Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-12

strangers to go about Hancock county
now making inquiries about the local
postoffices. Stree the breaks il, ''''"
section and the arrest OF seNcl'i 'o'i
nected with them, the reSi''e'' CIV
keeping their eyes open.
The opponcnts Of Mr.. cobb seem to
have hustled in their sure things carry
in the game. Just now we are not
hearing so much about them.
Rev. Bowley Green who rs telling
| Portland how bad it is. says tnat rs ne
goes over the city and has the death
dens pointed out to him, he wonders
where the good people live.
| Neither Mr.. Cobb nor his friends
have had any wish to organize "a NAM
mar brigade in his interests. ana the
| Indications are that some OF MS oppo-
nrnts are beginning to recognize the
! folly of this method of conducting Il
canvass.
The greatest athletic event OF the
spring team among The Maine colleges
is their 10th intercollegiate field day
which will be held at Waterville, Sat
urday. The CHEF struggle as usual
will he between Howdoin and ". OF NJ.
though Colby and Bates intend to ga
| Their in some points. Special trains
/ will run from OrCno and Brunswick,
| and q great and enthusiastic crowd il
| assured if the day is fair. or the field
days for the niue years since the assoc
citation was formed. Iiowd"in has wol
the championship eight times and L.
of NJ. once.
Warren is fun Of baseball fans but
! the king of them all is William G. Rob-
insOn who went up to HoSton and sa'"
| five of the big league games. last week.
| These though wildly exciting, failed to
"atiatc his enthusiasm, and upon hi"
arrival in Brunswick, hearing of the
game to be played between Rowdoin
| and the u. of NJ, decided to attend that
| His enthusiasm over the redoubtab >
"cy" Young knows no bounds. and At
| the conclusion Of one Of the games wit
messed, he made Il mad leap from the
grand stand into the diamond and WAS
among the first to congratulate "cy"
on his success, Informing him that he
had come WAY from Maine to witness
his championship performance.
Asher G.. Kinds, the foremost author
ity in the country on parliamentary
practice has written Il letter which
supports The Faith INDEPENDENTS con-
tention that, when fourteen votes had
beCl. registered for one candidate for
the office of city physician and seven
for each Of the other two. a situation
did not exist IN which Mayor Hyde as
TresiGmg officer Of the convention was
authorized IT, throw Il casting vote. The
Bath Times is not convinced. however.
and says that while It has very great
respect for Mr.. Kinds parliamentary
Knowledge, the case referred to is
scarcely in his province. 1t is not 4
question Of parliamentary prat ticc but
of law ana tn" only authority compe-
tent to rcnlcr Il finrl decision upon the
point is The Maine Supreme Court.
A new Village Improvement society
ilstS IN'tIl tbIfllttl Ill DlDllD, dtttItllS "
the Bangor News. 1t neither offers to
gentle suggestions or empowers Il COM
mittee. out cnergetically goes to work
ana improves. II the above society
does not ike the tiOorSt"'oS in froit sc
Il dwelling house, it forthwith remove;
them, and the jar which the owner OF
the above dwelling house gets when he
steps out Of doors in the morning act;
quicker than 4 hint. CaLocs left carr
lnSSly on the shore are stored, swing
chairs are removed to parts unknown
and various other things are done, all
with a good Intention no doubt but The
effect of which was to cover Webster
with Il blue haze on the morning after
WatcrvilIe Sentinel: Maine Yves
leyan Seminary students had half
holiday to go MayinG. To the city
students that must have seemed lill.. Il
rare treat, unless indeed they are like
an acquaintance Of the writer's III New
York city. There is Il man past 40 yea -
of age who had never been outside the
coropratc limits of greater New York
and Of Jersey City. He was given a
vacation and started out to see the
country. When he got to Albany, Il
place Of some 10000 people. he had II
change cars, and took q stroll through
the village. There We're so few people
in the place that he got lonesome and
hOmcsick and took the return train for
home where he could see somebody
moving aDOl;t.
LIGHT AND AIRY.