Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-25
fornia, brings back the good word that
some substantial gifts to the college
may be expected at an early date.


may be expected at an early date.
Here is a cheerful little ray from the
Lewiston Sun:
LOST. sTRAYED OR sTOLEN-One
small Hearst Club we'll halter broken.
gentle and used to children. Was last
brar r II rooms or aOe City Building. Said club
would answer to name OF Lewiston and
Auburn Hearst club. Information con-
corning the whereabouts should be ad-
dressed to State Mogul and general man.
ager. Crockett, Thomaston. or one of the
local agents. NJ Il. y.
The electing of delegates goes along
about the same from day to day. Here
and there the opponents Of Mr.. Cobb
capture a town, but the days summary
is pretty certain to show that the pop
ular Rockland candidate has good
margin over both of his competitors,
thus strengthening his already long
lead. 1t is evident that the people of
Maine are with him.
If you pass through Rumford Centre
and you see men, women and children
out in the streets looking up into the
tiVNS, dO IlOl lilltiS,iiC tHCy tiC uoll
and staring at vacancy with eyes and
opera glasses. The whole village is
interested in bird study, and it is woe
to the man, boy or cat that harms 4
bird. 1t would be a good fad for other
villages to adopt.
The story is told of an Auburn
painter who had been all winter collect
ing lard pals from his friends and ac-
quaintances and who was congratulate
ing himself that he would not get
stuck for something to mix his paints
in all summer. But his wife was seized
with the use-cleaning fever-such a
severe attack that she even cleaned up
her husbands paint shop which adj
joined the house. When he came home
at night she told him in high glee that
she had got the rummage sale people
to carry off all those old pals which
had been cluttering up the shed and
that they didn't charge her 4 cent for
doing it, either! The man bit his
tongue but kept his peace, it is said,
and without waiting for his supper
drove down to the rummage sale and
paid a dollar to the woman in charge
and then drove back happy once more,
for all those tin pals were rafting
round in his wagon.
Cobb list.
1t is usually considered that the diff
cult problem in getting married is in
finding some one to have you, but in
Pennington it is different. There, if
both are willin' and so signify to the
town clerk it does not settle the matter.
as proved in two different instances re-
Gently. In one case the selectmen of
the town interfered; in the second in
stance where the would-be bride had
been a widow just fourteen days, n
written notice was filed with the town
clerk worded as follows: ITO Louis
Voter. town clerk, we hereby file the
following caution with you not to issue
a certificate to and - for this
reason that Mrs. IS husband has
lust passed away and his mother feels
very much grieved in having the mar
riage take place at present" Signed
by six names.
Inc result OF the w ulSlOW caucus
was a good example of the strong way
in which popular sentiment is running
for the Rockland candidate. it WAS
announced ahead that the people would
turn out at this caucus and give one of
Nj. Cobb's opponents an overwhelming
endorsement. The people did turn out
in grand coed shape with the result
that Cobb delegates We're elected by
vote of IS to 90.
OF the 81 delegates whose election Is
noted in this mornings reports, 80 are
for Cobb, IL for Fernald, and 6 unin-
structed but thought to be for Pres
colt. This is about the way the tide
is running at the present time.
Gubernatorial ardor Aould not be al
lowed to reach the boiling point. Keep
cool.