Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-21
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL TUEsDA Az. OCToBER "a. l9C2

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CROWN Ter Man.
Don't call i'm now de sweetes'
LIT Teller in de Ian;
He done lef' of his apernS--
He CROWN ter man!
He thirkin' bout de big worr-
Err now he plot en- plan!
Soon reach his mammys shoulder
He CROWN ter a man!
But he amt forgot his raisin'-
True Teller heart en- nan,
En- his mammy's still his sweetheart
. Though he CROWN ter a man!
/ Atlanta Constitution.
Nice summer weather at present.
The odor of burning leaves fills the
evening air. aft-
Hebron academy feels justified in
claiming the fastest preparatory school
eleven in Maine. 4.
1t is suggested that coal Is a fine
substitute for oil, soaked bricks, gas
and $40 wood.
Among the many bouquets thrown
at Mayor Boothby at last weeks gath
ering Of the general passenger agents
in Portland was the suggestion that
he would make good Governor of
Maine, some day.
Brewer understands that there is an
excellent prospect that the disreputa-
BILE old town pumps will soon give way
to some handsome. granite drinking
fountains.
Business has been quiet in the Ban
gor matrimonial market of late, and
one clergyman attributes it to the coal
strike. He expects marriage boom
to follow it's settlement.
Colbys gridiron victory over Bates
makes the football situation decidedly
] interesting. Just what will happen
when Colby and Bowdoin meet al
Brunswick, Saturday. TOR their annual
game is now leading matter OF
| alumni and undergraduate Specula
ton.
| Unless all signs fail, mining opera
tions Will be carried on in Washington
county in the spring Of 1903 on a scale
which will be surprising to the many
persons who have been decidedly
| skeptical as to the value of the mines
of Cooper and elsewhere which have
been worked on a small scale during
the past year. Experts who have mad
considerable experience in the mining
business, has examined those at Coop
| err and pronounce them very rich ir
ore, and predicts that within /:
months there will be big changes in
that section of the county due to the
operation of the mines. which can be
worked at handsome profit to the
lucky owners. Several corporations
local and foreign, own the properties
along the mineral belt and 1t is said tC
be the intention of at least two OF the
| companies to commence work next
spring. The mines produce nickel
| molydenum. coal, gold and other
things too numerous to mention
| Washington county is bound to boom
The Indians of Old Town are talking
| politics nowadays. The biennial
election of governor, lieutenant-gOver-
nor and representative will take place
Nov. 4.
| The fall run of smelts is on al
Calais. and the small boy with time to
burn is in his element. The fish are
| ready sellers at this season of the year
and the boys make good money ped
ding them about the city. Whenever
the tide serves all sorts and conditions
of men and boys. with every conceiv-
able kind Of fishing gear. may be
found on the wharves about which the
smelts are supposed to school, and the
numbers taken daily are surprising
This season the fish appear to run un-
usually large. and are consequently
much more highly priced than the
minnows which are usually caught.
'Tis whispered that Portland peo-
pie are not quite so enthusiastic as
they once were. over that beautiful
Welsh coal. and many speak of 1t in
anything but complimentary terms
One citizen in referring to it's disad-
vantages. spoke of U. s. Commissioner
Bradley as getting up every morning
and working half an hour with, a ten
pound maui getting the big Jumps In
! condition to put into the stove.
Another instance of Names tickle
| climate is reported from MillinOcket.
| Two paper makers took a stroll one
| afternoon, last week, and returned
with sufficient quantity of wild
Strawberries for a strawberry, short
| cake. And the berries were as ripe
and juicy as their June ancestors. or
| at least that is the way the report