Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-20


recreation now under way, will far
surpass any season in the history OF
Camden. Since the close Of last sea
son contracts Involving the e.-pcndi-
turc of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars nave been under way and are now
fast approat' ing completion. over u
"cote OF costly summer homes are be
Ing bullt and improved by alteration
or 2dcitions. BY the way some Of them
are now writing it ''Camden-by-the-
ScJ."
TEc coming summer promises Il
coed deal for TIC State Of Maine. ON
every hand. aloag the coast, by the
l2E"s and in the mountains, there is
prospect of very large summer
tourist business. The fishing season.
-, soon TO open, will bring in thousands.
ord before this is over the advance
quad of the summer boarder'' will
hay : arrived. The ''boardcr'' stays
/. longer than for mcrly, and before he
| is out of the way along comes the
mighty hunter to kill our game, and
possibly himself or his companion.
our season begins os soon as the
snow is off the ground, and does not
end until the ground is white again.
NO rther state has n season for tour
lists, fishermen and hunters approach
ing ours in length. During the past
| winter great sums of money have been
cApe2ded improt ing hotel properties
| in the State, and they were never in
better condition to take care.of the
vast army which will soon invade our
! borders. Maine IS rapidly becoming
a ycar-round State for the seeker after
| health and sport, and to many it is
! as Interesting in winter as in summer.
Mrs. Granville w. Leighton is plainly
woman worthy Of a better husband
than she wedGed.-i<ennebec Journal.
Yes, so is every woman.-Portldnd
Advertiser.
Correct; go to the head of the class,
Editor Dunning. Such ready gallan-
try is seldom seen in these modern days
when chivalry is only Renaissance
of the fading past.
The first mayflcWer and the first
geese are late. A reliable Bath nimrod
reported hearing the first robin about
three weeks ago. We believe that he
distanced all competitors. There used
to be great rivalry in the State over
these robin stories, but Bath stole a
march this year and came in long
way ahead.-Bath Times.
Editor Nichols cannot read the
papers very carefully, or he would
know that he is claiming too much for
Bath. In Portland, for instance, they
haYe succeeded in modifying the
migratory instinct of the robin to such
an extent that the bird is available for
newspaper purposes any time after the
firts of February.-Biddeford Journal.
Augusta doesn't yield first honors to
either Bath or Portland as far as the
first robin is concerned. We reported
him in this section way ahead of any
pc per in the State and our informants
We're men of good eyesight and I'M
questioned sobriety. We forget the
date, but it was so far back in the win
ter that there was some slight question
whether it was delayed 1901 robin or
an early 1902 robin.
Biddeford Journal: Pure Drinking
Water" is the subject of an editorial
in the Bangor News. 1t would natural
ly be supposed that a Bangor news
paper man could not discuss this queS-
ton except as pure abstraction, but
the News editor does nothing of the
sort. His study of the subject leads
him to the conclusion that until water
is finally abolished as a beverage it is
ones duty to see that the supply is
pure. This sentiment is hopeful sign
that sooner or later water may be
favorably considered for drinking pur-
poses even in places where it has here
tofore been supposed to be fit only for
laundry and kitchen use.
1t is announced that book of
poems, Songs of the Woods of
Maine will soon be published by that
ever industrious and astonishingly
versatile Maine woman, Mrs. l.. S.
FaleS, better known as Miss Mar
gherita Arlina Hamm. At present she
is doing newspaper work in New York.
She has travelled all over the world as
correspondent, Red Cross nurse and in
other capacities, and has written a
dozen or two books on all kinds of sub
jects. history, travel, biography, fic-
| ton, drama. etc. Her energy and en-
terrrise are wonderful and so are
those of Ler press agent whose latest
claim for her is that she taught
Aguinaldo English by reading the
declaration of independence to him.
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