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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

The Committee on Railroads, Tele-
graphs and Expresses will give public
hearings at its rooms at the State House
in Augusta on the following:
2 P. M.
An Act to incorporate the Maine Mid
land Railroad Company.
An Act to authorize the Wiscasset Wa
! tervll.e and Pennington Railroad Com
pany to connect with the Sandy River
railroad and Maine Central Railroad at
Pennington
An Act to regulate connections between
steam Railroads.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1903, at
q r. M.
An Act to repeal the provisions of Sec
ton of Chapter 5i4 of the Special Laws
of 1889. relating to the Bangor Street Rail-
way.
An Act to extend the charter of the
Ellsworth Street Railway Company
An Act in relation to the Hancock Coun-
ty Railway Company
"WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1903, a.
2 r. NJ.
An Act to incorporate the Kennebec
An Act to amend Section three 60 of
Shapter one hundred and three 1O3) OF
the public laws of 1895 relating to the in
corporation and control of tefegraphs and
telephone companies.
An Act to authorize steam railroad cor
porations to build and operate street rail-
roads and purchase or lease such rail-
roads.
An Act to amend the law relating to
electric posts and wires
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1903, at
III s1sf e incorporate sths winternort,
FRANKFORT and Prospect Electric Railway
An Act to incorporate the Houlton and
NkQoqqstQclS EiectTics Railway Company
AHA ct stosA Anne ab Se5tibn-l21 of the Re-
VisedaStatutes regulating the taking of
staton grounds of railroads.
An Act to amend Section 49, Chapter IS,
OF the Revised Statutes. relating to ways
across station grounds of railroads
RE-ASSIGNMENTS.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1903, at
2 P. NJ
An Act to incorporate the Cherryfield
and Milbridge Street Railway.
An Act relating to the franchise rights
ana privileges of the Milbridge and Cher
ryfleld Electric Railroad Company
Per order of the committee,
f. CARROLL BURRII.L, sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
TAXATION.

The Committee on Taxation will give
hearings as follows:
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1903, at 2
P. M.
No. 6. On bill to tax deposits in Saw
ings Banks over five hundred dollars.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY l., 1903, at 2
P. M.
No. s. On An Act to amend Sections 6
and ll9 of Chapter IL of the r. S.. relat-
ing to the manner of assessment of COM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1865, at 2
P. M.
No. 10. On An Act to exempt religious
institutions from the collateral inherit
ance tax.
No. y. On an order that the Committee
on Taxation be and hereby is directed to
inquire into the expediency of having
county commissioners collect the taxes,
which under the provisions of Sections GO
and 70 of Chapter of the r. S., are as
sessed by county commissioners on lands
not exempt and not liable to be assessed
in any town, instead of having said taxes
collected by the treasurer of State as now
provided by law, and report by bill or
otherwise.
Per order of the Committee,
]. F. BODWELL,
Secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

When will strikers ever learn that
violence and rioting only arouse pub
lie feeling against them and injure
their cause? The Lynn strikers who
threw rotten eggs at the girls who pre-
ferred work to loafing hurt the name
of organized labor much more than
they did the girls whom they insulted
and abused. 1t was a lack of chivalry
and decency too often manifested by
those union men who insist that if they
will not work others shall not. The
girls should be thankful that nothing
guments. Too often bullets and stones
are resorted to.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
INTERIOR WATERS.

The Committee on Interior Waters will
give public hearing at its room at the
State House in Augusta,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1903, at 8
P. M.
On An Act to incorporate the East
Branch Improvement Company.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1908. at 8
p. M.
On An Act authorizing the Great North
ern Paper Co. to locate, erect and main
tain piers and booms in the Kennebec
River.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 24th at 2
P. M.
On An Act to amend Chapter 4O7 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1886 entitled
An Act to incorporate the Penobscot Log
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1903, at 9
P NJ
On An Act to prevent obstruction to
navigation in Songo river.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1908, at 3
p. NJ
On An Act to incorporate the st. John
River Dam Company.
| An Act to authorize James III. Hayes
to erect piers and booms in the ST John
River at Grand Island, in Aroostook
County. "a
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY &c, 1888, at
p. NJ
On An Act to incorporate the Libby
Meadow Brook Dam Co.
THURSDAY. MARCH 5, 1909, at p. M.
On An Act to extend an act entitled an
act to incorporate the Machias Log priv
ing Company
On An Act to extend the charter Of the
Union River Water Storage Company.
On An Act TO incorporate the Ferguson
stream Improvement Company
On An Act to authorize the St John
Lumber Company to build and maintain
piers in the st. John River in the Town of
Van Buren,.
RE-AssiGNMENT.
TUESDf FEBRUARY a. 1903. at 2
+. NJ In the House of Representatives
On An Act to incorporate the West
Branch Driving and Reservoir Dam Com
pany.
BY order of the Committee
VARNEY A. PUTNAM Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
FEDERAL RELATIONS.

9 F. M.
On An Act to provide for the Represent
alton of the State of Maine at the Louis
ianna Purchase Exposition at ST. Louis,
Missouri, and making an appropriation
therefor.
On An Act consenting to the purchase
by the United States of land lying in Han
cock County. in the State of Maine and
ceding jurisdiction over the same.
On An Act to cede the jurisdiction OF
the State of Maine to the United States OF
America over SO much land as has been
or may be hereafter acquired for the pub
lie purposes of the United States.
Fer order of the Committee.
w. B. WENTWORTH, Sec'y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

The Committee on Towns will give pub
lie hearings in it's room in the State House
Augusta, as follows.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II. 1902
On petition of Daniel Bryant and others
of Brighton Plantation for annexation OF
that part of the plantation in which they
reside to the plantation of Maxfield
On petition Of ]. w. Hall and others OF
Sorrento, praying that the bounds OF the
town. of Sorrento be established.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1908. at 9
p. NJ -
On An Act for the separation of Sheri-
dan Plantation, so called, from Ashland.
Petition of A. Y. Kinds, Frank Hutch
ms and N. Stanley, selectmen of King
field, and others, to have set off 600 acres
of the town of Freeman and annex the
same to the town of Kingfield.
FL H. STURGIS, Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
MERCANTILE AFFAIRS AND IN
SURANCE.
RE- ASSIGNMENT

RE- ASSIGN MENU.
The Committee on Mercantile Affairs
and Insurance hereby gives notice that
the hearings assigned by said committee
for Wednesday, February Is. 1903, have
been re-assigned for Wednesday, Febru-
airy. %. 1903, at P. NJ, at which time
said committee will give hearings at its
room in the State House at Augusta, on
sioners on Uniformity of Laws as relates
to insurance
An Act to amend Section 1 of Chapter
IL OF the Public Laws of 1895, relating to
the standard Fire Insurance Policy
An Act to establish a law uniform wifi,
other states relating to insurance poll
cies. Fo'i
BY order of Mercantile Affairs and In
surance Committee,
D. H. BUXTON, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1908, at


o clock p. NJ.
No. 147. On An Act to amend Chapter
46 of the Revised Statutes of 1883 relat-
ing to the duties of treasurer of corpora
TONS
No. 151. On An Act additional to and
amendatory of Section GO of Chapter 81 OF
the Revised Statutes relating to the ex-
emption of personal property from at
tachment and sale by execution.
No. l4S. On An Act to prevent the
waters of Lake Auburn from becoming
polluted.
No 49, On An Act to amend Section 2
of Chapter Sc of the Private and Special
laws of 1885 relative to the water supply
Of Bcothbay Harbor.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IT, 1905, at 2
o'clock p NJ
No. $50. On An Act to amend the char
ter OF the City of Rockland and make the
City Marshal thereof a constable thereof.
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1903, at 2 o'clock
P. M. .4D a
No 143 On An Act TO authorize the
Van Buren, Water Company to increase
its capital stock and bonds n9taavI
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1903, at z O'clock
No. I3s. On An Act to amend Chapter AZ
of the Public Laws of 1891 relating to the
practice of dentistry.
No AL On An Act to protect trade
and commerce against unlawful restraints
and monopolieS and to prohibit the Civ
| ing or receiving of rebates on the trans
portation of prop erty.
| Judiciary Committee to inquire into the
expediency of amending Section II of
| Chapter 6S of the Revised Statutes relat-
ing to the sale and investment of trust
estates
No 145 On An Act relating to com
mitment by trial justices and judges of
| police and municipal courts.
| TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1908, at 2 o'clock
p. M
No 13s. On An Act additional to the
acts which constitute the charter of the
trustees of Hebron Academy.
No. $40. On An Act to incorporate the
| Brownfield and Williamsburg Water
Company.
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 4, 1903, at 2
O'Clock Z. NJ
No. IA On An Act to amend the Old
Town City charter.
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 4. 1903, at 2
o'clock p. M.
| No 1874. On a petition for regulating
| the drainage of structures built on the
shores of the interior waters of Maine.
No 146. On An Act relating to claims
against the estate of deceased persons.
| By order of the Judiciary Committee,
MORRILL, N. DREW, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
COUNTIES.

The Committee on Counties will give a
public hearing in room 80, under Land
Office,
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY is, 1903 at
8 o'clock p. NJ.
On An Act to set off part of Reed plan
tation and annex the same to Drew Plan
tation.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, at 8
o'clock +. M.
On An Act to set off the town of Isle
au Haut and all islands within the limits;
of said town from the county of Hancock
and annex said town to the county of
Knox.
r. L. SNOWE Ser
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

Maine isn't the only state which gave
the cause of woman's suffrage a set
back, last week. In the Kansas Legis-
lature the bill to give them the right
to vote at presidential elections was
defeated % to IA in the Senate and SO
to 81 in the House. But defeat by such
small margins ought to encourage them
for future battles in that state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

"A girl who cannot make and bake
bread, compound pudding and wash
ana iron her own shirtwaists is fraud
upon young American womanhood, .
says Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chi
caso. That is all very true, but it
isn't the worst of it. She is also ex-
tremely likely to be fraud upon young
American manhood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
CLAIMS.

The Committee on Claims Will give !.
nearing on the. following resolves in as
SCISSORS. room. No. 156. State House
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY II, at oclocl,
Houlton. VI
p. M 49, - a. CLOCK
non on Resolve n,faver af the City of East
&c, On Resolves III fav6ro If the Town Of
iVaterfordsIosD 5isbts91I '9rs .,M -. -
.Peruorder ofsG,ommitteett r II
.hu1it!Gfo w. ,STg}ARNS. Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

Arson for right TO purchase NoriidgewallS
Falls Toll Bridge.
No. 81. On An Act to authorize the
Town of Kennebunk to own and maintain
an electric lighting and power plant.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1903. at 2
p. NJ.
No. So On An Act to authorize the Car
ratunk Power Co. to erect and maintain
dams across the Carratunk River in the
Towns of Embden and Arson.
BY order of the Legal Affairs Commit
tee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
SALARIES.

The Committee on Salaries will give a
hearing in the office of the Adjutant Cen
era1, on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1909. at 2
O'Clock +. NJ 90
On An Act increasing salary Of the
county attorney in Hancock COUNTY
Per order of the Committee
FRED E. BLAKE. Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

isll Fash day and substitute Patriots
day leads to a discovery of what al
most nobody was aware of, that Maine
has no legal holidays in the proper
sense. Not one of the days now OBJ
served as legal holidays is provided Tor
by law and we enjoy them only by cas-
tom. There are laws fixing certain of
the customary holidays as bank, court
and. school recesses. but not one Of
those dates is fixed by law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

TO During he present short sess sion of
CONGRESS-, aho hfewer thai three mem mem.
be befs 81, Of the House have died, all of
them Republicans. They are Thomas
H. Tongue of Oregon, ]. N. w. Rumble
OF Iowa, and James NJ. Moody of North
Carolina. Only the first named had
been reelected to the next Congress.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
@258lQngB GOSSIP
Too Cold for Him.

des don't min de Summer time
Sleep in de sun all day;
But l wish dat Mister Winter
Would take hisself away!
Dat DIES what l say
Take niSself away
How / wish dat Mister Winter
Would take hisself away!
De win blow thoo' en- thoo' me
Can't pay de fire bills;
De rheumatism got me-
L.akewise, de shiverin' chills.
Dat DIES what 1 say.
Take hisself away
How / wish dat Mister Winter
Would take hissef away.
Frank L. Stanton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

The Bangor plan" is in the hands
of the undertakers and there is GER
tain to he a first class funeral.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
TEMPERANCE.

The Committee on Temperance will eive
2 public hearing in it's room at the State
House in Augusta
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRU
ARf IL, at 100. on an act entitled.
An Act to permit registered Anotbe-
carries to sell pure liquors for lawful pur-
CHARLES r. HILL. Seq
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
TERMS: 500 PER YEAR.

No notice whatever will be taken Oh
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return of re-
sected communications.
Address Mi communications relating to
saubscrfptions and advertisements to
BuRLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers,
ns- Augusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
AGRICULTURE.

The Committee on Agriculture will give
q public hearing in room q (Board of
Agricultural
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II. at o'clock
P. NJ.
On An Act for the suppression of foul
RI. sNowE, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

Androscoggin has at least 1872 PEG.
pie who were made happy during 1902
at least, there were Sc divorces durins
the year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
PUBLIC BUILDINGS ANpe GROUNDS.

The Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds will hold hearing in the Lana
once. on the following resolves:
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY H. at 2P M
at Pemaquid iiehiy
Resolve in favor of building elevator in
State House. -
HOWARD PIERCE. Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

The comic valentine was less in ev-
idence this year, than usual, but the
fact occasioned few regrets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

The State bridge bill and the bill
to apportion the school money accord
ing to actual attendance are not popu
lar in some of the cities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

The prospect of a new building fol
the United States courts gives joy il
Portland, and the city also hears ru.
mors of another theatre.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

In their efforts to initiate college
customs some of the high schools and
academies have gone to absurd ex-
tremes in recent years. They have
commencement now instead of grad
uation exercises and they find a place
for "class day The valedictory and
salutatory were borrowed longer ago. A
''baccalaureaEe sermon" is also on the
program, just as though the children
We're being given the bachelors degree,
and other customs wholly inappropri-
ate ana meaningless have been appro-
priated. 1t has remained however, for
the Ellsworth High school to go to the
limit of wearing caps and gowns. 1t
is announced that the juniors of that
school have voted to do this when they
graduate in 1904 They will not be of
somber black. however. as in college,
but Of green and white The idea is
little amusing, but the innovation viii
harm nobody and it will do away with
the problem of expensive graduation
dresses for the young ladies of the
class.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

Biddeford Journal: If we have ton
many holidays, which may well b.
doubted, the Fast day custom may per
haps be allowed to sink into disuse as
well as any, but if it is a sham, and q
number of good men say it is, in the
name of common sense do not adopt
another sham in its place. Rather give
ussas a substitute sort of Go-As- YOU
Please day, when a person can fast or
feast, pray, rejoice or mourn, go a-fish-
ing, rake the rubbish out of his back
yard, whitewash the chicken coop or
beat the carpets, without giving his
neighbor the opportunity to fold his
hands, roll UP his eyes and murmur
"Shami"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
n0.T0-bAC Sold Sold, and guaranteed BY all drug
DR.. En1nOns'

Monthly Regulator has brought happiness 20
, hunoreus OF anxlouswomen. There Is positive
that will SO quickly and safely do the work.
Longest and most obstinate irregularities from
any cause relieved Immediately. Success guar
ference with work. Have relieved hundreds Of
cases where others have failed The most q. IL
cult cases successfully treated by mail and ben
risk whatsoever. We treat hundreds of ladies'
whom We never see. Write for further parricu-
iars ana tree confidential advice. Do not put off
700 long. Ailletters truthfully answered. Re-
member, this remedy is absolutely safe under
every possible conditipp and spositively leaves
no after Ill effect upoh The hedith Sent by mail,
securely sealed, $500. Money letters should be
mont St.. Boston. Mass,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

washington county declares that the
porcupine does more damage than for
est fres and wants a bounty on him tc
give zest to his destruction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

Two weeks left for electioneerin,
before town meeting day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

The first crows are looking over the
bare spots on the hills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
| THE
CLEANSING
AND HEALING
CURE FOR
c Alta r r Il
EI's Cream Balm

Easy and pleasant
to use. Contains no
Injurious drug.
It is quickly alb
sorbed.
Gives relief at
once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

Biddeford has found it necessary to
relieve from duty a special police Of
hcer who was supplying the inmates
OF quarantined houses with LIQUOR.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

ages. ass
..Allays Inflammation. Heals and protects
the Membrane Restores the Senses of
Taste and Smell. Large size, so cents. at
by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, Sc Warren street.
New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
PUBLIC CHARITIES AND STATE
RENEElCiARIES.

JOHN W. MANSON. Secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

caif island in Union river bay goes
OH the map and Opechee island takes
us place. The island is of $50 acres
ana Is owned and occupied by a fam
ny named Robbins. They wanted a
more poetic and appropriate name
IMAM the old one, and selected Opechee
which is given in Longfellow's "Hia-
watna as an Indian name for robin.
The snag struck by the bill to abol-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16

The snag struck by the bill to abol-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-16
RAILROADS, TELEGRAPHS AND
EXPRESSES.

r. 10. RANDALL. SEC.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-05
savages of South America

Two hundred miles beyond the mouth
of the Rio Meta the Inirida river en-
tiers the Orinoco. | started up that
stream, says traveller, with my canoe
loaded with trinkets for exchange with
the natives. who live in a condition of
extreme sayagery, although they are
amiably disposed and usually harm
less. They go entirely nude save for
the loln cloths and get their subsist,
ence by hunting and fishing, chiefly
the latter.
was much interested in their meth
cd of taking fish by their use of the
bow and arrow.
For this purpose they employ arrows
six feet in length made of reeds tipped
with iron. While a canoe is padded
gently along in the shadows the marks
man stands ready with his arrow on
the string of the bow. As soon as a
large fish is seen, if the approach can
be made within range, the arrow is let
fly and rarely fails to strike the prey.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-05

c. (. Society. spoke in the Ist Baptist
church in Hartland, sunday. March l..
where an appreciative audience gathered
TO hear most impressive sermon
The usually quiet mill Of the Linn
Wooden Co. was thrown into intense ex-
element. Saturday morning, caused by a
man by he name Of Wallace Martin rush
ing into the mil with a loaded revolver
declaring he would kill his wife, Sadie
Martin. who was employed there and
shoot anyone who attempted to stop HIM
Deputy Sheriff Fish was summoned I'M
medialely by telephone and was soon at
hand but before his arrival Constable
Brown who works in the machine shop
near with the aid OF some OF the opera
tives secured Martin and disarned him.
Very soon a warrant for his arrest was
sworn out and he was arranged before
Trial Justice +. K Fuller on the charge OF
assault with intent TO kill He pleaded
not guilty waived exam nation ard was
ordered by the court TO recognize In the
sum of one thousand dollrs for his ap-
pearance at the March term OF the 5. j.
Court held at Skowhegan and vas given
uni II O'Clock a. m. Monday to procure
bail Failing to secure bail he WAS t. ken
to Skoa hogan Jail Monday afternoon by
Deputy Sheriff Fish. " B. Brown. Esq.
of Haftland appeared tor the State and
Abel Davis, Esq. OF Pittshed tor the de
PENDANT. r.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-03-05
The Most Abiding Language.

Latin is the language that has most
enriched modern tongues, for its clear
echoes are heard to this day in every
quarter of the world. 1t entered large
ly, after their conquest by Rome, into
the dialects of Spain and Gaul, coun-
tries thoroughly permeated by Roman
life and civilization, and has since
played a great part in the history of
modern languages.
The Roman tongues are practically
Latin in a new dress. Italian may be
called the Latin of today; French and
Spanish are based on a similar ground
work, and English has borrowed large.
ly from the language of Rome, either
directly or through foreign channels.
In very early times Latin colonists in
trodueed into Britain names for places,
and in the seventh century many eecle-
siastical words of Latin origin. such as
altar, priest, candle, were adopted by
our forefathers.
Although it may not be SO flexible
and plant as some languages with
which ii has been thus incorporated,
Latin reflects admirably the practical
character of its people. who felt and
used their power so that it has been
well called the voice of empire and
law"