Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-09-19


Know no more than long ago
'Rout the stars an things that grow.
Solved no problcrlS, great nor small;
-Washinston Star.
The Lewiston News has given up the
ghost.
This year is the 10th anniversary of
the Maine Music Festival.
There is every prospect that it will be
a great game season in the Maine
woods.
Lewiston WAS late in getting its base
ball team under way. but it has sur
vivcd the others in the State.
The present entering class of WASH
inSton academy. East Machias is the
largest in the history of the school. and
compares favorahly with the institu-
tions of central Maine.
Still the aspirants for Deputy Shcr-
iff positions continue to put in an ap-
pearance at Shcriff-elcct Plaistcd Of
fice-and the end is not yet.
1t is a self-sacrificing leader of the
nouncing his candidacy for Deputy
Sheriff. Verify, "the woods are full of
en-
Press reports state that Mrs. Arthur
T. Balentine. who before her marriage
to Captain Arthur r. Balcntine, Art
Corps. U. S. A.. was Miss Kittie Reed.
only daughter Of the late Thomas B.
Reed, Speaker of the House of ReIre-
Sentatives, has decided to publish a
monthly magazine. called the Yellow
Ribbon, which will be devoted to the
interests of woman's suffrage on the
Pacific coast. The journal will be pub
lished in Monterey. but will be edited
at the Preside. where Captain Balen-
tine is stationed.
One day recently as Mrs John STAN
ley of East Auburn was washing her
dishes she heard a great commotion
among her Bantam hens. She hurried
out to the place of conflict and there
behe.d large hawk engaged in battle
with one of her hens. Selling her
broom. a wOman'S natural weapon, she
attacked the hawk and soon laid him
out. The bird measured four feet from
tip to tip of his wings but was no
match for Mrs. Stanlcys plucky Ban
tams and her broom.
RIVmCnd RraGpnn h. far IL
son Of Henry Bradeen of North Water
boro, and boy named Currier about
the same age. had a rather strange ex-
perience few days ago. While out on
Ossipee lake in rowboat the boys
were surprised by a pickerel jumping
into the boat They quickly rowcd
| ashore with it. and Mr. Rradeen on
| measuring it found it to be over a foot
| in length. then he carefully placed it
| back IN the water, no doubt thinking
| that so brave a fish deserved a long
| life.
! A-ooStoOk Republican: The editor
sat in his office whence all but him had
fed. and he wished that every last dead
beat was in his grave-stone dead. His
| mind then wandered far away to the
time when he should die. and his royal
editorial soul so scOoting to the sky;
when he'd roam the fields Of paradise
and sail DER Jasper seas and all things
glorious would combine his every sense
to please. He thought how then he'd
look across the great gulf dark and
drcar. that'll yawn between his happy
| soul and those who swindle here. and
when for water they would call, and in
agony they'd caper, he'd shout to them:
Just quench your thirst with the due
that's on Your paper"
F. W. Sanborn, editor and proprietor
of the Norway Advertiser who has re-
Gently purchased the Captain Amo:
Noyes house and lot on Deering stree
is making repairs. Mr.. Sanborn is con
templating the building of new Office!
for his paper on the vacant lot as hi!
present quarters are rather crowded. NJ
Sarborn has been proprietor of the Ad
vertiser for "a years and has Away
occupied the present offices on Mail
and Bridge streets. Since coming un
der his management the paper and tn
printing department connected with l
have flourished. The first paper print
ed in Norway. was the "OXford Obser
yar'' and was issued in 1926. the pres
,Lnnd material being brought to tow
zen z it'll an OK team fTCti,e night time. Til
SR.,r was =, Norway man ana III" p'
,2ytad BEEN printed for two years