Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-18

I)C span ABOUT,
Ez 'traid ez 'fraid kin be;
Dey knows Jack Fros'n freeze 'em out
Oes lax he'll 10 wild me!
what gwine to do, de goodness
De whole worr hollerin' fer cloze:
Atlanta Constitution.
All roads lead to Whittier field,
Brunswick, today.
Next January, for the first time in 40
years, Portland will be below the con-
stitutional debt limit.
Lewiston woman, whose husband
went to the store to get pound of
pork eight years ago and never came
back, was surprised to see him coming
in the back door one day last week. He
had forgotten the pork, too.
The busy Belfast teachers found
time, this week. to get up supper and
entertainment by which they cleared
Sl25 to be used in providing clothing
for needy children.
A curiosity was found by hunters
near an old camp site a few miles west
of West Franklin, recently. A tree in
the heart of the forest was noticed
which had a peculiar looking band of
something around its butt a few inches
from the ground. This proved to be
glass lantern globe through which the
tree had apparently grown from a ten
der sprOut into sapling about eight
inches in diameter, where it bulged out
around the top of the globe and the
most curious feature was that the glass
remained intact, the natural expansion
Of growth having no effect upon it.
An illustration of the thOughtfulness
of President Roosevelt and the warm
hearted manner in which he expresses
himself is seen in a recent letter to
President Hyde of BOWdOin College.
While journeying through the South
Mr.. Roosevelt had an opportunity to
read From Epicurus to Christ" DR..
Hyde's latest book, and being much
pleased with the book he sent an APP
preciative personal letter to the author.
Scarcity of rents in Lewiston and Au-
burn, as all know, is frequent topic
of conversation and has caused hope
less search for better or different quar-
ters. But perhaps no one is in such
predicament for the want of a rent.
as certain New Auburn young man
who has been waiting two months to
marry the maiden of his choice, and
meanwhile is frantically spending all
lis leisure moments in securing the
city to find a suitable home to which
to bring her. Two months without his
bride and all for the want Of a house!
A little Brunswick boy, John BaX-
ter. aged nine years, promises to he
come n mighty hunter. In a recent
expedition into the wilds of Washing
ton county, near Machas. this little
Brunswick lad showed his skill with
the rifle by bringing down a wildcat.
A picture i'll the Brunswick Record
shows John with his gun standing be-
side the dead wildcat, which seems to
be almost as large as the boy. H. {.
Baxter, his father, who made the
photograph, probably feels more
pleased than he would if he had shot
| the animal himself.
Speaking of the work of the boys and
girls in the public schools, the Calais
Times says: What do they know
about Maine? What do they know of
its history? of its geography? of its
usefulness? of its possibilities? / ask
the High school pupils fairly; do you
know who first settled your own State,
or much of its early history? Can
you name the counties of Maine? or its
rivers. even? If you know these
things l am mistken in my view.
which is that you do not know them.
If you do not knew them. if you have
not been taught Maine State history, I
will leave it to you and to your par
ents, is it anything but right and just
that knowledge of this kind should
come to n boy or girl before he or she
leaves the High school? In my opinion
the history of ones own state should
find a place In the lower and middle
grades next to reading. writing and
arithmetic
Mrs. Sarah Skillings and Miss Julia
Buck have at their pleasant home in
OiildIE, d pct, " WHiCh thCy iidNC oC-
come greatly attached and in which
| their friends are much interested. 1t
is a beautiful golden robin that came
to them in July, 1902. when it was very
young. AS the birds wing had in
| some way been injured, so that it
could not fly, the little sufferer was
taken indoors and kindly cared for by
| the above named benefactors. The
birding and the mother and father
bird seemed to appreciate the situation
| and appeared much pleased with the
| new home. Daily the parents would
| fly in at the window, alight upon the
cage, and often bring with them a
good fat worm. 1t is remarkable
that these visits have continued every
| summer and in some instances the
| robins have brought their young also.
| The bird can fly we'll now, and al
though it has many times been taken
from the cage and allowed the freedom
| of the room when the windows were
open. it has shown no inclination to
leave it's home, where it appears to be
so happy and contented. 1t is very
tame and delights to perch upon it's