Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-21

session voted that the resolve ought to
pass in a new draft, giving the Uni
versity $4,000 a year for two years in
lstead of $4,000 a year as the original
resolve called for. The friends Of the
institution are not satisfied with this
action of the committee, and will strive
to have the amount raised to $4,000 q
year. The matter will come up for ac-
ton in the House, Tuesday.
The committee voted ought to pass
on the following: For re-establishing
the boundary lines on State lots, $1,000;
for printing the report of the commits
sioners of the Revised Statutes, $4,000;
in favor of the town of East Livermore,
$1497. 40; expense of examining boards,
$4,000.
Major General A. B. Farnham, adju-
Itant general, has received official no
|tice that the date for the annual meet
ling of the Interstate National Guard
Association has been fixed. 1t will
take place at Columbus, Ohio, April IA
Ito April is. The officers and members
of the National Guard of Ohio have
made elaborate preparations to enter
tain not only the delegates, but all Of
Ulcers of the National Guard. General
Charles Dick of Ohio, is president of the
association.
The committee on State lands and
State roads, yesterday, voted to report
ought to pass in on the bill placing a
bounty of % cents on porcupines.
Lumbermen claim that this fretful an
imal is destroying valuable timber, es-
|pecially in Washington county.
The following is taken from the Angus
ia correspondence in the Portland Even
ing Express of Thursday:
Mrs. Byron Boyd poured coffee and Miss
Myrick tea at Mrs. Hills regular Wednes-
day at home. In addition to keeping open
house for all the legislative visitors, Mrs
Hill has called on every lady of the Lcgis-
lature who has been in town for all or a
part of the season. The first lady of the
Pine Tree State has. not inaptly, been
is hard to tell in just what her secret lies
Perhaps after ali it is more in what she
does rot do than in what she does. She
never condescends or patronizes in the
least With sturdy New England blood
in her veins, a Southern bringing up and
a Southern and Western residence. she re-
spends to Names welcome with sponta-
neous, warmth. The people of Maine
have been so good to me-" she says with
feeling. Il find myself now on returning
from a visit to ST. Louis thinking more OF
the people in Maine l am going to see
than those l have left in St. Louis" And
yet this gracious lady of the executive
mansion is not made up of exclusively
negative virtues. One of her neighbors
was all and. as often happens deserted in
her hour of need by her maid. Another
neighbor knowing the circumstances
went around by the back door to see if
she could render any assistance. To her
surprise there stood Mrs. Hill, big
kitchen apron tied about her waist, with
a crisp, delcately Drowned doughnut pois-
ed on her fork, shaking it gently TO re
move the drippngs before depositing it
with it's fellows in the crock. She greet
ed the visitor who in her surprise ejacu
lated bluntly. Il did not know you could
fry doughnuts,' to which Mrs. Hill re-
sponded with that charming smile one
never forgets: There is nothing about
a house that l can not do
The thoughtful tact and consideration
for the feelings of others, the sweet
womanliness. the innate dignity and
above all the perfect naturalness of her
manner have won for her most enviable
place in theaffections of the people.
Senator Libby of Kennebec, was gladly
welcomed in the Senate, yesterday, after
an enforced absence of four weeks on &C
count of sickness. Senator Libby had a
severe run of pneumonia.