Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-20
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Could Horses Speak.
Couli horse, speak what would they say
About their labors of The day?
What would they tell Of curse, of blow,
OF mug. of strain, of stress. of Woe.
From mornings flush to evenings gray?
No matter now severe the way
1t is their business to obey
4 mighty patience We should know
Could horses speak.
One only word. a passive Neigh
Th,il feelings ana their thoughts convey,
A. moving swift or moving slow,
Through fair and foul they bravely go,
To ease their toll would we delay
Could horses speak?
A r Schumann.
Summer reaches its official end, to-
morrow.
Bowdoin. Colby and U. of NJ. open
this week.
The great fair at Waterville now has
the center of the stage.
Ellsworth now has curfew law,
caused by the depredations Of boys in
gardens.
Portland and Lewiston are talking
New England league baseball for
another summer.
The launching of the battleship
Georgia will be one of the greatest
events in the history of shipbuildng in
Bath which extends back over almost
300 years.
Already the list of names in the
newspapers of people who have gone TO
st. Louis to attend the fair are begin
ming to increase. The September and
October weather will prove Il drawing
card which will help the big show
greatly.
A Christmas cargo of all kinds of
Santa Claus things is what the new
schooner Margaret Thomas of Thomas
ton is going to take on her maiden voy-
age. She is first going to Hoston.
where the supply will be placed on
board and then Captain Balano will
head the vessel for Rio where he is to
land the cargo and make the people
happy, December %.
Lewiston Journal: The late Joseph w.
feathers Of the Portland Advertiser,
had life insurance of $4,000. the policies
on which came due the next day after
his suicide. Mr.. Leathers was dcs-
pendent over illness. and it is said that
there was a bit of romance in his life
that greatly darkeifed the future for
him. He was a good fellow, a good
writer. but not n successful news
getter. When he drifted into editorial
writing he was at his best. Poor chap!
1t was lonesome end to somewhat
solitary life.
VIM. r. Lincoln, better known as
"Billy VAN the advertising agent Of
| next weeks State fair at Lewiston has
| spent the greater paIT of Tie time for
| the p st three months travelling over
the state of Maine, advertising the
| fair for 1904. 1t has been his duty to
| distribute fans, visit the newspaper
| offices and contract for notices and ad-
v"rtising. hang up posters and per-
sonally interview the people. In all he
visited over 800 towns. covering every
county in Maine except Aroostook. The
fair was advertised there by the
trustees. who made a special trip for
the purpose. He has given away OVER
$4,000 fans. hung over 200 two-shent
posters and placed contracts with -
local and State papers.
Boston Herald: 1t is sad to see the
farmers dwelling in the valley of
Magalloway. down in the State Of
Maine obiecting to the danming of
the river for the purpose Of making
another lake of what avail tho
meadows and timber lands compared
| with the famed lakes which invite the
souls of the devoted fishermen? Where
| would the proud pre-eminencc of Maine
| be without the tTmbagos. the Moose
| loollmeguntiC. and all the other lakes
whose names are synonyms Of joy and
gladness wherever the art Of angling is
known: Dam the MagallOway, and
add another lake to the picturesque and
joyous collection.
During tho month of September M
to date there have been addel tc the
rura. routes in Maine IL new ones
These swell the routes in Maine to
the enormous number of 331. The
monthly salary on these routes Of the
81 carriers during this september VIII
amount to $4,000. The State OF Name
is now one of the best supplied with
rural routes of any of the states in the
Union. There are but few sections in