Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-26
STATE HOUSE.
The Tale of Two Officials Side
tracked at Newport.
The Visit Of Captain Hobson to the
State House.
An Augusta Boy on the Stage-Notes
of the Departments.

Everybody at the state I1ou9c We"
full of praises for Capt. Hobson, yes
terday. He visited the Capitol Tues
cay afternoon, and many had the
pleasure of meeting him. He appeared
totally different from the conVentloiiaI
idea of him, being a very modest anu
dignified young man of most eXceilelie
address, one of the finest specimens oi
young manhood, in fact, that ever
visited the State House. He met most
of the people in the private once OF
Governor Hill, there being a sort OIL ex-
temporaneous reception. he was
shown Ill over the building and the
register at the fish and game depart
mcnt bears his autograph. number
OF the State House people attended MS
lecture, and are now looking for adlec-
tives to describe it adequately. They
regard it as nothing short of mastery,
and one official made the following
statement: II wish the people Of
Augusta would wake up to the value OF
such things as this and would see that
a lecture course of this quality was
substituted for the cheap shows which
are so frequent in our city. The shows
are all right in their way, but fewer of
them and more things of real value
would be welcomed by all right think
ing people who are interested in the
welfare of the city"
Things were simmering along rather
seepily at the Executive department,
yesterday morning. The meeting Of the
Governor and Council had been over for
hours and the members had vanished
like the figures in dream. The festive
rum-sellers had been given leave TO
Withdraw their petitions in time for
Thanksgiving day. Dan Pettingill had
just carried off a bunch of letters, among
them one for Judge Edward E. Chase
of Bluehill, when in blew the August
Councillor himself, looking about as
solemn as the recent cartoon of him
| in the Rockland Opinion.
Having resisted the impulse to pull
off his coat and pitch into some kind Of
| work, mis- solemnity began to vanish
and he burst out: Say, did you know
Simpson ever took anything?" Mr..
Purinton replied that he did not.
"Well, he and l started on that early
| train this morning for home, as both of
US had no end of business engagements.
| We rode as far as Newport, where we
were to change cars. At least,
thought we had got there, but Simp-
son said the train always had to fool
around awhile and then pull into the
station. We got to talking and didn't
pay much attention till we heard a
Ewhistle. Our train hadn't done any
| talking, so we got out to see our Bangor
train about 40 rods up the track, going
right along The train from Bangor
was just pulling III, and whom should
We see aboard but Bert Day and
I.edyard Smith. We couldn't have
them get onto our spree, especially as
we had just come from session of the
| Council where l had refused to pardon
rum-selers, so we swore we had been in
Newport all night. But the conductor
| had seen us get off that blooming train,
and gave us dead away. Then Smith
and Day took us in charge, as non
comps and we had to come back with
them. Simpson was put in the charge
of the baggage master at Waterville,
with orders to ship on the afternoon
train for Bangor. Day has got ms
down here, and is going to start me on
the same train. II nothing happens to
me, | shall get home for Thanksgiving.
My time is up: goodbye" And the
Councillor Judge was off to laugh with
| somebody else over the joke on himself,
while his hearers in the Executive
rooms rejoiced at the fortune that had
brought him back for another call.