Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-08


one of the coolest blooded and most
dastardly in Names long list for the
year.
The growing Importance of MaineS
dairy interests was well reflected at
field.
Castine hopes to have a public Ii
brary built on the site of the old court
house which is now being torn down.
The Bangor News suggests that when
the Thanksgiving wishbOne has dried
and is ready to pull, we should all wish
for a continuation of the present good
times in Maine; This has been one of
the most prosperous years in the his
tory Of the State.
One of the young costumed dancers
who attended the Eastrort masquerade
ball last week at the Opera House and
had plenty of fun while on the floor re-
ceived quite Il shock when the masks
fancy to one of the handsomely gowned
dancers and looked carefully after her
during the evening but at the unmask-
ing was somewhat shocked to find out
that it was his divorced wife that he
had shown so much attention to.
Mrs. Enoch Jordan made quilt for
the recent Trull Hospital fair at
Saco, which is indeed q wonder. Very
few persons have the patience and
perseverance for the completion of
such an undertaking. This quilt con-
tanned 6351 pieces. The small pieces
We're arranged and sewed together by
this lady alone. Its sale netted the
free bed fund $500.
It's a cold day when the members of
the School Improvement League at
West Athens fail to hit upon novelty
in the line of entertainment. The fall
term of the Lincoln school will close
next Friday and at early candle light
the pupils will give pumpkin sOciable
in order to raise money for their new
sign. Whether the pumpkins will be
served in the form Of pies or as jack
O-lanterns has not yet been stated.
This ought to make as great a hit as
the seed cucumber party held i'm May
field year ago. At this soiree each
guest brought seed cucumber and the
holder of the one containing the most
seeds won the prize, a self-churning
churn.
Holman r. Day has been invited to
deliver a lecture before the State of
Maine Club of Boston this evening. on
the subject of "Shioh and Sandford."
The lecture will be illustrated by many
photographs which Major Day took
while the work of construction was in
progress. This club, which is one of
tine leading associations of Boston. has
followed the progress of Sandfordism
with interest and desires to know more
of the particulars of its relations to
the people of the State. Major Day
from his intimate relations with Mr.
Sandford during the time when he
was in newspaper work probably
knows more about Shiloh and Mr.
Sandford's belief than any man out
side of the Shiloh colony. He has
written several magazine articles on
Shiloh and several stories based on
happenings there.
Worcester Telegram: The statue of
Thomas B. Reed is to he placed in
Portland. Me-. beside the figure of the
poet Longfellow. The funds for the
statue of the poet came from the peO-
pie Of the country, and the expense Of
the monument of the statesman is to
be borne by men who knew him in pub
lie life. The Reed statue will be a con-
stant reminder to the people in Maine
that there have been and still are
statesmen in this country as free from
political crimes as the poets. Reed
was greater than Maine. and his men,
ory is good for the whole nation. He
was so long speaker of the national
House that he was known better than
some of the Presidents, and his pres
ence III the chair was important to this
country at times when a weaker man
might have been a menace. There are
times when fearless political leaders
| are more important than great generals
| in the army. and it is worth the while
of Maine to keep the commanding pres
| ence of Reed before the country to en-
| phasize the fact that he was at hand
for just such occasions, and fitted the
place.
There is being built in Stonington the
| largest granite cutting shed in Maine