Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18

rbe grammar school she conquered next;
She spoke of glory, dropped Il tear;
Her Iisp was gone advanced her text,
But still they cried, 1.-The little dear!"
And when-a high school graduate
She read an essay, wv oman sphere,
Regardless of her new estate.
Again they murmured, Little dear"
So. when today she makes her bid
For fame with senior thesis clear
Her folks will say: "HOw well she did!
We knew she would, the little dear!
Puck.
The June roses are blossoming along
with the sweet girl graduate.
The air will be resonant. with the
elouuence of baccalaureate sermons,
tomorrow.
The Portland yacht club, now on its
annual cruise, must have made the
weather man an honorary member.
That Brunswick High school boy
who has taken his first year in college
along with his last year in the high
school will bear watching.
Old Orchard Indignantly denies the
story that a visitor froze to death
there this week. 1t seems he had
taken the precaution to take his fur
overcoat along and that saved him.
Not the least of the June conventions
is that of the Maine Epworth Leaguers
who will assemble in Augusta, June %
and "a.
The June number Of the Bowdoin
Quill is Hawthorne number with
special articles Of much interest and
value by Judge Symonds. go. Prof.
Chapman, '66, Prof. Little, Ut, Isaac
Bassett Choate. so, and Henry S.
Chapman, 81. of the editorial staff of
the Youths Companion.
Ellsworth has decided after all to
celebrate the Fourth-a little late in
the day to arrive at conclusion. but
it will celebrate Just the same. and it
will be done in Ellsworths usual first
class style. Other sections of Ham
cock county will also celebrate-Am-
herst. Otis, Southwest Harbor. Pros
pect IIarbor, Franklin and North Blue
hill have already ann)un"td their In
tentions, and the returns are not all III
yet.
Captain NJ. A. Hanna of South Port
land as usual claims first prize for
having early potatoes. Captain Hanna
takes much pride in his garden and
though not a very large one it is al
ways one of the best if not as this year
proves. the very best to be found IN
this section at least. All of the garden
truck is much i'm advance of the ma
jority of the gardens and the potatoes
are more than a head and shoulders
ahead Of anything to be found in this
town if not in the County. The seed
planted is known as the six weeks
potato and the vines are now covered
with lessons while in the hills are
potatOec a: large as hens Eggs. The
captain always marriages to haze new
| ones for Fourth of July and this year
Notwithstanding the cold and very
| backward spring he has them much
earlier than usual. The rest of the
garden is far ahead of what It usually
| is at this time of year but whether this
| Is owing to it's sheltered location OF
the constant nursing of the captain is
Il puzzler.
Gardiner Reporter Journal: Some OF
| the papers are saying that it is of but
little use for the owners of property to
try to improve theft lots, if the streets
are not tcpt in decently good condition;
| AMI it is equally tue that i. is Of little
use IN try to keep tie street neatly. il
| the abLt;ing property is not cared toe
| HIRE in Gardiner there has been a
great improvement in the past few
years III the matter of neatly kept
| lawns. and there are a number of then
| which are kept as nicely as possible
| The most of them are also kept clip
ped to the side of the drive way of tho
street, as Of course all the city does is
to keen the streets in a safe condition
for travel. without any attempt tt
keer the roadsides free from grass and
weeds. but there are some too who
while they keep their yards as nice as
| can be do nothing to the street outside
4 the fence or line. The roadside is the
property Of the abuttor, and as it /:
more prominently in the public eye
than the yard, IL but one could b.
cared for the roadside should be the
one, as making more of n showing. 1
isn't much Of a Job to clip the roadside
if one does it himself. nor does it cos
much if a man has to be hired to do it
Nothing will give stranger SO goot
an impression of place as to see neat
ly kept stree's. and If people woLi,
make n little effort our city would i,'i
much better.