Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-12

April 5-The other flowers
Always wait for me
Dear. dear. what a backward spring
This will be!
April 10-Heard Robin call.
All SO blithe and bold,
That I hurried. but guess
| took cold.
April l5-Out 1t last.
Skies are blue and clear
Everybody's happy now
casters here.
New York Times.
Lest we forget. it may be mentioned
that the Cooper trial began, March Z.
1t is hard to blame Il crocuS for
croaking under such circumstances.
1t may have been robin SNOW"
but the robins did not enjoy it,
1t is Il case Of many men of many
minds" regarding the Augusta park
proposition.
"The First Crusade" is repeating in
Portland the great success it
won III Lewiston, Augusta. Watcrville.
Bangor and Biddeford.
Are you the best dancer in the State I?
If so you have a chance to prove it at
the championship contest to be held in
Auburn April %.
The Odd Fellows of Camden are to
$4,000.
Bath deeply regrets the departure
of ex-Mayor Charles f. Hyde who goes
To New London. Conn, to take charge
of the Morgan Iron Works in that city
of which he is president
There is joy among the surviving
rats in Mechanics Falls A man in
that town has been fined 81 for burn
ing alive several rats which he caught
i'll a trap.
The Howard men of Bangor and vi
cinity will get together for a dinner,
April 20. and Mayor Clifford Of Port
land will be present as the guest of
honor.
The problem of the new 10000 post
office which Auburn expects soon is a
difficult one. The city had no end of
trouble in locating the Carnegie H.
brdry and this problem is even worse
The seasons leo harvest in Portland
and vicinity and on Sebago lake ex-
ceeds by about $1,000 tons the avera ge
cut ~ recent years. This excess rep
reSents the harvest which the Amcri-
can Ice Co. made late in the season on
the creek at Cape Elizabeth and which
viii he shipped to New York when
needed. The 10000 tons harvested by
local companies and individuals is all
for consumption in Portland and vicin-
ity.
Ar" the laws which make Sunday
a close time suspended in case of
Pcnobscot salmon? Anyway. the first
salmon taken from the Bangor pool
this year was captured Sunday
after the fishermen had been patiently
angling for whole week. 1t only
shows that fish bite better on Sunday
than on other days. This salmon was
only an eight FOUNDER but it nettcd its
captors S12. or $3.50 per pound. Pass
the smoked herring, please
Says an Old Orchard correspondent:
"Old Orchard in April is as peaceful
ana serene AS country burying
ground on a Sunday morning
in midwinter. and the air is as frigid
as cold storage apartments, necessitat-
ing the wearing of winter wraps in
stead of peek-a boo shirt waists, open-
work stockings, and fluffy gowns of
chiffon trimmed with lace and ribbon.
Thus early there is a promise of
prosperous season at this vacation
ground. A prominent hotel man said
yesterday that the prospects of brill
liant season have not been roster for
years than this spring While the
beach. half mile wide. and stretch
ing from Bay View to Grand Beach is
covered with seaweed and drift wood.
washed up by the winter tides, it is AS
a brisk walk at daybreak during this
month of sunshine and flowers. Fast
Day will see an influx of cottagers to see
what repairs are needed on their sum-
mer homes. There is some building
being done at present but nothing to
what will be seen in this line later"
Merchants and Manufacturers expo-
sition. Industrial and Pure Food Fair
is to be held in the City hall from
May 11-26 inclusive. Its object is to
boom the city of Lewiston and bring
people into Lewiston from the
surrounding towns and cities. as well
as from other parts of the United
States. and to bring the people into
the merchants stores while they are
In the city. A feature of the fair will
be the rebate tickets which will save
the person 10 per cent on the price of
admission. In order TO get these tick
cts people have 10 go into the local