Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-13
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Let Charity Begin at Home.

Bath has always been the home of mauy
people of wealth yet from the hundreds
and thousands of dollars which have been
left behind how much has Bath protiteds
| Occasionally some one leaves a thousand
| OF twc TO some institution. or a few nun.
On Ell to purchase fuel for the poor while
outside of the city or state Again we re.
peat that it makes US tired. Bath has
| many institutions which need and deserve
the help of these people and there are
many things for which that money could
be left but we don't get it. In speaking
as We have We do rot have any particu.
lar Ease in mind but half dozen or more
In most of these cases the money has
been accumulated by the testator while
resident of Ba tn, in most cases the testa-
TOR mas never paid one half the tax he
should have paid during his years OF resi-
dcnce yet when the time for making
will comes he does not consider this but
proceeds to give his wealth to out Of town
ms 5 We hope 70 live to see
leave something besides memories and
few paltry hundreds of his estate to the
city which was his home.
The Same in Every Office.
Somerset Reporter)
Items often reach US by mail which
would be of general interest to our read
ei,S and which we might be pleased to
ca use the name of@the sender does not
accompany the communication Our
patrons should bear in mind that nothing
gains admission to our columns unless the
identity of the person furnishing The in
formation Is known to us. 1t is seldom
necessary to publish the name of the
omission is requested. but We must in all
cases, know who they are. The reasons
for this are too obvious to require ex-
PLANTATION.
Educational Results Of Poultry Show.
Biddeford Journal)
The Portland Argus assures us that
it was turkey gobbler. not a rooster, as
intimated by the Journal. which it trotted
out in connection with the Portland hen
show: We accept the correction with
thanks. The editor Of the Journal left The
farm at an early age somewhat less than
a ceitury ago and since that hegira he
has seldom had an opportunity to inspect
turkey in the flesh except in that form
in which. OH rare occasions the bird ap.
pears, minus feathers and other MARKS of
identified ton, on the boarding house Ia.
BILE. From that standpoint the Argus
bird looked about as much like dodo as
like turkey. Hence, We may score one
for The educa tional advantages of the
annual hen show.
Not What II Used to Be.
Lewiston JournaD
They are discovering queer things down
at Portland this week. One is that the
Maine State Ia fair is no lenser the fa1 i
has been discovering this annually since
1870. But last year the Maine State far
practically paid all expenses in spite of
rainy Thursday. and the show was the
biggest and best ever seen in Maine No
the Maine State isn't what 1t used to be
especially what it used to be when they
held ii at Portland
The Deadly Grade Crossing.
(Biddeford Record)
The accident at Woodfords. while baa
one. was at the same time a reniarkaole
one in that nobody. was killed or very
seriously injured. For a car filled Win
people to be struck by fast running
freight train without wholesale kiiilhs
was wonderful good fortune. Inc acci
dcnt emphasizes the danger OF graur
crossings and the necessity Of having
crossing tenders on duty at all graz,
crossings both night and day or at isant
some automatic signal service 20 sI,om
when a train is approaching. Such grace
crossings are numerous in Maine anu
there is always danger of sucn acciaeit IN
The next one may be less fortunate III
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