Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-23

the lady.
The stories and anecdotes with
which Secretary Shaw enlivens his
speeches are all new ones in Maine
and ought to become popular on the
stump, this fall.
1t is announced that the date on
which the Bath Board of Trade will
entertain the State organization will
be Sept. 16. 1t is the occasion of the
annual meeting of the State Board.
A million dollar bridge across the
Kennebec at Bath! 1t will be in the
line of progress and that is the line
over which the Maine Central travels.
Biddeford Journal: The agitation of
the question as to which Maine city
will do the honors on State day in Old
Home week next year ought to begin
before long. There is a possibility that
difficulty may be experienced in con-
vincing Portland that she should fol
low her hand" But she does it so
politely that really, the honor should
be settled upon her for life.
Ellsworth thought that the burglars
dynamiting the safe at the railroad
station were boys shooting skunks.
Skunk hunting must be strenuous
business in Hancock county. How
ever. on second thought, it is any
where.
President Roosevelt will have a con-
siderable retinue made up of personal
attendants and newspaper men on his
Maine trip. The addresses the Presi
dent is to make and all the incidents
of the journey are evidently to be
served up to newspaper readers in
full. Inasmuch as everything said and
done is to be so thoroughly reported.
it is incumbent upon local committees
to see to it's that their share of the
work is done in season and in a way
that can bring no reproach upon the
community they represent. There is
always an abundant opportunity on
such occasions for something to go
wrong unless all the details are care
fully thought out and arranged be-
forehand.
The Machias Republican says that
Mrs. Della Munson, the most expert
| female stage driver and perhaps, the
only star route female driver, in the
State. came in on time, Wednesday,
"a vino ra1ipual har hr1chan6 tn
give him an opportunity to look after
the farm crops. In times past Mrs.
Munson has undauntingly assumed the
reins and made her 40 mile trips, on
| time. in the most Indictment seasons, to
keep the business moving. when her
husband was incapacitated by severe
| rheumatic attacks.
| Thousands of tourists are flocking
into the State every day. while, al
though of course, a great many are
going home, they are but a drop in the
bucket compared with those who are
coming into Maine. Trains are crowd
ed every day. and extra cars are neces-
sary to accommodate the immense
throngs. A gentleman from Poland
|
about 1000 on the waiting list, trying to
get into the Poland Spring hotel. 1t is
packed to the doors and has been ever
since it opened. The Rickers are try
! ing to take care of their great swarms
of guests by distributing them among
other hotels. until there is an opening
at Poland Spring."
Aroostook is famous for it's crops
and not only are the county's potatoes
fatter than those to be found in all the
! United States, but so are the kids
grown in that soil. Read what the
Sleepy Hollow correspondent of the Fort
Fairfield Review reels off: I'VE have
never heard that the pork from Sleepy
Hollow or the product of it's buck
wheat commanded a higher price than
those from elsewhere in Aroostook;
but it would almost seem they were
worth more. considering the children
we rear here. Let me mention a few.
| First there is Earl Waldron, little
boy of Is summers. but then he weighs
las pounds. Then there is Miss Grace
Avery. little maiden of 13 years,
weighing 121 pounds. Miss Jennie
Eastman, II years old. only weighs ZIG
pounds. while Miss Kate Conant. Is
years old, tips the beam at ia. Master
! Norman Ashby has only commenced
to grow but at 213 years his weight is