Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-13

Shoots through the news and, spent at
last,
Drops, thankful that the day is past.
For all this stress from dawn to sleep
He gets his victuals clothes and keep.
Ho! Ho! A foolish man is he.
(And very much like you and me).
Puck.
Maine will be fortunate indeed if its
cotton mills escape the cut in wages.
There were 10,4S3 barrels of apples
shipped from Port and to Europe. last
week.
The announcement that the editor of
the Machias Union is Democrat does
not create any great sensation.
About the busiest places in Maine are
the cooperage shops that are trying to
supply the demand for barrels.
A little colder weather would be APP
preciated by the sportslnen for the next
few weeks.
Eighteen new doctors turned loose
upon the State at the last session OIL the
medical examiners, and there is not
much Sickness either, except over in
the smallpox belt.
The Bangor school authorities have
made themselves heard above the tu-
multi and those Objectionable school
yells are to be cut out of the program
1T future games.
By rare good luck in the drawing
If seats, Congressman Powers, this
week, secured his old seat which was
L most desirable one. Congressman
Allen has one next to him.
Many people in the Deering district
of Portland are entering a protest
against the wild shooting Of the regu-
,ars at the rifle range.
Strange that when the wells get low
how the price of milk generally ad-
vances. This has just happened at
caribou. 4
Ever see a 81 bill? A Thomaston
man has one. 1t was issued in 1878
md is quite curiosity in these later
lays though they turned them off pref
y freely during the Revolution.
An Aroostook correspondent COM
ylains that it doesn't do any good to
discover gold up that way since the
owners of land where it is found will
neither give up the potato business for
mining nor sell few acres to the pros
oector.
Orrin S. Written, who has just died
It Belfast, served through the war and
vas wounded in the right hand SO bad
y that only the thumb and little fingers
were of any use. Yet by infinite pa
fence he learned to write by holding
he pen with these two members and
or 80 years worked in an office where
he use of the pen constituted a large
art of his labors.
A Calais gentleman, who owns a
amp near Round pond, reports rath-
r. interesting occurrence noted by him
Turing a recent visit to that very at
ractive spot. While about some work
lear the camp he noticed ten or more
ed squirrels holding a conclave beside
barrel in the orchard, half filled with
windfall apples. Finally the biggest
'quirrel in the bunch jumped upon the
hines of the barrel and dropped in
;ide, where he took hold of an apple
md started back. But his burden
proved too great for him and he began
alling to his mates outside. One of
he number jumped upon the chime of
he barrel and began an earnest con-
rersation with TIE fellow inside when,
the amazement of the spectator the
elbow in the barrel began passing up
lpples to the fellow on top, who in
urn dropped them on the ground.
When sufficient number for all the
squirrels had been passed up the big
elbow inside pumped out, and together
With his fellows marched off to a near
~ fence, each carrying good sized
,pple, which was eaten with evident
satisfaction by the possessors.
The first issue Of the lions Advocate
appeared, Nov IL, 1928, and in the is
'ue of Nov. II, 1909, the 18th annivers-
Try is modestly celebrated by an edi-
orial review of the papers career with
portraits of former editors and arti-
les and letters appropriate to the oc-
aston. For just 80 years Henry S.
2urrage has been editor and proprietor
Vt the Advocate and through his eff
'orts the paper has prospered and
served the Baptists of Maine while the
Journals of half a dozen other denom-
| nations in this State have either died
| or been absorbed by their national pub
ications. The Advocate was founded
by Adam Wilson, D. D.. who graduated
rom Bowdoin college in 1919 and was
)ne of the strongest leaders that the
Maine Baptists ever knew. He was
editor from 1928 to 1889 and again
from 1S43 to 1S4S. Dr. Wilson held
oastorates at Wiscasset. Bangor Port
land and other cities, and died at Wa
terville in 1871. Joseph Kicker. D. d..
Of Augusta who was editor from 1899
10 1913 came to the paper Immediately
after his graduation from watarv;,la