bartlett. NelioEuland has b,en Or
chostratei and viii probably soon be-
published. one of the latest OF Miss
Nannah's productions IA My Eairnie.
very pretty melody which mas been
made famous on the other sit- ~
I!cauvelt VINO is very fond Of this and
OF many Of Miss Nann4h's songs.
'fhc New York Commercial AiVertia-
&C recently tateu that there - more "
Kate Nannah's music sold Than tlcrc
is Of any woman composer IN the
United States d. OF any male ,umyOg-
er save he Euycn. Miss Naunah real
~ made Her reputation ia writing FOR
the contraltu voice and herself prefers
The serious love ballad 10 any other
style OF song but she j. ~ versatile as
possible ana has written almost every
kin ~ melody from a COCA song 10 a
mass. Irish songs ARE favoi.tra with
Miss Nauuah and she expects to pub
iish next year i group VI German
songs. and also i bod, q snnEs with
out words
when have heard people with po-
,itical ideas ana .de:.lg ~ their eva
| unique construction making fun ~ Dr
Garcclons puilic services. sayz J. o,s
swift in one Of his chatty lrtt,ls In
the Bangor Commercial. have won
dcrcd how many ui them remember
that during the great civil War h
served his country faithfully as a sur
: on. operating with the skill ana care
tulness that has always been hi. un
| IN hundred southern hattIchelds. ana
vet refused to accept dollar from the
L nitcd States in return for his ser
rices. He believed that il was the
duty of every Weil-tu-do or comfofta-
biy nell-"ff citizen to stand by the old
flag in its emergency ana not To de-
mand pay for So doing. As Il diIe.
result Of this financial sac. iiite he af-
forwards lost the beautiful home that
~ had built in Lewiston. on Ayers
tiill. Though the house was erected
Years ago ii is today one Of the most
beautiful houses in either Lewiston or
Auburn. Many people who know
nothing of the inner life Of this pol
ished and Een;lemanly representative
Of the old school have wondered why
| each succeeding wave Of foreign peo-
pl" inundatiug Andruscorgin count
has Immediately formed i sincere rev
ertnce and friendship for The old
Doctor" as he has been called in Lew
istun for 20 years. | realized IL one
day when | was working on a story
in Lewiston'S Stun streets. The three
year-old daughter Of SloVeuly looking
| Russian JeNesS was dying Of infant
consumption. | had called a week he
fore at the house when the father had
been arrested and sent To prison for
buying stolen junk The woman was
worn out with work. and with being
up nights with the sick baby. She had
sent for other doctors 70, little Esther.
but when they found she had no money
and that the baby had consumption.
they did not come again. A kind
hearted French Canadian woman had
advised her 10 send for DR.. Garcelon,
the odd doctor" and he came again
| and again he came. He filled the med
| iCine bottles himself He brought her
bread and meat He didn't ask if she
had money. His kind heart ana his
| intuition told him she was starving
The day that ] happened in was the
| last With the hcartbroken mother
| tearing her hair and moaning on the
| floor. and tina Old Doctor" walking up
and down with the emaciated baby
carried on pillow on his arm. it was
| not hard for me to understand why the
| irish. Germans. French. Hungarians
and Poles of Lewiston, whose grand
children and great grandchildren viii
| be among the aristocrats OF Maine
| when Time and Fate have given the
| wheel another turn or two.-it was not
| hard. | say, for me to understand why
| the foreigners in Lewiston love this
| Grand Old Man. After the little Is
| raclitish girl had breathed her last
| there We're tears in the eyes of the
sweet old man as he placed the pillow
| on the bed and turned to comfort the