Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-22

" nave dlly SOHCtItS, tHIS SUM-
mer?
The Bar HarbOr Democrats, with
outside assistance, are the first i'm the
| ner. The occasion was also an excuse
for an original poem which was bad
enough to cause Il riot, but the author
esca ped unframed.
Holman r. Day has II good story in
the July Leslie's, "A Prophet in His
own Country" which recalls the days
of the "Millesite'' excitement of over
| half 4 century ago. The scene is laid
| in Carmel. and the story of the young
religious fanatic and his return to
| reason is most wildly told.
A Waterville bOtanist found A. wild
| flowers in bloom in Cascade park, the
other day. and says that his list prob
| ably does not include more than Il
quarter Of the plants growing there,
| for rot more than that proportion are
now in bloom.
The good hay weather still fingers:
hut most farmers wouldn't mind get
ting little hay wet if the thirsty crops
| could get good drink.
| Ernest Saunders of Lewiston received
| from Cuba some seeds of sweet peas
which he planted and which are now
in blossom. While not remarkable for
their beauty or perfume. they are at
ftracting considerable attention because
of their rarity. The flowers are purple
| III color, on short stem. thus render
ing them worthless for bouquets.
Nevertheless. they are a great nOvelty
! TO many people.
| Robert Louis Stevenson was greatly
| impressed with the beauty ard mic
| turesquen"ss of many American nairees.
He Thought that Pennsylvania, Ten
ncssee. Arkansas, Dakota, Arizona,
| Oregon, Susquehanna, Suwance Po-
| to'nac. Tallahassee, Mackinaw, Tippe-
canoe. were cause for rejoicing. All
those and many others filled him with
| L
suggests that he ought to have spent a
summer i'll Maine and made the ac-
Gnaintance of the Saco. Songo, Ken
| ncbcc. and Meduxnekeag rivers
| climbed Katahdin, AziscOhos and Me-
| G'nticoOk mountains. rowed or, better
still. padded on the Sebago, Parma
chccnee, Chcsuncook, Seboeis, Baska-
hogan and Nicka tOus lakes; and visited
| pgunquit. Maranacook Chebeague.
! WmneConcc. Matinicus. PemaQuid. If
| he had done SO he would have written
| another book.
The suffering caused by the strike of
| the Chicago meat packers has reached
Biddeford when. according TO the
Journal. the famous rule of mo brea d
| with one fishbalT' is now paralleled by
the rule in the local clearinghouse
that an order for beefsteak cannot be
stretched to include eggs.
| Bath has discovered that the city has
one real daughter of the American
revolution i'm the person of Mrs. Eliza
beth Lawrence, widow of the late VIM
|
| Wilkinson. Such distinction is en-
joyed by very few people in the State.
in fact they can be counted on the fin
| gers Of one hand. and the members Of
| the Bath chapter Of the Daughters of
| the American Revolution. feel justly
| proud of the fact that they have one IN
| their number who can claim the direct
right to join it's cOterie. Mrs. Law
| renee is the daughter of the late
| George Williams of Bowdoin who
| served through the Revolution from
| Dorchester Heights to Yorktown.
The Biddeford Record has been
figuring up the grounds for York
county's title as the murder belt. and
finds they are ample. Beginning back
| "ith the Wagner murder on the Isle of
Shoals. the following murders are re-
called from memory alone, and no
doubt more studied review would re-
l'call others. There were the Barrows
murder at Kittery and later the Parks
murder i'm the same town. The Saw
telle murder was proba bly, committed
in Lebanon and the Fernald tragedy
occurred at the same town. Parsons
field had the Palmer-Savage murder;
| Newfeld the Champion murder;
Cornish the unsOlved Olive Broad muir
der; WATERFORD. the Rice X. Smith
murder The Lane triple tragedy &C.
CURED just on the outskirts of Buxton.
The Coburn and Mosher murder were
within few miles of the York. county
line. South Berwick had the Fanny
Sprague murder: Saco the Rose VIM
cent and Ivory Boothby murders: Bid
deford the Moore-Cushman tragedy,
the Joy mystery the Derouin- Martin
fatal stabbing affair. the Minehan child
drowning manslaughter. the Hurd