Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-27

tltllN buSIltSS, put liz Iiol ilio"C
any announcement that he will devote
his remaining years to an effort to pre-
vent himself from dying rich.
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For the next six weeks the politi-
cal rumor factories will be about the
busiest places in the country.
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In the Woods.
The autumn leaves are getting bright
With hues of brown and led
The forest is a wOndrouS blaze
OF color overhead.
And through the woods Myrtilla walks,
With Colin at her side
And eagerly collects the leaves
by natures colors dyed.
At last she tinds lovely one.
Unique among the rest.
And in her girliSh way she cries:
"Oh. l must have that prcSscd,'
Bu; how? She looks at Colin. with
4 look that can be felt:
Then with Il smile she slips the leaf
In underneath her belt.
-Somervillc Journal
Wednesday will be Governors day at
Lewiston.
The recount did not change things i'm
Somerset county and it will be Sheriff
Smith after January /.
Tie reports of the accident on the
Somerset railway neglect to state what
happened to the cow whose presence
upon the track deraied the train.
Probably the COW catcher caught her.
but what then?
The ArOOstOok starck-factorieS are
getting under way with their grinding.
The quality Of potatoes seems SO good,
and there is 50 little rot. that it seems
as if the output of starch from Aroos-
took this season must be light.
1t is of interest here to note that a
week ago Saturday 119 residents OF
this State registered at the Maine
Dull'llIlS at lHt Sl. LOUIS eStOSlllOll,
which shows that We are being Well
represented at the big fair.
The attention of those who have
scoffed at the Maine building at st.
Louis is also called to the fact that
thus far over 20 good offers have been
made for the building when the fair is
over. one of them from President
Francis himself.
There is Il typhoid epidemic raging at
the Kittery navy yard and about 25 of
the marines stationed there are in the
hospital with this dreaded disease.
Bidd"ford Journal: These beautiful
moonlight nights are incompatible.
There are lots of strollers Oh the streets
and marriage intentions in both cities
are being recorded very rapidly.
1t was a Bath policeman, who asked
q letter carrier about man wanted
by out of town parties and when told
that no mail was carried to such
man stated that he might be going
under u consumed" name.
The picnic season is nearly over but !
down in Knox county the corn-roasts |
anG steak-frics continue in popularity. |
one or two clam-bakns may be ex- |
p"cted to take place weekly for tho |
next mouth. and the savOry onion will
add to the delectabln steaks an aroma I,
all its cwn--but appreciated by those |
who are brave enough to indulge.
Here's to the unique and time honored !.
custom of serving beefsteak and !
onions, cooked over hot fire on the |
banks of the Georges river.
City Clerk Philip Tapley of Saco, |
has in his possession a paper that |
was published in Boston the day after |
the Battle Of Bunker Hill. The date |
is June is. 1,75, and it is still in very |
good state of preservation. 1t refers |
to the battle on Breeds hill, as it was
called. and also gives some correspond !
ence which took place between Cen
eral Washington and the English
officers. 1t is very dminutive in size I
but is priced very highly by Mr.. Tap |
ley.
Trust the Maine schoolma am for re- |
sourcefulness. Owing to the scarcity |
of boardingpla in Fort Fairfield |
some eight or ten Of the teachers OF the ,
village schools have rented residence
for the school year. and will board
themselves on the club plan. And no. I
body in town will enjoy life more than ,
they will.
President Edward B. Winslow OF the
Maine State Board of Trade, who was
Reelected this week at the annual
meeting at Lewiston. is the most
active man Portland has at this time
with perhaps the exception of Hon.