Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-09

cate that Portland isn't very proud of
it's attempt at Fourth of July cele-
bration.
The fact that the Boston and Maine
railroad is now said to be enjoying the
largest passenger traffic in it's history
speaks volumes for the opening of the
summer resort business in New Eng
land generally, and in Maine in par
ticular.
The Bangor News has an editorial,
entitled Tokens of Autumn" which
alleges among such tokens seen in
that vicinity cobwebs on the grass,
the chirp of the crickets. the call of
yellow hammers and blue jays in the
woods and the signs Of early inflores-
cence of tie golden-rod. And here we
are still speaking of "this SPRING!
This is the vacation season of the
year. when the fenced-in city boy loves
to go visiting to grandpa'S farm, where
he can tumble in the creek and be near
ly drowned. poke a hive of bees and be
stung in a dozen places, thrown off the
back of Il colt and rendered insensble,
tease the goat and remain in bed
whole day, fall out of a cherry tree and
break his arm, eat some poison berries
and have the doctor work over him
with a stomach pump. and have the
very best time generally of his whole
life The boy in summer time is an in
teresting study.
The ladies of the village had charge
of the West Paris Fourth of July cele
bration. and they engineered the most
successful one in the history of the
town. They made all the plans and
arrangements, raised the money, hired
| the band. got up the parade, had over
sight Of the sports and served dinner
to the multitude.
|. Buckfieh Is itself again. Something
was missing to make it seem like the
good old Summer time and it has
come, this week, in the presence of eX-
| Secretary John d. Long, the beloved
| Johnny Long of the old Oxford
town.
| Ancier.t Pemauuid, the beautiful and
historical spot about which our people
| in general know far less than they
should, will be the scene, tomorrow, OF
| the field day of the Sons and paugh-
| ters of the American Revolution and OF
| the Maine Historical Society Others
| in cerested will be welcomed and there
should be large gathering.
The funniest incident of all in the
Maine tour of the Walter L. Mains
circus occurred at Rockland. Towards
I the close of the show an alleged
4 'rube" appeared on the track befor"
I the hippOdrome races were called ana
obstructed the course. He became so
Iobstrepcrous that the ringmastcr
called for the police to arrest him. one
of the specials on duty near the en-
trance feeling the first thrill of power
rushed braNely to the track ana
hustled the alleged Rueben towards the
exit. In vain did the actor protest 1T
took n lot of persuasion by the circus
employees at the gate to satisfy the
special officer that it was only run.
Feeling that he had at least carried
out the spirit of the law the special
officer TOT ok the next car home.
| The Biiddeford Record complains
somehow the kicker's column is always
promin ent in the Record-that the
transportation facilities at Old Or
chard are inadequate for handling
such big crowds as filled the resort on
the Fourth. 1t expects better service
now that the Portland trolley road
contr1 us the local line. On Sundays
and he gala days of the summer inn
mems multitudes swarm into Old
Orch; ,rd They come at all hours. but
theyi all want to get away at the same
time. and it would require elevated
lin es and subways as we'll as surface
lines as thick as they could be laid to
get everybody out without delays.
n The packers say that there will be
1 big shortage in the sweet corn crop.
Hot weather will help some, but II
| will be impossible to repair all the
harm tn at has been done. Corn Will not
grow in cold weather, and it has been
cold in Maine nearly all this season.
The SAME kind of weather has pre-
Walled in the other New England
states a nd all supplies from that sec
ton of the country will be reduced.
Letters from New York state growers
are of about the same tenor as those
from Maine Hot weather VIII help
the New York crop more than it will
Maine. The reduction may be as
much as half In the West the crop
shortage will be less severe. Indiana
reports considerable damage, bat there
| is less in other states. Maryland