Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-10
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A SUNNY Day.


A Sunny Day.
Sunny days in winter-biris are on the
wing,
An a Teller looks an listens for mock
inbird to sing;
Shiverin' believers, wipe your wcepin'
eyes!
Soon you'll see the blueblrd, an soon the
Sunny days in winter-frost is on the go;
Larks are sortcr txin' for the burrows
that they know:
Soon you'll leave the rattle an riot O. the
town;
Bait your hook for fishin'. an see the
cork go down.
then,
Mockln'birds a.singin' -, till the whole
world says Amen
Let it come. an Recommendation, field
an stream.
An in a world O. blossoms. we'll dream
Lies sweetest dream.
Frank L. Stanton.
The verdict is unanimous that 1t
promises to be a good old-fashioned
winter.
Have you selected your valentines
yet? Don't neglect the shopping too
long.
Already Bath is agitated over the
question whether the hall in the new
Morse High school building shall be
used for school dances.
AS was to be expected, 4 Skeptic
comes forward with the explanation
hat the mid-winter robins which have
been reported are only pine grossbeaks.
But he does not convince those who
have heard the robins sing.
There is a good woman down in
cope who is getting pleasure. this
Inter. out of feeding a flock Of snow
birds. The flock numbers over 40 and
ONES daily for food.
1t always happens that way. A
,,ockland merchant gave up his acct
ant insurance and at once tumbled
rver the scales and broke his thumb.
The first gun of the Knox campaign
will be fired by the Socialists who will
lold their county convention. Feb. 20,
out the discharge will hardly disturb
the echoes of the Pacific shore.
The Hallowell Register inaugurates
Good Citizenship" department and
rom the first installment it promises
10 be a most valuable and interesting
feature.
An uncommon occurrence was OBJ
served at a Canton church the other
Sunday. A great grandmother, daugh-
ers. grandchildren and great grand
hildren were in attendance, viz: Mrs
Eliza Barrows, nearly 80, and her de-
scendants.
In Buxton vestry, occurred an Incl
lent which Kate Douglass Wiggin has
rot yet Incorporated into her stories of
Maine people. Two old housewives
lad taken advantage of a psalm tune
TO exchange recipes for frying parsnips
suddenly the whceZy old melodeon
-ave out. and the worshipers We're as
toniShed to hear Z cracked old voice
shrill out in the sudden silence, well,
fry mine in butter!"
Power boats are going to become as
popular upon the river. at Bath, this
summer as they were last. proof of this
being shown by the number which have
been built this winter There were be-
tween so and 60 fitting about the river
last summer and 1t is expected that
this number will be Swelled by at least
90 more.
The people of Matinicus and Crie-
haven want to know why Monhegan
with less population should have such
n superior mail service. Aside from
Wishing to fare as we'll as Monhegan
the Knox county plantations feel that
they are deserving of better mail ac-
commodations and that two mails a
week in winter and three a week in
summer is not an extravagant request
for an island only 20 miles from the
mainland.
A good old couple in Burkettyille.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Light, who have
lived in the same place for 81 wears
have boarded 81 school teachers in
that time.
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