Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-18

ing bee;
Thy alabaster petals-alchemy
OF Nature-jewels of the green fields seem,
Where Flora decks herself in gems SUI
preme,
And mocks artifcers with mastery;
In Gods grand plan, beneticent and Wise,
Each fills his place Man has his province
told;
The beast bears burdens, and the bird
that flies
Some grief with cherry song away has
relied;
In simple gracious ways thy mission
To make the earth more lovely to be-
Dexter Smith
The Oldest inhabitant does not recall
a June with fewer rare days and more
raw days.
| 1t is suggested that Colby should
| lose no time in introducing course
in arbitration.
Those cities which own their water
systems are wondering why there
should be any hesitation in Augusta.
The change in the moon, today, may
bring the much-desred sunshine and
4
q summer temperature.
| Mayor Beal remarks that Bangor OBJ
serves Old Home week all the year,
and so will not have any special cele-
bration in August. 1t is the same in
| other cities.
| Bath is somewhat uneasy, as it has
q right to be, over the possibility of
labor troubles at the Iron Works.
The class prophecies should be kept
on file at the school. They are of more
interest in decade or two than when
they are delivered.
'"The bride was fair as poets
drcam;" "the glorious wedding
march," ''the subtle fragrance of the
| flowers" These phrases, chosen at
random from many. show how the
| Portland Express is turning itself loose
in describing the June weddings.
! Hugh Mccartney, the st. Louis
policeman, who died a hcro's death
while holding at bay a mob of negroes.
was a native of Yarmouth, and left
| Maine about 10 years ago.
An interesting thing in connection
with the Bangor High school graGut-
| ton is that the honor Of leading the
class is divided between twin sisters,
Misses Lillian and Leila Dresser. The
next 10 pupils in order of rank in the
class are also young ladies.
BoWdoinham may have suffered from
fire but it reports that farms there
were never in such demand as at the
present time, and those that are sold
are bringing in good prices. On one
day recently four men from out of
town were looking over the valuable
farms near the village.
The Houlton building boom con-
tinues and the village has now about
recovered from the damage by the con-
Migration of a year ago so far as
dwelling house room is concerned.
many dwellings, built since the &c as
were then destroyed, but the new
houses are larger and of a better quail
ity than were most of those that were
burned. The boom continues and
when winter again sets in Houlton will
have a considerably larger dwelling
house capacity than it ever had before
few business sites yet mark the path
of the fire but there has been no de-
crease in the volume Cf business. Own
ers of land convenient for building
lots are having it opened up ~ new
streets and laid Oft IN suitable lots. 1t
is intmatcd that the Putnams who
own Maple Grove park intend closing
it as a park after this season and lay
ing it off in building lots.
Miss Olive Raynes has just COM
plctcd her fifticth consecutive year as
teacher in the public schools of South
Berwick, and what is more she is still
in active service. This is believed to
be a unique and unprecedented record;
at any rate it was deemed by her
former pupils and present friends to
be an occasion worthy of special no.
tice, and they acted on the thought IN
the manner as related in the des-
patches. They did we'll to remember
this good woman in this way There
IS no more useful member of til" com
munity than the teacher, who is
al opted to this trying profession and
makes it his or her life work. 1t is
impossible to measure tn" amount of
good done by such one. The teacher
makes no great amount Of nois" in tho
world but to him is committed an
exceedingly inn ortant and responsible
charge. lie has to form and train
the uniformed minds of children, to
teach the young idea how to shoot"
and upon that teaching and training
depends in no small measure the flu
ture Of the child. "As the tWig is
bent the tree is inclined" The rising
generation are the plant tWgs, and
at school they receive large part of
the impressions that determine their
future bent. 1t is a laborious and eX-
acting calling, and to the conscientious
teacher it is heavily burdcned with
responsibility. Probably it never oc-