Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-19


The discovery that Il visitor to the
city got mixed. the other day, and took
the wrong street 2ar makes Bangor
feel Very metropolitan and the Com
nrrcial devotes half a column to the
incident.
When they get good and ready the
Knox county Republicans are going to
have grand banquet and celebration
in honor OF the falls victories in State
and nation. and in recognition Of the
fact that the county now furnishes thu
first governor in its history.
Bangor News: AS soon as the bOgs
are frozen over SO as to hold up horses,
it is time for the snow to come. That
is the way snow used TO do in the good
old times, about which we hear so
much. 1t is a very good way, too.
One can enjoy very cold weather when
riding OH runners. whereas the most
comfortable Of journeys made on
frozen ground is not sensation one
can recall with pure delight. If we can
iitNt SooI SltlSLiliS iotI IhS
10 Easter. we will strive to get along
for the rest of the year as best we may.
We have no use FOR half-and- half
winter. When it is time for snow to
fall, let us have snow and plenty Of it.
During the winter the BOwdOin boys
will present the opera King Pepper"
which has scored such successes in
Gardiner and Augusta. All of the
parts will be taken by students ana
while the piece will undoubtedly be 2
success musically and have a lot of
go" and ginger, it is hardly to be ex-
pccted that the six maids will be as
fetching and fascinating as in the Ken
nebec cities.
Says a Sullivan Harbor cOrrespon-
dent: To paraphrase Pope; Hope
springs eternal iii the human breast
sullivan never is but always to b..
best." The latest is that inquiries
have been made by the COM
miittee in charge as to the
feasibility rf making use of one Or
| more of the abandoned silver mines
here for the benefit of the three col
| leges. Yale, Harvard and Columbia as
a summer school Of miring. Naturally
this is contamination devOutly to be
| wished but it Seems almost like an
Ethiopian dream. So many times have
we been on the verge of something bet
ter than We have known that there is
| now more or less Skepticism mixed
with our anticipation. We have every
1 inc off h
gold mines. silver mines dry mines.
wet mines; mines that have had in
their lifetime the Who'll" Atlantic ocean
inside Of them. Any Cf these mines
| ought 10 be offered for this purpose for
a song in view Of the ultimate good to
the toxin Of their being made use of
for the purpose planned.
| We learn that Col. r.. G. Dill of Au-
| gusia, for several years on the staff Of
! the Lewiston Journal. is soon to sever
his connection with trat paper to as
sumo an important position on the
Portland Press. Col Dill is one Of the
most accomplished newspaper men in
| Maine and there are lew men in the
| country who excel him in ability. He
knows Maine and Maine men and the
why's and wherefores OF politics from
every standpoint. His knowledge of
Legislative methods and practices is of
the highest order. for his experience at
Augusta has been general and not con-
| fined 10 any particular line. That he is
a distinctly valuable acquisition to the
StaH of the Press will be acknowledged
| by all who know MIN. and every news
paper man i'll the State will join in
| wishing him the success he deserves
and Will surely Win.-N aterville Senti-
mel
Every newspaper man in Maine will
fully ard cheerfully endorse the above
aud extend hearty congratulations to
both the Press and Col Dill
! Bangor News: Just at this time of
The year. before the snow falls AMI
when the ground freezes every night.
is the proper period 70 go about the
home village and make things clean
ard spruce Tor the coming winter. The
| plank sidew ak which has a hole in it.
| or which has plank that is awry.
should be mended and tut in shape so
that no one can find fault with the
ravages OF snow and ice in the busy
and sloppy days Of March. In most of
the back lets are ghosts of dead bur-
! dock stalks. which grew on the waste
places last summer and yielded seeds
enough to set out Maine township to
burdock plants. Though a good num-
her of the seeds have been scattered bv
now, enough remain in the burrs to
pay for collecting the stalks and burn
ing them for the public good. The
family which insists on throwing