Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-19

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responsibility.
Robin in de cherry tree,
les as happy as kin be.
iii de fruit drops to de ground.
Doesn' have to pack an go
ON a journey like de crow
Singin sweet an singin' free.
Robin in de cherry tree.
II Miss Fairy comes some day
Wild three wishes, specks I'll say,
Don't want money In de bank;
Don't want prosperity nor rank;
Only ask to live along,
VIII de sunshine an de song.
Kind O. specks I'll choose to be !.
Robin in de cherry tree:
The regal pond lily dots the shores
of the coves.
In many orchards the apples are fall
ing off badly.
What a list Of Maine drowning acct
dents there is this summer.
The first Brown-tail moth has ap-
peared in Portland and been inter-
viewed by the reporters. =.
1t is evident that the devil wagon
will. for the first time. play a part in
Maine political campaign.
Owners of beef cattle in this section
can watch the packing house strike
with much compiaCency.
The real campaign will begin Aug
ust -, it is announced, but in the
meantime the people will not be allow
ed to forget that there is an election
coming
The papers are having unusually fire.
quent mention Of Maine principals.
superintendent and teachers who are
er salaries.
A young woman applicant for a
school in an eastern Maine town was
asked to answer the question: What
is your position on whipping children p"
And her reply was: MY usual posi-
ton is on chair, with the child held
firmly across my knee, face down.
wart1." She got the school.
Bath is having a midsummer diph-
liberia epidemic. or rather it's spring
epidemic is extending through the
summer. The Independent intimates
that the lax enforcement of quarantine
regulations is responsible for the con-
tinuance and spread of the dread dis
ease.
The members of the Josselyn Botan-
ical Society of Maine have returned
from Fort Kent most enthusiastic over
the work accomplished during the four
days spent in the St. John valley. A
distance of some 80 miles along the
river banks and adjacent swamps and
hills was explored. revealing at least
two plants new to the State.
Fred Mcdonald of Charlestown,
Mass, the smallest politician in the
world. is passing his annual vacation
at Westport. Mr.. Mcdonald, who is a
regular visitor to Westport, which he
calls the most charming spot in the
world. has many friends in Bath and
through his genial disposition always
makes himself prime favOrite wher-
ever he happens to be. He is "a years
old, weighs SO pounds and is 48 inches
tall. He is a rank Democrat and last
winter the big men in the party looked
upon him as promising material for a
candidate for councilman and show
ing marked political strategy he made
big fight for the position. but was
defeated. He did not lose courage
however. and announces that he is
steadily making himself solid among
the party bosses and at the election
next year thinks there is good chance
of winning out.
Bangor Commercials: What happy
day it is FOR the people of dear old
Norridgewock when those learned boys
return to the historic town for their
summer vacations. They included
Rev. Charles Fletcher Dole and his
brother, the Boston author. Nathan
Haskell Dole; Rev. MinOt Judson Saw
age, the eminent New York clergyman;
some of the Danforths and the cations;
and the members of the old Clark
Sawtelle and other famous families
The Dole boys are now visiting their
mother. Mrs. Caroline Fletcher Dole.
who is poet of rare beauty and charm
and Charles preached in the old Con-
gregatiOnal church. last Sunday.
What is the use in buying gold bricks
or in putting money out at interest at
$40 per cent year when one can find
pearls from fresh water CLAIMS right
here in Maine? On July Fourth. this
year. a young man of West Franklin
who bears the name of Clark, went
fishing. For bait he caught and shuck-
ed out about four quarters of fresh