Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-01
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The Brisk October.
Ho! the, the brisk october-let the breezes
Never mind the gray clouds, an whispers
of the snow;
Transfers whips a-crackin as they rat
tie down the road
Apples heap the wagons with many
rosy load.
Flo. the bright October-silver leaves an
red
Never think she's sighin' for the summers
that are dead.
Never find her weeping beneath a willow
Dough-
Love is in her bright eyes, an light is on
her brow.
Ho! the glad October-all the ways along
Rings merry chorus. where every winds
a song.
Rosy cheeks that win you-many a love-
sweet glance
See. the girls are comm an we're ready
for the dance.
Frank l.. Stanton.
The golden and glorious October.
The year of grace, 1909, is on its last
quarter.
There are things doing. today, up in
the northern woods.
1t is still close time in Kennebec,
Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and Waldo
counties.
jS the SaEQnth Festival t.. a
seventh heaven of happiness for the
Maine music-lovers.
Death is prompt to claim it's tribute
from the class that left Bowdoin, last
June.
There is a good crop of weddings as
anything sweeter than the June bride
it is the autumn bride.
Probably the most pleased man in
Bar Harbor this week was Benjamin
l.. Hadley who received a bequest of
$4,000 from the estate of a Boston
woman in whose employ he was for
over 20 years.
Waldo county is swinging into line
for rigid enforcement, and the Belfast
dealers ere notified that it is a choice
of going out of business or going into
Jail.
Rockland had a pretty expensive
smallpox scare, last winter, and is us
ing a few ounces of prevention as an
other winter draws near. One pre-
caution is strict order that only chill
dren who are vaccinated shall be al
lowed in the schools.
The Maine commissioners to the st.
Louis fair appear to be getting more
complaints about their log cabin idea.
than they do suggestions for anything
better, and if any one has q better
plan now is good time to promul-
gate it.
The Bangor Commercial suggests a
State convention of village improve
ment societies. Such 4 convention Of
the Massachusetts societies is being
held this week in Boston. In our State
there are many of these organizations
and there is need of more Of them
Their field of work is large and their
influence on the life of villages and
cities not lightly to be estimated.
The Bath Independent explains that
Baths housebuilding boom has stopped
because SO many new houses have been
built that the demand for rents has
been met and because the price of all
kinds of builders materials are so high
that many can not afford to build. The
last rec son may also operate in other
Maine cities, but the first reason does
moi for in most the demand for rents
far exceeds the supply.
Portland people are glad to hear that
a series of five lectures that will be Civ
en- IN that city this winter by President
Hyde of Bowdoin. The general subject
will be Practical Ideals treated in
historical form. These lectures are un-
der the auspices of the College club.
w
is in New York at present. He will not
go out with Jerome" this season, hav-
ing come to the conclusion that the
part in which he appeared last season
is not adapted to him. He will stick to
comedy hereafter and is now consider
ing two new plays, one of which was
written by the author of My Friend
from India in which he made his
reputation.
The story of an Ellsworth couples
long ride with a skunk in the wagon
has just come to light. This man and
his wife started on afternoon for Il few
hours fishing in a brook on the out
skirts of the town. They carried out
their program to the letter and at dusk
returned to their carriage and drove
home. On alighting from the carriage
they were surprised to see the robes in