Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-06

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August.
Over the blue sea brOods the heat.
In faintest pulse the tired tides beat;
over the sands, with the sun aglow,
Silent the clOud-ShadeS come and go:
white winged sail on the water CLEANS
Faint and far. like a Ship-'o Dreams.
The years great Sabbath fills the air
And languor ana Slumber are everywhere
Then storm winds rise: then break
roar:
Then wrecks are tossed on the rocky
shore.-OutlOOk.
Those who really want to go to
church, tomorrow, will find some of the
churches open.
How toothsoine the first sweetcorn
" hic:l the fortunate ones are now get
ting from their gardens.
Perhaps the most surprised man in
who stole what be thought was lunch
box from an electric car only to find
that it contained $1,000 in bills.
Hon. Nathaniel Hobbs, again named
by the York county Republicans as
candidate for judge of probate, has
filed that office continuously since 1872.
1t is doubtful If any judge of probate in
the country has served an equal length
of time.
The warm weather of the last week
las brought the house flies into action
by the millions, and for industry in get
ting into places where they are not
wanted they are unsurpassed. One
thing. however is to be remembered
gratefully. and that is that when the
flies come the mosq,.itOs go.
Donald 3. Mcmillan of Freeport, who
saved five persons VINO were clinging to
an overturned yacht. this week, and
rescued the body of a boy who was
drowned through being entangled III
the rigging was one of the best known
athletes in Maine during his course AT
Bowloin, where lie graduated in 81,
and won particular distinction by
climbing to the dizzy summit of the
north spire of King Chapel, one night,
and fastening his class banner to the
lightning rod, 100 feet from the ground
The MillinOcket Journal scores the
citizen of that town who went to Ban
gor. paid $1.25 for an article that is
sold at home for 81. and then tried to
exchange 1t with Millinocket mer-
chant because it didn't fit. That man
wouldn't be lonesome i'm almost any
town or city i'm the country. 1t pays to
TatroniZe the nome merchants.
Pittsfeld people are given some good
counsel by an exchange when it ad
viscs them not to sell their old hand
tub that has done good service I'm for
mer times, before tho ir water plant was
IL IL a s'lIt pan lbl any
town or city to have the best fire-light-
irg facilities obtainable and to give up
nothing that may be useful in any con-
tingehcy. If kept il, : BOD working or
der an old styled hand tub may render
excellent service in an emergency.
list of the drowning accidents in
various parts of this State during the
month of July. compiled by Bangor
correspondent and published in tins pa
per. yesterday, shows a record of 81
cases, which is nearly double the num-
her ever before recorded in a single
month. or these. eight We're young
children, who We're playing near the
water. Five deaths were due to the
overturning of canoes. and seven to the
capsiZing of sailbo..ts Six lost their
lives while in bathing In connection
with these fatalities Is persons were
lescuad from peril. or saved themselves
by swimming. In the face of these
facts it seems unnecessary to call at
tention to the Importance OF extreme
care and caution on the part of those
who seek pleasure on the water
The even tenor of life in Brewer was
rudely shaken last Wednesday morning
when q wild looking dog with glaring
eyes and foam f1ecked lips waltzed
crafty into the arena of publicity in
front of Merrill's drug store and pro-
,ceeded to do stunts and chase himself
about a bit, apparently mad. People in
the radius of half a mile assembled to
the attic, climbed telephone poles and
walked up the sides of buildings in an
earnest and common effort to give