Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-13
maine Gossip

Maine Gossip
The Question.
| That echoes through the wilderness of
earth -,
Through song and sorrow. day and death
Why?
Wall Of the child with all his lite to face.
Mans last dumb question as he reaches
WHY
The man who predicted an open WIN
ter has pulled the hole in after him.
| No private and special legislation al
| ter February 14-unlcss the time is en-
tended OF the rules suspended!
If the prickly porcupines have any
sense of gratitude they will never
| trouble timber lands in which Repre-
sentative Powers of Houlton is inter-
ested.
The general satisfaction given by the
committee assignments is triumph OF
no mean proportions for President
Goodwin and Speaker Drew.
IN spite OF the aggressive nature of its
leader and his associates. Shiloh is
kept ON the defensive most of the time.
The Dunlap case is arousing more in
tercst than most Of its predecessors.
The Rocl<l;nd veterans score good
point in securing Governor Cobb as
iMir.. Memorial day orator for next
Fsrting.
Yale University has recently estab-
tlishedsa college of pedagogy and State
Superintendent Stetson Of Maine has
been invited Ito lecture before the stu
dents taking this course.
THE next hot day we will mix You
IA jUlcp that will make 1904 loke like
i09l," says the editor Of the Portland
Advertiser. And the Biddeford Journal
man cannot refrain from express
ing his grief when he thinks that such
talent. not to say genius. has no
cil;,nce for expansion and develop
nent in Maine.
The charitable ladies Of Lincoln re-
Gently received ii shock to their nerves
which they will not get over for many
moons. 1t seems that they discov-
cred u family in dire want of the
necessities OF life and at once proceed
ed to collect money which they pre-
scented to said family. expecting. OF
course, that food would be purchased.
Imagine the righteous Indignation Of
these philanthrnpic ladies when they
learned that the $500 donated had been
used to purchase Il bull pup and some
cheap chrornos.
The dreadful ravaScS of pneumonia
in Il single family are reported from
Wayne when Charles Maxim. his wife
and their daughter all died within
single week. Another daughter, the
only survivor of the family. has also
been at the point of death with the
same disease.
1t is a pretty rough storm which Kills
fish in The sta by the wholesale. After
one of the recent storms there were
bushels and bushels Of dead cunncrS on
the beach DIT Peaks island The fish
crm.n explain it by saying the force OF
the gale and incoming tide drove the
cunncrs from deep into shallow water
near the shore where they became
thoroughly chilled and finally helpless
after which the waves washed them up
on the beach.
Maine is soon to have a hcad1uar-
tcr:: for her sons in Boston. following
the cxampl, Of Vermont and New
Ha,i,psrire. The Pine Tree State Club
has practically completed the arrange
mcnts for taking possession OF ana
fitting up for this purpose the clup-
house of tbs. Twentieth Century CluD,
at th...corner Of .tshburtOn and Somcr-
set trc"tS. Ecacnn Hill. The TWcn-
ticth Century Club plans soon to oc-
c,,ny it's new building in JOY street. a
short distance from the present Local
ton. The plan of the Maine men Is
not to have d clubhouse like some of
the established mems ciubs-Ihe
Somerset Union and otherS-but I"
have the rooms fitted up as Il sort OF
rendezvous for natives of Maine now
Twin. in Greater Boston and those VINO
visit there occasionally. The arrange
mcnts are in charge Of commute"
from the Pine Tree State Club, headed
by TIL. clubs president. Guy Murchie;
other members of the committee are
Hon. John D. Long. Hon. Robert Luce,
Colonel James g. White, PrentiSs
Cummings. Edgar o. Achorn. Luther
| C.. Grccnleaf, D. &. Heath. Thomas NJ.
Eabson, Ralph Eartlctt. The COM
| mittee carefully considered all OF the
| available locations with a view to Sc
| lecting that best suited to the purposes
OF the club. and finally settled upon the
one above mentioned, which is near the