Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-25
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It's Time to Smile.
It's time to lure the smiles along \
And help the world be gay;
It's time to sing the happy song
And whistle care away.
It's time to gladly leave behind
The sorrow and the signs;
1t $ time to look for joy and find
Each Granny where it lies.
It's time to hoist the flag for Mirth
And shout haZza fer Glce;
Give JOY the freedom of the earth,
Drive Woe into the sea;
It's time to hide the froWnS and let
The songs of gladness rise 80
The world is laughing, let's forget ~a...s
The sorrow and the signs
Chicago Record-Herald.
The reports of that Portland pow
WOW of the l. o. r. M. Indicate that
Maine is going back into the hands of
the aboriginees.
College ball games, today: Bowdoin
VS.. Colby at Watervile; U. of M. VS..
Kent's Hill at Orono and Bates VS.. Am
herst at Amherst.
Sandy Rushton of Sanford, who
downed the famous Captain Ross,
claims to be the champion wrestler of
the State.
An enterprising Bath physician now
uses an automobile in his business.
Perhaps by causing an occasional run
h. saI, tnI,
ira business to make the machine a
profitable investment.
The togue Is something of a fisher
| man itself. One caught in a Harrison
lake, this week. had So little smelts
stored away in it's stomach.
! Norway is raising money for the es-
tablishment of an Old Ladies Home
and has a fund of $1725 now on hand
for this worthy object.
| The way in which rural free delivery
increases the mail business is indicat-
ed by the report of the carrier over the
route in Brooks. In October he carried
| 5000 pieces of mail and in March, six
months later, he carried 4042 pieces.
| The Bath Times shows that of the Al
sailing vessels added to the Atlantic
coast fleet of the American merchant
marine during that part OF the current
! fiscal year which has passed, 16 or
about two fifths, We're built in Bath.
| The summer outlook for building and
renting of houses in Portland and vi
cinity was never better than at pres
ent Architects and contractors all re-
port plenty of business and some have
more than they can attend to. The
| Cape Shore is the section where there
will be the greatest boom in building.
| There is some talk of recognizing
the Bath Gun Club which has been in
active for the past four years. The
club was in a most fourishing condi-
ton up to that time and the mem
bers were all we'll known Bath men
tand many interesting meets were held.
An effort will be made within q week
or two to organize and with but a
very little outlay of money the club
house and grounds. which are in Wool
witch, could be fixed up and made the
equal of any club grounds in the State.
Auburn and Waterville have clubs with
some star marksmen as members.
| The first buttercupS are arriving.
They seem to have stolen a march on
the dandelions, this year.
The bequest of Mrs. Sturtevant
makes Hebron Academy the wealthiest
academy in Maine. Besides the $780,
900 given in her WILL Mrs. Sturtevant
had already given the institution $780,
900. She erected at the academy the
building known as Sturtevant home,
model dorll1tory for girls, and easily
the best building of it's class in Maine.
The school now has 10 pupils.
Dogs occasionally as well as cats
sometimes have lot of lives to spare.
Fred Edwards of Bethel, has dog,
Rover. which is a record breaker. Last
season he was run over by farm
wagon and a few days ago he was run
over by a hand-car loaded with five
men and a full kit Of sec lion tools. The
car was thrown from the track but no
damage done. The dog is about the
streets apparently as well as ever.
The graduating class of a Kansas
High school has adopted unique plan
in selecting the titles of orations. All
of them will be quilt around the hymn
i"America," ant we recommend the ar
arrangement to some Maine graduating
lclass. The program is as follows:
MY Country, 'Tis of Thee" will form
the theme of the first grafton, the idea
being to treat of material America.
Sweet Land of Liberty" The De-
lvelopment of Civil Liberty.
"Of Thee l Sing" American Poetry.
Land Where My Fathers Died." The