Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-09-27


How their glory stimulates,
How t brings all souls together
Bu"lcS SOrdld StrifeS and hates.
Vain arc cares and useless ycarning
Whcn with frultagc earth is rich.
Come whllc Sumach'S torch is burning,
While HE strikes its Highest pitch.
| Red and golden in the yellow
sun the orchard fruit hangs low.
Heart with every heart is fellow
When September brcrZeS blow.
Field and Stream.
The Festival choruscs are working
almost as hard as the football squads.
Ncwburi5 claims 10 have raised the
1906 big squash. Ii weighs 81 pounds
There are dashcs Of brilliant autumn
color on the hillsidcs but the foliage
is much more green than usual with
October at hand.
The fairs never had better weather
than this fall is providing. but about
everybody is calling for Il rainy spell
A movement is on foot in kcnnc-
bunkp"rt among summer residents and
others to purchase Il stone cruShcr, and
about $500 has been raised for the puI-
pose of popular subscription.
The Ruth T.. Merrill has made a
record for &chooncrS which it will he
a difficult problem: to beat. She made
the trip from Portland to Philadelphia
in thirty-cight hours and that is go
ing some.
a Itumford Falls ice cream dealer is
laughing over tho modest request of a
quartet of urchins who entered the
store the other day and ordered a five
cent ice cream. asking that four spoons
be served with it!
The largest black bass ever caught
in BridGton and one Of the largest ever
captured in that part Of the State was
taken from Highland Lake late Mon
day afternoon by Rcv. G. +. DeMott Of
i:ath. The fish was 80 inches in length
inches in depth and after having been
from tn" water several hours, tipped
the scales at exactly five pounds.
Fred Pattcn of Bowdonham has one of
the hanGSomcst gardens in Maine. She
has a black hollyhucll that is over six
feet tall, and still growing. which has
been in blossom for three months
Mrs. Pattcn has fifty different kinds Of
flowers in blossom now in her garden.
\ boat filed with all kinds and colore
has been admired hy many passcrs-by
and many have received bouquets from
her large and fine collection.
\ recent ruling of the post office au-
thoritic:; at Washington will prevent a
custom which has been quite general
ly INDUCED in by rural free delivery
carriers in many sections of Maine,
and with considerable profit in many
cases. Tho new regulations in par:
state that rural carriers are required
to permit office inspectors or other
accredited agents Of the department to
accompany them on their regular route,
but they must not carry other passcn-
gers nor permit any person other than
authorized postal officials to ride with
them.
recent election occurred in Lincoln
county. A request for a subscription
to the campaign fund was sent to q
ccrtain republican and in writing the
address on the env, lopc the initial "A"
was used instead of the full name
Now Il certain democrat whose last
name and initial happened to be the |
same of those of the republican men
toned, received the letter. His reply
tn the request stated that he had never
been appealed to for funds for the re-
publican cause but h" gladly enclosed
s. hoping it would help rc-elcct Chas.
h. Littlcficld.
Two deeds which came in to the OK
ford registry few days ago prnba bly,
break the record for long delayed
de. DIS for registry, says the oxford
Democrat They are dated in 1898 and