Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15

wait tlll alSIeS are pdCAcu anu
Wait bit.
Wal. till statesmen are half dead.
Tired OF limb and daft Of head,
Wait bit.
Don't employ a bit of sense
Wait a bit.
Wait till every ones intense
Wait a bit.
Wait till YOU can never get
What Won want and have 70 fret
Like a hen with feathers wet
Wait bit.
baltimore American.
Names dairy interests are worth all
the discussion and attention they are
getting at Auburn. this week.
The big blizzard which swept south
ern New England took a trip to sea in
preference to a visit N Maine.
This is the last day of the open time
on deer. 1t has been a great hunting
season and many more deer will be
brought out in the next week or two,
ali killed, Of course, before Dec. Is.
Hon. Cyrus w. Davis failed in his
fight to be governor. but he has been
elected president-of the Merchants
National bank Of Waterville.
One by one the appointments are be-
ing announced Of those who will be on
the staff of Governor Cobb. Mayor
SHELTON OF Lewiston ard DR.. James B.
ONeill OF Portland are two of the
fortunate ones. and il is also an
nounced that General Farnham and
Colonel Dill will be re-appointed.
The complaint comes from Portland
that shoplifters are unusually active
there during the present holiday sea-
son. Some of the stores are employing
| detectives to watch out for these per-
| sons who are practically always well
dressed women.
A movement is on foot for the par
don of Mary Barrows who was sem
fenced for the murder of her husband
at kittery. She was then Al years old
and she is now 81 and petitions the
Governor and council that she may be
pardOned ana spend her few remain
| ing years in freedom. Two years ago
Mrs. Barrows put in similar petition
but it never came to a hearing.
Many Maine people will be interested
to learn of the promotion of Capt. E.
F.. Hatch. L. S. A.. 20 be major Of the
25th L.. s. Infantry. Capt. Hatch is 9
2 - =
uate CT West Point. From 1883 to
1891 he was military instructor at the
University of Maine and afterward
went to the Philippines. He is now OH
his way to the United States from
Manila to assume his new command
Major Hatch comes Of fighting stock.
his father having lost an arm in the
battle of Gettysburg. His rise in the
service is due to his love for the mill
tary life.
If plans now under way materialize
it is probable that Portland will enter.
tain next October the largest gathering
of school teachers and educators ever
held in Maine. AS has already been
announced the Maine Teachers asso-
citation and the Maine Association Of
Colleges and Preparatory Schools will
hold their annual sessions in that city
October 26. q and IS, and it is highly
probable that the American Institute
nj instruction will convene there at
the same time. William c. Crawford
OF Allston, Mass, an officer of the last
named organization has been in Port
land with view Of passing upon the
advisahility of deciding upon the
Forest City as the next convention
place. The meeting of the Maine as
soriatiOns will be exceedingly interest
ing In and Of themselves and if to them
can be added the iIispii alton Of the
American Institute the occasion will
eclipse anything in the history OF
Maine educational conventions.
| Bangor has something novel in the
way of a political organization. This
is not surprising for our Queen City
Of the East is always very much up
to-datc. and frequently. as in this mat
ter. is ahead-Cf-date. IL one may so
speak. The organization in question is
known as the Citizens League 1t was
originally founded by young profess
sional men. but now takes in all who
are interested In good government, if
they pass a favorable ballot upon ap-
plication for membership. 1t is not the
purpose of this organization to make
nominations OF its own. though it may
do so II VIGOROUSLY bad nominations
are made by the regular conventions.
1t seeks rather to assist in making
good nominations for Places in the city
government and in electing good men
when they are once nominated. Such
a league should have great influence
in the city affairs.
The largest toothpick mill in the
world is located in Strong. and is daily
turning out large quantities of tooth.