Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-19

.,v miles west of Bangor. where
zr,;,a.c oldest and newest railroad
liz viii intersect and because Il large
,,raw. of men is at work there getting
Tho Ground i'm readiness for the laying
of tho rails of the new road. The
Longest railroad trestle In Maine will
H.. bu;lt where the roads intersect in
order to avoid a grade crossing. This
,rest,e will be fully third of a mile
long and i'm places over 80 feet high.
About 300 feet of the trestle is already
built.
Tho engagement of Wright Lorimer
in "The Shepherd King which closed
AT The Jefferson theatre. Portland
Saturday night was the most success
FIJI i'm many respects that ever played
at the theatre. The receipts for the
week were $4,000. which is not quite
equal to the receipts for Ben Hur
which were $l0.G00. but Ben Hur came
TO Portland with prestige which
."The SHEPHERD King did not enjoy
and played to prices 25 per cent. high
er. The lack of prestige caused the
business for "'rhe Shepherd King" to
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came the latter part of the week in
sufficient numbers to more than make
up for the deficiencies of the first part
of the week. The total number who
saw the play was much larger than
those who saw Ben Ilur and the pro-
duo ton gave much better satisfaction
generally. An astonishingly large
number of out-Of-town people wit
messed the play. about One-siXth of the
total number attending being from
outside the city.
Bangor News: The way to have
beautiful trees along our streets is to
nut them out and fight for their pro-
lection. There is no reason why every
villag. i'm Maine should not have as
many beautiful trees as Pennington.
| The residents of that pushing and pa
trintic village We're public spirited and
| determined. The people were cultlret.
| The work has been going on for years.
| and now the citizens are reaping their
| reward. Is there any reader OF this
vino has been west on the train from
Bangor ana failed to notice the fine
display which the city of Watervil!e
makes from the car window? On look
| ing out TO the tim college grounds and
| behOliing so much beauty and repOSe.
| one thinks he should like to live and
die in Waterville. The same feeling is
| dominant in certain sections of Port
land. where the trees are thick and at
tractive. The chief delight one has in
| visiting New Haven, Conn. is from
| seeing the great elmS that lord it over
much that would be repulSive under
| other conditions. Go to Deeriield,
| Mass. and walk abroad among those
gigantic survivors from the days of
| the Pilgrims and thank God that our
| ancestors saw fit to do as they did. The
| chief charm of rural England lies in
| the variety and size of its trees. Who
| that has been to StratfOrd and stood
| by the grave Of Shakespeare can for
get the trees that hang above the pla-
cid Avon: Looking down those dusty
| streets. where the greatest man the
world ever produced used to play. and
| lie holding the trees that We're alive in
| tie poets youth and standing where
| they do today, one does not wonder
| that Shakespeare could have written
| about the forest of Alden in the way
| he did. The more civilized Il commune
| ity becomes the greater is the love
which it bears for the trees. In these
days of thrift and money getting many
| Of us DO not stop long enough tn think
| of these matters. But later on. those
who shall come after us will think ana
will condemn us Tor our lack of appre
| citation. Plant mora trees by tie road
| side every year. Protect them with
| care. and ii nerdtul. fight for their pre-
| SCI va ton.