Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-07
Interesting Chat from
"kennebecker."
Many Maine People Who Win
Success at the Hub.
What Bostonians are Doing as Summer
Comes on-Many Will Come to Maine
for Their Vacations.

Boston, June 6.-(SpeclalD.-BOSt
is approaching it's vacation season, and
the remark "where're you going this
summer" is a familiar and frequent
one heard on the Hubs" streets and
i'm the electric cars. A great many
Bostonians, will spend their vacations
Down East along Names health
giving sea coast or on the shores of
beautiful lakes, or perhaps in some of
the many pleasant country hooks, a
goodly majority will HE themselves to
while away the pleasant vacation hours.
Certainly no pleasanter locality could
be selected than grand, old, pictur-
esque Maine. And yet one can hardly
ina ginc why the people should be 50
anxious to fly from Boston even in the
heated season \ few minutes ride on
the electric or steam cars, one may
find all of the country he desires,
| which just now, by the way. never pre-
scented more beautiful sight, short
sail to the beaches or down the harbor,
he may enjoy the sniff of old ocean,
| and the pleasures the coast affords,
aud all at Il comparatively slight ex-
rcnsc. But people like the change evil
IDENTIFY, and of course variety is the
| spice oil lie, anu DIS new faces, new
scenes and new diversions, are the
principal vacation features, city folks
will doubtless continue to seek the
rural charms to the end of the chapter
The weather and the presidential
election year combine to make bust
ness dullcr than usual at the Hub"
say the merchants and business 1eo-
pie, although in some lines of business,
no complaint is heard, but there is al
ways something doing here, and q
visit to any of the big department
stores on pleasant day would indi-
cate that business is far from dull
The women are out in force, and about
all seem to bring along good sized
"roIls" wherewith to possess them
selves of the tempting articles eX-
hibitcd, so dear to the average
woman'S heart.
Tn" lawmakers are still doing bust
| ness ut the State house although it was
| expected that the legislature would
| finally adjourn this week. Gov. Bates
| has smashed the record on vetOes, dur
! ing this session. About fourteen bills
being returned without his signature
and as with one or two exceptions,
|
seem that Massachusetts, Chief Execu-
| tive is a pretty level headed sort of
| man, the sort Of 4 man that counts
at the head of affairs of il big common
| wealth brother E,mmons" of the
! police commission is still making it
sultry for violaters of the laws. and if
wicked Boston is not purified and
made better it surely will not be his
fault. every Saturday night he makes
a personal investigation as to how
| things are going, by a tour through
| the "tendcrloin," visiting saloons, club
rooms. etc. and taking notes along the
| way. He speaks at some one of the
| different churches. Sundays and Sun
| day evenings and everybody goes to
| hear him. How long he will continue
| on this line no one can tell, but he
| says that while he is at the head of
| this department 1.-The laws shall be en-
| forced and he certainly is making a
pretty effective try at it at present.
As | mentioned in my last letter, 1t
| is astonishing how many natives of
| the Pine Tree State one meets here. 1t
would seem that from about other
| person that one meets comes the queS-
| tion-"What part of Maine do you
] hail froEi?' and the quick response
Il one fron-wherc are you FROM" and
SO it goes. | meet quite frequently Mr..
| \. w. CAS-" u former well known and
| popular printer of Augusta. He sold
| his printing office in Augusta some five
| years ago and came to Brookline where
| he first engaged in the newspaper bust
| ness. hut after n short time, entered
| the old established firm of Bond Co.
| Wholesale dealers in heavy hardware.
| Pearl Street whore he is presently
| located at present. Mrs. Case who will
| he remembered as the talented soprano
| of the ITniversalist choir at Augusta
has devoted a great deal of time to
| musical culture and is high up in
| musical circles. This many Augusta
| friends will he glad to learn Of their
| prosperity and successes in their new
| home. They live i'm Brookline. l find
| many of the Kenrcbcc boys who served
! their apprcnticship's in the engine
rooms of the old star of the East and
| ''Kennebcc" doing finely up here among
| those whom | recall are. w. b. Weber.
now experimenting Engineer. of the
Brookline pumping station. his as
sstant Lewis Goldsmith. John Nc
|
house. John and Jason Collins, Wilbur
Davis who have charge of large office
buildings. Elmer Davis Engineer on
| the Steamer GLOUCESTER which plies
| between Boston and Gloucester.
Among others are genial CAT Buswell
who went to war in the old Sd. Maine.
Regt. from Hallowell for many years
Court officer at the Boston Court
House. He will pass his vacation as
usual at his present cottage on the
shores OF old Cobbosseecontee. One OF
Bostons brightest newspaper men is
w. S. Thompson who while a native of
Southport began his newspaper career
on the Kennebec. as local editor of the
former Gardiner Daily News. Mr..
Thompson, it will be remembered was
selected by Thomas Lawson to write
his famous book on Yachting" which
cost such big pile of money and those
who have read and examined the book
know how faithfully and we'll Mr..
Thompson performed that arduous