Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-14


Light is ahead:
Fields white with cotton
And mrlonS heart red.
In the cool orchards.
Round o the peach;
Every one rosy
And just in your reach!
All the birds singin',
SuuShiny ways;
Shout hallclua
III, rest o your days!
Frank L. Stanton.
Bates college opens, this week, but
the others will begin business, week
later.
You can tell the Republicans of
Maine by the smiles they wear, this
week.
Now that the cruel war is over, fooS-
ball will furnish the greatest excite
mcnt of the fall.
Perfect weather for Windsor fair
and the other fairs all hope that they
will be equally fortunate.
Although Anlroscoggin will have
Sheriff CUMMINGS fer two years more,
th",e will be quite difference.
The Waterville Republicans did
themselves proud, Monday, and the
Democrats are very welcome to all the
comfort they can extract from the re-
turns in their candidates home city.
AroostoOk happy prosperous Aroos-
took, the garden county, is again the
banner Republican county of the State.
One Of the cottagers at Lake Cob
bosseecontee who has kept tally. claims
that 1900 white perch We're caught off
Cuba last week, during the few days
these fish We're schooling. An ordinary
catch numbered 40 or .nOle; one party
caught 800 during the run. AT one
time, fifteen boats We're anchored and
the parties engaged in the exciting
sport.
Now is the corn eating period of the
.car-ahd this reminds a Bath editor
that a neighbor had a man. relative,
visit him recently, who was very fond
Of Maine sweet corn. The neighbor de-
| termined to give his relative big fed
| on his favorite dish and had three dozen
| ears for dinner one day. The relative
| ate Il ears before he confessed to 4
| genteel sufficiency.
IL ~
| II. Churchill of Fort Fairfield had one
drilled recently that was $50 feet deep,
and still could supply only about three
barrels of water in u hours. Well, he
gave it up as n bad job. drilling seven
rods from the same place. and in eight
feet struck water that could not be
lowered by the pump. However. Just
for luck (and good measure) he drilled
to 30 feet, where the matter rests. In
the first, and nearly never-ending, hole
water was struck at only a few feet,
but the vein was too small to give it
with sufficient rapidity, though the
hole by this time contains 24O feet of
water. This well is said to be the
deepest one in ArOostoOk county In
addition to the drilling on it, over n
/ l'uIHlS VI ny ildfIltt were put
into it. and the hole filled with water
over the explosive, which was then
fired off. Water and other things
went up into the air a mile, more or
less. but there didn't seem to be any
greater tendency than before for the
well to give down Tor up) it's water
permanently
| Sept. IA. the Hebrews of Portland
VIII lay the corner stone of their new
synagogue to cost a little over $40. 900.
They are doing their very best to
bring in religiously an era of good
feeling. They have invited Bishop
IOConnell and many of the Protestant
ministers to be present, Mayor Baxter
VIII lay the corner stone a clergy
| man of the reformed Hebrew faith
VIII be present from Boston, and a
! iayman, member of a Christian
church. will deliver an address. They
could not we'll have a more liberal
or progressive program. Of course.
bishop O'Connell. and the leading Pro-
teStant ministers in question NAV not
| De present. but they certainly showed
u