Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-23

-Lppincott's Magazine.
The long delayed ithaw arrived al
LAST. And now the cold wave!
Yesterdays celebrations OF Washing
on's birthday slumped through.
They are posting the warrants AMI
;cttinS out the town reports.
While other harbors have been ice
ocked, that of Eastport has been open
IL winter.
The Maine and the Massachusetts
ons of the American Revolution
warped orators, yesterday.
Portland's Italian colony should he
made to swear off the gun and knife
habit.
The Bath Times is fixing up with a
brand new spring dress of type which
loes much to improve its appearance.
In the list of smart Maine women
put the name of Mrs. J. S. Bearce of
West Sebec. In two weeks she has knit
seven pairs Of mems stockings, don.
six washings, boarded the school teach
er and made few visits besides doing
Ter general housework.
This comes from Pressure Isle: THE
l,o tod l,, IN n
Inhe;trd of depth this winter. Up on
ID street, in digging for Il frozen pipe n
lOle was dug 6 feet ) inches to the pipe
md then CroWbar was driven down
ONE six or eight inches further with
ut getting below frost"
A recent Bath real estate deal sets
he gOssips of Bath to talking about an
lp-to-date hotel, an immense business
block and a city hall in the near future.
Now that the thaw has arrived we
Confidently count upon the announce
nent, within Il few days. of the first
pussy willow. the first blade of green
grass and the first mayflower.
Now that WashinSton's Birthday has
come and gone the next holiday will be
Fast Day, two months hence, unless we
figure in April 1. And then comes
Memorial Day. or Circus Day as it is
known in Portland.
A Canada lynx, which has been
frightening people down in Washing
ton county has been shot and killed
by some lucky hunter. 1t is TO be
presumed that these animals are not
exceedingly rare in the Maine woods
and yet it is only once in a great while
that one is shot 1t is reported upon
pi etty good authority that there has
been one in the big woods in East Ben
ton in Kcnncbec county for "a number
Of years, but no hunter has been able
to get shot at him. although his
tracks have frequently been seen.
This Kcnnebec lynx. however. has
Been better behaved than the one re-
ported from Washington for the form
er. SO far as we know, has never been
guilty of killing farm animals or
frightening folks except in that vague
way in which the known presence of "a
wild animal in nearby woods always
ltfccts the timid in the vicinity.
Superintendent L. T. Boutelle of the
rural free delivery, relates an interest
ing story of the late President Nc
kinley. Mr.. Boutellc is a brother Of
the late Congressman Charles A. BOu-
telle who for almost 20 successive
years represented the Bangor district
ut the national capital. Mr.. Boutelle
was long the editor OF the Bangor
Wing and Courier and is one of the
best posted political men in the coun-
try. THE last time that President Nc
kinley was in Maine" Said Mr.. Bou-
telle, was 10 years ago when he was
governor of Ohio. He came here to
make one political speech and spoke
at Bangor where he was the guest of
my brother. Some Is years before
that he was in this state campaigning
and l then met him. 1 remember that
we were in an Office and that Mckinley
who was then a congressman came in
and sat down on table where he
Cudlteu IOT several minutes. L ulQ I1Ot
see him again until this second time
Il years later, and had no idea that he
would remember me. But he at once
recalled his previous visit and men,
toned the circumstances. This was
but Il sample of his wonderful memory
1t is rare characteristic that but few
men possess. Everybody knows how
famous Mr.. Blaine used to be for this
same thing"
Waterville Mail: The clergymen of
Phillips ought to take trip away from
the backwoods surroundings for little
while and find out what the rest of the
world is thinking and doing. Phillips
is an admirable little town in many
ways but it is at d long distance from
the centers of civilization and its resi-
dents are liable to get out of touch
with current thought and opinion.
What suggests this view is the fact
that Of the three clergymen in the
village not one would offer prayer,
report goes. at the recent graduation
of the village high school because
some of the high school pupils had
been attending dances which had been