Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31

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Old Days and Dreams.
When the worl' is going wrong
Sorrow closely clingin'.
Think you of some merry song
Joy was singing.
Some sweet echo from of old
Thrilling through the June-light;
Ruby lips, and locks of gold
Mandoline and moonlight!
Then, il new days love you not,
Pass through fields of clover;
Singing to some garden plot,
Dream the old days over!
Frank l.. Stanton.
Thanksgiving, November 81. and less
than a month away.
Lively times in prospect along the
line Of the Fish river railroad.
1t makes Whitneyville blue to have
it's only industry wiped out by fire.
The Biddeford officers are shooting
cats as a means of preventing the
spread of the smallpox.
North VassalbOro wants a hotel and
wants it badly. The village is booming
but the lack of hotel is a great hand
leap.
Auburn has had four incendiary fires
thus far this year, but the firebug has
not been captured.
Names first snow furry is a remind
err that although our summers are &C.
casiOnally tardy our winters always
get around on time, if not little be-
fore.
Mr.. Hanscom made a good fight, but
it is evident that the voters of Han
cock elected Mr.. Whitcomb sheriff, all
right enough.
that the deer damaged the crops and
flower beds. the bears stole the lambs
and now the foxes and coons are lay
ing waste the poultry yards. There
seems to be a good field for a live hunt
err in that town.
Bangor theatrical critics are a fussy
lot anyway. An Uncle Toms Cabin
Company recently played to large
audience in the Queen city, and whils
the critics admit that Eliza crossed
the river on the ice and Little Eva
died as per schedule, they find fault
because two of the blOodhounds had to
be dragged across the stage in pursuit
of their prospective victim. When this
company next plays in Bangor the
manager should introduce the innova-
ton of Eliza chasing the blOOdhounds.
An Auburn parent writes to the Lew
iston Journal protesting against the
no-school signal on extremely stormy
days. Most parents will not agree
with the view taken for they believe
that such a signal is a blessing.
THE farmers of Maine." says the
Boston Transcript. having decided
that raising sweet corn does not pay,
the packers have concluded to advance
the price for next years crop thirty
three per cent" This decision of the
farmers perhaps applies more particu-
larly to seasons like the past one, when
the sweet corn crop, owing to unfavOr-
able weather. fell much below the av-
erage. However, the reported advance
in price. taking one year with another,
may mean a real balance, instead of
an apparent one. on the right side of
the Maine farmers ledgers.
Biddetord Journal: Wanted, a good
smart boy" is the wording of an adj
vertisement in Maine newspaper.
The adjectives are suggestive. For
one thing they call attention to the fact
that the supply Of good. smart boys is
never equal to the demand. There are
good boys in abundance and the world
is running over with smart boys, but
when you find one that is good and also
of great price. There are as many Of
them in Maine as in any other part of
the world. but the combination of