Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-03-27
Maine Gossip

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Lent.
Now once again we welcome Lent,
With open arms and wide;
The South Dakota of the soul
Where forty days We bide.
Divorces from our baser selves
In record time we gain;
For Lawyer Conscience charges high,
So Fashion we retain.
At last from fault and folly free.
We all emerge, and then
With merry glee and happy shout
Brooklyn Life.
Have you read the supplement con-
taining the new public laws?
The lawmakers will put in most of
their time for a while talking the ses-
sion over at home.
FreepOrt is now on the Carnegie list,
and can have a $500 library if it will
raise $500 yearly to maintain it.
Bowdoin is getting into the habit of
winning the annual debate with AM
herst as regularly as Amherst wins the
annual football game.
They are talking in Portland of a
public monument to the late Speaker
Reed and it is much to be hoped the
plan can be carried through.
| Biddeford Record: The Sturgis cock
tail is described by a comedian at the
| with radish in it.
| Old Home week. this year. will be
from August 13 to 10 and already en-
terprising Portland is hoping for q
visit from the White squadron at thar
| time.
The report comes from the Oakland
formers that the mice are playing
havoc with the fruit trees. J. c. Huzzy
| has some 200 or 300 trees "heeled in
| and these upon examination We're
| found to be almost entirely ruined, the
mice having girdled them.
Associations of the sons and daugh-
ters of Maine are numerous in Massa-
chusetts. the Middle states and the
| West. but one of the first in the South
is that just organized at Southern
| Pines. N. c.. with membership of q
Maine people.
| One of the Maine men who were in
that horrible accident in Brockton was
William H. Senter formerly of Wind
ham who suffered a broken leg and
many bruises. He has five brothers
in Windham and vicinity.
The first bicycles of the season were
seen on the Portland streets, last week
II is not at all unlikely there will be
more of them in use there at the end
Of June.
| When the summer of 1905 ends
city as regards it's streets. There
| will he alterations in some Of the
| streets that will make them look ell
tirely different from the muddy thor
oushfares they now are. The work OF
improving the city has been going
steadily on during the past few year;
and more and more is being done as
each summer came along. This sum-
mer will See as much money spent or
the streets as was laid out last year, g
sum amounting to nearly 100000.
Anna Florence Gilman, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Gilman of Gardi.
ner. has something uncommon to boast
of in the line of relatives She has five.
grandmOthers and three grandfathers
Mrs. c. A. Gilman of Lewiston anG
Mrs. e. f. Grant Of Augusta are he:
erandmothers while Mrs. c. o. Knox
of Gardiner, Mrs. A. Gilman Of Lewis.
ton and Mrs. Benson Grant, formerly
of Gardiner but now of Boston, are hei
great-grandmothers. This makes three
mothers. G. A. Gilman of Lewiston
and E. f. Grant of Augusta are her
grandfathers and c. 0. Knox Of Gardi-
ner is great-grandfather making
three grandfathers.
Queen Of Toilet Powders
Is the name given Comfort Powder by
NJ. J. Braden. Trained Nurse, of Wes-
| ton, Mass. She says 1T produces a
fine complexion" Cures pimples and
all irritations Of the skin. Takes the
odor from dress shields. and no other
powder equals Comfort Powder for