Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-07
Maine Gossip
The Good Old Country.

Mighty good country from sprlnStime 10
Mighty good country. believers:
Room in the light an the blossoms fol-
all
Mighty good country. believers:
Mighty good country, with blue SKIES OF
gray;
Lbertys sun is a-lightin' the way.
An the old flag is wavin'!-Hooray! an
HOoray.-
Mighty good country, believers!
Mighty good country-her valleys an
Mighty good country. believers:
That's just the song OF her meadOWS III
Mighty good country, believers!
Mighty good country-lets sing II tha'
In the white @ the winter. the red o the
An hooray for the country. Hooray an
Mighty good country. believers.
Frank l.. stanton.
This is the greatest week of the year
for weddings.
The sunshine on the brides head Is
less essential to her happiness than the
sunshine in her heart.
The vertical system Of writing gets
knocked askew in the Waterville
schools.
The prospect of another ArOOstoOk
war grows beautifully less and less.
One of this years six graduates from
the Bangor Theological seminary halls
from distant and classic Greece.
The Maine clerks Of courts will meet
at Bangor, June -, to form an associ-
alton similar to that Of the registers Of
probate.
Bath proposes to improve its sewer
system in the reasonable hope that
there will be fewer epidemics after the
work is done.
the work proceeds again uron the cleo
trio road from Norway 10 Waterford.
The Maine and Vermont travelling
men who are to have a picnic in Port
land harbor, July l, would probably
dispute the common idea that the life
of the drummer is one continuous pic
mic.
Today's college baseball games in
clude BOwdoin vs.. Harvard at Cam
bridge and Bates VS.. Portland at Port
land. 1t is the last game Of the season
for the BOwdoin nine while Bates mas
one more game with Colby to be played
at Lewiston, Saturday.
The law is now on CLAIMS and from
June l to September Is it is illegal to
barrel. pack or can them for shipment
out of the State. CLAIMS, which have
been packed. barreled or canned prevl-
Gus to June l. can be shipped out OF the
State and clans may be dug for home
consumption.
Richmond boasts of rs first Hebre"
baby in the little daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William Slom, nori, last Sunday
night.
Governor Cobb and his staff will be
in Portland, June %. to assist in the
welcome TO the SOD Comedian regiment
which will arrive from SherbroOke
that day, to join the Portland battalion
and the Naval reserves in their mill
tary carnival.
Dixfeld is talking ABOUT a water sys-
tenn. the supply to be taken from
brook over back Of Sugar Loaf noun
tain which towers skyward just be-
yOnd the village. The surveys and
estimates of expense are being made
and the stock of the proposed company
is nearly all subscribed. If the village
has a water system a sewer system
will be next In order.
The Boston and Maine is to make
drive against the Portland electric road
in the matter of Old Orchard summer
traffic. Beginning MONDAY, when the
summer time table went into effect on
the steam road the fare between Port
land and Old Orchard is reduced to Ia
cents, which is five cents cheaper than
the electric road fare between the same
points. Last season the electrics cap-
tured the lions share Of the business.
Rockland COurier-GaZette: Rock
land is practically Try town and the
absence Of drunkenness is q marked
and wholesome feature. Sheriff Toll
man is demonstrating that the pro-
hibitory law can be enforced and In
this respect his record compares
brightly with that of any of the Maine
officials. Liquor for private use is be-
ing shipped into the city in consider
able quantities-it is understood that
the Sheriff has long list of names Of
citizens who have liquor come, and
who give their names that their pack
ages may be exemp. from seizure. We
do not understand that this is any
tenable argument against the pro-
hibitory law. The law does not con-
template, nor has it any right to, shut
ting off the individuals supply of
liquor. A citizen has every right to
buy liquor and use it. The law merely
says that in Maine liq,sOrs shall not be
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