Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-18

Keeps him thinking so.
mendacious Cupid
Hovers DER the spot,
Half of what she says in June
In August is forgot.
Saws the same to others.
When he's gone away,
Lying in hammock
On a summer day.
washington Star.
With pleasant weather this will be
about the busiest week of the year for
the farmers.
What a pity that almost every sum-
mer Sunday brings two or three drown
ing accidents in Maine.
Now that the big educational cOnven-
ton has come and gone, Portland feels
that it has added another Jewel to its
crown Of glory as the greatest cOnven-
| ton city of New England.
When it comes to baseball enthu-
siasm it is not easy to beat Aroostook,
| and the Caribou Pressure Isle-FOrt
Fairfield league is row max
| ing tnlnSS simmer.
| The Old York Transcr ipt wanted the
peace conference for York Harbor. bur
| it offers congratulations to Ports
mouth in securing the convention for
| the Maine town across the liver
| They don't grant divorces with the
smoothness, celebrity and dispatch over
III New Brunswick that they do here.
The last term of cour- in Fredericton
finally severed the Tie between twJ
| couples whose cases had been under
| judicial consideration six years.
Lindell Bacon of Machias who owns 4
20O-acre BURBERRY farm in Wesley, re-
ports that the conditions were never SO
bright for an immense crop of blue
| berries as when they were fist coming
into blossom. The late spring frost
however. damaged the crop fully 80 per
cent in his section, yet he says there
| will still be berries in paying quantities.
Holman F. Day is busy at his sum-
mer home at Long Pond near the Ka-
tahdin iron works, upon his new novel
which is to be published soon by one of
the leading American publishers. The
novel will have Maine local coloring.
deal with Maine types and suggestions.
The opening chapters of this novel were
written in New York after M. Day re-
turned from nte gathering of authors
at Lakewood, N. ]. These opening
chapters were taken by the publishers
and We're Immediately put in print-an
turned from the gathering of authors
showing the eagernass with which the
public accepts Mr.. Days work.
To one who has not visited Pophaun
| and seen the wonderful amount of
activity being displayed there it hardly
| seems possible that tie 1nouth of the
Kennebec is 10 be protected Ey one of
the modern batteries which when
equipped will be able to protect that
section of the coast from the possible
attack of all hostile ileet. Tho import
| ance of protecting the i<rnnebec has
| always been recognized by Uncle Sam
but never so much as now when Bath
has such fine steel ship0uilding plant,
| where government work is nearly al
| ways underway, and which in case OF
| war would make most excellent and
convenient location for making repairs
upon ships of war wn:cn might be
cruising in this part Of the Atlantic.
The battery at Popham will be modern
in every respect and when once COM
pleted people living along the Kenne-
bee need never again experience such 4
scare as that which they had during
the war with Spain.
When our distinguished Maine citi-
zen. Hon. William w. Thomas, recently
rendered his resignation as American
minister to Sweden and Norway, Secre-
tary Hay wrote him Il most cordial let
ter, in which occurred iha following
passage: You have had the longest
the most distinguished and the most
useful term Of service that any Ameri-
can has ever had and l congratulate
you heartily upon it," Surely no retir-
ing American official ever received
from his chief a more honorable recOg-
milton of honorable service than this.
A sail boat with IN awning over the
after deck, a skilled han1 at the tille.,
a steady breeze and pretty girl sip
ping lemon1de-whac combination
for not day in July!-BangOr News.
AS lemons are the common remed '
for seasickness. the combination sug-
gested is not wholly alluring after ALL
If the Maine clans knew they were
protected by the laws of Maine they
would be holding thanksgiving serv-
ices these days. The bangor News ex-
presses the hope that they will improve
their vacations by raising big families.
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