Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-02-06
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The Simmer.

Anu tne CRIMSON lie Oh tne EeW-pio"ii
rose
That was born today
The spinner sang in the hush of noon
And her song was low,
'Ah morning, you pass away too soon,
You are swift to go.
Ny heart DER flows like brtmming cup
With it's hopes and fears
Love- come and drink the sweetness up
Ere it turns to tears.
The spinner looked at the falling sun,
rs it time to rest?
My hands are weary-my work is done,
[ have wrought my best
have spun and woven with patient eyes,
And with fingers fleet
Lo. where the toll of lifetime lies
Mary Ainge Devere.
The backbone of winter isn't even
cracked yet.
About three score and ten miles Of
new railroad in Maine in 1903. How
much in 1904?
Every traveller between Lewiston
and Bath will miss the kindly face and
pleasant greeting of Conductor Cobb.
North Anson leads off in the list of
the Maine towns to get scorched for
February.
Things went by thirteens in Bath
during January, as there were 13
weddings and IS deaths in the city for
the month.
One honest oldest resident" has
been heard from. a Dennysville man
declares that in the IS years over which
his memory stretches he never knew
such q cold winter.
Charles NJ Reeves, secretary of the
St. Louis exposition committee on state
exhibits writes to the Rockland
Courier-GaZette. Il have seen con-
siderable newspaper comment in the
daily and weekly papers throughout
| the state of Maine on the judgment of
the Commission in selecting what they
| term u log cabin for the design of the
| state building. Let me assure you
| that I consider this not only ill-advised
but unjust. The fact is that Maine
will have as fine building as almost
any other state among the forty three
that will be represented by state build
ings on the Exposition grounds. -
think is is only fair to say that out
side of Missouri, New York and Penn
| sylvania, which are spending enormous
sums on their state buildings, the
Maine building will rank well to the
front among the best of them.
l believe that when the building i:
completed and the Exposition is oper
it will prove to be one of the most at
tractive and homelike buildings on the
grounds"
| At the recent meeting Of the Maine
Press association in Portland, Secre.
tary Wood was elected for his 33d con-
secutive term. He was first elected
| secretary at the meeting in Augusta
| in 1872 at which II members were pre-
sent. OF these only five are now mem
| bers. Eight are dead and four may be
| classed as missing. In 1873 there were
| 50 members and 10 honorary members
| All of the latter are dead, and of the
80 active members only II are now
carried on the roll. Mr.. Wood has not
missed a meeting in the 3S years, ant
| his records are models for accuracy.
| The Portland city government stirred
up one hornets nest Monday night
| that will last some of them to theil
| dying Gay. and will undoubtedly end in
| the retirement of several bright young
mel from public life at the earliest
possible moment. This action was the
| vote granting a license for a circus fol
Memorial Day. Some of the members
Of the Grand Army are so angry that
they are talking of taking some of the
aldermen across their knees and
publicly spanking them. There are nc
| veterans in the government this year
but there are some Sons of Veterans
! and the veterans feel that they have
been subjected to q gross insult, that
nothing but a public apology or a
public resembling of the vote will wipe
out.
| z. H. Washburn of Lewiston has ar.
ranged with the Marion Francis
dramatic company to bring out hi.
new play Southern Pines" He ha:
worked on this play for three year:
and ir its completed state it is a fine
production. 1t is Il three act play, anG
deals with incidents of Sherman:
march to the sea. From beginning t.
end it is full of interest and thrilling
situations. There are three acts ant
the play is one that admits of fin,
stage settings. Those who have reas
1t and who are capable of judging sa,
that it is true to the times that triet