Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-05

Now is issued the annual plea for
the extension of the school vacation
through the delightful month of Sep
TENDER. October would also make a
nice vacation month, and many would
not object to November
All Maine is more thankful than ever
that there was no accident or incident
to mar the complete success of the
Presidents tour of this State.
Not a least important part of the
crowds now leaving the State are the
hundreds of Maine young men and wo-
men who teach in the public schools of
Massachusetts, and who have been pass
ing the summer at the old homes.
People who are given to seeing things
have caught sight of Carrie Nation sew
eral times in Lewiston, this week.
Some people have accused the fair
| management of failing in enterprise in
not really securing her.
At the Union station, Portland, this
week, the baggage men came across a
big trunk which had solid silver corn
ers and fittings such as are generally
| of brass or iron in ordinary trunks. 1t
was checked from Castine to Newark,
n. j., and had the initials M. J. X. on
the end. The baggage men handled it
as though it was of glass and contained
| eggs.
The Argus hears of a young man in
Portland who has been going out to
| Old Orchard every Sunday during the
summer to try his luck at the gambling
games that are run there. He set
| apart 81 every Sunday and he went
| out eight times making Il total of $50
which he played with and lost. He
| won q little now and then to be sure.
| but when he figured up his fares and
| expenses and struck a balance he de-
| cided that the men who run the gam
| bling establishments were ahead of
| him about nine dollars. To save up
| the 81 each week for his Sunday gam
| bling this young man has been obliged
! to forego every form of entertainment
| and to slave. like dog to make both
| ends meet Where did this young
mans fun come in on the long run?
There is a world of pathos in that
| story from the Maine Eye and Ear In
| Urinary of the sick woman there who
| does not know that her four children
| have been burned to death and her
| husband driven insane. She cannot
| understand why her children are not
| allowed to visit her, and when she
| learns the awful truth the doctors fear
the shock will destroy her reason if,
| indeed. it is not fatal to her.
| The Westbrook school has been dis
| cussng the proposition to lengthen the
| high school course from four years to
| five in order to give better preparation
| for college. There is little doubt that
| five years would better equip the aver
| age scholar for a collegiate course. in
| some cases six would be better, hut
| under proper discipline, and with dill
| igent application we are inclined to the
| belief that the long established allot-
| ment of four years is all-sufficient.
| A scholar who win conscientiously ap-
| ply himself for period of four years
|
| GENTLY to pass the entrance examin-
alton of the colleges. 1t is largely a
| question of application and of a proper
/ arrangement of the course.
| 1t is not q usual occurrence for a
| four-years-od highwayman to mold
up an electric car filled with people,
| and not only hold them up but keep
them held up for quite a period, but
| that is just what happened in Farm
| ingdale the other day. car was
| coming down through the town
| when the motorman discovered
| this lad dangerously near the track,
and he was manipulating the garden
| hose in a lively manner worthy of a
| member of a fully organized hose com
| Dany. The car came to a standStIi.
| but the boy continued to work the hose
| greatly to the discontinue of the car
| men and passengers. One of the wo-
4 men inma ties of the house attempted
| to capture him but he coolIy turned
the hose on her and thoroughly NOS
tened her raiment,, Finally the con-
| ductor and motorman made a grand
rush for the youthful water distributor,
| capturing HiIii' anu .i1tei getting coii-
! troll of the deadly hose, the rest was
| comparatively easy, the car proceeded
| on its journey. and probably the lad
4 was convinced. if the shingle neld
out, that turning the hose on electric
| cars was not Il profitable and healthy
! thing to do But he had them cor
| rallied for several minutes.
Waterville Mail: The men who never
had the fun of breaking clay targets
have difficulty in understanding how
fifty shooters can endure to get to-
gether on so hot a day as Monday was
and spend their time, and, incidental