Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-30
THE CENTENNIAL.
John Quill Visits Wateryi|Ie
Upon Its Birthday.
Trip Through the Peanut Covered
Streets of the City.
Some Impressions Both APPLY and
HumorousIy Expressed.

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| The centennial bee that has been buZ
|lhg over Maine for the past tire,
.makHE struck Waterville. last weel
wit1At duh thud. Please notice tina
this expression. "a dull thud' is copy
righted by me and any infringement up
on its use will be prosecuted Some o.
the oldest Inhabitants MAY recognize
the expressihA as one found Osr q guild,
t15oard .atf<Mount Ararat when eaes snl
was beAched upon that isolateA 80
buf HeNng bought all right and tit{e.
~ expression l now claim it, 3
peasonAl properay and the puB1e
taE@1Rtice and govern themseKe1
coA4Hsfy: 'As l previously remaf3 !
the centennial bee struck. the up river
city with Il d. t. and when 1 saw the
ruby colored posters a1n6uncing the
fact that the City would Become of age
on the: week. of the 23d., resolved to
join sorne.ef the first families and like
the Aavslts, go up. Now Waterville is
"a nice, Rhooth fiat city, no danger OF
anyboarialling off. You don't have to
use corkS in your shoes or extension
ladders to get up the hill with. When
the Lord made Waterville he just rolled
It out fiat, turned the edges arealled
it done. *.
WheHs.I blew into the. burg q he
other flight, like Foxy CUTLER, sony
sthing told me that l mad arrived. At
ter|eXtracting a clnker fSQm my eyes
L just let myself out to see The ,centen-
NAL, the whole show and when looked
OF ha nd Of +
ing and decorations l remarked in the
words of that illustrious statesman,
long since departed, who said standing
at the apex of nowhere and looking
northeast at nothing one is reminded of
the vastness of this country. The town
was carpeted to a depth of several
inches with peanut shells which made
soft footing for old people and people
troubled with bunions and the falsetto
voice of the hot-frankfurt man was
heard in the land. One thing I noticed
particularly, and remarked about, was
the absence of dogs. This may or may
not have any bearing on the case. But
the frankfurt was there and the dog
might have been only did not see him.
Perhaps less observing man might
IlOl nave IlOlltc'i lIiS IciOl pul L Nii anu
wondered. But then as long as the
frankfurt doesn't growl, why, l am not
going to. that's all.
The country people were very
much in evidence, some with
nags, some with jags and some
with giddy gowns. They all turned out
thinking. no doubt, they would INA Ike
the most of this centennia1e for1they
might all be busy haying when the next
one came and be unable to attend. For
hundred years is quite a little.while
to look forward to. Everything that
had wheels, not in their he4d, Nefe
pressed into service and made several
revolutions getting people in from the
rhubarbs of the city. The eleeFic cars
did rushing business and anybody
who had served an apprenticeship in a
circus and could hang on by their ear
like a fly could rideon these electricity
wagons and enjoy it,. The trades pro-
cession was out of sight that, is Abefore
got thNEs, but a Hiend whose'I eracity
is unqHl ioned TOD he that he aAENAe
start o72fFednesdS At 10 A. MO
4.3O p. NJ: Saturday. the last e4ehS
procession had jIst passed FSsS
and all indications point to thisl IS bt1
ing an off year for processions.2 ~
Ii looking along the maiifSSe k13
I ceased to wonder that a Htted
physician said that we are a
country of dyspeptics for TSysaw
enough = gingerbread piled up in
windrows to shingle the Baptist Church,
laying aeeh sheet three inches 70 the
weather.sand piessf with and Without,
enough TO supply all the rassads in
| the country for the next 10 yla$szyith
automatic hunters and as for >dGtgh-
nuts, why, one. man told me it took
200 cubic feet of air Tto supply the
holes. There were attractions Without
number and the balloon Vas ,sne of
the features of this great gsfsEation
and when I see anybody d ling. to rise
in the, ,woriq l like Ia eng 4tj$r them
withAnv presence. SO I cl sed' the bal
loon And for "a matter of act the bal,
Ioon was the Only thing paw fun sduf-
ing the day Ard that wa$ loaded. But
| it ger,S off Quietly withbut being ar
rested dEwas very evident that. other
] verde1t sent lkin4nfa along the line of the
r. n 6sSfersftitefested as welt S my
lself a. animated rubber bagso we
watcH ed fof some time for its depar-
/ ture. AT last that old third reader
chestnut suggested itself. she starts,
she moves. she seems to feel the thrill
Of fife along her keel After the bal
LODI had got out of sight TIE gentleman
lsw{io had been standing on by walkover
Aoes "a very appropriat& name) re-
/ moved himself and I grgvitated back