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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-01-11
SATURDAY. Ja 10th, the l42nd Large Combination Sale al me
Iohnson Sale and Exchange Stable, West Lebanon, H.

This is the first sale OF the New Year and lhanKTg T3
for their past patronage and hoping by tar dealings
r. rece;ve their confidence for future dealings.
* head of Horses-so acclimated ones and IS green
ones in pairs and single drivers SLEDS both new and sec
III hand ones all ready for the woods road And don't
bout the ed we have good enough to race in any
society or brush horse the street or speedway
Am accent for the Sharpes Cream Separator the best ma
He nt On the market also deal in second hand seParators
- al makes have one horse power saving machine
Grav's nearly new with circular saw rig.
an against
the following
the sale at p Remember the date and place the 'o
EXCHANGE STABLE; saturday January V.n'
II r. WILMINGTON, Proprietor, west Lepahon ~. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08
Historic Parallels.

Parliamentary institutions are no;
Iui'e Unknown in Ru, sian IN: tory Ahan,
| ntSiSiaolNt assembly and was present al
| th% opening ceremony. She uacd 10 st
nehlhu Il curtain listening to the debates
| AS TO us. slI. wrote, We think, and
we look upon il as oar glory 10 say il.
| that we only exist for the :ih,- OF our
p1pni, tions- May God Irev+nt at that
,tttE the iaDofs of this legislative a';sc;a-
| bly, are finished there should be any
| Doodle on earth govern. 81 more Justly. and
own" But MAR with Turkey brought tn.
Itxpefln1tnt 10 Il close after Il low years.
Many OF the deputies were rcquii' Il IN th
| held, and after they had gon" to their
| military duties Catherine forgot To call
| the assembly together.
! More or less of a modern habit IS the
| constant wearing OF hats. Even late.
| as 1'"9 Horace Walpclr mentions a, =.
| matter OF course that he never wear; u
hat. Remember" he says, writing To =
| TREND, notoiiousy carel, ~ about hi i;
dress. who was exp, cted hont from Hol
land, Everybody that comes nom abroad
IS supposed to come IRON Fr:tHr+. and
whatever they wear At their fist reap
pearance immediately grows the fashion
Now II, as is very likely, You should
through lnadvertance change hats with Il
master oil Il Dutch smack in Il We,k s TIM
we shall all be equipped like Dutch skip
pers. You see. l speak very disir terestt d
ly, for, as i lever wear q hat myself, it Is
Indifferent to me what sort of a hat 1
don't wear.
Mime. Cures appointment to the chair
at the Sorbonne in PARIS lately occupied
by her husband, though the FIRST nstanc"
OF its kind in France. is NOT wholly an
initial triumph of feminine learning in
frropean universities. As far back as
the middle ages tradition has it that the
University OF Bologna possessed Il lady
doctor of canOnical law. Pctrirch was
one of the pupils of the beautiful Novella
daughter of Jean dAUdre whose mantle
at the University Of Bologna fell on to
her shoulders when her father was too
old to wear it himself The university.
however. seeing her beauty. hid it behind
q curtain; and the students never saw the
face of their lecturer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08
In the Railway kino.Iom.

| Leipzig will before long have the finest
| railway station in the world. 1t will cost
| more than 1870 600. 01 marks. and Will have
| no fewer than thirty-two tracks.
| For its size, bees pay heavier railway
fares than any other kind Of Ewing
creature. 4 man who has occasion t.
move five h.v's of live bees som" thrty \
miles by rail w:IS charged rs. 81. hv tl.,.
Great Central Railway Company.
Go&port station. on the !.ondon ana
SouthW, stem Railw ny, j. the b,. l. present
day cNamrl" Of what an important rail-
way station looked like over xiv wears
ago. In appearance il ',as l. .rdiy changed
| al all sine" il was oncned in INil. uilocr
the name Of "PortsmoIIth.'
Unique wrA the funeral Of 4 l.owo*tCft
railway man, who Tor thIrty-tive years
had fung the warning bell at the Great
as ii was caIIlrd to the grave WIS placed
the ben. inscribed For thirty-five years
j spoke at his command
Tie Great Northern Railway can boast
of some remarkable non stop runs The
longest 81 these is between Makehcld
and Kings tr"Sa, a Gist9ncc OF l.la,
miles. Journey usually performed in ~,
minutes. The next longest mons stop run
is King Cross To DOncasttr, Is miles in
1863 minutes.
quite tn" strangfst looking railway car
III the woclu is The new gaSolCne IN tor
recently completed by the t'nion Pacific
Railway ri Anf RIGA The car il d. signed
on the lines of the huh OF a SaiiirE Yacht
ami as il files across the prairics it re- EN-
bl,s m overturned beat driving before a
gale with it,. keel high in the air
Globes Railway Exchange.
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Pointed Paraqraphs.

A chronic borrower is naturally trife
touchy.
Don't be dog in the manger. A
manser is no place for dogs.
A hero is all right as long as he lasts,
but he seldom lasts long
People who promise ven big things
usually SPOIL il 10y inserting a big III"
The ma jority of women DO no: seem to
realize that pretty women are IN the mi
noritN.
Some men would be happy if they pos
ss%scd the ability to do others IS others
do them.
Experience il enc OF the few things
that never hnd their WAY 10 the barg...n
counter.
A man has reached the limit OF self
Importance when h. is satisfied with his
own society.
Too MANY men make strenuous efforts
t. get liberal share of something that
dot snt belong IL them
That worliman who take real in
tercst in lis work. doesn't have to spend
much time looking Tor q ipb.
NE6n You encounter a man v no tells
v1u that the world is growing worse give
him the so.rowful look and pass on.
Although the law hold a man ,nno-
cent until he has been proved guilty, one )
vile is apt To holl him guilty until he has
proved his innocence.
Chicago News
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The kennebec Republicans.

| The Republicans of old Kennebec. q
| county which has been rock ribbed
and unwavering in its Republicanism
for over half a century, are to be con-
graduated upon their convention held
IN this city yesterday. 1t was a
splendid gathering of the representa-
tives of the rank and file of the party
from every town and city in the county
and 1t did it's work in way most
gratifying. Though there were spirited
contests for several of the places on
the ticket there was no bitterness dis
played or felt and no hard feelings
when 4 choice had been niade by the
convention. The delegates were Re
pubIicans first. last and all the time,
and If they had any differences OF
on;nion before the convention or during
il as TO the best men among the several
good men suggested for this position
or that. they were wholly harmonious
and sincere in pledging support to the
successful
1t was an earnest and enthusiastic
gathering of the leading men from
every section of the county and most
auspicions beginning of the campaign
in this section The ticket named is "a
strong one in every particular. There
is not a weak place upon it and it
merits the vote of every Republican in
the county next September Some OF
the men upon it have served faithfully
in the offices for which they are named
for another term and they well deserve
the endorsement of reelection
Others are nominated for the first time
but these gentlemen are well known
throughout the county and in every
instance they are admirably equipped
for the office they seek. The party is to
he congratulated upon the strength of
its ticket in this county. 1t is clean
and popular standing for good
full performance of every official service
and always for the great principles of
Republicanism. The Republicans of
Kennebec present a united front to the
enemy and enter the campaign con-
fident Of splendid victory in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

New Jersey has special water
commission which has been looking
over the lakes Of the State and now
recommends to the Legislature that
the most important of these bodies of
water ought to be owned by the com
monwealth Many of the most desira- :
BILE lakes i'm New Jersey have been
bought by residents of the large cities.
and are held as private summer re-
sorts, to the exclusion Of all living in
their neighborhood who formerly had
the privilege of fishing and boating.
1t was to inquire into such cases and
to ascertain the price that the state
should pay for such property, that this
commission was appointed. There
are 10 natural and artificial lakes in
New Jersey, ranging from IL acres up
these are located in picturesque sec
lions, and their ownership by the state
would be beneficial to the people, in
addition to insuring future genera
tons pure and certain supply of
water for domestic uses Gov. Stokes
has urged the acquisition of these
lakes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

The Tooth anniversary Of the birth OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee will fall next
January and ii is proposed that the
occasion be generously celebrated In
both North and South in token Of the
reunion of the sections. The sugGes-
ton Is given weight by coming from
Gen. Frederick D. Grant, the son OF
the great northern commander whose
generous heart went out to the defeat
ed foe that he respected so highly. and
who said LET us have peace"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08
Who NeilI and REYNOLDS Are.

Who are Messrs Neill and Reynolds
whose detailed report on the revolving
conditions in the Chicago packing
houses has so aroused the whole coun-
try? The question has been aske
many times in the past few days since
their report was made public. Neither
is man we'll known to the country at
large though few men are being mor,.
talked about at the present time. We
find in the Boston Transcript an an
rrcciativc sketch of the careers of
these two men.
Charles P. Neill is the United States.
commissioner of labor holding the
position for many years filled by
Colonel Carroll d. Wright, at whose in
stance in considerable part Dr. Neill
was selected. He is Al years old, was
educated at several institutions, in
Guiding Johns Hopkins from which he
received the degree of doctor Of
philosophy. He served as professor of
versity in Washington for eight years,
and while thus engaged was employed
as assistant recorder of the Anthra-
cite Strike Commission, and after
wards ar recorder of the arbitration
board which it created. He has been
prominent in the charitable and
l,;I
rhilanthropic work of the national
capital, and long identified with the
Associated Charities. He is an indie
pendent Republican, although his APP
pointmeht was in no sense political.
He is regarded by those who know him
AS strong and clear headed investiga-
tor
James Bronson Reynolds of New
York, his associate, A. years old. is n
graduate of Yale and the Yale Divinity
School, but is chiefly known in connec-
ton with his work on the committee of
seventy in the mayoralty campaign in
1893 and by his Craftsmanship of the
executive committee Of the Citizens
Union in 1897. when an unsuccessful
attempt was made to elect Seth Low.
whose secretary he eventually became
on Mayor Lows success in 1901. Mr..
Reynolds is a university settlement
worker and an expert in sociological
lines. The only criticism of the Presi-
dc nts selections might be that he
should have taken one business man.
conversant with the practical side of
this industry: but that the men he Sc
lected are thoroughly conscientious and
widely informed. cannot be doubted.
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Like Jacks Beanstalk.

The largest tomato plants in the work
are found in California. One grower ha!
three plants which have reached lergtf
of thirty feet.
In three months from the time the seed
were planted they had climbed to the
top of tWenty-foot trellis. When the!
reached this remarkable height the!
grew backward until they attained Il
length of thirty feet.
They have no special care or cultiva
ton end have had no protection from tn
weather; y,t in spite Of every disadVant-
age they opt on growing End flu!tir 6 In
tn" most astonishing fashion.
The trunks are one and Il half inches IL
diameter. the foliage thick and luxuriant.
Enormous quantities Of tomatoes haV-
been picked from these three plants, and
the fruit is Of unusual size, possessing
fine flavor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT
Second District Contest Over.

cortland EXpresS)
The Second District Congressional
hght Is practically over. The oppo-
sltlon to Mr.. Littlefield has, as we sup
posed II would, failed to maintain us
case before the people, and the state
of Maine is not TO be deprived of its
strong, brainy. tried and true repre-
sentative 10 Congress. Charles r. Lat
tleheld. Congratulations are due TO
the Republicans of the Second District
ana We fancy they will pour III ifohi
all parts of the State. With renewed
energy and determination the party
Will now take up the matters con-
cefhed In the State campaign and VIII
give 10 Governor Cobb The hearty and
winning support that lie dtaclNc5 iii
this contest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08
,iuntina Causes of Diseases.

Pathology e-cl:s tEe cause of sease
and then the antitoEin. W hat great
| scarchlicht may not b. thrown nnoE pre-
vailing apl,andiciti~. ana why no c1nccr,
by tho revelations row At hand n Wash
inct1n" It ia not PuH.@Work, hnt tn" far
n,nr.. reasonable statement that the in
crease Of tlcGe maladi,@ must he dr." to
some ens ciil cauee-HhN rot to dit
Don't ec0f at IT," iilca al ing Statistics
and countries ut a body'.' head for Huc-
costing that this con- he true tn think
ing world must admit the nrnVaien"" nj
certain diseases, not c1nt1eiau'. precisely
as 4 now does that tuberculosis is hnrn
in darkeomc noSOme ahodec. to Snr"at
EYER the m lSt he1'thful loo Antics ana XII
its thousands OF victims Germs. germs.
GEMS bred in ursncak 1hle and revolving
horrors.-POcton Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

Professor Omori Of Japan is recog-
niZed as the worlds greatest seismolo-
gist-that is, scientist who makes a
speciality Of the study Of earthquakes
and he sends cheer to the hearts Of San
Franciscans by expressing the opinion
that the city by the Golden Gate is now
'settled" permanently and that no
more earthquake shakes need be feared
there for centuries to come Professor
Omori is in the employ of the Japanese
government as a sort of national earth
quake prognosticator. with an elabor-
ate scientific observatory in Toxic. and
: he has somehow built up a reputation
for siesmie wisdow' that the head
weather man at Washington would
give much to possess as regards his
own dubious science. Professor
Omori declares with acocksnreness thu,
= warns the cookies of the San Fran
CISCO heart that San Francisco will
nave no further seismic disturbances
IN ages; that the little Jars that suc.
eee'eo the great shock Of a few weeks
ago We're simply the result Of III.
earth's settling back into position am
"a' 'ney are not dangerous. whe,
'he settling process in this gentle NO,
= mas oeen completed, San Franc;sc,
VIII De immune for the next two .
knree thousand years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

inet"n. Th"le is a cliuse in the more re
cent leases of apartment hou@cS that
every member al a family must wear
rubber heels on SHOES while i'm the apai L
nent. The innovation is to secure quiet
IN the CROWDED apartment houses. Ia
houses where gO-cartS are permitted IL IS
specified that the wheels must De
equipped with rubber tires. On moving
IN tenants are sent to nearby shoe
mak"r, who EaS a contract with the lani-
lofd 10 equip their shoes with the morse
less heels, and consequently there Is
never any complain: Of the racket owe:
head il that hUuse.-From a Washington
diSuatch
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II wac q LITTLE roueh on the legal pr

1t was little rough on the legal pro-
fessiOn for Justice Brown, at the ban
qGet in his honor when he retired from
the Supreme court. to remark that the
laxity Of the laws is probably due to
the large number of lawyers in the
legislatures. The lawyers will doubt
put alton that when they are lawmak-
ers they leave loopholes i'm the laws for
the sake of the resulting fees to their
profession. 1t is hardly probable that
Justice Brown meant his remark in
lust the sense that it has been taken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

Democratic candidates elsewhere
would like to possess the secret of sue
cess which Governor Chamberlain OF
Oregon seems to have. In 1904 when
the state went for Roosevelt by a
plurality of 2,934 and elected all the
other candidates on the Republican
ticket he managed to slip into the
governors chair by margin of 2Es
votes AT this weeks election the Re
dublicans swept the state for minor
state officers, legislature and Congress
men by OvcrN helming majorities, and
vet. Chamberlain retains the governor
ship. His margin is again A very
small one, but ii suftices.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

= Only about $4,000 people are now in
the relief line at San Francisco. This
is no more than every great city might
count on should the country decide to
exchange Republican prosperity for
Democratic hard times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08
LIT I'll E OF
EVER Y T HIN G.
When Ethel Types.

When Ethel clicks the magic keys
| watch her in amaze:
She does it with such perfect e's,
AS wen as perfect as,
Her is are things Of beauty, too,
And pleasant to the sight:
Aud whether they are black or blue
They seem to me just right.
The way she travels DER the c's
Must help to make her vs.,
She minds her p'S In. little is
How swift each iuI,rr iiic-,
SIZE hcnis .thoEr the best uach.ne
AMI twists her curly a.;
SIZE knows lust what my Since; mean
Eut, al, th-y'l" ittle rs.
-c!,Vtl Land Plain II, aler.
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Close Finish.

THAT was 4 great fighting g u had.
T'ncl" JasI,ci." remarked the tin peddlcr
Yeas. sah.'' sighed Uncle Jasper. ''en
he was de earnest dag in saben states >
"Nhcre i" he now, Uncle"
"Chawed NJ. sab. one oh dem bull
daw:ss cum along IN chawcd him ~ till
yo cudn't see enything but his tail lyin
in de dusty road. But wud Yo' believe -.
sab when | Uhistlrd Diet tail began to
wag. on den when All Stahted home IT
HriS%lcd right behind me. sab. en- did
ebbythng but bank. Diets what All call
gameneSs clah frOO."
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dessert that will please is made
from Irish moss blancmange. Soak a
loosely packed half cup of moss in
enough cold water to cover it for quar-
ter of an hour: take it out and drop
into one quart of milk. Cook half an
hour and then strain. Add flavoring
and salt and pour half of it into egg
shells. To the remaining half add
one-half a square, or ounce, of choco-
late melted with two level tablespoons
of sugar and two tablespoons of water
Stir this into the blancmange just be
fore it is poured out.
The inexperienced cook will make
the mistake of cooking the moss too
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

For long time there has been talk
of Pilgrim monument at Province
town, Mass, marking the spot Of the
first landing of those on the May
flower and looking out over the harbor
whore that famous craft lay when the
immortal compact was signed in her
cabin. At last the desired bill appro-
priating $4,000 has passed both
branches of Congress. The contribu-
lion of the United States is conditioned
on the same sum being raised in Mas
sachusetts. That condition has been
more than anticipated, the legislature
having voted $4,000 for the project
ana $4,000 having been subscribed.
This monument will be one of a noble
no. the others being the monument at
plymouth and that to Miles Standish
at Duxbury.
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Augusta, Winthrop
& Gardiner Railway
Time Table in Effect June q. 1906.

Time Table in Effect June q, 1906.
| Cars leave Augusta Postohice. as fol-
FOR WINTHROP GO. $. SIS. 10. then
every hour until i. M. then l1.:O
| FOR TOGCS-at 80 T. then every hour
| until +. NJ. then 10 DO
FOR I!ALLOWEII. AND GARDINER
| Every half hour from 6 a. Nj To 10 p
p p NJ ln' Tor ha''owe'l only at 1880 ana II
GARDINER FOR ADJUSTABLE A.
| NJ, then every half hour until l0.l5 p. NJ.
then 1915 for HallOwell and car house
only.
HALLOWELL FOR AI'GUSTA-6OS A.
NJ; !hen cveIy half hour till los r. NJ.
a. a. NJ then every half hour until 1922 I.
WINTHROP FOR ATGUsTA-Evcry
cars from Winthrop to Togus
SUNDAY-All cars start two hours later
in the morning.
TOG'S FOR .AUGUSTA-c and 30 A.
NJ. then every hour until $50 l.. NJ then
at il p. NJ. for Augusta only
First car Sunday at SO A. NJ Half
hour service between ToGus and Augusta
Will be given Sunday Afternoons in fair
LOCAL CAR FOR HOsPITAI-Leaves
pr n at 7l5 A. NJ. then every hour
HOSPITAL FOR AUGUSTA-7.ac A. NJ.
then every hour till $50 p. NJ
TRAIN CONNECTIONS AT WINTHROP
The St5 a. NJ. Il. and p. NJ cars con
nect az winthrop with train West and
the s. A. NJ, II. . and p NJ connect
with the trains east.
Trains ut Winthrop from Lewiston way
at S25 1881 and 1916 make good connec-
tons with electrics for Augusta.
The o clock +. NJ. electric from Win
throp waits for the 3.GS train if on time
Regular forenoon trains leaving Oak
land 923 Belgrade, 93S and Readfield at
9.:M makes close connections at Winthrop
with 10 o'clock car for Augusta
returning car leaves Augusta at p. M.
connecting at Winthrop with NJ c. train
east, 30S. This gives three full hours in
Augusta 80
L. F. TAYLOR, Supt..
Augusta, Me.
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Friday. June 8, 1905.

The Boston Globe remarks that
maine boys are as bright as Maine
girls are beautiful" And that is about
the highest compliment that Maine
boys could wish for.
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Animals That Never Drink.

Their. ar come animals which ns yer
drink Tor In. t:tI,e. tie llumtS II Patapo-
MIA ana certain :.:t?cil'% oi tn. PR + st.
"a number Ol Si.:n"i lizards. aud othe.
,eptIl,s liz" N Ila"ci d"Vod Of water. a
bat ot Western Am"ici, iIh ItitS water
less IlIns In parts Of LnZ.rr, France.
there h, DIS 81 g w.: and i:oI'S which
hardly ever drink. and Vet liuducc tH,.
milk for Eouurf,rt cheese.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

The art cIitir of the 10 lCon 4 ,iipr ana
Cutter d; votes himself always to tn.
clothing Of the subjects OF exhibition
pictures. With rcsald to the years
ROYAL Academy he SAYS: Last year we
thought there M"rr signs Of improve
ment, but this year makes itself notorious
for its Sartor.al monStrIsities." Only n
marble statue Of Sir John WoOdburn
Satisfies III" critic. Of i he saN-: Every
seam is ind'c Gated. every bnttonhole is in
its place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-08

Inc Russian Douma seems to be
nearly as disorderly as the Democratic
minority in Congress when it at
'emn1s to block legislation.
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r. p. Peters, who soon will be ninety
two years old. is park policeman in
Sioux City. 1t. Recently he visited two
daughters in Philadelphia. stopping in
Chester county. Pennsylvania, where H.,
was born. According to this veteran Of
ticer. good HABITS, clear conscience ami
had work are the three prerequisites
To long life.