Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-21


Sunshine tomorrow
twill he light bmeby!
Bright hills of glory
Fix yer wings an fly:
This is the story
Twill be light bimeby'
Frank l.. Stanton
A week to March. and then perhaps
the old fashioned winter will begin to
give way to an Old-flshiOned spring.
The Sanford High School seniors are
planning a Boston trip in place Of the
usual graduation exercises
No announcement has been made Of
the place where The Eatk heiress and
her actor love will have their third
marriage ceremony performed. -
The small boy who tries to run the
school will get small: comfort from the
result of the Biddeford case where i
teacher was tried for Furnishing 4 pupil.
kennebunk is the ElSt-Eut probably
II will not be the la't-town to have an
or,icle in the warrant to see If the town
will appropriate money to fight the
Drown-tail mOtn.
With the price of potatoes going
down and that of eggs rising. ,hr
Aroostook farmer doubtless; wishes that
his potatoes could by some magical
process be transformed into eggs.
Edward C. Plummcr. of Bath, life
long Democrat and for many years q
leader of his party's principles in state
politics. has withdrawn from the fold
and announces his political views in
accord with Republic anism. This an.
nouncement of AIR. Piunmer'S came AS
great surprise to most people this
week but his exclamation cannot fail to
satisfy the most incredulouS. IL as
straightforward and ample and above
all shows the great odds he has been
labOring against during the years that
he has upheld the Democracy. and the
State to when the latter party has de-
clinde.
Frequently it has appeared in differ
ent papers THAI every harbor on the
Maine coast ard sometimes the New
England coast was frozen over and
navigation stopped but this has never
applied to. rIaStport where no such
thing as n frozen ha;bor has been seen
by any OF the residents. With such
rise and fail OF the tides, as well as the
,.,r,i r,nvip there no
possible chance FOR 4 freeZc-up in Pas
<amaquoddy bay and it always has
room for all the steamers and vessels
that come into the bay.
Wateryille Mil: The signing of the
dill by Governor COBB Friday, asking
for an appropriation of $1,000 by the
Central Maine Fair Association to re-
| imburSe it on its first years exhibition
will meet with the apprOral Of the peO-
| pie of the State and be a source of
qualification to the promoters and
patrons and friends Of the fair. And
| we risk nothing in saying that the agri
| cultural interests of the entire State
| are with the governor in this action
and will commend his judgment in
| . VIC app oIi tloIl
| An event Of great interest to the Ma
sonic fraternity in Maine was the CEN
tennial celebration. last evening, by
| Mt. Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, No. !.
| of Portland. Although over a dozen
blue lodges in Maine have celebrated
| their centennial this is the first chap
] ter to pass the century mark. 1t was
established in February. 1905. by dis
| pensation of the grand high priest of
| Massachusetts. Portland was at that
| time only a small town with but CO.
| dwellings and between six and seven
| thousand inhabitants. In addition to
| Portland lodge, which dates from 1872.
!? other lodges had been organized in
| other parts of the State, but the Mas
ter Masons could not have then num-
bered more than 400 These Is lodges
were situated at Portland. Machias.
| Wiscassct. Castine. Hallowell. Camden,
| EastLort. Brunswick, Saco, Bangor
| Fryeburg. New Gloucester and Bridg-
ton. which will indicate the relative
| Importance of these places at that
time. The growth of Mt. Vernon
| Chapter has been steady until it is now
| one of the largest. wealthiest and most
| influential of the 80 Royal Arch Chap
tiers now in existence in the State. The
| chapter has always numbered among
its members many Of the leading bust
ness and professional men of Portland
Its present membership is in the neigh
| borhOOd Of $50.
1T makes whole lot of difference. .