Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-19

JOURNAL. THURSDA
kN2galQlQ4 Gossip
March Winds.
The March winds rave between the hills
Cold run the steel blue shining rillS,
Through the wide void wailing shrills
The sap stands still within the bud
Chill slackens soon the hearts young
blood.
With sedges tighten and turns pale,
Pointed one way before the gale
All wan and dazzling overhead,
The Arctic food is loosed and spread,
Methinks the spring itself is dead.
" Boston Advertiser.
q The Aroostook farmers are market
ing their potatoes in Houiton at the
rate of 5000 barrels a day.
The government report shows that
the profits from the beer sold at To-
gus, last year, We're $27,1O4, or 205 per
cent of the cost.
They predict great salmon year on
the Androscoggin, but they are not
allowed to prove it until April l.
Maine Journalism losas ono of its
strongest men in the death of Lemucl
II. Cobb, for over 80 years with the
Portland Press.
In somewhat different way, the
death of William A. Deering of Brew
er, is as much of mystery as the SEN
sational Burdck case Of Buffalo.
The Bangor High school is to have
a trophy room for the cups, banners
and medals won by the athletic teams
and the pictures of teams and leading
athletes No Maine preparatory school
can make better showing in this
line.
South Paris has well deserved rep
utation as n church-going town. The
oxford Democrat gives the statistics
for Sunday, March Is. The aggregate
of the four congregations, Baptist,
Copgregationalist, Methodist and Uni
versalist, was 613, and the total at the
four Sunday schools 339. Considering
that, though it was q pleasant day,
the travelling is about at it's worst,
this is a pretty good showing for a
village of 1900.
"A Business Woman" writes to- the
Portland Express pleading for an
public places, particularly on the
street cars. She gives numerous in
stances of rudeness on the part of
women Of apparent responsibility
which increase our sympathy for the
patient and ong-suffering conductors.
Portland isn't the only city where
many women are sadly in need of a
similar sermon.
The death of Miss Agnes Connors of
Lewiston, Monday, recalls the sad and
singular coincidence that her sister
died exactly a year ago to a day, of
the same disease, consumption.
Bath cannot find al great deal of
glory in the achievements of her rep
resentatives in the various indoor con-
tests with out of town teams this
winter. The basket ball season has
been long defeat, and the single bowl
ing event as well as those in billiards,
pool, whist ping pong and cribbage
have been in the nature of disasters
for the local organizations.
They are talking a, baseball league
down in the southeastern part of the
State. Some Portland enthusiasts are
taking the lead in the movement. The
places under consideration outside of
Portland are Westbrook, Biddeford
Bath and Sanford. Another town is
wanted to complete a six club circuit
and Old Orchard is thought we'll of
1t is hoped to have the league running
in the early spring.
One of the best known business men
of South Paris went to the dentist a
few days since to have a tooth ex-
tracted, saying, as he sat down in the
chair I've got a lot of them that
ought to come out, but I'm not feeling
very well today, and | guess if you
take out the one that's aching will
be all my courage will stand now.
That tooth will probably have to come
out in two or three pieces, anyway"
The dentist thereupon took his syringe
and applied his local anaesthetic, and
when he had the gum properly re-
duced to insensibility, started in with
his forceps. After he had picked away
for some time, the patient remarked
well, you're having q pretty hard
time with that tooth, aren't you? I
didn't suppose it would break up as
bad as that" The dentist laughed
and replied, 1--WE got seven Of these
old teeth out, and there are two more