Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-19

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Bowdoinham and Skowhegan needn't
be so proud of being the only towns OF
those names in America! There are
Meddybemps and Wallagrass!
Bath Times: Rumford Falls is bound
to be up to date and is indeed livery
village but when they advertise kenne-
bee shad in their markets while the
river is closed to navigation, Oh! that's
too yellow.
Yankee resourcefulness is well illus
trated by the Bowdoinham PROPOSE
ton to take the old safe owned by the
town which has been once burglarized
and through two fires, and make pub
lie watering trough of it. This can be
done by removing the doors and plac-
ing it on it's back.
A Washington county porcupine
hunter discloses the fact, not generally
known, that the porcupine is the only
animal that will eat foliage of the hem
lock tree and thrive upon it. These
animals, however, will eat almost any
thing and they have been known to
remain in a hemlock tree for a week ut
4 time, hugging close to the tree at
night and feeding during the daytime.
During the past inclement season all
kinds of conjectures have been made as
to the fate of 200 bushels of potatoes
stored in a potato hole at the home
stead of Phineas Vinal in Orono. The
potato hole was dug straight down into
a little sandy rise of land. Then the
potatoes were dumped in, covered with
a quantity of swale hay and then
covered up with sand. When that
potato hole was opened a few days ago
not potato had chilled or rotted and
there were little uprouts on the topmost
layer.
They are trying to brighten Bangor
and eastern Maine generally with the
talk that unless better support than
heretofore is given the 1904 Festival, no
more Festivals will be held in Maine
outside of Portland. The critics say
that Bangor has tried to get too much
out Of the Festival and give too little
in return.
The Portland Sunday Telegram has
a two-column write UP CT one CT II"
coming men of the Forest City,
Percival p. Baxter ESD, the youngest
son of Mayor Baxter. Although not a
candidate or even a member of the city
committee, he was really the manager
of the campaign which again made his
father mayor, and that campaign which
was waged with energy, tact, honesty
and consummate political ability, made
the young lawyer, who is only few
years out of college, famous man
locally. He is now in the field for the
Legislature and if does not succeed.
this year, is sure to later; and the
Telegram has faith that he is going to
be a congressman and a governor be-
fore so very many years have passed.
His success. last fall, has made Port
land believe he can get about anything
in politics which he starts after; and.
what is more, they know that he will
get it fairly and that he will deserve
every success he wins. His ideals in
politics are the highest. and he is the
type Of man of which there are far too
few in public life.
It seems to us that the city should
embrace the present opportunity for
securing a public park on the shore of
the bay. The mere announcement
that such a demonstration had been
made would demonstrate that Belfast
is alive to its best interests; that pub
lie spirit is not dead here; that we
realize the natural advantages with
which we have been so literally en-
dOwed and intend to make the most of
them. The sum required is so small
that it need cause no increase i'll the
tax rate: that great bugbear which APP
pears to stand in the way of progress
and all public mprovements.-Belfa
Journal
Here's hoping that Belfast realizes
it's opportunity and needs the sound
advice of it's public spirited newspaper.
Every city, however small. should have
it's public park, and with the natural
advantages for such beauty spots as
our Maine cities possess, too many of
them are backward in this important
matter.
Everybody who goes through Bow
doinham on the trains hopes that the
citizens will not allow the spring to
pass without clearing up the burnt dis
trict. The ruins are now most I'M
slightly. and it would be a small task TO
clear away the bricks. charred timbers
and piles of rubbish and make that SEE
ton of the unfortunate village more at
tractive.
The other night. a fellow from the
country who was quite inebriated,
aroused a Gardiner physician from his
sweet slumber and insisted that the
doctor must accompany him immedi-
ately to his home. three miles or more
out on the Litchfield road.
Serious case, Doc" said the man,
must come. 'medjtly."
The physician protested that his
man had gone home and there was no
one about the place to hitch up his