Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-13
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| Portland will come before the l.eSisia-
| ture with an application for the establish
ment Of a probation officer i'll that city
| The proba ton officer in a massachusetts
institution. and he is practically Il guar
| dian for the juvenile criminals. ana lot
those who get i'm the habit OF having SEN
tenc.s for intoXica ton. He takes charge
Of their money. and has it spent under
| his direction. After period OF pfoDa-
ticn, they are discharged from his care,
and given another chance to look AFTER
| themselves The Portland courts ana OH
GERS say that they need probation on
Ger 1t will he interesting to see what the
| | legislature will think of the innovation in
Maine.
r. NJ Mason. civil engineer OF BAN
gor, is at the State House exhibiting the
argest and most complete map Of Maine
ever published 1t is 54X7S inches in size
and is so arranged as to stand upright.
One of them is in the Office of Librarian
Carver. who says il is the greatest map
rIbli,hc,i of any state and that il will
prove of great value.
i've spent my whole life almost,
said Mr. Mason, ''in preparing this and
two wears were consumed in the drauEht-
ing of it, All the myriad bodies of water
of the State are located from personal
knowledge and observation. l spent two
months in Washington county alone last
summer locating the Grand Lake stream
waters and I've traversed every loot OF
the water areas in AroOstook ana kno"
that for accuracy no other method can
excel this mode of work. 1t has been, too.
a labor of love. for ! wanted before my
end came to see my native Slate properly
set forth and accurately on map that "A
child may study with ease. The scale is
four miles to the inch 80 the areas are
ampIihed and not congested as has been
the rule in most maps
Very soon there will go down to a Ger
tam good woman OF the South Il vote of
thanks from the governor and executive
council of Maine. and this expression of
good will will lie lifting recognition for
the work that the Southern woman has
done.
When the country was torn asunder by
the war between the states raiding
party from the Third Maine infantry
pushed it's way from the main column up
to Anderson. South Carolina. Some of the
raiding party found their way back to
the column. Some of them fell by the
the little engagement. Those who fell
were buried in Confederate soil by hands
that were kindly. even if the body that
they buried was that of an enemy.
Time went on and the dismembercd
states We're one again. In the North grew
up a custom Of decorating the graves of
them who gave their lives for the prescr
vetion OF the Union. In the south, living
in, III of a
woman whose every instinct was for the
lost cause. but her blood was of the best
and chivalry prompted her TO do for the
graves of the men from the north what
she thought the women of the north
would have dore for the graves of south
ern soldier; under like circumstances.
Every thirt:eth Of May since the inaugu-
ration of the beautiful ceremony this
southern woman has strewn the graves Of
the Maine soldiers with the flowers of the
Car,linaS.
With her it was no thought of appre |
citation from the North. 1t was simply |
that most beautiful of all service-dong |
the right thing because il was right. But
one day it CHANGED that a party OF MaSSa- |
chusctts people were in Anderson while |
the flowers on the graves were yet fresh. |
and they learned the whole story from |
the people of the village. 1t made such an
imp ess;on on them that they decided to
write the governor Of Maine and their |
letter was laid before the council this |
week.
1t found an audience ready to respond
on the instant. and on the motion of
Councillor Eisbec. Il veteran of the Civil |
War. a committee was appointed TO draft |
suitable resolutions.
When the resolutions are completed |
they viii! he cngroSscd and sent to Mrs. |
Ltnola hubbard at Andersonville. and
unless everyone herea bouts is very much |
mistaken they will be preceded and fol- |
lowed by many a personal note of thanks |
and good fellowship from members of the |
Grand Army and the Womens Relief |
Corps OF the State. 1t is the general i'm |
preston that the mails going south in |
the next few weeks will bear many 4 |
pleasant message to Anderson.
The rumor is current that there is {" be
Il railroad war. at this session. between |
the Maine Central and the Bangor 4
Aro3stook. Whether or not the rumOr is
wcll-founded il is impossible to determine.
but that there is something of the sort IN |
the ar is the firm conviction of men who
ought to know what is going on. 1t is |
said that the Maine Central is going to
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