Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-16

lar WIN some corn meal ana IL Wd9
| alive April LIST, a little over six weeks
from the time it was dug
a correspondent of the Rockland
Courier-Gazette puts in Il plea for the
mayfloWer claiming that it is in dan
ser of determination from the ruth
| less depredations of careless and hog
| Ssh pickeis. This cry mas been raised
| in Massachusetts for SOM years hut
| we have never supposed that t;t1
Maine mayflowers, which grow in ap-
parently ineXhaustible abundance, are
| in danger.
4 story comes from Gilbertville of
precocious young gallant. He is seven
years old and was missing one eve
ming His father searched everywhere
without finding him. About O'CLOCK
| the youngster came from Canton way
with a lantern, and on inquiries 1T was
| found he had been to call On a young
lady somewhat younger than himself
We don't know just what happened
| when he and his father met, but the
kid tolG his grandfather the next day
| that he thought it was darned
shame tn lick him when he went 20 see
his cir. and then let his sister have
| fellow come to see her every night
A few days ago we remarked that
Sanford must be getting good to fine
poor little colored boy for backing
shoes on Sunday. The Sanford
Tribune rises to explain that the
town isn't getting quite so good as
that. 1t says that the poor little
| coored boy was a big black bum OF
% years and $50 pounds who was MAX
ing disturbance on the street and re-
sisted an officer.
1t was several months ago that q
| Maine woman got her name in all the
papers through the discovery that her
stomach had been harboring a nest Of
caterpillarS, and since the details Of
that episode were made public there
| has been a noticeable absence of SINH
lar items in the newspapers. 1t
seemed then that the summit of the
| wonderful had been reached and that
! any DDuy WdulCu ilOiC IMAM ioSeAi
reputation for enjoying poor health"
they must go these caterpillarS one
better 1t was rather discouraging,
but woman equal to the occasion has
risen in New York. Her name is Mrs.
Charles Burtis and she lives at Hope
well Junction, near Matteawan. She
had experienced severe pain in her
stomach for two years and at last it
became so unbearable that she sub
| mitted to an operation with the re-
suit that the surgeon removed a full
grown frog, to the woman'S great re-
| lief. Ever since the caterpillars were
brought to light we have been expect
| ing this. We are glad it has happened,
| for it seems to open the way for fur
Their honest effort.
1t pays to trust the banks and also
to tell your wife the family secrets. A
Biddeford man discovered this, the
other day, and the. knowledge was
cheap at the price he paid, $3.50. He
| tucked $50 into the kitchen stove for
safe keeping the other night-but he
| forgot to tell his wife! Well, they
| found two half-dollars and IS cents in
nickles and dimes in the ashes next
morning and he has the satisfaction Of
| knowing that no burglar got a cent of
lit!
Maine college boys are already TAX
| ing interest in the bequest of Cecil
| Rhodes which provides funds for
| scholarships at oxford University for
I two young men from each of the
states of the Union. AS two under
| graduates are to be sent to oxford
| from every state, every year. and as
| the income from his estate is to pro-
vide $1,000 year to every student for Il
| term of three years, the RhOdes's be-
quest will benefit Maine students at
the rate of $4,000 year to the end of
| time. The money may not become
| available for a year or two, but once
| the plan gets in operation it will be a
| permanent thing. The lucky appli-
cants will probably be determined by
| competitive examination, mental and
physical, with certificates of character
| thrown in, something after the fash
| ion of selecting representatives to
| West Point and Annapolis. 1t is
| likely that only graduates of our col
| leges will be eligible as the advantage
| of three years at Oxford will be main
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