Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-29
Maine Gossip
The Patriot Flowers.

ooh, toll me, gay Carnation, why DO yoH
blush 50 red?
"WhN, red is in our CountryS has the
spicy blossom said.
My color Will be needed on Decoration
70 Iay Upon our soldier graves, and tina
is why, they say
.'Oh, IHics-or-thc-Vallcy, 50 very pure
and white,
Are yoa extremely delicate? You have
no color bright
"Thc white is in our country's nag," the
dainty blossoms said.
"And 50 We grow above their graves, orr
cOuntrys honorcd dead.
"TeH me, little Violet, why are You
dressed ia blue?
WHY do you never change your gown? Is
that the way You grew?
why, blue IS in our country's flag, and
70 bloom Above thc Soldier graves 81
Decoration Day"
ooh, jolly little Buutercups, why DO you
You arr not rrd nor white nor blue, ana
yet you laugh away;
You're always dressed in yellow, now tell
"ob, ah!, H. Yellow flowers laughed
I've re patriots, too. they say,
we help the sun to make things bright
on Decoration Day
The month of rare days and roses
ana brides ana sweet girl graduates is
in sight.
The usual unhappy mixture of white
muslin dresses ana sudden showers is
scheduled for Friday afternoon.
The farmers would like a few pleas
ant days 50 .as to get their planting
done before the hoeing season begins.
At some of the swell resorts they are
figuring that King Edwards coronation
may cut into the summer business a
little.
Contribute literally Of your flowers
to the committees i'll charge Of decorat-
ing the graves. tomorrow. Flowers can
be put to no better use.
1t was a case Of hustle when the
Portland Advertiser had a special edi-
ton on the street with a full story Of
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| Plummer. seven minutes after the ar
rest occurred.
What q pitiful spectacle that was in
the Portland municipal court, one day,
this week-two boys of six years
charged with breaking and entering to
steal junk, and with one it was the
| third offense.
Looks like a boom along the SacO
with the big mills of the White Noun
tain Paper Company in prospect, and
electric road schemes promising to
hatch as a result.
1t is well for those who walk on rail-
road tracks to learn what railroad tor
pedoes look like. "A South Portland boy
paid for his ignorance with badly cut
ana burned face ana hands. ana will
not again endeaVor to smash one of the
innocent looking things with a rock.
The Knox Democrats want their I'M
terrified champion, DR.. Crockett, nomi-
mated for governor. The doctor is
star in his particular line. or lines, and
would make q picturesque and inter-
esting campaign. He is a logical candi-
date and the Democracy, possibly,
could do worse.
Westbrook is happy over the prospect
of free delivery system. And it
wants a carrier system of its own, not
an extension of the Portland service.
| And so the National Guard is going
into camp after all. This is good news
for the soldier boys and likewise for
the susceptible maidens of Augusta and
neishboring cities. August 1922 are
| the dates and the 1st regiment will be
first in camp, this year.
Judge Bonney isn't exactly trying to
initiate Governor Jefferson Davis of
Arkansas who pardons negro prisoners
on condition that they will go to |
Massachusetts, but he suspended SEN
tence on colored woman, this week |
whose presence was no longer wanted |
in Portland on condition that she re-
turn at once TO ''ole Nirginy.''