Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-21


PenObScOt.
Tho Maine soldier boys are still
guessing about the summer war game.
There has risen dispute whether Il
ball lost in Il snow drift is To count as
hit or ln error.
Anyway. the projection Of winter into
the spring will not prevent the Amherst
and Howdoin deblters from meeting in
their annual encounter. Friday eye
ming.
The North Vassalborn WOODEN mill
strike seems to have been an absolute
failure from the point of view of tn"
strikers. and it was Il very unpleasant
and expensive experiment for the
village.
A bright school teacher up in Ridlon-
VILE wishing to kill out the cigarette
habit has organized military COM
pany among the boys. to be drilled by
Il returned soldier from the Philippines.
and limits its membership to those who
promise not to use tobacco in any form.
Just think" says Il kenncbec county
farmer last year We plowed in March
and now We can't before the last OF
Aprl,-we must manage to do it in
Apri, somehow This same man Went
IN t. say that to his mind one didn't
gain anything by Tlantin9 early; crops
won't grow during the cold and to
prove his theory cites his own expert
cnce of three years ago when corn
planted on the 4th. 10th and 18th days
of May All Went to the factory on the
same day,
Under the title of THE Beloved
Teacher" Mrs. Bertram J.. Bryant
If Bangor has contributed to the
National Magazine for April a
story founded upon the charac-
-teristics and personality of her
father, the late DIR. Nathaniel True Of
Bethel. An excellent likeness of DR..
True accompanies the article. By IL
curious coincidence. the photograph
from which the cut was made. and OF
which there are but two in existence,
has twice escaped being destroyed by
IRE. First. with the destruction Of the
beautiful, old homestead at Bethel, ana
again at the offices of the National
which were wrecked some weeks ago,
thereby making the publication of the
present number of the magazine mat
ter of some difficulty.
Strange" says Lisbon Falls man.
that one street in town which is per-
fectly straight, has not a single bend.
should be known by three different
names, that is High street. School
street and Lisbon street are really one
straight road without a turn. But
each part is well named for High street
is the highest part of the town, the
schools are on School street, and
Lisbon street is the road that leads To
the village of Lisbon. Come TO think of
it there is another road In town which
has three names. being known in differ
ent sections of the street as Maple,
Davis and Union street
It is very seldom that a man and wife
dwell in q home ana rear therein a
large family, residing therein for more
than half n century without having
single death befall an inmate. and not
even having 4 funeral solemnized with
in the residence Augustus Palmer, the
Bath ship owner and banker,
with his wife. has lived i'm his present
house IS years. during which long
period no one has died in. or been
buried from the residence.
There is always a Maine man present
where things are happening. The cap
tain of the American steel steamer,
"Pleiades." which was in Port Ar
thurs harbOr on the day of the first big
battle and upon whose deck fell nu-
merous pieces of japanese shell, turns
out to be +. G. Purinton of Thippsburg.
Bangor News: Do we have such
orators in Maine today as they had
when Lincoln ran for president in 1869?
OF course. We have better lawyers than
ever before i'm the world. They are
ADLER i'm handling their cases. and they
obtain more real justice. But they do
il by different methods. They use
milder language with fewer adjectiveS
and more logic. They appeal To the
reasoning powers. to facts and state
mentS which cover actual truths. and
while spread ea gleiSm is either dead
or dying fast. the public is better
pleased ana the eluse of humanity
gains greater progress. Take the three
leading orators i'm Bangor today az an
example and compare their style with
the form of oratory which was in vogun
30 years ago. Naturally. no one can
select three leaders from among so
many eloquent men, but for argll-
ments sake let us stop to think of the
methods pursued by DR.. d. A. Robin
son. Hon. L. c. Stearns and Hon. p. TT.
Gillin and then contrast their best ef-
forts with what We used to get from