Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-27


A knothole in the fence.
And here he Views the combat through
Till speeds the final ball.
The view IL rather cramped, tbs true,
But he takes in il all.
And when the hard-fought game Is won'
Ard he departs him thence.
He calls deep blessings down upon
That knothole in the fence.
Louisville Courier-Jourhai.
Tine preparatory school athletes arr
competing for glory and medals on the
Whittier field, Brunswick. today.
China lake water. pure and clear a.
.rystal. is now the popular Watervillt
beverage.
There are only - prisoners in Port
land Jail. the smalles; number for years
Ripid enforcement accounts for it.
Among the graves 10 be decorated al
Skownegan are those Of 10 soldiers who
fought in the war for American indie
oendence.
The streets Of the BURT district al
Springvale are being Strengthened Ou'
md active preparations for the erection
# several blocks are being made.
Bath is considering a memorial OF
statue to the late Genera! Thomas NJ
Hyde. Bath will honO- itself in per,
oetuating the memory Of such loya
and distinguished citizen.
Steyensyille, in northern AroOstOok, Is
pretty well wiped off the map by tht
s75. 600 fire which destroyed it's lumber
mills.
1t il hard to figure cut what the rail
road people were kicking about in op
posing the moving Of the Greene hOus.
across the tracks at Brunswick. Wher
Contractor Wellman was allowed tt
proceed he moved the big structur;
across in only 20 minutes.
A brass band Of 20 members has beer
organized at Wilton, and begun prac
tice this week. 1t will hardly be read,
for business. Memorial day, but whe'
he Glorious Fourth arrives the Weikir
" i'll have to put in soma extra braces.
The season at the Bangor Opera hous'
will close. June 2, after $50 perform
ances since the opening. Aug. %. 1904
The ever popular frankie Carpenter
lid the biggest business of any attrac
ton.
The death Of a man in Pownal. tht:
week, as the result Of a runaway caused
by an automobile is the first acciden
IF the kind in Maine. this year. but 1t l.
90 much to hope it will be the last un
less automobilists show an increase:
Iteration for the rights and safetl
If others. BY no means all of them ar
nconsiderata and reckless. but enough
Of them are to make them as a Gas
feared and disliked in the country dis
rricts.
A regular rcd devil with a blacf
hauffer is causing much comment OF
he streets Of Portland these days
This red devil is one OF the finest look
.ng automobiles that has lun the thor
pughfares Of staid Old Portland fol
many day. A cOlOrei driver is
Common enough sight on a horse car
iage, hut on n hOrSelesS one it is some
what of a novelty. TIL" big silent auto
md the dusky man ut the wheel there
fore cause a good many heads to turf
rs the big car flashes alOEg the street
A red devil and an imp Of darkness j!
what some people are calling the two.
Bar Harbor on Wednesday afternoo,
had the somewhat unusual honor of en-
PERTAINING two white wales and this |:
10 fish story either bat the simpl'
truth 1t Is considered quite the thinf
for summer resorts 10 discover sea
serpents and such about the time TO,
opening the season and these stories ar,
very apt to be met with soothing but
several well known Bar Harbor mer
can testify that a couple of white
whales were I'm the iarDor for severa
hours Wednesday afternoon. The,
played IN tne upper bdy SoiilS as lar d,
Bowens point and afterwards headci
for the eastward and passed out beyond
Schoodic Among the men who saw
them was Milton R0lick. who fOllOwed
them about for an hour or two and ap
preached within some 81 feet. Mr.
Rodick states that one Of the whales
was about Is feet in length and th'
other about 20. They were so whit.
that they could be plainly seen at quit
4 distance under water. They seemed
to be following a school of fish ans
were quite near the shore.
The Boston Journal Of Tuesday haj
an illustrated news story o. more thar
usual interest to Maine readers, par
ticularly to those connected with Colby
college and the Baptist denomination
1t was an account of the man whom Il
calls the worlds oldest minister, DR.
William Howe Of Cambridge. Mass
who was the guest of the Baptis
Fclergymen at their meeting in BOstOr
last Monday. DR.. Howe was born il
1906 and Is consequently 80 years old
He is the oldest in several respects
being the oldest clergyman in tn
world. the oldest Baptist minister. tn,
oldest person OF his native city and tn,
Oldest graduate of Colby College whe-,