Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-26


The troubles o the word-they seem ike
birds in swiftest flight;
With the pure. green world around YOU
an all o heaven in sight.
Frank l.. Stanton.
The last Of the Kennebec caucuses,
today.
The moon wanes ana the hammock
season is with US.
HaloWell is fortunate in not having
a strike in addition to it's smallpox
unplca santness.
The June bride and the sweet girl
graduate are holding frequent seances
with the dressmaker.
The teachers and pupils are not find
ing any fault with the arrangement
which brings Memorial day on a Fri
Gav.
South NorridgeWock is one of the few
places that reports more bicycles in
use this season than in former years.
IN most places they are fewer and few
Cr.
SacO reports a young Diana who
brought home Il live fox from one of
her expeditions, last week. She didn't
run him down, but dug him from the
hole in which he had taken refuge.
Would that every town and (OmmUll-
ity as faithfully observed Memorial
day as does Moose river. Only one
soldier sleeps in the little cemetery
there, but the schools close ana the
children annually hold exercises at his
grave which they cover with flowers
That is the true Memorial days spirit.
South Woodstock reports an en-
thusiasttc fisherman who has made
fishing trip to Bemis each spring foi
% years. He has just returned with
finc string of lake trout ana hopes to
Keep up his custom for at least % years
more.
BROTHER Evans Of the Piscataquis
Observer doesn't often get left on local
news. but in his latest issue he CON
fcsses that the new baby in the tene-
mtnt directly over his sanctum was
two weeks old before he knew Of it's ar
rival.
By catching a salmon on three con-
secutivc mornings, Mrs. George Wiley
Of TpaZie. has established new record
at the Bangor pool. This is an age Of
record breaking in almost every line of
human endeavOr, but some of these
fractures bring more fame and solid
enjoyment than others. We can
imagine few things more satisfactory
than to be able to capture an able
bodied salmon on several consecutive
mornings, particularly with the price Of
salmon even higher than beef in tho
market.
The May issue Of the Albany Law
Journal has an able paper on AN
Analysis Of the Law Of Mistake Of Fact
as Applied in the Avoidance of Con-
tracts" by l.. /. Leonard Of the Mis-
souri, bar. ME- Leonard is Il native Of
Oakland. Maine. and a graduate Of
Trinity College in the class of '96. He
has been in st. Louis for the past six
years and his many friends in this sec
ton have watched his success with
great interest.
Aurora has a little goat which is
| qualified to share the fame of Mary's
little lamb. Only the goat did not go
to school. He tried to go to a sewing
school, and acted like an escaped lodge
goat. This is the way an Aurora cor
respondent tells of the incident: Two
ladies' while walking to the circle We're
| accompanied by goat whose company
was not much wanted. He chased
them into L. z. Rowe's shed, and tried
| 10 keep them there. They tried to
| coax their way out by feeding out a
pailfuI Of potatoes which Mr.. Rowe had
| cut to plant, but finally were obliged to
cal for help from a stout man who
| used u great many stones before he
| succeeded in driving the goat away.
Mr.. Rowe will present his bill at the
next meeting of the circle"
The Biddeford Record deVotes a col
| umn to the story Of the detective work
| of the superintendent Of the city
cemetery who ran down two women
| who had been stealing flowers and
plants from graves. The women are al
lowed to escape without punishment
and not even their names are published
IN the paper. This is mistaken mercy.
When such ghouls are discovered,
which is not often, they should not get
off so easily but should be made an
example Of 1t almost makes one wish
| that the pillory and ducking stool were
lstill in vogue. If such vandals are not
i imprisoned. their names should be
published in good big plain type in the
local papers.
a Piscataquis correspondent says
"a ride into the country districts,
look at the fields and a conversation
with the farmers show that there IS
every reason to believe that not more
than half or two-thirds of a hay crop
will be cut his season. The December
flood followed by freezing weather
killed the grass roots and many fields
Ill