Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-14
streets. this year. Upon them dozen
houselots have been sold and it is UNI
derstood that houses will be built, at
once, upon most of them.

, HOUSEHOLDS nave Deen SOlu anu IL Is uh-
derstood that houses will be built, at
once, upon most of them.
The subject of poor spelling reminds
us of an incident which occurred some
years ago i'm neighboring city. An
editor from an adjoining town was Wis
iting the sanctum of an editor in the
city and was admiring a fine new un-
abridged dictionary. I'VE newspaper
men could hardly get along without that,
could we?" "Oh. nonsense don't use
it once in a dogs age" replied the city
man. Just then the Office devil"
opened the door and said: "Mr. --.
how do you spell scissors" Hanged
If l KNOW" was the answer and the
man who never used q dictionary
reached for the unabridged, while the
visiting elitor nearly fell out Of his
chair from laughter.
William Dewitt Hyde. president Of
alumnus of the college letter asking
him to state the business he is engaged
in and his average annual earnings, to-
Scther with the year in which he grad
uatcd from Bowdoin. No signatures
are wanted. The purpose of the letters
is to secure figures to show the pecun-
larry advantages of Il college education,
i'll order to meet representations that
are being made by a certain class of
institutions which claim that the pc
cuniary advantage of a college educa-
ton is comparatively slight Each
graduate is asked in case he has re-
tired from business to give the average
for the last years he was employed, and
in case he was doing business with his
own capital to deduct from his income
the interest on such capital and give
the amount of the earnings only. The
tabulation is to be made by classes or
groups of classes and vocations.
Biddeford Journ2l: Following the
Journals guess that the rest of the
State was waiting for the metropolis to
take the initiative in the matter of
Old Home week celebration, the Port
land Argus says: Portland is always
willing to meet the responsibilities and
obligations of her position as the State
metropolis, and she has already done SO
in regard to this matter of Old Home
Week celebration. But she has no de-
sire to mOnOpOliZc the celebration bust
ness. With becoming mOdesty Port
land is not avcrse to following the lead
of one of her sister cities upon Occa-
SION" But. really, under the circum-
stances. isn't any modesty in the mat
te! Il sort of false modesty? Portlands
situation as the terminus of most of the
transportation lines makes that city
about the only one in the State TINT
can successfully fill the bill when it
comes to a general celebration of this
sort. The home corners are anxious,
first of all, to get to their old homes
and any other city in the state would
be under the necessity of Offering I'M
usual attractions if they were hoping
to divert any large number of former
residents off the direct route to their
old homes. At best, an Old Home week
celebration III Bangor, or Augusta. or
Lewiston, would be hardly more than
Il local affair for this reason, as far as
attendance is concerned For this rea
son. if for no other, if there is to be
amy official celebration of the festival
Portland is the city to do the honors.
AT least she need have no fear Of be-
i'- accused of trying to monopolize the
celebration business