Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-14

III "ii'"A~N' the Other evening, Sdlu
that statistics proved that so per cent.
OF the inebriates Of England contracted
the drink habit in childhood. He said
that beihg SO 1t would be safe to pre-
dict that the rate would be so to IS per
cent. i'll this country. He made the
startling assertion that paregoric and
the various soothing syrups. so freely
administered to children by mothers,
contained two parts of anise, two parts
of syrup, and six parts of alcohol. A
proportional dose would be good stiff
drink for man. He condemned the
use of these medicines in strong terms
ana SAID that children under their in
fluerce were simply intoxicated.
The good old town of Waldoboro, be-
sides being famous for the excellence
of it's sour krout and the Workmanship
of it's vessels, puts forth big claims as
a poultry and egg raising community.
! 1t claims to raise more poultry and
ship more eggs than any other town OF
| its population in the country. Inc
people of Waldoboro know how to
successfully handle poultry at a profit,
and they make a good living out OF
poultry and eggs
Portland is generally represented
upon all great occasions. The parade
at Charleston which President Roose-
welt reviewed was no exception to this
general rule, for in the line of the crew
of L. S. S. Lancaster were three Port
| land boys who are now on their way to
| Manila. They We're George G.. Barnes,
| Edward Harris and John J. O'Brion.
| \ pair of twins, a girl and boy, ar
rived in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
+. Whitehouse of Sherman Mills, last
week, and their bright seven-year-old
sister suggested that they be named
Rose and Roosevelt. You cannot beat
an AroostOok girl.
The Bangor and Portland papers, to
an accompaniment gracefully executed
by the Biddeford Journal, have been
| talking it over of late and have de-
cded that the two cities are not really
| enviOus or jealous of each other, after
all. They used to throw a little need
less sass at each other, particularly
| when football rivalry was high, but
| the jealousy was more assumed than
real. and the papers didn't really
mean what they said. OF late any
| mud-slnging has been the exception
| rather than the rule, except an occa-
sional dig at enforcement and non-eil-
forcement, and a citizen of one finds
himself in the house of his friend when
he visits the other. There is no reason
| for any friction. Each is big and grow
ing and prosperous; each is proud of
J the other and all Maine is proud of
BOTH
One house now being built in Bath
will start it's existence with all the
possibilities of ghost story among its
furnishings. In digging for the cellar,
last week, an old coffin plate bearing
the date of 1901 was unearthed and
parts of a coffin were found. The bones
were not discovered, to be sure, but
nobody can doubt that the ghost is still
there and a haunted house is assured.
The launch which Fish Warden
Hanna declares to have been fitted out
in Massachusetts to procure in Maine
waters short Holsters for shipment to
the Boston market, although she
probably will not fly the skull and
cross bones. is as genuine a pirate as
any which infests the seas in these en-
lightened times. No effort should be
spared to procure the necessary evil
dence to convict her operators, and
when caught they should be punished
to the fullest extent of the law and
made an example that will warn all
other similar depredators from our
coasts. Occasionally one hears SYM
pathy expressed for the poor fisher
man who is caught with a few short
Holsters in his possession, by which he
is trying TO exc out slender income
but there can be none for these MaSsa-
chusetts outlaws who deliberately fit
out a vessel to make good money for
them by depicting the Maine lobster
supply and evading the law. The cum
ming with which their plan is devised
makes 1t difficult to catch them red
handed at their piratical work, even
though the character of their Occupa-
ton is generally known. but the thing
| is not impossible and we hope to see
| them brought to justice.
Reflections Of Bachelor.