Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18
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No Japanese Oaths.

No Japanese Oaths.
We who are reared in Christian country.
With plenty of oaths for the humblest
man.
Friends, have you paused to consider
The pitifui case Of Japan!
They tread on a tack. and perfoIce are
silent;
They ian in ditch, and there's nausht
waiter spills soup on their Sunday gar
mentS.
And a barber. instead of bay
Fixes them UP with a loud hair tonic.
While they are glancing the paper Ger;
A button bursts at a critical moment.
Their tavorite team don't score
And their wrath through it all must Still!
be bottled:
No vent OF language to give them ease
l could weep for years with the sadness
of it,
Unfortunate Japanese.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
There is a movement on foot in Bath
to have more women on the school
board. The board has II members and
it was the original idea, so Mayor Hyde
says. to have it composed half OF
women. At present all but one of the
| are tIlCu anu SiAC ooby IL
famous for its wrangles and troubles.
Why not let IA women try it for 4
whileo
Speaking of these various petitions
for the restriction of ice fishing, it is
declared that when they tried to cut
through the ice in one Penobscot pond
they found it frozen clear to the sandy
bottom, Is feet below. and succeeded in
chopping out several fine pickerel on
the way down.
A notable feature of the funeral OF
ex-Mayor John II. Burnham of Bidde-
ford. this week. was that the four sons
acted as bearers. One of them James
l.. Burnham of Patterson, \. j., was Oil
the local staff of the Kennebec Journal.
a few years ago. and was for time its
Waterville editor.
We spoke yesterday. of a Bangor
bookkeeper vino had worked for the
same firm 50 years. 1t seems that there
are two other bookkeepers in the same
city who have each worked for their
ESSpeClNC ~ yOaAc' oA'N VI sAASAi
declares he has Worn out three hard
wood floors in front of his desk.
The boast that the harbor of Wis
casset is never closed by ice is not
shattered by this winters record but it
comes pretty nearly to that, as there
is left only moderately sized channel
up to the wharves, a good part of the
bay being frozen over. But giving only
an opportunity to reach the wharves.
WiscaSset is almost alone among the
harbors along the Maine coast.
Nobody is likely to complain that
we have not had plenty of snow in
this section of Maine during the win
| ter. and yet it is somewhat curious
| fact that several storms have been
heavier near the coast than here. That
of Monday. for instance, was much
heavier in Portland than it was up this
way and there have been times during
| the winter when the greater part OF
Massachusetts, was covered with more
snow than was to be found in Maine.
| These conditions are rather unusual.
l MdyCT a. CHOlcy VI
| secretary of the 18th Me-. Resimental
| association, has issued a very neat 81
page pamphlet containing the full
| record Of the reunions for 1902
and 1908 and mass of matter of much
| interest to the survivors of this gallant
old organization. There is a fine group
| picture OF the so members and ladies
| who were present at the reunion at
Skowhegan. last summer. and in the
| center of the front now will recognize
| Fred Brown night watchmen at the
| Capitol. an ex-slave who came North
| with the regiment and is an honorary
member of the association.
| Portland Express: Chairman Carle-
ton seems TO feel that the talk which
has be ell made by Master Gardner of the
State Grange. and which has been
taken up somewhat by the Oranges
within his jurisdiction. is intended to
| strike blow at an important state
| industry. We cannot, of course. speak
| for the Master of the State Grange as
to what motive prompts him to make
war on the game laws or try to produce
| discomfort among the people concerning
them, but We think we do know the
| members OF the Grange in the various
| sections of the state pretty intimately.
and understand how deeply they desire